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{{artifact
|color=gold color
|glyph=(
|name=The Lyre of Orpheus
|base=magic harp
|affiliation=<ul><li>[[neutral]]</li><li>[[Troubadour]]</li><li>[[intelligent artifacts|intelligent]]</li></ul>
|whencarried=<ul><li>[[magic resistance]]</li><li>[[pet]]s always [[follow]]</li></ul>
|used=applied
|whenused=<ul><li>plays music</li><li>[[taming]]</li><li>gives random [[rumor]]</li></ul>
|wheninvoked=<ul><li>directional [[taming]]</li><li>gives random [[rumor]]</li></ul>
|cost=5000
|weight=30
|material=gold
}}
'''The Lyre of Orpheus''' is the [[Troubador]] [[quest artifact]] in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], and ot is the prize for completing the [[Troubadour quest]]. Its default alignment is [[neutral]], and its [[base item]] type is a [[magic harp]] made of [[Gold (material)|gold]].

==Generation==
The Lyre of Orpheus is not randomly generated and cannot be wished for, though it can be found in [[bones]].

For Troubadors, the blessed Lyre of Orpheus is always generated on the Troubadour quest goal level, where it is placed near the center of the open area during level creation. If a Troubadour 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]], and all pets on the same level as the hero will automatically [[follow]] them to other levels regardless of their proximity to the hero. [[Applying]] The Lyre of Orpheus while it has charges works as with a normal magic harp, taming monsters in a certain range around the hero, and it can be used to play any song for the musicalize spell skill. [[Invoking]] The Lyre of Orpheus behave the same as reading an uncursed [[scroll of taming]], taming monsters in a selected direction.

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 it is cursed, and can be either with equal probability if it is uncursed.
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-'''The Lyre of Orpheus''' is the [[Troubadour]] [[quest artifact]] in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], and ot is the prize for completing the [[Troubadour quest]]. Its default alignment is [[neutral]], and its [[base item]] type is a [[magic harp]] made of [[Gold (material)|gold]] that weighs the same as a standard magic harp.
+'''The Lyre of Orpheus''' is the [[Troubadour]] [[quest artifact]] in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], and it is the prize for completing the [[Troubadour quest]]. Its default alignment is [[neutral]], and its [[base item]] type is a [[magic harp]] made of [[Gold (material)|gold]] that weighs the same as a standard magic harp.
 ==Generation==
 The Lyre of Orpheus is not randomly generated and cannot be wished for, though it can be found in [[bones]].
-For Troubadors, the blessed Lyre of Orpheus is always generated on the Troubadour quest goal level, where it is placed near the center of the open area during level creation. If a Troubadour loads a bones level containing their quest artifact, it will always revert to its base item.
+For Troubadours, the blessed Lyre of Orpheus is always generated on the Troubadour quest goal level, where it is placed near the center of the open area during level creation. If a Troubadour loads a bones level containing their quest artifact, it will always revert to its base item.
 ==Description==

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   |used=applied
   |whenused=<ul><li>plays music</li><li>[[taming]]</li><li>gives random [[rumor]]</li></ul>
-  |wheninvoked=<ul><li>directional [[taming]]</li><li>gives random [[rumor]]</li></ul>
+  |wheninvoked=<ul><li>[[Scroll of taming|directional taming]]</li><li>gives random [[rumor]]</li></ul>
   |cost=5000
   |weight=30