Provocation
Barding · Skill guide
Make eligible creatures fight one another. Maximum skill: 120 with Power Scrolls; useful alongside Musicianship.
Summary
- Use: Use Provocation with an instrument, choose the first creature, then a different creature for it to attack.
- Both creatures affect difficulty and must be valid targets.
- Controlled pets and protected targets cannot be used as ordinary provocation victims.
Training
Set Provocation to Up ↑ and leave room under your 720 total skill cap.
| Skill Range | Recommended Activity |
|---|---|
| 0–50 | Buy an optional lesson from a Bard for 300 gold; it raises this skill directly to 50.0. |
| 50–80 | Provoke one Academy audience member against another in Bard Hall. |
| 80–120 | Provoke increasingly challenging eligible creature pairs outside the Academy. |
Above 100, use matching Power Scrolls in order: 105, 110, 115, then 120. They unlock caps without granting skill points.
Right-click the teacher NPC, select the skill’s training entry, then give 300 gold. You need a skill cap of at least 50 and room for the entire lesson under your total cap.
Mechanics & Scaling
Difficulty averages both creatures, then subtracts 5. Musicianship above 100 reduces effective difficulty by 0.5 per point.
Additional rules & notes
- Keep both creatures within the skill’s allowed range.
Location & Instructors
- Trainer NPC: Bard NPC to 50.0.
- Academy: Use paired Bard Hall audiences to 80.0.