With Project Gorgon trending towards 300%+ of it’s goal and already reached it’s first stretch goal of a special mount for backers (and well on the way towards the second goal of a Dwarven race unlock), ElderGame has announced two more stretch goals for the $35,000 and $40,000 marks. At the current rate of backing, they should be able to reach these targets with comparative ease.

The first new goal is the expansion of the musical Instrument system, adding new loops for each existing instrument and a seventh new unique instrument. The second goal will unlock a new player skill, Bard, which in the traditional D&D vein allowing performance to provide ally buffs.

Player Instrument Expansion

We have 6 instruments planned, each with six short music loops that can be combined in any order. But if we hit this stretch goal, we’ll add a second “song” that’s completely different from the first, consisting of six new music loops for every instrument. We’ll also add a seventh unique instrument, and we will work on allowing animal forms to participate in the fun! New Player Skill: the Bard!

The Bard is part psychologist, part performer, and all charisma. Bards can inspire allies to momentary bursts of outrageous heroism, use their improvisational skills to change the tide of the battle, and use song to soothe wounded souls. It works great with other skills: combine the Bard skill with the already-existing Mentalism skill to create a classic EQ1-style “buffing bard”, or combine with Psychology to create an exceptional crowd-controller.

Source: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/projectgorgon/project-gorgon-pc-mmo/posts/1313494