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Dwarf Fortress => DF Adventure Mode Discussion => Topic started by: sionlife on February 08, 2018, 07:09:52 am
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Trying to make my way in the world as a bard. Just wondering why it is so painfully slow to level up skills in poetry and music. I have been standing in a tavern for a few days giving constant singing and poetry recitals and my skills in the various forms level up oh so very slowly. Compared to being a warrior and levelling up combat skills it is all very tedious. To top it all, when I try to concentrate on giving performances for musical forms that I started out skilled with, the game ignores those skills and creates a new separate line on my status screen at the Dabbling level. So I am now levelling up Dabbling XXX where a few lines above I already have a Skilled XXX of the same name. Is a career in the performing arts bugged in general and should I just stick to being a warrior type?
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I did manage to get a legendary singer/musician once, by way of macro spam. Interestingly, the adventurer's focus had improved from what it started at, leading me to think focus factors into musical performances somehow. My favorite adventurers, however, are warrior skalds who hunt monsters and then tell stories about how awesome they've been. It's much more glamorous than simply spreading rumors.
I do agree that music seems awkward, although I can't say I've properly tried a bard. The one time I did start with a character with woodwind skill, he had an earthenware kolob and knew pages of songs that didn't actually use it.
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Considering you can learn basic swordplay in a week, versus months to be even remotely able to just play a new instrument, it makes sense, even if it isn't quite fitting in game.
When we get magic next year, hopefully casting bardic magic improves the performance stat.