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Music is a beast. Your instrument is the whip. And you're the beast tamer. The beast roars at your practiced command, shaking the hearts and stirring the minds of all who hear and see you perform. The sound is what's important, but so is the instrument you use to produce it. And yours is a one-of-a-kind customized special edition appliance for producing mind-blowing performances. There's no other instrument like it. One minute you might be jamming to stir the hearts of your allies to battle, and the next minute using that same instrument to tear out your enemy's throat.
One portable musical instrument of your choice that is modified or reinforced so that it could also be used as a mundane melee or ranged weapon. For example, the bow of your stringed instrument might also serve as a sword. Your reinforced iron flute as a baton or blow gun or your guitar might also fire pistol rounds. You also have tools for keeping your instrument in repair and in tune, which is a must, especially if you use your instrument in a fight.
Your music affects that foe so much that they're shaken and use their next turn to flee.
Your music affects that foe so much that they can't help but hum the tune they heard you play in stressful situations.
You are trained in playing a musical instrument of your choice, such as a guitar, flute, or violin. You are also practiced in using that instrument-or some component of that instrument-as a light or medium weapon.
After a target has willingly listened to you play your music for at least one round while outside of combat, the difficulty of your first attack against that foe is decreased by one step.
Through your musical performance, you inspire your allies. While you play, your allies within short range modify the difficulty of one-and only one-of the following task types (your choice) by one step to their benefit: defense tasks, attack tasks, or tasks related to any skill that you are trained or specialized in. Alternatively, you can demoralize your foes, in which case while you play, your foes within short range modify the difficulty of one of the following task types (your choice) by one step to their detriment: defense tasks, attack tasks, or tasks related to any skill that you are trained or specialized in.
While your musical instrument is in your hand or hands, you are trained in Speed defense tasks.
You are specialized in playing your musical instrument. If you are already specialized, you instead add +1 to any die roll related to playing music with your instrument.
You further customize your instrument, granting it one additional unique attack mode from the following list.
When you wish it, your instrument produces a stream of blazing fire for up to ten minutes. You can use the fiery display to visually enhance your performance by drawing attention to yourself, or as an action to attack up to three creatures standing next to each other within short range (making a separate attack roll for each target). A successful attack inflicts a moderate wound (4 points).
You blast a fan of lightning out from your instrument to short range in an arc that is approximately 50 feet (15 m) wide at the end. This discharge inflicts a moderate wound (4 points). If you apply Effort to increase the damage rather than to decrease the difficulty, you deal 2 additional points of damage per level of Effort (instead of 3 points), and targets in the area take 1 point of damage even if you fail the attack roll.
Your instrument sprays projectiles everywhere, attacking every creature in an immediate area within short range. You must make attack rolls against each target. You inflict 4 points of damage on targets you hit.
You can use this ability in one of two ways. Either your ongoing musical performance keeps the attention of all NPCs that hear you for as long as you play, or your performance inspires all NPCs (of your choosing) that hear it to function as if they were one level higher for the next hour.
You deal 2 additional points of damage with your instrument when you use it as a weapon, including when you use an attack granted by Instrument Upgrade.
If you strike a foe of level 3 or lower with your musical instrument, you kill the target instantly.
GM Intrusions: Instruments break. Instruments can be stolen. Instruments can be dropped or forced out of a musician's hand.