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Class: Minstrel

  • Class Difficulty: Moderate
  • Role: Healer
  • Gameplay: Minstrels are known for their healing abilities and are capable of dealing respectable damage with War-speech. They have a variety of support skills and special Ballads. Using a Ballad unlocks more potent Ballads, which culminate with powerful Anthems. In fellowships, a Minstrel keeps his allies healed and supported.
  • Lore: Middle-earth is a land deeply infused with music, and true Minstrels are skilled at tapping into that power. They weave songs and tales so stirring that their companions' morale will not fail, and they will be driven to perform greater feats of prowess. They can even utter words of true power and ward against the forces of darkness with their Anthems.

    This class was inspired by Lúthien Tinúviel, whose Elven voice beguiled friend and foe alike.
Available To
Class Stats*
Level Might Agility Vitality Will Fate Morale Power
1 11 8 10 14 14 105 152
2 12 9 11 16 15 130 177
3 14 10 12 18 17 155 202
4 15 11 13 20 18 180 227
5 17 12 14 22 20 205 252
6 18 13 15 24 21 230 277
7 19 14 16 26 22 255 302
8 21 15 17 28 24 280 327
9 22 16 18 30 25 305 352
10 24 17 19 32 27 330 377
11 25 18 20 34 28 355 402
12 26 19 21 36 29 380 427
13 28 20 22 38 31 405 452
14 29 21 23 40 32 430 477
15 31 22 24 42 34 455 502
16 32 23 25 44 35 480 527
17 33 24 26 46 36 505 552
18 35 25 27 48 38 530 577
19 36 26 28 50 39 555 602
20 38 27 29 52 41 580 627
21 39 28 30 54 42 598 645
22 40 29 31 56 43 616 663
23 42 30 32 58 45 634 681
24 43 31 33 60 46 652 699
25 45 32 34 62 48 670 717
26 46 33 35 64 49 688 735
27 47 34 36 66 50 706 753
28 49 35 37 68 52 724 771
29 50 36 38 70 53 742 789
30 52 37 39 71 55 760 804
31 53 38 40 72 56 778 819
32 54 39 41 73 57 796 834
33 56 40 42 74 59 814 849
34 57 41 43 75 60 832 864
35 59 42 44 76 62 850 879
36 60 43 45 77 63 868 894
37 61 44 46 79 64 886 912
38 63 45 47 80 66 904 927
39 64 46 48 81 67 922 942
40 66 47 49 82 69 940 957
41 67 48 50 83 70 958 972
42 68 49 51 84 71 976 987
43 70 50 52 85 73 994 1002
44 71 51 53 86 74 1012 1017
45 73 52 54 87 76 1030 1032
46 74 53 55 88 77 1048 1047
47 75 54 56 89 78 1066 1062
48 77 55 57 90 80 1084 1077
49 78 56 58 91 81 1102 1092
50 80 57 59 92 83 1120 1107
51 80 57 59 92 83 1135 1119
52 80 57 59 92 83 1150 1131
53 80 57 59 92 83 1165 1143
54 80 57 59 92 83 1180 1155
55 80 57 59 92 83 1195 1167
56 80 57 59 92 83 1210 1179
57 80 57 59 92 83 1225 1191
58 80 57 59 92 83 1240 1203
59 80 57 59 92 83 1255 1215
60 80 57 59 92 83 1270 1227
61 80 57 59 92 83 1285 1239
62 80 57 59 92 83 1300 1251
63 80 57 59 92 83 1315 1263
64 80 57 59 92 83 1330 1275
65 80 57 59 92 83 1345 1287
66 80 57 59 92 83 1363 1302
67 80 57 59 92 83 1385 1320
68 80 57 59 92 83 1411 1341
69 80 57 59 92 83 1441 1365
70 80 57 59 92 83 1474 1392
71 80 57 59 92 83 1511 1422
72 80 57 59 92 83 1552 1455
73 80 57 59 92 83 1597 1491
74 80 57 59 92 83 1642 1527
75 80 57 59 92 83 1687 1563
76 80 57 59 92 83 1732 1599
77 80 57 59 92 83 1777 1635
78 80 57 59 92 83 1822 1671
79 80 57 59 92 83 1867 1707
80 80 57 59 92 83 1912 1743
81 80 57 59 92 83 1957 1779
82 80 57 59 92 83 2002 1815
83 80 57 59 92 83 2047 1851
84 80 57 59 92 83 2092 1887
85 80 57 59 92 83 2137 1923
* Racial modifiers not included
Trait Based Skills
