Discordance

The Discordance skill greatly reduces the stats of the targeted creature. Players can Discord multiple creatures simultaneously. The skill shares a cooldown of 5-seconds with Peacemaking on both success and failure, but a player may only use Discordance once every 10 seconds. This means a player can alternate between Discordance and Peacemaking every 5 seconds.

The Bard Codex significantly enhances the effectiveness of the Discordance skill.

Mechanics

• A player's base Discordance skill is capped by their Musicianship skill.

 Example: a player with 50 Discordance and 25 Musicianship is considered to have 25 Discordance. 

• A player's Effective Discordance Skill is calculated as:

 (Discordance Skill + Instrument Skill Bonuses + Applicable Instrument Slayer Bonuses + 
 Supplemental Skill Bonuses + Lyric Aspect Armor Bonus)

• Players can increase their Effective Discordance Skill through the Forensic Evaluation and Tracking skills, categorized under Supplemental Skill Bonuses.
• The total bonus to Effective Discordance from Instruments, Supplemental Skills, or Lyric Aspect Armor cannot exceed the player's Musicianship skill.

 Example: a player with 25 Musicianship can only gain up to 25 points of Effective Discordance from these sources. 

• Discord effect duration is calculated as:

 ((60 seconds - (Creature Difficulty Value)) * (Effective Barding Skill / 100))  
 with a minimum duration of 15 * (Musicianship Skill / 100) seconds.  

• Bonus for Bard Synergy – A player attempting to use Discordance on a creature that is already Provoked or Pacified gains an Effective Barding Skill bonus of +25 on the Discordance attempt.
• The Minimum Success Chance for any Barding action is:

 (33% * (Effective Barding Skill / 100)).

• Chance for skill gain is doubled on a successful Discordance check.

Barding Songs

The available Barding Songs are:

Barding Songs
Skill	Effect
Discordance	Provides a (5% * (Effective Barding Skill / 100)) Damage Resistance bonus to Players and their Followers
Peacemaking	Provides a (5% * (Effective Barding Skill / 100)) Healing Amounts Received Bonus to Players and their Followers
Provocation	Provides a (5% * (Effective Barding Skill / 100)) Damage Bonus to Players and their Followers
All AoE Barding Song Buffs durations are 15 minutes
Casting a Barding Song has a 10 second cooldown that is independent of normal bard skill usage

• Casting a Barding Song has a 10-second cooldown that is independent of normal bard skill usage.
• All AoE Barding Songs last for 15 minutes.

Effects on Discorded Creatures

• Discorded creatures take 25% increased damage from all sources.

 Bosses receive damage scaling based on their difficulty. Omni Bosses take only 10% increased damage.  

• Discorded creatures suffer a 25% penalty to their damage output.
• The effectiveness of Discordance on creatures scales as:

 (Bard's Printed Discordance Skill / 120) % of normal.  

• Creatures that are both Discorded and either Pacified or Provoked take an additional 15% increased damage from all sources.
• Discorded creatures will display a swirling animation and a "*discorded Xs*" message above their name, where X represents the remaining duration of the Discordance effect.

Area Discordance

Players can perform an Area Discordance effect by targeting themselves when using Discordance.

• AoE Discordance has the same cooldowns as normal Discordance actions.
• The effect applies an individual Discordance skill check to all non-tamed creatures within 8 tiles of the bard.
• Each successful check Discords the affected creature for 5 seconds.
• Players cannot use AoE Discordance or AoE Peacemaking in guarded areas.

Additional Notes

• Against Tamed Creatures – Discordance effects on tamed creatures last a maximum of 15 seconds.
• Provoked creatures do not suffer a damage penalty from Discordance.
• Provoked or Pacified creatures that are also Discorded take an additional 15% damage from all sources

 Totaling 40% increased damage from all sources.

Training

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Use Discordance on creatures in the New Player Dungeon
80-120	Use Discordance on creatures at the Prevalia Zoo or a Battletrainer