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Animate Harper's Companion?
Topic Started: Thu May 1, 2014 7:19 am (162 Views)
Zolero Rossen
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Can the song-spells in the book "A Harper's Companion" (Book of Songs in Zolero's inventory) be triggered by an instrument enchanted with Animated? Animated can't be used to trigger enchantments, but there's not really any reason why the spells would need to be played by hand to trigger them, especially since they're so versatile--if a dancer can trigger the spell, an enchanted violin would probably be able to.

The downside is that that could easily become ridiculously overpowered. If a musician who owned A Harper's Companion spent a few hundred gold on buying and enchanting musical instruments, he could get several spells going at the same time. They all have a relatively long casting time--they won't take effect until the musician finishes the song--but even so, dropping five Fire Strikes every two minutes would be a powerful ability.

Most musical instruments are no more than twenty gold. The most expensive is sixty at RP level; the least expensive is fifteen; and A Harper's Companion is two hundred. Animated is only 5g.

A Harper's Companion
This book is filled with songs that, when played, create magical effects. It is a favorite of bards. It can be used with any instrument, vocal performance, or even dance. The song must be fully completed before the effects take place.
Song One - Arveene the Suspicious Wife: Invisibility.
Song Two - O, Were that I a Bird: Fly.
Song Three - Take My Hand, My Love: Greater Heal.
Song Four - Dance of Fire: Flame Strike.
Song Five - Arram the Shining: Mage Armor

Enchantment: Animated
Perform Level: None
Upon a verbal command the instrument may begin playing on its own as if a person of your talent were playing it. This enchantment can't be used to activate other musical instrument enchantments.
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Leyanni[Adm]
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Harper's Companion is the item that time forgot, so I'd guess that animated weapons can't play it because it really does look like an instrument enchantment(of some sort) to me, plus Melodic Muse is supposed to be where bards get their spellcasting groove in.
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Shan Orison
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My own experience with Animated states that it can only be used to play your enchanted instrument. Any additional benefits you desire can only be granted by playing it on your own. Sorry,
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Zolero Rossen
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Oh well. Worth a shot. Makes sense, though; it doesn't fit with the idea of magic as energy to be able to cast dozens of spells using a cheap enchantment.
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