An Ollamh harp (pronounced: /ˈɑːllɑːm/ AL-lam[3]) was a masterwork magic harp and the most powerful of the Instruments of the Bards.[2][1]
Description
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Ollamh harps were superior in every way to ordinary harps.[1] Like other Instruments of the Bards, they could only be used properly by bards, and could be dangerous if anyone else attempted to play or even carry them.[2][1]
PowersEdit
Bards wielding an Ollamh harp had their charming abilities greatly amplified by their magic, in the same way that Anstruth harps did.[1]
Like all Instruments of the Bards, these harps had the capability of storing spells. A bard playing an Ollamh harp could invoke the spells fly, invisibility, levitate, protection from evil and good, confusion, control weather and fire storm each once a day, until the instrument recharged its magic at the next dawn.[1]
HistoryEdit
The first Ollamh harps were created by a legendary bard in the Moonshae Isles named Falataer. He used them to test and reward the students of the Ollamh level of his bardic college,[2] which came to be regarded individually as a legendary bard college in its own right.[1]
Over time, other bards have copied the original design, while retaining the original name in Falataer's honor.[2]
AppendixEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt (2014). Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 176. ISBN 978-0786965622.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Sean K. Reynolds, Duane Maxwell, Angel McCoy (August 2001). Magic of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 160–161. ISBN 0-7869-1964-7.
- ↑ Frank Mentzer (January 1985). “Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #93 (TSR, Inc.), p. 28.