Icon/Name Req. Trait Cost to Slot
Active Skills
Icon/Name Level Cost
Herald's Strike 1 1
Coda of Vigour 1 2
Raise the Spirit 1 1
Minor Ballad 1 1
Major Ballad 2 8
Piercing Cry 4 32
Anthem of War 6 72
Perfect Ballad 6 72
The Melody of Battle 8 1 28
War-speech 10 2
Call of Oromë 10 5
Invocation of Elbereth 12 7 20
Enlivening Grace 14 19 60
Noble Cause 14 19 60
Bolster Courage 16 25 60
Song of Subdual 16 25 60
Anthem of the Free Peoples 18 32 40
Song of Restoration 18 32 40
Inspire Fellows 20 40
Anthem of Prowess 20 40
Harmony 22 48 40
Tale of Heroism 22 48 40
Anthem of Compassion 24 57 60
Cry of the Chorus (Melody) 26 67 60
Story of Courage 26 67 60
Song of Soothing 28 78 40
Anthem of the Third Age 28 78 40
Scribe Stance 30 90
Mentor : Horn 30 90
Mentor : Clarinet 30 90
Triumphant Spirit 30 90
Song of Aid 30 90
Tale of Battle 32 102 40
Call of the Second Age 34 115 60
Song of Distraction 34 115 60
Mentor : Cowbell 36 129 60
Anthem of Composure 36 129 60
Chord of Salvation 38 144 40
Still As Death 38 144 40
Cry of the Valar 40 160
Story of the Hammerhand 42 176 40
Tale of Warding 44 193 60
Call to the Fellowship 46 211 60
Gift of the Hammerhand 48 230 40
Irresistible Melody 50 250
Call to Greatness 50 250
Improved Herald's Strike 52 270 40
Improved Cry of the Chorus (Melody) 54 291 60
Call to Fate 56 313 60
Tale of Frost and Flame 58 336 40
Soliloquy of Spirit 60 360
Improved Song of Restoration 62 384 40
Song of the Hammerhand 64 409 60
Improved Story of Courage 66 435 60
Improved Enlivening Grace 68 462 40
Improved Song of Distraction 70 490
Improved Chord of Salvation 72 1 518 40
Improved Cry of the Valar 74 1 547 60
Passive Skills
Icon/Name Level Cost
Lute Use 1 0
Harp Use 1 0
Flute Use 1 0
Clarinet Use 1 0
Pibgorn Use 1 0
Basic Cowbell Use 1 0
Horn Use 1 0
Journeyman 10 0
Drum Use 10 10
Theorbo Use 15 22 50
Adept 20 0
Bagpipe Use 25 62 50
Master 30 0
Heroic 40 0
Name Description Traits
Traits
Icon/Name Type Description Cost to Slot
Absolute Pitch Class Increases the Power Reduction of all Ballad Buffs 45
Armour of Song Class All sources of armour are increased by 20%. 45
Battle-hymn Class When using Anthem of Prowess armour and evade ratings of your fellowship are improved. 45
Call of War Legendary This trait raises the critical chances of all your damage dealing calls in Warspeech. 101 25
Cry of the Wizards Legendary This Cry allows you to blast your enemies with an area-of-effect of light that slows enemies who are affected by it. 101 25
Discordant Melody Class Increases the Critical Chance of your Ballads. 45
Enduring Morale Class Increases your Maximum Morale.\n\nAdditionally, when you use any of your War-speech Calls there is a small chance that you will temporarily unlock Raise the Spirit, Chord of Salvation or the improved versions of these skills, to be used on any friendly target. (Note: This portion of the trait bestows no bonuses outside of War-speech.) 45
Fellowship's Heart Legendary This skill instantly cures any fear effects upon you. It also makes your entire fellowship immune to fear for a short period of time, as well as healing them over time. 101 25
Flow of Harmony Class Reduces the cost of Anthems. 45
Focused Performance Class Your induction skills execute quicker, making you harder to disrupt. 45
Glorious Anthem Class The duration of your Anthems is increased. 45
