Musical abilities

Deepwood Syrinx flute pre-order pack cosmetic concept art.

• The Bard archetype will be able to play musical instruments, such as flutes and bagpipes.

• Other archetypes may also be able to play certain musical instruments at some future time.

• Custom music creation (using the likes of the Music Macro Language) will not be present in the game on release.

Music

Ashes of Creation's Lead Composer is Bear McCreary. His music will be unveiled in Alpha-2 and Beta-1.

• Certain bosses and encounters will feature specific original sound tracks.
• Music from Alpha-1 and on livestream Dev updates is placeholder music. It is not intended music for Ashes of Creation at launch.

The soundtrack is going to incorporate either elements of intrigue or mystery or horror that's part of winding through that level to get to that boss, it's building up to the crescendo of the fight. Music is such an important part of setting the scene- the emotional presence of what you are doing in this immersive world. It elicits emotional responses. And we have a great composer Bear McCreary who has worked on God of War, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, Black Sails; a lot of great franchises and great IPs; and I think he is going to do an awesome job in capturing the essence of what that emotional response should be from a player. – Steven Sharif

• Intrepid Studios will own the rights to the music of Ashes of Creation.

When we put out any music in our game... we want content creators to be able to create content utilizing our game. So just message us and we'll try to resolve any of those [DMCA] problems if you encounter any. – Margaret Krohn

List of musical instruments

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  Deepwood Syrinx

Tavern music

Music within taverns can be set by players.

Roleplaying

Backpack sockets (slots).

A big component of the MMORPG that - half of that you know acronym is RPG role-playing game. And in order to role-play you need to be able to represent kind of what your character is doing in that world and you know part of what animation is doing is creating these sockets on the let's say the belt or the back that you know can plug in certain types of props or items that are created by the character team, like Carson, you know might be a scroll tube, it might be a potion, it might be whatever: Those players will have the ability as we've discussed in the past will have the ability to select what they want to be represented in those sockets and then animation will make sure that jibe well in movement. – Steven Sharif

There are different systems that allow stories to be told in Ashes of Creation.

• Musical instruments.
• Social animations such as dancing and emotes.
• Chat bubbles.
• Roleplay-specific items, such as flowers.
• Roleplaying events and ceremonies, such as weddings.
  • Some NPCs may be specifically oriented around RP events, such as a NPC with quests relating to marriage that may be added post-launch.
• Easter eggs out in the world.
• Social buildings provide spaces for players to gather and tell/share stories, while also affecting the game and interacting with the world.
  • The node government system builds into this.
• Parlor games.
• Players can run a business based on role playing.

A MMO lives and breathes on its community and we don't really want to give short shrift to any one of those types. All of them are important: the RPers are important, the people who just want to hang out in the Inn and talk are important, they all add to the game and so we want to make sure that we take care of all of them... You can run a business based on RPing. – Jeffrey Bard

See also

• Music
• Bards
• Sound effects