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A conversion of the fantastic Become a Bard mod by Pevey, uploaded with permission from the author!
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-- THE ORIGINAL BECOME A BARD FOR SPECIAL EDITION PAGE --
Tired of being a warrior or mage? Become a Bard!
- This mod lets you play all of the instrumental and voiced songs included with the game or choose from over 125 new songs added by this mod. You can also add you own music and play it in-game.
- You can pick up and play any instrument in the game, including the war horns.
- To play a song, equip a musical ability in your spell menu. Press the shout key to use the ability. Press the shout key again to stop playing.
- Each time you perform, your Bard Skill will increase. See your stats in the bard journal in your inventory.
- Your follower will play along with you to any song with two parts. Some NPCs around you might applaud. Applause becomes more enthusiastic as your skill increases. NEW: there is more information about each song in the songbooks themselves, including the song titles, number of parts, instruments required, and song length.
- You can go up to any innkeeper and tell them you would like to perform. The tips will be minimal (10-25 gold without perks), but it should be enough for a meal, and you also get a free room for the night.
- Once you earn one of the bard perks (see below), you can request to perform for a jarl. Jarls do not pay money, but if they like your performance there is a chance they will give you a gift (random enchanted item).
- If you complete the Bards College quest line, your Bard Skill is high enough (50 or higher), and you have earned one of the bard perks described below, Viarmo may have additional work for you.
- Each time you play, your Speechcraft skill will increase a tiny bit.
- The volume of your songs is adjustable in the normal Skyrim options menu under Audio. Adjust the very last slider, Player Songs.
VERSION NOTES
- This is version 1.0 for SSE. It is totally rewritten to be fully SSE compatible without any dependencies on other mods. This is a new codebase that is not compatible with save files from any previous versions. This is the only version that will receive future updates.
ADDING YOUR OWN MUSIC
- You must buy the Custom Songbook from Viarmo and read it to get your character the ability to play songs from it
- You must convert your music files into xwm format. MultiXWM is a good tool for this. There are others.
- Create a folder called Sound in your Data folder if it does not already exist. The full path will be something like: "C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\Sound"
- Place your xwm files in your Sound folder and name them 1.xwm, 2.xwm, 3.xwm, 4.xwm, 5.xwm, 6.xwm, 7.xwm, 8.xwm, and 9.xwm.
KNOWN QUIRKS
- With the 5 default bards songs, such as Ragnar the Red, etc., you will have to wait until the current verse finishes before the song stops.
- If you jump or or raise your weapon to stop playing, the sound will keep playing until it ends.
CONFLICTS
- Ethereal Elven Overhaul: Load EEO first, then BAB. If you load EEO last, Viarmo will not be able to sell you anything. Everything else will work fine.
THANKS
Thank you to the MANY artists who gave permission to use their recordings in this mod or published their work with a Creative Commons license! If you like the music you can play using this mod, you can find more by the artists by clicking the links below.
Jon Sayles -- I would especially like to thank Jon for his very generous permission to use tons of his work in this mod. If you have an interest in early music, you should definitely spend some time checking out his web site.
Aislinn jamendo
Andrew Foy youtube
Andrea Savini jamendo
Asteria http://asteriamusica.org/
Carlos Vargas jamendo
Ceili Moss jamendo
Cromanon nexus
Franky Joe Texier jamendo
GEM (Jeremie Hout) jamendo
Greg Reiter jamendo
Harry Murrell youtube
Julien Petitjean jamendo
Kevin Loh youtube
Le Collectif Unifié de la Crécelle jamendo
Lemonflower myspace or itunes
Milagro Acustico Medina Sound jamendo
Malukah youtube
Ofri Eliaz jamendo
Oursvince jamendo
PremiumMusic jamendo
Randy Granger youtube
Raulin de los Bosques jamendo
Rebonnat Mostha jamendo
Sabrina Valenzuela youtube
Saskia Kusrahadianti youtube or bandcamp
Sean Gordon youtube
Sióg Acoustic Duo jamendo
The Taalbi Brothers youtube
Thomas Berghan http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/tom/
Ton jamendo
Tired of being a warrior or mage? Become a Bard!
