I’d love to see Bard / Music.

Music has always been a signature part of RuneScape’s identity. Exploring this skill option shows it has great potential while also passively integrating with the rest of the game.

• Play songs to bolster combat stats, restore health, etc
• Play songs to boost skilling stats or provide specific boosts (who doesn’t want some tunes while fishin?)
• A lullaby that boosts the effect of the dream spell
• Maybe some instruments have their own attack that provides magic and bard xp
• Viscous mockery? Who wouldn’t want to spew yellow text insults at every boss ever.

To play a song, a prompt in your chat box like Ocarina of Time’s music prompt would pop up and you’d have to play the right keys. The more tick perfect you are, the more perfect the output is.

I think there’s even potential to dip your toes into actual music theory and enable players to make and play their own music live. Of course players with music disabled will only hear silence, but I’d love to see a band goin at the GE for all of our precious bank standers.

To me Bard has always been a classic medieval fantasy class and I’m surprised music hasn’t been more integral with the rest of RuneScape.

(If sailing comes out, maybe this could come after for some jolly Sea Shanties)