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Pied Piper

Carl's musical skill, which lets him play any instrument and has nothing to do with rodents.

Story so far

Rosetta suggested that Princess Donut's new Gather Ye, Vermin spell could be used in conjunction with Carl's Pied Piper skill. Carl corrected her twice over: he didn't get to keep Pied Piper until after the events she was thinking of, and the skill simply allows him to play musical instruments — it is not like the fairy tale and has nothing to do with rodents.

Donut seized on the implication that he could now play his bagpipes and proposed starting a band to play at Louis's Second Wedding after they saved him. Carl replied that the bagpipes live in his Probably-Never-Going-to-Need-This-Stuff Folder and are staying there.

Role

Carl's musical proficiency skill, misread by others as animal control.

Relationships

Carl — Holder of the skill.
Gather Ye, Vermin — Wrongly assumed to combine with it.
Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 82
  • Level 15 skill granted temporarily to everyone within range of the god Harpocrates.
Chapter 88
  • A Level-15 skill granted to Carl by Harpocrates, made permanent by the luck of Eris's chaos spinner.
Chapter 91
  • Carl's musical skill, which lets him play any instrument and has nothing to do with rodents.
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