Minstrel Skill List

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Minstrel Skill List: A Minstrel's Guide to Musical
Skills and Combat

Edited and Updated By: Martuk

The Minstrel is the lifeline of any fellowship. With
his music he inspires moral in all his allies, motivating them to
continue the fight. With a strong list of songs at his disposal he can
enhance performance and morale to rally a group to victory.

Level	Skill	Description
1	Ballad of Vigor	Tier 1 Ballad: A quick ballad that gives you Vitality and harms your foe.
1	Raise the Spirit	Words of encouragement that renew the Morale of a companion or yourself.
1	Herald's Strike	This melee attack increases the effects of healing on yourself for a short time.
1	Lute Use	Allows the use of Lutes
2	Piercing Cry	Your shout does light damage to your enemies. 22 Light Damage
4	Ballad of Swiftness	Tier 2 Ballad: A quick ballad that gives you a bonus to your attack speed and harms your foe. Requires a recent Tier 1 ballad. 9 Light damage -1% Attack Duration
4	Ballad of Steel	Tier 1 Ballad: A quick ballad that gives you an armour bonus and harms your foe. 9 Light damage +38 Armour Value
5	Cowbell Use	Allows the use of the Cowbell
5	Harp Use	Allows the use of Harps
5	Clarinet Use	Allows the use of Clarinets
5	Horn Use	Allows the use of Horns
5	Flute Use	Allows the use of Flutes
6	Ballad of War	Tier 3 Ballad: A quick ballad that gives your fellowship a bonus to their melee damage. Requires a recent Tier 2 ballad. +10% Melee Damage
7	Evade: Rank 1	Adds 1% to Evade chance
8	Ballad of Unshakable Will	Tier 3 Ballad: A quick ballad that gives your fellowship a bonus to their resistance to fear. Requires a recent Tier 2 ballad. +1% Fear Resistance
8	Ballad of Resonance	Tier 1 Ballad: A quick ballad that gives you a bonus to Tactical attacks and harms your foe. 9 Light damage +10% Tactical Damage
9	Parry: Rank 1	Adds 1% to Parry Chance
10	Inspire Fellows	Words of encouragement renew the Morale of your fellowship and increase its vigour. -1% Ranged Vulnerability -1% Tactical Vulnerability -1% Melee Vulnerability +32 Morale
10	Drum Use	Allows the use of Drums
11	Accuracy: Rank 1	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
12	Cry of the Valar	Calling upon the Valar can send certain evil foes fleeing in terror for a short time. Fears for up to 15s
14	Ballad of Balance	Tier 2 Ballad: A quick ballad that gives you a bonus to your Evade and harms your foe. Requires a recent Tier 1 ballad. 9 Light damage +1.2% Evade Chance
14	Chant of the Oathbreaker	This chant summons an Oathbreaker Blade to harry your foe. When in War-speech, this chant is upgraded to Chorus of the Oathbreakers .-3% Song and Cry Resistance 2 common damage initially then 2 common damage every 5 seconds.
15	Melee Critical: Rank 1	Adds 1.0% to Melee Critical Chance
15	Theorbo Use	Allows the use of Theorbos
16	Noble Cause	The next three Herald's Strikes you execute do extra damage and return part of that as Morale to your group. When you invoke this skill your reset timer of Herald's Strike is reset.
17	Parry: Rank 2	Adds 1% to Parry chance
18	Song of the Dead	This song causes undead to freeze in fear. Dazes for up to 30s
18	Song of Restoration	A song that makes an allies' hearts glad again, removing some of the oppression of defeat.
18	Bolster Courage	Words of encouragement renew the Morale of a companion or yourself. This maneuver is larger but slower than Raise the Spirit. +64 Morale
19	Accuracy: Rank 2	Reduces Miss by a medium amount
20	Shields	Allows the use of shields.
20	War-Speech	Your charismatic speech drives fear into the hearts of your enemies. -50% Healing Output Increase -10s Piercing Cry recovery time +25% Piercing Cry critical chance
20	Anthem of the Free Peoples	Anthem: Increases morale regeneration in combat for you and your fellowship and generates less threat than direct healing. Requires a recent Tier 3 ballad and resets your ballad counter. +2.3 in-combat Morale Regen
20	Enlivening Grace	Brings hope to those whose Morale has been entirely depleted, reviving a defeated ally. Target revives with 50% Morale 0% Power
21	Block: Rank 1	Adds 2% to Block Chance
22	Tale of Heroism	This aura increases the Will and Fate of your Fellowship. +2 Fate +2 Will
22	Call to the Elder King	War-speech must be active to use this skill. You invoke the name of the Elder King, chief of the Valar, blasting a group of your foes and reducing their resistance to further attacks. 19 Light damage -10% Light mitigation
