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Types of music TN Composition time
Suite/Menuet 15 one month
Ballad 15 one month
Hymn/Motet 20 one month
March/Dance/Waltz 20 One month
Mass 25 Two months
Sonata/Toccata/Fugue 25 Two months
Overture/Prelude 30 Three months
Concerti/Cantata 30 Three months
Concerto 35 Four months
Requiem/Mass 35 Four months
Symphony/Fantasia 40 Six months
Ballet/Oratorio 40 Six months
Opera 40 Six months
The piece does not require her undivided attention; however, any absence greater than two weeks increases the time necessary to write the production by one month or the duration of the absence, whichever is longer.
When the work is finished, the player makes a Wits + Composer Knack roll. The final roll indicates the quality of the piece.
Raises can be called to diminish the time it takes to create the piece by one month per raise, or to increase the quality by Rank 5 per raise. Thus Advantages, such as Spark of Genius or Musical Ear, which give a Free Raise or two, could reduce the time to create a Hymn to no time at all, or increase the quality of the piece in the normal amount of time(thus adding 5 to the resulting roll).
The GM should encourage the player to create a title and brief melody, rewarding the player with a generous circumstance bonus to her Composer Knack roll.
5 Disappointing
10 Quaint
15 Average
20 Good
25 Great
30 Wonderful
35 Amazing Masterpiece
40 Awe-inspiring Masterpiece
Income: The musical piece generates income equal to the months spent composing the work added to her Composer Knack rank added to her Wits rank, multiplied by the result of the Composer roll. However, compositions with a modified result of 10 or less generate no income.
The musical composer must retain a record of all her compositions including their titles and the modified Profession (musical composer) check result.
Masterpiece: If the character's final Composer check equals or exceeds 35, the character has written a masterpiece. Because of the public's familiarity with the work, she adds an additional +1 bonus, per masterpiece, to all Reputation checks. In addition, the composer receives a one-time monetary bonus of 10 guilders for every masterpiece.
Published: When the composer successfully completes 5 pieces, he is treated as having a 1HP Published Advantage (though the additional one-time gain of money does not occur, as it has occurred for each piece)
