Carved bone aulos
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Carved bone aulos | |
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Musical instruments Information | |
Type | Wind |
Tuneable | No |
Mallet | No |
To play, must be... | Held |
Size | 1.5' x 6" |
Weight | 1 lb |
Material | Bone |
Other | None |
Contents
Description
Made from two long stag's bones, carved with cavorting maenads and polished to a high sheen, this double flute with its smooth ivory mouthpiece balances lightly in the hand and seems to sound soft music on the edge of hearing with only the wind to play it. Legend says that Patina, Goddess of Wisdom, made the first aulos in order to play a game involving blowing small paper balls across a green table, but cast it aside in disgust when the sounds ruined Her concentration.
Where Found
Public Area
- None
NPC
- <Adjective> lady (Ephebe)
Store
- A cheerful tent stall (Djelibeybi)
- Foreign Things (Djelibeybi)
Messages
Play
Bonus Range | Message |
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173-216 | You coax a squealing croak like the call of a dying raven from your carved bone aulos. |
192-216 | You blow into your carved bone aulos, resulting in a damp sound like a Morporkian who's eaten too much cabbage. |
363 | You raise your carved bone aulos and play an intricate lament for the passing of heroes, whose glory flares and fades like a torch in the night. |
384 | You play a faltering melody on your carved bone aulos. |
384 | You play an elegantly geometrical air on your carved bone aulos. |
384 | You play a deceptively simple dancing tune like the hooves of a flock of goats down a rocky mountain slope on your carved bone aulos. |
Perform
Bonus Range | Message |
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173-216 | You insouciantly begins to perform a solo piece on your carved bone aulos which emits a sharp SQUAWK! and nothing else. |
173-216 | You look embarrassed as your carved bone aulos produces only a few quiet, strangled notes. |
384 | You timidly perform an awkward solo piece on your carved bone aulos. |
384 | You perform a poorly timed and disharmoniously composed solo piece on your carved bone aulos. |
363-384 | You perform a solo piece like young men singing on their way to war on your carved bone aulos. |
384 | You exuberantly perform a stirring solo piece like storm winds gathering over the wine-dark dolphin-haunted Circle Sea on your carved bone aulos. |
Serenade
Bonus Range | Message |
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173-216 | You serenade the <target> on your carved bone aulos, producing a few sparse notes scattered with exacting precision through the silence. |
363-384 | You serenade the <target> on your carved bone aulos with a gentle tune like the cooing of doves as they settle for the night and tuck their heads under soft grey wings. |
384 | You favour <target> with an old shepherd's tune on your carved bone aulos, normally used to count sheep. |
384 | You serenade <target> on your carved bone aulos, creating a soft quiet melody like the scented caress of a breeze through the lemon groves. |
Other Information
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