Graceful Demeanour Class Enlivening Grace and Rally have their casting times slightly reduced and grant more morale and power on revival. Rally's recovery time is also reduced. 45
Herald's Hammer Class Your Herald's Strike deals increased damage. 45
Heralded Resolve Class This trait enables the minstrel to restore a small amount of power when he uses his normal, non-Noble Cause Herald's Strike. 45
Heralded Saviour Class While Noble Cause is active you restore more morale to your fellowship with every Herald's Strike. 45
Improved Echoes of Battle Class This trait increases the damage of Echoes of Battle (as well as Timeless Echoes of Battle). 45
Improved Raise the Spirit Class This trait improves Raise the Spirit by eliminating the Cooldown of the skill as well as decreasing its induction time and increasing the magnitude of its healing. 45
Improved Song of Soothing Class Song of Soothing no longer has an induction time and can be used at greater range. 45
Legendary Spirit Legendary This legendary trait improves Soliloquy of Spirit to perform greater heals. 101 25
Life-singer Class Increases critical chance on healing skills and improves healing bonus from ballads. 45
Light in the Dark Class Ballads and Codas inflict more damage to your enemies. 45
Lyrics of Bravery Class Increases your Resistances and your Tactical Mitigation. 45
Master of Tales Legendary This trait gives you access to two new skills, the 'Tale of Warding and Heroism', and the 'Tale of the Elements' Battle'; they combine two of your original tales together and cost the same as a single tale. 101 25
Power of Song Class When you use any Healing skill there's a small chance your War-speech Calls are temporarily unlocked for a single use with no power cost. (Note: This benefit is not applicable while in War-speech). This trait also increases your Power. 45
Powerful Voice Class Reduces the Resistance Chance of the targets of your Calls and Cries. 45
Rally! Legendary The ways of the elder ages are not lost to all races yet. You may bring new inspiration to those whose Morale has been entirely depleted, reviving a defeated ally in combat. 101 25
Silver Tongue Class Increases the critical magnitude of all your healing skills. 45
Smooth Voice Class Reduces the cooldown of your Anthems and also reduces the power cost of Ballads. 45
Subtle Movements Class Bolster Courage can no longer be interrupted by damage. 45
Symphony of the Hopeful Heart Legendary This trait grants you the skill 'Symphony of the Hopeful Heart'. 101 25
Unrelenting Class Piercing Cry gains a bonus to its Critical Hit chance and now stuns your enemy when you land a Critical Hit. 45
Deeds
Level Name Description
1 Harmonious Melody The magic of the voice is a delicate thing, easily disturbed by failures of harmony or rhythm.
1 Herald's Hammer In this time of strife, even a minstrel cannot travel the roads unarmed.
1 Powerful Voice Minstrels often find it difficult to make themselves heard over the din of battle.
1 Smooth Voice The Piercing Cry is rough on the throat, making it difficult to utter too often without losing one's voice.
10 Enduring Morale Increase your vigour and find greater well-springs of spirit within yourself.
10 Focused Performance You find it considerably more difficult to maintain proper pitch when some goblin is attempting to tickle your ribs with a...
