Minstrel Skills

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Skills	Bu	Ca	Ch	Gu	Hu	Lm	Mi
Traits	Bu	Ca	Ch	Gu	Hu	Lm	Mi
Deeds	Bu	Ca	Ch	Gu	Hu	Lm	Mi

Active Skills

Anthems

	Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Tier	Range	Description
	Anthem of the Free Peoples	Buff	20	10	[ 4 ]		Increases Combat Morale Regeneration
	Anthem of Compassion	Buff	24	5	[ 4 ]		Decreases Healing Threat
	Anthem of the Valar	AoE	40	5	[ 4 ]	30m	Light-based AoE
	Anthem of the Wizards	AoE	40	5	[ 4 ]	40m	Light-based AoE

Ballads and Lays

	Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Tier	Range	Description
	Ballad of Vigour	Buff	1	6	[ 1 ]	30m	Vitality buff
	Ballad of Steel	Buff	4	6	[ 1 ]	30m	Armour buff
	Ballad of Resonance	Buff	8	6	[ 1 ]	30m	Damage buff
	Song of Vigour	Buff			[ 1 ]	20m	Group vitality buff (requires Trait: Smooth Voice)
	Ballad of Swiftness	Buff	4	6	[ 2 ]	30m	Attack speed buff
	Ballad of Balance	Buff	14	6	[ 2 ]	30m	Evade buff
	Ballad of the Stout	Buff	36	6	[ 2 ]	?	Resist buff
	Song of Balance	Buff			[ 2 ]	?	Group evade buff (requires Trait: Smooth Voice)
	Ballad of War	Buff	6	6	[ 3 ]	?	Group melee damage buff
	Ballad of Unshakeable Will	Buff	8	6	[ 3 ]	?	Group Fear resist buff
	Ballad of Flame	Buff	32	6	[ 3 ]	?	Group Fire mitigation buff
	Cry of the Chorus		26	8	Any	Self	Next Ballad can be from any Tier
	Lay of the Hammerhand		42	1 Per Second	n/a	Self	Damage taken from Power instead of Health

Call to War

	Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Range	Radius	Description
	Call of the Second Age	Damage	34		0	5m	AoE Light damage
	Call to Oromë	Damage	22		30m	5m	AoE Light damage
	Echoes of Batttle	DoT	14	78 + 1 per second	30m	-	Damage over time
	Timeless Echoes of Batttle	DoT	20	78 + 1 per second	30m	-	Damage over time
	War-speech	Stance	20				Damage stance

Healing and Motivation

	Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Range	Description
	Raise the Spirit	Heal	1	9	25m	Single-person heal
	Inspire Fellows	Heal	10	81	20m	Group heal/buff
	Bolster Courage	Heal	18	10	25m	Single-person Heal
	Enlivening Grace	Heal	20	300	25m	Single-person resurrection
	Triumphant Spirit	Heal	30	?	20m	Group heal
	Rally!	Heal		500	25m	Single-person in-combat resurrection
	Chord of Salvation	Heal			25m	Emergency heal

Songs of the Valar

	Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Range	Description
	Song of the Dead	Debuff	18	5	40	Prevents target undead from taking action
	Song of Restoration	Buff	18	300	10	Remove target's dread
	Song of Soothing	Buff	28	5	25	Reduces your threat
	Song of Aid	Buff	30			Group combat events
	Song of Distraction	Debuff	34	5	40	Reduces target's reaction radius
	Song of the Hopeful Heart (Legendary)	Buff		9		Area-of-affect dread reduction
	Irresistible Melody	Fluff	50	65	10	Cause people nearby to dance

Theater and Inspiration

	Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Range	Description
	Herald's Strike	Damage	1	6	3	Melee damage
	Noble Cause	Heal	16	5	Self	Adds group heal recourse to next 3 Herald's Strikes; no cooldown on Herald's Strike while active.
	Tale of Heroism	Buff	22			Group Will & Fate buff
	Cure Fear	Buff	26	20	3m	Cures Fear
	Tale of Battle	Buff	32	2 per second		Group Vitality & Wound Resistance buff
	Still As Death	Protection	38	5	Self	Feigns death
	Lay of the Hammerhand	Protection	42	1 per second	Self	Protect self, draining power instead of morale
	Tale of Warding	Buff	44	2 per second		Group Armour Value & +1 Hope buff
	Gift of the Hammerhand	Protection	48		25m	Sets a protect on ally for 10s
	Fellowship's Heart (Legendary)	Heal	50	283	20	Group heal-over-time and fear removal

Words of Power

	Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Range	Description
	Piercing Cry	Damage	2	8	40	Ranged Attack
	Cry of the Valar	Debuff	12	10	40	Fears your target
	Call to the Fellowship	Buff	46	25	25	Increases effectiveness of fellowship maneuvers
	Call to Greatness	Buff	50	43	25	Inspires a player to greatness

Passive Skills

Armour Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Light Armour		1
	Medium Armour		15	Allows Medium Armour Use (Minstrel Class Trait)
	Shields	Off-hand	20	Increases Armour and Chance to Block

Base Passive Skills

For details see Dwarf, Elf, Hobbit, or Man

Combat Characteristics

	Name	Level	Cost	Description
	Evade Rank 1	7	4  90	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
	Parry Rank 1	9	8  10	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
	Accuracy Rank 1	11	12  10	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Critical Rank 1	15	22  50	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Parry Rank 2	17	28  90	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
	Accuracy Rank 2	19	36  10	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Block Rank 1	21	44  10	Adds 2.0% to Block Chance
	Critical Rank 2	23	52  90	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Evade Rank 2	25	62  50	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
	Parry Rank 3	27	72  90	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
	Critical Rank 3	29	84  10	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Accuracy Rank 3	31	96  10	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Block Rank 2	33	108  90	Adds 1.0% to Block Chance
	Critical Rank 4	35	122  50	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Block Rank 3	37	136  90	Adds 1.0% to Block Chance
	Accuracy Rank 4	39	152  10	Reduces Miss by a small amount.
	Block Rank 4	41	168  10	Adds 1.0% to Block Chance
	Evade Rank 3	43	184  90	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance

Instrument Proficiencies

	Name	Level	Cost
	Specialized Equipment	1	starting proficiency
	Lute Use	1	starting proficiency
	Clarinet Use	5	2  50
	Flute Use	5	2  50
	Harp Use	5	2  50
	Horn Use	5	2  50
.	Drum Use	5	?
.	Theorbo Use	15	?
.	Cowbell Use	?	?
.	Bagpipes Use	25	?

Weapon Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Daggers	1H	1	Chance to land critical hit
	One-Handed Axes	1H	1	Reduces Enemy's Armour but with increased chance to miss - For Dwarves Only (Racial Trait)
	One-Handed Clubs	1H	1	Chance to Stun
	One-Handed Maces	1H	1	Chance to Stun
	One-Handed Swords	1H	1	Increases to-hit chance