Are you a bard looking to protect yourself? A Tamer wanting easier prey? A Warrior that needs a hand? Well then I think peacemaking might be for you!

What is Peacemaking?
Peacemaking is the special art of using music to calm your targeted agressor into a kind of trance so that it is unable to move or attack for a while. Sound cool huh, well if this interests you I suggest you keep reading.

How does peacemaking work?
Back in the day peacemaking use to only bring monsters and people out of combat but was changed so that it could still do that but with an added bonus... It's now difficulty based and when you target an animal or monster, depending on your skill, it will make the monster not move or attack for a period of time. But if you target yourself you can still stop all combat on the screen. Like all barding skills you will ne musicianship to start. The math goes like this:

Chance to make peace = Peacemaking % of Musicianship

(example: 100 Musicianship and 50 peacemaking give you a 50 percent chance, 50 musicianship and 50 peacemaking gives you a 25% chance.)

How do I train it?
For being such a great skill it sure is easy to gain. All you need to do is use peacemaking and target yourself for hours on end. You will need an instrument and some musicianship skill to start. You will gain musicianship by peacemaking, so music doesn't need to be GM to start.

What kind of character can use this?
Even though it is a barding skill, not just bards use it. Warrios who like to fight alone enjoy monsters that don't hit back. And Tamers can peacemake their targets, a dragon for example, and it wont attack while being tamed or they can peace their targets just before their pets gnaw it's head off to save band aids.

Anything else I need to know?
Yes, a few things... Not all monsters are effected by music so don't freak out if it says that it has no effect. Stronger monsters may take a few tries until you succeed to calming them. A exceptional insrument plays better and gives you a 10% better chance of succeeding.

I hope this guide answers all your questions, goodluck and stay alive!

Here is a simple guide for training Provoking.

What is required:

GM Musicianship
Provocation
Instrument

First train provocation off a bard. You can find bards in Britain near the blacksmith. This will require gold. I use the following skill table as an example for training provocation:

Provocation:
0 - 25 Train off a Bard
25 - 50 Provoke Two Polar Bears
50 - 94 Provoke Two Giant Beetles
94 - GM Provoke Two Ogre Lords or Rotting Corpses

Go tame two polar bears, or if you don't have a tamer, go buy two polar bears. Ask around Britain and Delucia if anybody is selling polar bears or can tame two polar bears. I use polar bears because they are easily tamable and can be found on Ice Isle near the Honesty shrine.

Go to a carpenter and buy at least 8 tables. Find a safe spot, or if you have a house, lock down the tables and block in the polar bears, but make sure the polar bears can't melee each other and are within provocation distance. After you have locked in the polar bears using the tables release them so that they are wild. Now make a simple macro to use provocation and target both polar bears.

After you have macroed to 50 provocation switch to giant beetles. Only this time you will need to stable one giant beetle at a time. Use the same method for provoking giant beetles as you used for polar bears. It is important the beetles can't melee each other, unless you are also training veterinary, in which case you won't need tables.

After you have macroed on two giant beetles until 94 provocation, you will need to find either two Ogre Lords or Rotting Corpses to GM provocation. I chose Ogre Lords and Rotting Corpses because they are easily provoked at that skill level and don't cast spells.