Report #1435
Skillset: Loralaria            Skill: BlueBerceuse
   Guild: Symphonium          Status: Pending

Problem: Loralaria is a skillset that presents an unique opportunity to have a way to approach and
execute a kill that doesn't occur with any other Music skillset. With Blueberceuse, they are almost
able to execute an effective sleeplock except for one problem, they have no way to strip metawake
reliably from a target. This is necessary to perpetuate a sleeplock. This report aims to remedy that
by reworking their primary sleep skill. This is important and being asked for because it gives
Loralaria a unique kill strategy that doesn't exist in other bard skillsets, but it is currently
completely neutered by not having a way to strip metawake. (Mostly copied from report 1251).

Solution #1: Instead of having gemmed BlueBerceuse cause 1 sleep attack with a 25% chance to cause a
second sleep attack, allow it to cause 1 sleep attack and have a 15% chance to strip metawake. Lines
to both the bard and his/her victim should be shown.
Solution #2: Allow BlueBerceuse to cause a sleep attack (as it is a lullaby) and, if gemmed, cause
powersap. Allow RedRubato, a mostly useless skill that does minuscule timewarp and damage (even at
high levels of timewarp) to become a command song, similar to DarkMaster in Necroscream. Justified
by the control a musician has during a "rubato" phrase. Target must be lusted to command the target.
Let the gemmed effect of RedRubato be confusion. Allow SkySforzando to only aeon past quicksilver
(if gemmed), removing the stun, but also reduce its power cost to 2p to compensate.
Solution #3: Move away from the sleeplock entirely. Allow BlueBerceuse to become similar to
Northwind in Aeromancy, causing mana damage depending on how many mental afflictions you have.
Suggest low to medium amounts. If gemmed, let the mana damage increase slightly. Allow SkySforzando
to become a 5p instakill at 50% mana, working on the thought process that the sudden loudness kills
the unwary mind. If gemmed, allow SkySforzando to cost 4p. Other solutions are welcome in the
comments that deal with the problem statement.

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