Wheres the bard champion artifacts? Dont we get arti love? Meh, would be nice to have one.

Bards are far from completely fleshed out as an archetype at present. I'm still waiting for bardic guards to come out, and it would be awesome if they were flying ones, or even a new elemental variant, who’s 25/33% chance skill would be to pull enemies from the air to the ground. Oh, and the bardic guild discressionary power too, whatever that is going to be.

At any rate, I'm sure we haven't seen all the updates as far as bardic guilds, bardic skills and the effects of the songs go. (Nexus worlds!)

Heck the newest skills haven't even been argued over by the envoys for a few weeks yet, so It's all still in the tweeking stages.

Edit:Just wondering though, what do you think their champion artifact should do?

I think it (or maybe just a generic bard artifact) should slightly increase the length their song stays around for, a 'Rune of reverberation'.

Meh, I heard something about an arti-instrument. What it does I have no idea, tho longer lasting songs is rather boreing, now if thats stacked with something fun then I dont have a problem with it. But as for that effect just being a regular new rune or something that sounds like a better idea.

arti-instruments? Ah, they'll most likely be the +20% damage like the arti-staves/cudgels then, with the rescue ability as well, of course.

Arti-instruments don't make sense though since they already have an instrument that may be bonded to them (and will need to be played often to keep it intact). Not quite sure what bards could get... maybe tuning forks?

OOOOH metronome !

OOOOOOH! I like.


...except how would it work in combat? Since they don't have digital metronomes it'd have to be the kind that swings back and forth. Maybe it could be dropped and un-pick-up-able except by the special command that calls it.

METRONOME


Syntax
20 BMP
Causes aeon forever until they die and even then some.

Disco ball

causes Disco Fever, which causes them to dance to the funky music 'til they die

Mm, I was thinking of artifact instruments. Not only of one instrument, but perhaps different instruments. Preference of artifact instrument up to the buyer.

10% increase in damage, and perhaps a chance to give stupidity? Because the vibrations of the sounds from the instrument, err, is much more better amplified?

Hehe.

Disco Bandit FTW!!! I like that game...

Longer song duration would be great, actually, as well as a small damage boost.

Song effects that piece ALLY's deafness. Not enemies, just allies, for assisting beneficial effects only.

Small damage boost? All the champion artifacts should come to somewhat of a equalness level as all of the other ones. And if I get an artifact that only lengthens my song duration im stamping it return to sender. And id love an arti that did aeon, now that would be worth it.

Oh and disco is dead, and its not coming back

Fuzz-box. Allows playing power chords of Doooooom!

Daereth, are you serious? A small damage increase and a 50% longer song duration would be very good, plus rescue of course. (Maybe an amp you carry around!)

Each Guild Champion is also the caretaker of a mighty guild artifact,
which gets passed down from Champion to Champion. The primary ability of
the artifacts is to assist in rescuing guild members in trouble. Each
artifact has this power, which will switch places with the guildmember
and Champion.

Syntax: RESCUE

The artifacts of the Guilds are as follows:

Celestine Champion Artifact: the Holy Orb of Celestial Light
o Given by the Holy Supernals, this artifact summons the powerful
Handmaiden of Shakiniel who will assist the Celestine Champion in
battle.

Aquamancer Champion Artifact: the Pearl Staff of Rushing Water
o Crafted by the Aquamancers of old, this acts as a coral staff in all
respects except the damage it does is substantially more than an
ordinary staff. Further, it allows the aquamancer to meld to rooms in
half the time as normal.

Paladins Champion Artifact: the Blessed Helm of the Supernals
o Forged by Methrenton himself, this affords substantial armour protect
to the head on its own. However, more important, it markedly increases
the Champion's combat skills in all respects.

Cantors Champion Artifact: teh UBER b1scuit of d00000m
o Baked in the Holy, yet somehow terribly Wrong, oven of the great
Estarra, this b1scuit, better than any normal biscuit, will give the
Cantor Champion and everyone in the same room with him
a permanent prismatic barrier and 200% pwnage skills while their,
or any other bard's song is being played on any plane of existence.

Other Artifacts blah blah.

Ghetto Blaster of Dominion

I propose bard artifacts be ele-er, magic guitarrrs. Cacophony can get a heavy metal iron guitarrr, Spiritsingers can get an archtop, Harbingers get a black guitar of emo pain, Cantors get a steel guitar.