23	Melee Critical: Rank 2	Adds 1% to Melee Critical Chance
24	Anthem of Compassion	Anthem: Decreases the amount of threat you generate from healing. Requires a recent Tier 3 ballad and resets your ballad counter. -40% Threat from Healing.
25	Bagpipe Use	Allows the use of Bagpipes.
25	Evade: Rank 2	Adds 1% to Evade Chance
26	Cry of the Chorus	This skill enables you to access every Ballad Tier and Anthem at once. It also breaks any silence effects on you.
26	Cure Fear	Your inspirational spirit can dispel fear afflicting yourself or others. Removes up to 1 Fear effect with maximum strength of 4 from the target.
27	Parry: Rank 3	Adds 1% to Parry Chance
28	Song of Soothing	Can sooth the target and those near the target, so they will less likely to attack you.
29	Melee Critical: Rank 3	Adds 1% to Melee Critical Chance
30	Mentor: Clarinet	You can instruct someone how to play the clarinet.
30	Mentor: Horn	You can instruct someone how to play the horn.
30	Scribe Stance	When you enter Scribe Stance, you change your mentor skills into Scribe Manual skills, allowing you to create manuals to teach instruments. Scribing manuals is much more taxing than teaching a person, requires a blank mentor manual, and will apply a 10 day cool down to all mentor skills.
30	Song of Aid	The minstrel inspires his fellows to heroic feats, opening up gated skills to most classes, and enables Lore-masters to use Beacon of Hope more frequently at a lower Morale cost.
30	Triumphant Spirit	A desperate cry instantly renews the Morale of your fellowship, but draws a large amount of attention to yourself. +96 Morale
31	Accuracy: Rank 3	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
32	Ballad of Flame	Tier 3 Ballad: A quick ballad that gives your fellowship a bonus to their resistance to fire. Requires a recent Tier 2 ballad. +10% Fire Mitigation
32	Tale of Battle	this aura increases the vitality and wound resistance of your fellowship. +2 Vitality +7 Wound Resistance
33	Block: Rank 2	Adds 1% to Block
34	Call to the Second Age	War-speech must be active to use this skill. Your rousing tales of the Second Age dishearten nearby foes and lighten the footsteps of your allies. 34 Light damage
34	Song of Distraction	A song that can make your enemy become drowsy and not detect players until they are much closer than normal. This does not work against monsters already engaged in combat. -75% Perception Radius
35	Melee Critical: Rank 4	Adds 1% to Melee Critical Chance
36	Ballad of the Stout	Tier 2 Ballad: A quick ballad that gives you a bonus to all your resistance's and harms your foe. Requires a recent Tier 1 ballad. 9 Light Damage +1% Poison Resistance +1% Wound Resistance +1% Disease Resistance
36	Mentor: Cowbell	You can instruct someone how to play the Cowbell.
37	Block: Rank 3	Adds 1% to Block
38	Chord of Salvation	You strike a quick but potent chord, instantly recovering an ally's morale. +46 Morale
38	Still as Death	You are talented at feigning death, causing enemies to often ignore you.
39	Accuracy: Rank 4	Reduces Miss by a small amount
40	Anthem of Valor	Anthem: Call upon a song to blast your enemies with an area-of-effect of light. Requires a recent Tier 3 ballad and resets your ballad counter. 21 Light damage
41	Block: Rank 4	Adds 1% to Block
42	Lay of the Hammerhand	This lay enables you to take damage from your Power instead of Morale when toggled. The name comes from the addage that those who know this lay were said to have been able to take a blow from Helm Hammerhand himself. Every point of damage done to morale or health is transformed into 0.5 points of damage to power.
43	Evade: Rank 3	Adds 1% to Evade Chance
44	Tale of Warding	This aura increases the hope and armour of your fellowship. +27 Armour Value +1 Hope
46	Call to the Fellowship	You call out to your fellows, encouraging them to greater effectiveness during Fellowship Maneuvers.
48	Gift of the Hammerhand	You have mastered Lay of the Hammerhand well enough to bestow a lesser benefit upon an ally. Every point of common damage done to Morale or health is transformed into 2 points of damage to power.
50	Call to Greatness	You call out to your fellow, inspiring him to greatness.
50	Irresistible melody	You perform a melody so irresistible that all Free Peoples who hear it cannot help but dance.