- This mod lets you play all of the instrumental and voiced songs included with the game or choose from over 125 new songs added by this mod. You can also add you own music and play it in-game.
- You can pick up and play any instrument in the game, including the war horns.
- To play a song, equip a musical ability in your spell menu. Press the shout key to use the ability. Press the shout key again to stop playing.
- Each time you perform, your Bard Skill will increase. See your stats in the bard journal in your inventory.
- Your follower will play along with you to any song with two parts. Some NPCs around you might applaud. Applause becomes more enthusiastic as your skill increases. NEW: there is more information about each song in the songbooks themselves, including the song titles, number of parts, instruments required, and song length.
- You can go up to any innkeeper and tell them you would like to perform. The tips will be minimal (10-25 gold without perks), but it should be enough for a meal, and you also get a free room for the night.
- Once you earn one of the bard perks (see below), you can request to perform for a jarl. Jarls do not pay money, but if they like your performance there is a chance they will give you a gift (random enchanted item).
- If you complete the Bards College quest line, your Bard Skill is high enough (50 or higher), and you have earned one of the bard perks described below, Viarmo may have additional work for you.
- Each time you play, your Speechcraft skill will increase a tiny bit.
- The volume of your songs is adjustable in the normal Skyrim options menu under Audio. Adjust the very last slider, Player Songs.
VERSION NOTES
- This is version 1.0 for SSE. It is totally rewritten to be fully SSE compatible without any dependencies on other mods. This is a new codebase that is not compatible with save files from any previous versions. This is the only version that will receive future updates.
ADDING YOUR OWN MUSIC
- You must buy the Custom Songbook from Viarmo and read it to get your character the ability to play songs from it
- You must convert your music files into xwm format. MultiXWM is a good tool for this. There are others.
- Create a folder called Sound in your Data folder if it does not already exist. The full path will be something like: "C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\Sound"
- Place your xwm files in your Sound folder and name them 1.xwm, 2.xwm, 3.xwm, 4.xwm, 5.xwm, 6.xwm, 7.xwm, 8.xwm, and 9.xwm.
KNOWN QUIRKS
- With the 5 default bards songs, such as Ragnar the Red, etc., you will have to wait until the current verse finishes before the song stops.
- If you jump or or raise your weapon to stop playing, the sound will keep playing until it ends.
CONFLICTS
- Ethereal Elven Overhaul: Load EEO first, then BAB. If you load EEO last, Viarmo will not be able to sell you anything. Everything else will work fine.
THANKS
Thank you to the MANY artists who gave permission to use their recordings in this mod or published their work with a Creative Commons license! If you like the music you can play using this mod, you can find more by the artists by clicking the links below.
Jon Sayles -- I would especially like to thank Jon for his very generous permission to use tons of his work in this mod. If you have an interest in early music, you should definitely spend some time checking out his web site.
Aislinn jamendo
Andrew Foy youtube
Andrea Savini jamendo
Asteria http://asteriamusica.org/
Carlos Vargas jamendo
Ceili Moss jamendo
Cromanon nexus
Franky Joe Texier jamendo
GEM (Jeremie Hout) jamendo
Greg Reiter jamendo
Harry Murrell youtube
Julien Petitjean jamendo
Kevin Loh youtube
Le Collectif Unifié de la Crécelle jamendo
Lemonflower myspace or itunes
Milagro Acustico Medina Sound jamendo
Malukah youtube
Ofri Eliaz jamendo
Oursvince jamendo
PremiumMusic jamendo
Randy Granger youtube
Raulin de los Bosques jamendo
Rebonnat Mostha jamendo
Sabrina Valenzuela youtube
Saskia Kusrahadianti youtube or bandcamp
Sean Gordon youtube
Sióg Acoustic Duo jamendo
The Taalbi Brothers youtube
Thomas Berghan http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/tom/
Ton jamendo