Music

If you want to earn some silverthalers in a tavern or simply pass some time, it can be useful to know how to play a musical instrument. Music is an especially important means of communication in elven culture.

Check: CHA/DEX/CON
Applications: Drums, String Instruments, Wind Instruments
Encumbrance: yes
Tools: musical instrument
Quality: the performance thrills the audience.
Failed Check: the melody is off, or the instrument is out of tune.
Critical Success: the hero plays an enthralling melody that nobody can resist.
Botch: terrible, ominous tones issue from the instrument, perhaps because it is damaged. Listeners flee or try to wrest the instrument from the musician.
Improvement Cost: A

• Coax a tune from a recorder +5
• Perform a simple drum rhythm +3
• Play a simple song with a lyre +1
• Earn (skill points) halers playing the flute +/-0
• Perform a street ballad -1
• Perform an organ concert -3
• Perform the Khadan Saga, which is known for its complexity -5