The Protector of Song

Description

The Protector of Song (Yellow line) is a Minstrel Trait Tree. The other two trait trees of this class are The Watcher of Resolve and The Warrior-Skald.

The Protector of Song Spins tales to motivate allies to great feats. Though the Minstrel can not specialize in The Protector of Song, it supports allies with powerful buffs, using Anthem skills with great effectiveness

Skills

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Protector of Song (yellow) trait tree. Minstrels cannot specialize in the yellow trait tree.

Stance	Active Skills	Category	Cooldown	Range	Source
	Lesser Anthem III - Composure	AoE Buff	25s	Self	Trait:	Anthem of Composure
	Greater Anthem III - Prowess	AoE Buff	25s	Self	Trait:	Anthem of Prowess
	Song of Aid	AoE Buff Heal	3m 30s	30.2m	Trait:	Song of Aid
	Anthem of the Free Peoples	AoE Buff	25s	Self	Trait:	Anthem of the Free Peoples
	Call to Greatness	AoE Buff	7m	Self	Set:	Call to Greatness

Set Bonuses

Set Bonus	Description	Source
Improved Anthem of the Third Age	Increases the bonuses offered by Anthem of the Third Age - Melody.	Set: 5+ total ranks
Gripped by Fear	The 'break on damage' Grace Period for Invocation of Elbereth is extended by 3s.	Set: 10+ total ranks
Song of Restoration	Story of Courage is now a targeted skill, and will remove an additional Poison, Disease, Wound, or Fear in an area around your target.	Set: 15+ total ranks
Improved Call of the Second Age	Call of the Second Age offers improved bonuses.	Set: 20+ total ranks
Tale of Tales	Grants access to Tale of Tales, a powerful Aura which carries different buffs based on what stance you are in.	Set: 25+ total ranks
Song of Aid	Grants access to Song of Aid, which gives each member of your fellowship a unique buff based on their class.	Set: 30+ total ranks
Ascendant Anthem of the Third Age	Further increases the bonuses offered by Anthem of the Third Age - Melody	Set: 35+ total ranks

Traits

Trait	Description	Source
Improved Strikes	Increases damage and healing done by your Strike skills.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Memories of Battle	Echoes of Battle further reduces the enemy's Resistance, and The Melody of Battle has a chance to raise the target's Outgoing Threat when hit.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Improved Inspire Fellows	Inspire Fellows costs less Power, heals more Morale, and now benefits from the Inner Strength trait.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Anthem of Composure	Earns the skill: Lesser Anthem III - Composure.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Change of Pace!	Offensive skills may grant a buff that causes the next heal to crit. Healing skill may grant a buff that causes the next Offensive Skill to crit.	Trait: 5+ ranks; Requires Of All Trades
Of All Trades	Increase damage and healing.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Gripped by Fear	Invocation of Elbereth break on damage grace period is extended.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Thunderous Codas	Adds unique effects to each Coda. Buffs Codas.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Tactical Mastery	Increases Tactical Mastery rating.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Anthem of Prowess	Earns the skill: Greater Anthem III - Prowess.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Song of Restoration	Improves Story of Courage to remove additional fear effects around its target.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Word Spreads	Improves Gift of the Hammerhand targets by 1.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Invigourating Anthems	Improves Anthems and at rank 5 Cry of the Chorus resets Anthem cooldowns.	Trait: 15+ ranks Requires Extended Anthems at Rank 3.
Extended Anthems	Increases Anthem duration.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Songs of Woe	Increases critical chance of ballads.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Perfect Performance	Your ballads provide a portion of their bonuses to your fellowship. Improves Perfect Performance duration at Rank 3.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Song of Aid	Earns the skill: Song of Aid.	Trait: 20+ ranks
Anthem of the Free Peoples	Earns the skill: Anthem of the Free Peoples.	Trait: 20+ ranks Requires Extended Anthems at Rank 1.
Sharing a Story	A critical hit with a ballad will reset Piercing Cry cooldowns.	Trait: 20+ ranks Requires Songs of Woe at Rank 3.
Strike a Chord	Improves Ballads in Melody - Stance	Trait: 20+ ranks Requires Perfect Performance at Rank 1.
Tale of Tales	Improves Anthem	Trait: 25+ ranks Requires Anthem of the Free Peoples at Rank 3.
Call to Greatness	Earns the skill: Call to Greatness.	Trait: 30+ ranks