Minstrel Class Traits
Name	Description	Acquired
Battle-Hymn	When using Anthem of the Valar, your regeneration in combat is increased. Your enemies will know your name, but you will grow stronger from their defeat. Line Bonus: Power Max 65.0	Use Ballads 1500 times.
Focused Performance	Your skills are more difficult to disrupt. Subtracts 10.0% from Induction Duration Line Bonus: Fear Resistance 2.0%	Earn this trait by evading 300 of your enemies attacks.
Graceful Demeanor	The effects of your Enlivening Grace and Rally! are enhanced. Subtracts 2.0 from Bringing back fellows from defeat induction Line Bonus: Fear Resistance 2.0% Adds 20.0% to Revive Morale Total Adds 30.0% to Revive Power Total	Use Enlivening Grace 100 times
Glorious Anthem	The duration of your Anthems is increased. Adds 15.0 to Effect Duration Line Bonus: Morale Regeneration in Combat 0.3	Complete the Minstrel level 30 class quest.
Harmonious Melody	You have a longer window of opportunity in which to perform your next tier of Ballads. Adds 5.0 to Effect Duration Line Bonus: Morale Regeneration in Combat 0.3	Use Ballads 1500 times.
Heralded Saviour	You use your Song of Aid to greater effect. This song is especially effective at lightening the hearts of your fellows Line Bonus: Fear Resistance 2.0%	Use Song of Aid 400 times.
Herald's Hammer	The effects of your Enlivening Grace and Rally! are enhanced. Your Herald's Strike is more effective than before. br> Adds 100.0% to Herald's Strike Line Bonus: Max Morale 50.0	Use Song of Aid 400 times.
Life-singer	The Power costs for your morale-renewing skills are reduced. Subtracts 10.0% from Power Cost Line Bonus: Morale Regeneration in Combat 0.3	Use 1000 Healing songs.
Light in the Dark	Your Tier 1 and Tier 2 Ballads inflict more damage to your enemies. Adds 10.0% to Tier 1 Damage. Line Bonus: Max Morale 50.0	Use Ballad of Resonance 1000 times.
Medium Armour-use	The You are able to wear medium armour. You may now use heavier armour. Line Bonus: Power Max 65.0	Complete the Minstrel level 15 class quest.
Powerful Voice	The Power costs of all your Cries are reduced. Subtracts 5.0% from Cries Cost Line Bonus: Power Max 65.0	Use Cries 300 times.
Silver Tongue	Your Songs recover more quickly than before. Subtracts 3.0 from Song Skill Recharge Line Bonus: Fear Resistance 2.0%	Use Cry of the Chorus 500 times.
Smooth Voice	This skill transforms your Ballad of Vigour and Ballad of Balance into slower songs that no longer deal damage, but act upon your fellowship for a longer duration. Adds Line Bonus: Max Morale 50.0	Use Piercing Cry 600 times.
Strength of Voice	The duration of your Tier 3 Ballads is increased. Adds 10.0 to Effect Duration Line Bonus: Morale Regeneration in Combat 0.3	Use Piercing Cry 600 times.
Subtle Movements	The use of your skills draws less attention from your enemies. Subtracts 25.0 from Threat. Line Bonus: Power Max 65.0	Use Song of Soothing 300 times.
Unrelenting	When you land a Critical Hit with your Piercing Cry, your enemy is stunned. This trait also causes your Piercing Cry to recover faster. The sound of your voice can stun your enemies. Line Bonus: Max Morale 50.0 Subtracts 3.0 from Skill Reset	Land 100 Critical hits with Piercing Cry.

Minstrel Legendary Traits
Melodies of the Valar Book
Pages	Found
12, 13, 23, 24	Can be dropped by the Morroval of Ram Duath in Angmar.
27,29,30,32	Can be dropped by the Goblins of the Misty Mountains.
Valour's Marches Book
1, 5, 7, 8, 12, 16, 23, 26	Dropped by level 40+ Iron Crowns and Goblins of Angmar.
The Rising Chord Book
11, 14, 16, 23	This can be dropped by Orcs in Dun Covad
27, 28, 3, 4	The Wights located in Imlad Balcorth hold these.

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Last Updated: Mar 29, 2016

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