Archetype:Magic Wielding Bard

Mystical Bardsmanship
Link (The Legend of Zelda) combines magic and musical prowess.
Power/Ability to:	Possess the qualities of mythical bards and the powers they were believed to have.

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

Also Called

• Magical Bardsmanship
• Magical Skaldsmanship
• Mystical Skaldsmanship

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 were 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
• Enhanced/Supernatural Charisma
  • Persuasion
• Enhanced Musicianship/Supernatural Musicianship
• Incantation
• Luck Magic
  • Blessing Inducement
  • Curse Inducement
• Music Magic
  • Musical Empathy
  • Musical Inducement
  • Musical Spell Casting
  • Siren Song
• Performance Art Intuition
  • Mystical Dancing
  • Magic Instrument
    • Musical Weapon Proficiency
• Sound Magic
  • Sonic Healing
  • Sonokinetic Combat
  • Sound Sculpting
  • Voice Manipulation

Associations

• Absolute Charisma
• Magic
• Musical Intuition
• Trickster

Limitations

• Magic has a price.
• Magic Negation/Magic Destruction can affect their magical capabilities.

Known Users

• Milil (AD&D)
• Troubadour (Ah! My Goddess)
• Leliana (Dragon Age)
• The Bard (The Bard's Tale)
• Lyude (Baten Kaitos)
• Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi (Bleach) via Kinshara
• Doviculus (Brutal Legend); via Electric Guitar
• Eddie Riggs (Brutal Legend); via Electric Guitar
• Daisya Barry (D.Gray-Man)
• Maria (D.Gray-Man)
• Noise Marie (D.Gray-Man)
• Edward Chris Von Muir (Final Fantasy IV)
• Azura (Fire Emblem: Fates)
• Finder Wyvernspur (Forgotten Realms)
• I-No (Guilty Gear XX)
• Demyx (Kingdom Hearts II)
• Sona (League of Legends)
• Link (The Legend of Zelda)
• Bongo Bongo (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
• Amalla Su (Love Hina)
• Brook (One Piece)
• Butler (One Piece)
• Pied Piper (Pied Piper of Hamelin)
• Brendan (Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire)
• May (Pokemon: Ruby/Sapphire)
• Fiesta/Frightful Fiesta (Skylanders)
• Wolfgang (Skylanders)
• Karyl Sheeden (Tales of Destiny)
• Musa (Winx Club)
• Miku Izayoi (Date A Live)

Gallery

Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi (Bleach) can use his Kidō-Type Zanpakutō Kinshara to play powerful mystical melodies.

Amalla Su (Love Hina) possesses a magical flute that enables Weather Manipulation.

The Bard (The Bards Tale)

Leliana (Dragon Age)

Eddie Riggs (Brutal Legend)

Doviculus (Brutal Legend)

Demyx (Kingdom Hearts II)

Lyude (Baten Kaitos)

Azura (Fire Emblem: Fates)

Brook, the Soul King (One Piece)

With her Army Breaker Diva Gabriel, Miku Izayoi (Date A Live) can play a variety of mystical melodies with supernatural abilities.