Musical instruments

[Inwintersshadow]

Where exactly do I find one....?

The Fochlucan apparently doesnt carry any, and the search for it seems difficult for a city dedicated to the Arts.

Thanks

IWS

[hollyfant]

An annoyed passer-by points you to "that bird elf", who apparently has a shop in an alley "somewhere near that scroll witch" in the city.

[Inwintersshadow]

*sighs* yes thank you sir, once I've hocked everything I own I'll be more than happy to be told I haven't the 411 gold to buy a lute. drum, or harp.

[Kirin]

*sighs* yes thank you sir, once I've hocked everything I own I'll be more than happy to be told I haven't the 411 gold to buy a lute. drum, or harp.

Those must be really nice lutes. Isn't that more than a typical commoner makes in a year?

[SwordSaintMusashi]

A typical commoner (farm peasant type) makes 1 gold a week.

A year is 52 gold. YEEHAW!

So a commoner might save up for 8 years for that flute, then pass it down to his next of kin before he dies of the common cold.

[NickD]

There are non-masterwork/+perform musical instruments around. Try the Silverymoon market, if you can't find one there, I think one of the merchants in High Hold stock them. Maybe Rivermoot, but I don't think so. It's been a while since I played my bard...

[Regalis]

Only the most durable of instruments can survive the inevitable mistreatment of a dwarven bard?

Perhaps the creation of the bagpipe will lead someone to address the vendor issue.

[Rotku]

A typical commoner (farm peasant type) makes 1 gold a week.

A year is 52 gold. YEEHAW!

So a commoner might save up for 8 years for that flute, then pass it down to his next of kin before he dies of the common cold.

Or make their own...

[SwordSaintMusashi]

Which still costs 137 gold and more than 4 ranks in Craft to do. Still a good length of work time and, considering they need most of that weekly gold to support themselves.

Dungeons and Dragons is silly.

[danielmn]

This isn't making a table, here. Instruments can be extremely precise objects. I've known quiet a few people in my life that could make you a chair, or a table, or a chest of drawers even. Crafting musical instruments, however, I would consider a specialty niche of the above, as I've only known one person in my life who makes instruments. You aren't shopping at wallmart...and every commoner in the land does not own a dulcimer, harpsichord ect. I imagine things like a reed flute, hollow log, ect could be tooled as makeshift instruments...otherwise, they are extremely precise items and priced according to that. Just my take though.

[Happycrow]

Pre-industrial people have fewer possessions, period... and lutes are indeed things passed down over time. (F)lutes, maybe or maybe not...

[oldgrayrogue]

Learn how to whistle

[Happycrow]

I'm waiting for Chris to start giving Brier voice lessons out of sheer self-defense, actually.

[Inwintersshadow]

I guess I'll be singing, whistling and using any convenient surfaces as percussion instruments....

[CloudDancing]

I am going to fix the merchant, I promise. Today even. No reason AT ALL why the lad should not be stocking mundane instruments over normal ones.

As per getting once presently, look for me arouns 4:00 PST this afternoon.