continuous_songs
Usage
play | play second | stop | stop second Continuous songs are sustained anthems only a Konatsu can play.
Start one with play , for example play march,
and end it with stop.
Rules of the Song:
- Requires a held ocarina and the learned song, one song at a
time (starting another replaces the first).
- Upkeep drains fatigue every 5 seconds, 1.5% of your max
fatigue for March, Aegis and Requiem, 2% for Dirge, Tempo and
Deadly Sonata, cut by up to half at full song mastery. You
need two ticks' worth in reserve to start.
- A song runs indefinitely, there is no timer. It ends only
when you stop, unwield the ocarina, or your fatigue runs out.
- The singer feels the full effect, grouped allies in the room
carry it at half strength, whatever their race. Dirge of
Ruin instead curses the foes fighting you or your group, at full
strength. Deadly Sonata is self only.
- Songs are learned from their sheet music (the sheet crumbles
once read). Only a Konatsu can play a continuous song, at a flat
2 fatigue per note.
- Sustaining a song under fire is what hones it. Mastery grows
only while you fight with the song playing, simply starting or
replaying it trains nothing, so keep it up through battle.
- Crescent Moon stance can hold no ocarina and cannot sing,
its intrinsic Bladesong stands in.
The Undersong, a Second Voice:
Master Crescendo, then face Future Zeno, and he may gift you the
Undersong. It is rare, and it is permanent, it stays with you
through every remort that follows.
- Start a second song beneath your first with
play second , and silence it alone with
stop second. A plain stop ends both.
- The second voice sings for you alone. Your group never
feels it, whatever the song normally does for them.
- It carries half the strength you would get from that song
as your main melody, and for that it costs half the upkeep.
- It needs a melody underneath it, so a main song must already
be playing, and the two must be different songs.
- Dirge of Ruin cannot be a second voice. Dirge curses your
foes, so sung at yourself it would only curse you.
- Swapping your main song keeps the second voice playing.
- Both songs train while you fight, each on its own.
- The second voice starts by song name only, a note sequence
cannot begin one.
- Aegis Hymn is a weak second voice for a full Iron stance,
your damage reduction is already at its ceiling there, so you
are paying the upkeep for its regeneration alone.
Effects scale with song mastery, 0 to 100%, the singer's values shown:
March of the Blade: party deals +10% to +30% damage.
Aegis Hymn: party takes -10% to -20% damage and
regenerates 1% to 2% of max PL every 5 seconds.
Dirge of Ruin: your foes deal -10% to -20% and take
+10% to +20% damage.
Tempo of the Tempest: each round a 20% to 100% chance
of +1 to +10 extra autohit swings, both rising with mastery.
Requiem of the Vein: heal 5% to 10% of the damage
you deal.
Deadly Sonata: your autohits deal +30% to +50% damage
(the singer only, never the party).