Playing Instrument

Poetry and songs are a river of knowledge and wisdom that have been passed down through generations. Every note from an instrument that plays beautiful music is a complete language in itself. Learn this skill if you want to understand the basics of speaking in this language. This skill allows you to play tunes that have captivated many ears and hearts with the melody of an instrument. This is not simply about learning a musical technique, this skill will also reward you with more sentimental and magic-like effects.

Details

 * Playing Instrument cannot be used unless the player has an instrument equipped.
 * If there is no Score Scroll equipped, the music played will be a default tune.
 * The player will be stationary while performing.
 * Success rate is dependent on skill rank and rank of the song (or scroll) being played.
 * Imbolic increases success rate as well.
 * Great successes are obtained randomly. The chance of getting a great success increases when you are playing a scroll with a difficulty higher than your Playing Instrument rank.
 * Every default song has a pre-set rank. Only six songs at rank 1 can possibly give great successes.
 * Level of success is rated by the following:
 * Get a great success
 * It seemed as if the God of Music had descended
 * A perfect performance
 * Get a success
 * The performance was quite alright
 * Not a bad performance
 * I'm slowly gaining confidence in playing instruments.
 * Get a failure
 * Lots of mistakes, although most didn't notice
 * An embarassing performance
 * The song is still too difficult for me.
 * I need more practice to play this song well.
 * Get a horrible result
 * A disastrous performance
 * The performance was a total mess...
 * That was a difficult song for me to play.
 * Currently, scrolls above Rank 6 cannot be composed; to reach the higher ranks, the player must play the default music endlessly to get normal successes.
 * Scrolls 2 ranks or lower below your playing level do NOT give skill proficiency.
 * A good way to speed up ranking is to simply compose a score with a space, and then continuously play it. (This works until your playing rank is 3 ranks above your Musical Knowledge skill.)
 * At Rank 9 and beyond, the player can begin performing magical music with magical music scrolls.

Obtaining the Skill

 * Learned automatically upon equipping any Instrument.