Boozy Obnoxious and Opulent Bards

This mod adds a host of new perks to the Speech tree, to make bard roleplay fun.

• []Battle Muse : Your mastery of musical instruments turns the tide of battle: drums inspire your allies, the flute soothes your foes, and the lute stirs chaos among your enemies. The likelihood of these effects depends on your skill with the instrument.

  []Windborne Melody : Your music flows as freely as the wind. Playing an instrument no longer slows your movement.

  []Standing Ovation : Your captivating performances leave the crowd in awe. The bonuses received from playing for a crowd at the inns are now doubled and last twice as long.

  []Boozy Bard : Alcohol makes the music flow sweeter! Alcoholic drinks no longer have negative effects, and performing under the influence enhances both your musical powers and the damage of your bardic weapons.

  []Skald : Continuously playing instruments during combat now grants additional benefits. Drums bolster your allies, while the Lute and Flute weakens your enemies' defenses.

  []Song Of Power : Your music builds to a powerful crescendo, periodically unleashing a forceful shockwave that knocks enemies back.

  []Symphony of Storms : The bard's mastery over their instrument echoes through the heavens. The deep and powerful resonance of your music calls forth elemental storms, with each instrument summoning its own fury.

  []Ethereal Echo : Consuming Ectoplasm before playing an instrument transforms music into a weapon against the undead: the drum scorches nearby undead with sunlit fury, the flute sends them fleeing in terror, and the lute banishes lesser Daedra to the void.

  The perks are meant to give you reason to play your instrument, both in and outside combat. The chance of nearly all of the perks triggering depends on your mastery of the instrument you're playing. So make sure to play at the inns and ask other bards to teach you techniques.

  Also you can use your lute as a bonking weapon. For this, drop your loot from your inventory on the ground, this gives you the weaponized lute back. You can then drop the lute weapon and it'll give you the instrument for playing. This will preserve your enchantment/modifications you may have done on it.

  Installation

  The Instruments of Torture - Melee Lute mod is required for this mod, however its ESP is not needed. After installing it, right click on it in the left pane of MO2 and go to the Optional ESPs tab, select "RTInstrumentsOfTorture.esp" and use the arrow button to move it to the left. Alternatively, you can just delete the .esp file from the mod.

  Compatibility

  This mod to