storyteller

Storytellers

Special Thanks to Heartsong for providing me with some invaluable information
Thank you!

Gods to choose from

Apollo, Artemis, Demeter ,Hephaestus, Iris and Persephone
all encourage Arcane Skills the main skill storytellers want if they want to learn art and lore.
see the Modifier Tables

"Fame" Stories
When you go out and hunt, you gain experience as well as Fame.
The amount of Fame you earn is equal, or close to it. After you earn that
Fame you need to have a song or story performed for you to actually "activate it". Until
the song or story is done your fame lies dormant, even decaying as it sits there.
We should try and have a Fame song or story performed for us every 500 to 1000 experience
we earn. This makes it easier for us to get famous because we always have our services
at our disposal, others must seek us out and have the songs performed or go to Gwithian,
A non player storyteller, to have a fame song done.
When you first step foot into the lands as a storyteller you may have noticed a few
things in your knapsack, a quill, ink, and some paper. These are the basic tools of a
storyteller. When you get enough training in art and lore you can use these implements to
write stories about your friends adventures so that they may gain fame.

You get the most experience when the
piece is performed in a tavern or inn in front of a crowd of people

To write the story or song you must get the quill, dip it in the ink, get the paper and write the story.

Commands	Praising Verbs	Teasing Verbs	Performing
(write story/song about praising/teasing their )	Beauty~Charm~Intelligence~ Wisdom~Strength~Piety~Agility~ Skill~ Kindness~ Ingenuity~Humor and Patience	Appearance~ Rudeness~ Sloppiness~ Stupidity~ Clumsiness~ Ill-Temper~Hygiene~ and Cowardice	SING RECITE
marching song	lets you swing your weapon faster

While writing you can do a few actions such as smiling and similar verbs and such but you cannot talk ~
although you can whisper. You also must be sitting down ~ if anyone pulls you to your
feet it breaks your concentration and you must start over. After writing the story you
must give the paper to the person it is about and have them <endorse> it. By endorsing it
they are allowing you to perform it.

Thanks to Heartsong I have been told that storytellers can now talk when they reach their low teens..with enough skill.
It seems the skill differs with each type of song. If anyone has concrete numbers please mail them to me.
Thanks! Tamboura

Marching song Makes you swing faster and hit a bit harder. It increases strength by 20 points per song sung and is stack able which means if yousing it 5 times you increase your strength by 100 and that cuts 2 seconds off your rt.

Dancing song Increases your coordination by 20 for each time the song is sung stack able It brings down your to-hit and increases the enemy to-hit.

Fame song/story only needed 4 times per level now.

Humor song Gives an immediate boost of health to all who hear it. It gets better as the storyteller's skills go up. It can only be sung once every 2 and a half minutes.

Heroic song It grows in strength with the storyteller's skills. Is not stack able Significantly lowers the storyteller's to-hit and also lowers everyone who hears the song's to-hit but not as much as the one singing it.

Drinking song Increases the storyteller's appearance which seems to help get a better cost with some merchants.

The Muse Clio by Vemeer

visit the MUSES page !

When you write a story or song you have an empty paper.
You must write the actual story or song yourself prior to performing and
have it ready to recite or sing, by using the or verbs
(It is best to use scripts or macros, unless you are capable and feel confident
to just make it up while you go.)
If someone asks you to write a story for them interview them about their life in Athens and what they would like their story or song being based on. Give your self some time :)
When it's ready to perform THEN write it on the paper, get the endorsement, and
perform it ~ using your script or macros.
It might be a good idea to have a few Quickie scripts/macros you can adapt to anyone, ready.

Folding
Folding the corner of your paper gives you more experience when you PERFORM.
It will also give the message that you are preparing to sing a song/recite a story; the
folding of the paper opens up more keywords.
After you performed your song/story give the paper (or parchment) to the owner so
it can be used again.
We also have songs that help to boost spirits or otherwise heighten the effectiveness of
groups. One such of these is a marching song. To use this you would marching song> and sing the paper when you were out in battle with a group. The
marching song will raise the spirits of your group causing them to do more damage when they hit their targets. As you age you will be able to sing the song off the paper more than once and it will last longer amounts of time. These songs have a generic song that you will sing each time you perform it unless you fold the corner, folding the corner will let you sing your own if you like.

Gabrielle

Puppets, Masks, Books and Instruments

Puppets
Puppets and masks require quite a few levels of training's,
so be patient..it is certainly a nice reward when you can finally use them.

