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{{artifact
|color=gold color
|glyph=(
|name=The Lyre of Orpheus
|base=harp
|affiliation=<ul><li>[[neutral]]</li><li>[[Bard]]</li><li>[[intelligent artifacts|intelligent]]</li></ul>
|whencarried=<ul><li>[[magic resistance]]</li></ul>
|used=applied
|whenused=<ul><li>plays music</li><li>gives random [[rumor]]</li></ul>
|wheninvoked=<ul><li>[[Scroll of taming|taming]]</li><li>gives random [[rumor]]</li></ul>
|cost=5000
|weight=30
}}
'''The Lyre of Orpheus''' is the [[Bard/SlashTHEM|Bard]] [[quest artifact]] in [[SlashTHEM]], and it is the prize for completing the [[Bard quest/SlashTHEM|bard quest]]. Its default alignment is [[neutral]], and its [[base item]] type is a [[wooden harp]].

==Generation==
The Lyre of Orpheus is not randomly generated, though it can be [[wish]]ed for or found in [[bones]].

For Bards, the blessed Lyre of Orpheus is always generated on the Bard quest goal level, where it is placed near the center of the open area during level creation. If a Bard loads a bones level containing their quest artifact, it will always revert to its base item.

==Description==
While carried, The Lyre of Orpheus grants [[magic resistance]]. Applying The Lyre of Orpheus can play music or improvise as with a normal wooden harp, and it can be used to play any song for the [[musicalize spell]] skill. [[Invoking]] The Lyre of Orpheus behaves the same as [[reading]] an uncursed [[scroll of taming]], with a chance of [[taming]] monsters adjacent to the hero.

Applying or invoking The Lyre also gives a random [[rumor]] dependent on its [[beatitude]]: the rumor will be true if The Lyre is blessed, false if cursed, and can be either if uncursed.
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+'''The Lyre of Orpheus''' is the [[Bard/SlashTHEM|Bard]] [[quest artifact]] in [[SlashTHEM]], where it is completely unchanged from the initial [[Bard]] patch, and it is the prize for completing the [[Bard quest/SlashTHEM|Bard quest]]. Its default alignment is [[neutral]], and its [[base item]] type is a [[wooden harp]].
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 '''The Lyre of Orpheus''' is the [[Bard/SlashTHEM|Bard]] [[quest artifact]] in [[SlashTHEM]], and it is the prize for completing the [[Bard quest/SlashTHEM|bard quest]]. Its default alignment is [[neutral]], and its [[base item]] type is a [[wooden harp]].