Become a Bard

This is an old, unmaintained version of this mod.

The latest version of this file for SSE can be obtained on Bethesda.net or from here: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2303/?

The latest version for Oldrim can also be obtained from Steam.

Tired of being a warrior or mage? Become a Bard!

Become a Bard lets you play all of the instrumental and voiced songs included with the game or choose from dozens of new songs. It also adds new radiant quests to expand the options for a bard in Skyrim.

For those who are updating, what is new in 5. 0?

• []Added enhanced, consolidated songbook menu that shows songbook titles and song names.  This is something I've always wanted to do, now made possible by expired's UIExtensions, available here:  http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/57046/?  This option is in the MCM, but will not be available without UIExtensions installed.  This took a lot of work on the guts of the mod, because I was adamant that the new menu work seamlessly alongside the old functionality, which does not require SkyUI or SKSE.

• []Added ability to rename the custom songbook and the custom songs via the MCM.  This was made possible by SkyUILIB by mrpwn.

• []Updated the API for expansion packs.  They now show up in the MCM and can also be consolidated into the enchanced songbook menu

• []Added an API for mod-added inns.  The performance quest already worked in mod-added inns, but now mod authors can specifically choose to have an entry for their inn in the Bard Journal.  Does not require the Become a Bard esp to be added as a master.  I will document this better at some point and provide cut and paste code...

• []Fixed an issue with radiant spy quests for jarls that had been switched out as part of the civil war

• []Fixed an issue where performances in the Retching Netch did not register in the Bard Journal if a user was not using SKSE

• []NPC dancing is now disabled by default.  For an existing playthrough, your current setting will be retained.  This is because the dancing is pretty cool/funny once or twice, but after that not so much.  You can still enable it in the MCM if you want.

• []Music increases speechcraft skill is now disabled by default.  For an existing playthrough, your current setting will be retained.  You can still enable it in the MCM if you want.