Dragon harp

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Dragon harp
Musical instruments Information
Type String
Tuneable Yes
Mallet No
To play, must be... Held
Size 2 x 8/12
Weight 1 3/9 lb
Material Oak
Other None

Description

Carved from finest oak, the wood crafted into the shape of a sinuous dragon taken to flight, this harp is a marvel to behold. Of Llamedese craftmanship, just a touch of the strings is enough to melt the coldest of hearts. Any bard would be proud to hold such a wondrous instrument.

Where Found

Public Area

  • None

NPC

  • None

Store

Messages

Strum

Bonus Range Message
82 You carelessly play a few clashing notes on your dragon harp.
264 You strum the same chord over and over on your dragon harp.
238-264 You quickly strum a sequence of chords on your dragon harp.
238-264 You deftly strum a few chord progressions on your dragon harp.
238-264 You skilfully strum a pleasant sequence of chords on your dragon harp.

Play

Bonus Range Message
82 You harshly pluck at your dragon harp, producing a melody so tuneless that the air rustles as generations of bardic souls quiver in outraged anger.
82 A melody awful enough to pluck birds from the sky come from the dragon harp as you play it.
150 As you deftly play your dragon harp, a hopeful melody of young love in old hearts fills the air.
150 You play an insipid melody on your dragon harp.
150 You jerkily pluck at your dragon harp, creating a grating melody.
150 You play an amusing air on your dragon harp.
238 You play an insipid melody on your dragon harp.
238-264 As you deftly play your dragon harp, a hopeful melody of young love in old hearts fills the air.
238-264 You expertly play a sumptuous ballad of feasting and games on your dragon harp.
238-264 You delicately pluck your dragon harp, creating a climactic crescendo of anguished loves and lauded deaths, passionate deeds and noble heroes, tortured hopes and the weight of future's history. Best Message

Serenade

Bonus Range Message
82 You serenade <target> with an affront to music on your dragon harp.
82 You pluck at your dragon harp, serenading <target> with a tune so utterly lacking in musical merit that the dragon harp seems to shudder in revulsion.
238 You serenade <target> with a mediocre tune on your dragon harp.
238 You create a searing soliloquy of sound on your dragon harp for <target>.
238 You serenade <target> with a sharply restive facet from the face of harmony on your dragon harp.
238 You lovingly cradle your dragon harp, playing for <target> a luscious layering of exquisite expression, impregnating the air with tradition and lore.

Perform

Bonus Range Message
82 You perform a ditty that would disgrace a drunken sailor.
238 You perform a brisk solo on your dragon harp.
238 You perform a nondescript ditty on your dragon harp.
238 You creatively play a richly rippling rill of song on your dragon harp, wending through the air.
238 You create a sparkling styling on your dragon harp, evoking the ghosts of emotions long past.
238 You slowly pluck at the strings of your dragon harp, creating a sombre lament that echos with the love of creation and the knowledge of bards long passed, that speaks of the good and the bad and the human in all, that mourns for the living and weeps for the dead, and that spills into breaking voice the conflict and the terror, the glory and the pain of living each second on this vale of tears.

Other Information

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