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 of15 * (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 |