The puppets work on the action command. Here is an example:
>look puppet
The russet dog puppet is made of cloth. It appears to be in good condition.
>
>act pup barks wildly at the tavern keeper.
A fuzzy russet dog barks wildly at the tavern keeper.
The tavern keeper taps his fingers on the counter.

act puppet exclaims, "Lion bones or yer life!
A fuzzy russet dog exclaims, "Lion bones or yer life!
>
The tavern keeper rubs his chin.

Unfortunately puppets can only be used in inns and will wear out with use.
When you first learn to use them the message will always have the
word puppet in it ~ or when your skill is not yet as high : )

when your skill is low:

act pup sneaks up behind you.
A spotted silvery hyena puppet sneaks up behind you.

act pup bites you in your ankle!

A white wolf puppet bites you in your ankle!

I got this with 72 skill in lore and art:

>act pup stalks in quietly and stands next to you, then reclines at your feet.
A white wolf stalks in quietly and stands next to you, then reclines at your feet.

The white wolf puppet is made of cloth. It appears to be in pristine condition.

So far there are three different "classes" of puppets, these include (from easiest to hardest to use)

Small Domestic Animals	(Dogs~ Cats~ Roosters~ etc)
Large Domestic Animals	(Horses~ Cows~ Donkeys~ etc)
Wild Animals	(Mermels~ Foxes~ Lions~ etc.)

act pup says, "I want my carrot!"
A mangy brown donkey says, "I want my carrot!"

Masks
Masks last longer, cost more and are harder to use ~ but you can perform more freely.
The cat mask is made of wood. It appears to be in pristine condition.

>act mask watches you intently through her dark sunglasses.
A cat watches you intently through her dark sunglasses.

>act mask lets out a low snarl and scans the area.
A cat lets out a low snarl and scans the area.
>act mask jumps up and down, trying to catch a fly.
A cat jumps up and down, trying to catch a fly.

Books

Books are used a lot like the Fame Parchments ~ except it gives you
a way to gain experience from telling non fame stories. When you buy a book you cannot open it until you write in it.

Command Types Performing Actions (Random)

WRITE STORY Adventure~ Love~Mystery~
Horror~History~Tradition~
Humor~Drama~Fiction~
Nonfiction

TURN BOOK~
OPEN ~
CLOSE~
POKE BOOK
You brush off your book,
You wet a finger,
You turn a page in the book,
You turn a page in the book,
You glance down at your book,
You smooth
out the top page of your book

When you write one of these in the book it makes it a book about that subject and the
subject cannot be changed after it's written in the book. Now, as with fame song and
stories, the simple writing of the book doesn't actually put the words into it. You need to
supply the stories yourself by reciting them, the book is simply a tool that allows you to
gain experience from the story you tell after activating the book by reading it.

Books can be used anywhere and last through several uses, but like everything else it is
best to use them in an inn or tavern or other performance areas.

CHARMING

Storytellers can also CHARM critters.
CHARM critter will make it scurry up to you looking for guidance.
You can then

TELL (critter) FOLLOW (name)
TELL (critter) ATTACK (enemy)
TELL (critter) LEAVE or TELL (critter) STAY.

(They are the same as the priest summoned animal commands).

It doesn't work on two-leggers.

It will be safe on animals that measure equal and lower ~ it will work with critters that are 5 levels above you, but worthy could be more then that, so be careful.
If you try to CHARM something and fail, it enrages them. You are stuck in a very long RT and they hit you easier and are harder to hit when you recover.

To Shops and Instruments

Marching song	Makes you swing faster and hit a bit harder.	It increases strength by 20 points per song sung and is stack able	which means if yousing it 5 times you increase your strength by 100 and that cuts 2 seconds off your rt.
Dancing song	Increases your coordination by 20 for each time the song is sung	stack able	It brings down your to-hit and increases the enemy to-hit.
Fame song/story	only needed 4 times per level now.
Humor song	Gives an immediate boost of health to all who hear it.	It gets better as the storyteller's skills go up.	It can only be sung once every 2 and a half minutes.
Heroic song	It grows in strength with the storyteller's skills.	Is not stack able	Significantly lowers the storyteller's to-hit and also lowers everyone who hears the song's to-hit but not as much as the one singing it.
Drinking song			Increases the storyteller's appearance which seems to help get a better cost with some merchants.

Command	Types	Performing	Actions (Random)
WRITE STORY	Adventure~ Love~Mystery~ Horror~History~Tradition~ Humor~Drama~Fiction~ Nonfiction	TURN BOOK~ OPEN ~ CLOSE~ POKE BOOK	You brush off your book, You wet a finger, You turn a page in the book, You turn a page in the book, You glance down at your book, You smooth out the top page of your book