I'm still completely in the dark as to what instrument bonding and sentience were supposed to do exactly. Anyone able to fill me in? It's one of those things I never really quite understood the intent of.

-=Issus=-

I believe if you had fully bonded to an instrument before they were rewritten, you are still bonded to that instrument.

It doesn't do anything mechanically, and never did, except for some special messaging. I might be fuzzy on this, it's been a LONG time.

Sentience was suppose to be a very special bond with an instrument that would provide useful mechanical benefits to the Bard, like item bonding, bonuses, etc. It hasn't been discussed in earnest since it was taken away.

GENT

>>...since it was taken away.

I may be misremembering, but as I recall it the only change was that they turned bonding messaging off, since it wasn't going to be useful in the foreseeable future. The way that read to me, you can still bond to your instrument - you'd just never know unless you died while holding it. Although with Dart's change to instrument cleanliness a while back, the path to bonding is essentially stopped in its tracks.

Here's hoping that, whenever it does come back, it's an important, useful, and voluntary process.

Killing you softly with his song,
- Stormsinger Shavay

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Faerie tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know dragons exist. Faerie tales tell children that dragons can be killed.
- G.K. Chesterton

Hm. Interesting. I'll have to see if bonding is still happening. Not sure if it's the same in TF as in Prime, but we'll give it a whirl.

GENT

Where on earth did you read that?


-=Issus=-

>>Enchante Journals Volume III.

I thought I was the only one who read and loved those.

Those books are amazing and I want to marry whoever wrote them. I always incorporate them into my lore lessons somehow.


- Terra

Yeah, the enchante journals are really cool. I wish all guilds had books like that. I was hoping to see something, anything with some of the more interesting tidbits surrounding our guild. I think Bard's have a lot of potentional for big storylines and interesting drama.

I'd love to see more regarding:
- Karovaas
- The Naga
- Sentinels
- Sentient Instruments
- Order of Kalodi
- Songsworn
- those bardic swords which may or may not be player created. I forget what they're called, Truesong and Darksong maybe? Very cool


- Terra

What my note was about, am going through all the old lore and trying to find as much info as possible on them from players an GL's. Some really interesting groups that maybe in the future Bards might actually be able to join.

>People hate screams, we ought to create IC lawsuits (class action!) and really make people loathe Lore-fu :)

Some sort of Scholarship vs Scholarship contest modified by Intelligence and Charisma? Loser pays the winner 100 plat in damages. :)

And I know some have waited longer than me for them to open! Let's see I'm up to 6 years waiting, I think it is. Brings back memories of camping out at the Sentinels, waiting on Karovaas to come back out of them just to be killed. Oh and tarts being delivered by shoot, what was his name, Yadrel, something like that then getting teased with a tart cart driving by. Let's see, I think I was circle 30 then.

I can't wait!


~Eoworfinia~
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