10 Improved Herald's Strike Be a herald of your opponent's defeat.
10 Life-singer The songs of life are quite draining, and only the most experienced minstrels can use them for long.
10 Light in the Dark Many creatures of evil and darkness do not fare well before the beauty and light of music.
10 Unrelenting It is said that minstrels who can maintain the most difficult keys can cause disorienting pain to their foes.
20 Graceful Demeanour For those who have lost all hope during battle, perhaps new hope can be kindled in between the notes of a song...
20 Improved Raise the Spirit Master the words that may raise the spirits of those who stand upon the edge of despair.
20 Silver Tongue Lately you have been hearing a faint strain of music, seemingly more beautiful even than that of the Elves. But where could...
20 Subtle Movements Unfortunately, the old tales are filled with incidents of foolhardy minstrels finding themselves riddled with arrows as they...
30 Battle-hymn The Cry of the Valar is considered one of the most stirring pieces of music ever sung upon the battlefield.
30 Exemplar of Song You must further your tutoring of students who will follow the tradition and art of music in Middle-earth.
30 Heralded Saviour It is believed that by lightening the heart with song, one can more easily weather the physical ills of the world.
30 Mentor of Song You must train pupils in the art of music and song, ensuring that the most ancient traditions of Middle-earth may continue...
30 Power of Song Cultivate the endurance to last through any conflict.
30 Strength of Voice The most powerful music is also the most tiring, and it cannot be sustained for long.
35 Improved Echoes of Battle Let the calls of battle echo from the hills and mountains in a great clamour.
40 Flow of Harmony Train to perform your heroic tales with less effort but equal effect.
42 Melodies of the Valar The first four pages of this book can be found on enemies scattered across Angmar, Eregion, and Moria. The last four pages of...
44 The Rising Chord The first four pages of this book can be found on enemies scattered across Angmar, Eregion, and Moria. The last four pages of...
46 Valour's Marches The first four pages of this book can be found on enemies scattered across Angmar, Eregion, and Moria. The last four pages of...
50 Improved Song of Soothing Train yourself to diminish your appearance in the eyes of your foe.
50 Lyrics of Bravery Become a master of your own will, and you will not so easily fall under the sway of others.
60 The Mines of Moria (Epic) (Minstrel) Delve deep into the ruined halls of Moria and face the threats that lie within.
60 The Path of the Resolve-watcher You have begun to follow the Path of the Resolve-watcher. If you follow this path to its end, you will be better able to aid...
60 The Verses of the North You have heard it whispered that the libraries of Moria yet contain many tomes, while many other volumes were brought by the...
Quests
Level Name Description
15 A Song for the Company Dangerous lands and terrible monsters make for grand tales, but an experienced minstrel knows that a room full of skeptical...
30 A Minstrel's Hope Even when all hope seems to be gone, a worthy minstrel keeps his friends going despite the danger.
30 Instance: A Minstrel's Hope You have travelled to a nearby cave with Leigh Putnam to help raise the spirits of the refugees seeking shelter within and...
50 A Lesson from Lindir Baillindiel believes that you should speak with Lindir, an Elf in Imladris who might be able to give you some instruction.
50 Articles of Harmony Baillindiel has agreed to help you fashion a piece of equipment that will be of use to a renowned minstrel such as you.
50 Vol. II, Book 1, Chapter 9: A Weapon of the Elder Days The dwarves are desperate for some means of defeating the Watcher that waits in the Black Pool before the Walls of Moria.
50 Implements of Song Baillindiel has agreed to help you craft a weapon that will help you fulfil your duties as a minstrel of great renown.
50 The Finest Melody is Understanding You inspire the Free Peoples with your songs of hope and your tales of heroism, a renowned minstrel of talent and bravery.
58 The Path of the Watcher of Resolve You have been instructed to find Pada in the Foundations of Stone in Moria in order to further your prowess as a Minstrel.

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