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<h1 style="color: #e5c158; border-bottom: 2px solid #5a4225; padding-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0;">🎵 Bard & Minstrel Templates</h1>
<h1 style="color: #e5c158; border-bottom: 2px solid #5a4225; padding-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0;">🎵 Bard & Minstrel Templates</h1>
<p style="color: #ccc; font-size: 14px;">The Bard archetype uses enchanting music to incite lethal infighting among creatures (Provocation), soothe vicious predators (Peacemaking), and severely compromise boss defenses (Discordance).</p>
<p style="color: #ccc; font-size: 14px;">The Bard archetype uses enchanting music to incite lethal infighting among creatures (Provocation), soothe vicious predators (Peacemaking), and severely compromise boss defenses (Discordance).</p>
<p style="color: #aaa; font-size: 13px;">Below is the progression tree starting from a beginner build (700 Skill Points) branching into 3 specialized bardic paths:</p>
<p style="color: #aaa; font-size: 13px;">Below is the progression tree starting from a beginner build (700 Skill Points) branching into 3 specialized bardic paths (700 Skill Points):</p>
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<h3 style="color: #83e631; margin-top: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #7c4729; padding-bottom: 5px;">Discordance Mage (720 Skill Points)</h3>
<h3 style="color: #83e631; margin-top: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #7c4729; padding-bottom: 5px;">Discordance Mage (700 Skill Points)</h3>
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<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Musicianship</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Musicianship</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Discordance</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Discordance</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Magery</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Magery</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Evaluate Intelligence</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Evaluate Intelligence</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Meditation</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Meditation</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Resisting Spells</span>
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Resisting Spells</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Inscription</span>
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<h3 style="color: #83e631; margin-top: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #7c4729; padding-bottom: 5px;">Provocation Master (720 Skill Points)</h3>
<h3 style="color: #83e631; margin-top: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #7c4729; padding-bottom: 5px;">Provocation Master (700 Skill Points)</h3>
<div style="color: #e5c158; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-weight: bold;">[SOLO DUNGEON CLEARER]</div>
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<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Musicianship</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Musicianship</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Provocation</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Provocation</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Peacemaking</span> (Area Crowd Control)<br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Peacemaking</span> (Area Crowd Control)<br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Magery</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Magery</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Meditation</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Meditation</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Resisting Spells</span>
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Resisting Spells</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Evaluate Intelligence</span>
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<h3 style="color: #83e631; margin-top: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #7c4729; padding-bottom: 5px;">Battle Bard (720 Skill Points)</h3>
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<div style="color: #e5c158; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-weight: bold;">[MELEE FIGHTER & MINSTREL HYBRID]</div>
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<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Swords / Fencing / Archery</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Swords / Fencing / Archery</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Tactics</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Tactics</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Anatomy</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Anatomy</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Musicianship</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Musicianship</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Discordance</span> (Amplifies Personal DPS)<br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Discordance</span> (Amplifies Personal DPS)<br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">120</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Healing</span>
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Healing</span><br />
<span style="color: #70e000; font-weight: bold;">100</span> <span style="color: #e5c158;">Resisting Spells</span>
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🎵 Bard & Minstrel Templates

The Bard archetype uses enchanting music to incite lethal infighting among creatures (Provocation), soothe vicious predators (Peacemaking), and severely compromise boss defenses (Discordance).

Below is the progression tree starting from a beginner build (700 Skill Points) branching into 3 specialized bardic paths (700 Skill Points):

Basic Bard (700 Skill Points)

100 Strength
 25 Dexterity
100 Intelligence

100 Musicianship
100 Provocation
100 Peacemaking
100 Discordance
100 Magery
100 Evaluate Intelligence
100 Meditation

  • Playstyle: Provokes dungeon mobs to fight to the death from a distance, debuffs survivors with Discordance, and executes them with Magery.
  • Starting Skills: 50 Musicianship, 49 Provocation, 1 Magery
  • Gear: Lute, Harp, Tambourine, Bamboo Flute, Med-enabled Leather Suit.
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Discordance Mage (700 Skill Points)

[GROUP & BOSS DEBUFFER]

100 Strength | 25 Dexterity | 100 Int

100 Musicianship
100 Discordance
100 Magery
100 Evaluate Intelligence
100 Meditation
100 Resisting Spells
100 Inscription

  • Playstyle: Instantly discords high-tier bosses to strip their resists and stats by -28%, massively boosting party DPS while backing up with offensive spells.
  • Gear: Slayer Instruments, Fast Cast (FC 2 / FCR 6) Jewelry.
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Provocation Master (700 Skill Points)

[SOLO DUNGEON CLEARER]

100 Strength | 25 Dexterity | 100 Int

100 Musicianship
100 Provocation
100 Peacemaking (Area Crowd Control)
100 Magery
100 Meditation
100 Resisting Spells
100 Evaluate Intelligence

  • Playstyle: Clears rooms of Blood Elementals, Balrons, and Drakes without spending a drop of mana by pitting them against each other.
  • Gear: Exceptional Lutes, Defensive Spellbook.
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Battle Bard (700 Skill Points)

[MELEE FIGHTER & MINSTREL HYBRID]

100 Strength | 100 Dexterity | 25 Int

100 Swords / Fencing / Archery
100 Tactics
100 Anatomy
100 Musicianship
100 Discordance (Amplifies Personal DPS)
100 Healing
100 Resisting Spells

  • Playstyle: Weakens the target's physical resistance via Discordance, then carves through their remaining defense with high melee weapon damage.
  • Gear: 1-Handed Weapon, Shield, Instrument belt clip.
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