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harmony

Bard
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Help Tag      : harmony
Help Keywords : HARMONY, HARMONIES, "SILVER HARMONY", "GOLDEN HARMONY", harmony, harmonies
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HARMONY / SILVER HARMONY / GOLDEN HARMONY

Harmonies are a battle-only feature of the bard class in which a bard plays a
continuous musical performance on an equipped instrument during combat using
the PLAY command. Unlike sung songs, which produce an immediate one-time
effect, a harmony remains active round after round while the bard fights,
pulsing at each combat round or reacting dynamically to enemy attacks and
spells while consuming mana over time.

Active harmonies end automatically when combat concludes or if your mana runs
out. To end one or all active harmonies mid-fight with zero lag, use the STOP
(or END) command with the song's short prompt tag, its name, or 'all' (see
HELP PLAY and HELP STOP):
  stop <tag>        (e.g., stop ill, stop ls, stop ps, stop slo, stop hr)
  stop <song name>  (e.g., stop illusion, stop lifesong, stop slow)
  stop all          (silences all currently playing harmonies)

THE THREE CONSERVATORY HARMONY TRIALS:
To weave combat harmonies outside the Conservatory, a Bard must prove their
mastery in the solo Harmony Trials (north of The Hall of Harmonies in the
Bardic Conservatory, reachable via the Bardic Guild portal):
  1. Harmony (Level 8):         Complete the Trial of the First Chord (Bronze
                                Portal) to unlock 1 active combat harmony.
  2. Silver Harmony (Level 18): Complete the Trial of Counterpoint (Silver
                                Portal) to unlock 2 concurrent harmonies.
  3. Golden Harmony (Level 24): Complete the Trial of the Grand Symphony
                                (Golden Portal) to unlock 3 harmonies.

View help bardtrials for more information.

HARMONY TIERS & INSTRUMENT UPGRADES:
Outside the Trials, your maximum concurrent harmonies is the lower of your
unlocked Harmony Mastery and your equipped instrument's tier:
  Tier 0 (Standard):       Allows 1 played harmony at a time.
  Tier 1 (Silver Harmony): Allows 2 played harmonies concurrently.
  Tier 2 (Golden Harmony): Allows 3 played harmonies concurrently.

Instruments rolled in the forge or dropped by epic bosses may naturally
possess Silver or Golden Harmony. Additionally, you may visit Maestro Orpheon,
the Master Musicsmith in his Atelier (east of the Hall of Harmonies in the
Bardic Conservatory, room 4701) with harmony varnishes to upgrade your
instruments:
  upgrade <instrument>
  - Standard to Silver: Base Instrument + Silver Varnish + 5,000,000 gold
  - Silver to Golden:   Silver Instrument + Gold Varnish + 10,000,000 gold

PROMPT DISPLAY & TOGGLE:
Active harmonies appear separated by musical note glyphs at the end of your
combat prompt, and can be toggled at any time with the HARMONY command:
  1 Active Harmony:    ♫ GI ♫
  2 Active Harmonies:  ♫ GI ♫ HR ♫
  3 Active Harmonies:  ♫ GI ♫ HR ♫ CM ♫

Usage: harmony on   - Enables harmony display in your prompt (default)
       harmony off  - Disables harmony display in your prompt

See also: BARD, BARDTRIALS, PLAY, STOP, INSTRUMENT, PROMPT

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