Mystical Bardsmanship

The ability to possess the qualities of mythical bards and the powers they were believed to have.

Also Called

 * Magical Bardsmanship

Capabilities
The bards were held in high esteem in ancient European cultures due to their affinity with words, creating oral poems and dealing with words. This ability was normally reserved by holy men and sages, because words were considered (even today) as one of the most powerful mediums for magical powers: While regular magicians could conjure curses, bards were specialized in humiliating their foes to the point that they were hated and despised for years, sometimes for all of eternity if the verses where immortalized. In later times, however, the role of the bard was confused with that of minstrels and both eventually mixed and melded until they became indistinguishable.

Mystical bards are capable of using mystical abilities and fusing them with musical prowess to create spells that can either heal, curse or destroy enemies with an arsenal of multiple different effects.

Applications

 * Conceptual Music
 * Curse Inducement
 * Enhanced Charisma
 * Linguistic Magic
 * Music Magic
 * Musical Empathy
 * Musical Inducement
 * Musical Spell Casting
 * Party Inducement
 * Performance Art Intuition
 * Persuasion
 * Sonic Healing
 * Siren Song
 * Sonokinetic Combat
 * Sound Sculpting
 * Voice Manipulation

Associations

 * Card Manipulation
 * Luck Bestowal
 * Mystical Dancing
 * Trickster
 * Vocifery

Known Users

 * Leliana (Dragon Age)
 * Lyude (Baten Kaitos)
 * The Bard (The Bard's Tale)
 * Eddie Riggs (Brutal Legend); via Electric Guitar
 * Doviculus (Brutal Legend); via Electric Guitar
 * Pied Piper (Pied Piper of Hamelin)
 * Link (The Legend of Zelda)
 * Bongo Bongo (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
 * Edward Chris Von Muir (Final Fantasy IV)
 * Finder Wyvernspur (Forgotten Realms)
 * I-No (Guilty Gear XX)
 * Sona (League of Legends)
 * Demyx (Kingdom Hearts II)
 * Karyl Sheeden (Tales of Destiny)
 * Musa (Winx Club)
 * Azura (Fire Emblem: Fates)