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|jobTitle             = Musician
|department           = CIVILIAN DEPARTMENT
|departmentBgColour   = #3499FF
|departmentTextColour = white
|jobBgColour          = #97C3F0
|jobTextColour        = black
|img                  = MusicianV2-64x64.png
|difficulty           = Easy
|requirements         = None
|access               = None
|rpAccess             = None
|supervisors          = [[Captain]], [[Head of Personnel]]
|subordinates         = None
|responsibilities     = Making music
|guides               = [[Instruments]]
}}

Do you hear music in the air? It might mean there is a '''Musician''' somewhere, on-board to share their music to everyone, everywhere. Musicans spawn wearing a flat cap, brown shoes, and a distinct pinstripe suit, and they receive four [[instruments]]: a saxophone, a fiddle, bagpipes, and, unique to the role, a guitar. In addition, when they sing (begin message with %, similar to radio prefixes), they get unique text about how they sing "beautifully", "tunefully", or "sweetly".

This is another low-profile role that exists primarily for roleplaying and interacting with people. Expectations and responsibilities aren't very strict; most people are fine with a Musician that's not good at music for example. The job has no access, restricting it to public areas with no access requirements like the [[Bar]] or [[Chapel]], which is actually fine since that's where they belong anyways.

This job is only available to people who join after a round has started. Three Musician slots always appear on Saturdays, though that doesn't mean too much since there's always an unlimited amount of Musician slots every day, every round. Since they're latejoin-only, that also locks them to [[Antagonist|antags]] possible for latejoiners, though they can still be [[Revolutionary|converted over to a revolution]], join a [[Gang]], get [[Vampire#Thralls|thralled]], etc.

==Who Would Want to Be King?: The Rules and You==

Being humble entertainers, Musicians don't have much authority to command people or whatever. They are arguably part of the civilian department, for similar reasons [[Clown]] and [[Mime]] are, but this usually doesn't come into play often; the [[Head of Personnel|HoP]] usually has other things to worry about besides some spoony bard, and it's not like a [[Chef]] can order a Musician to stop playing and cook for them. 

In the end, what matters most is that they still have to follow the [[Rules]]. If for example a Musician kills a heckler for not liking their songs, and Security arrests them, the Musician is in the wrong, and they shouldn't be doing that in the first place per [[Grief]] rules.

==I Just Want to Bang on the Drum All Day==
For each of the instruments you start with, clicking on the instrument will bring up a piano-keyboard-like interface. Click on one of the buttons to play a note. There are plans for making these keyboard-controllable, but for now, you'll just have to contend with clicking.

In the meantime, why not hand off some of your instruments to another person and make a band? It's a good way involved, and who knows, you might make something beautiful. Or something horrific. Maybe horrifically beautiful, maybe beautifully horrific. 

There are also many other instruments out there. The [[Jazz Lounge]] often has a harmonica, plus a jukebox and spare saxophone, and the [[Chapel]] typically has a reed organ and/or grand piano. If you're up for the task, or at least have [[Piano Song Dump|some handily-preformatted songs]], the player piano, also usually in the [[Chapel]], is a powerful tool for making music. It is even possible to craft [[instruments]].

Singing is a thing too. To do so, just put % before what you say, e.g. <code>% Will ye go, Lassie go?</code>. This works with both the {{Key|T}} to talk in general and {{Key|Y}} to speak over radio specifically hotkeys. For something interesting, trying singing to a parrot.

==I Can't Decide If You Should Live or Die: Antagonist Musician==
Again, since you're a latejoin-only role, some antag roles are completely inaccessible to you (barring [[Admin]] shenanigans), namely [[Conspirator]], [[Grinch]], and [[Werewolf]]. You also can't join as a [[Gang#The Gang Leader|Gang Leader]] or [[Revolutionary#Head Revolutionaries|Head Revolutionary]], but you can still join a [[Gang]] as a regular member and be converted into a [[Revolutionary#Converted Revolutionaries|revolutionary]], on top of the myriad of other ways antags can turn someone over to their cause. And of course, there are still plenty of roles still available to latejoiners, e.g. [[Traitor]], [[Vampire]], [[Changeling]], though due to the way [[Antagonist#Latejoin Antagonist Selection|latejoin antag selection]] works, you might not get it as often as you'd like.

Like many [[Jobs#Gimmick Jobs|gimmick jobs]], since you don't get access to much in the way of tools, weapons or implements of mass destruction, theft and murder aren't quite your strong suit. You're more a lover (of music), not a fighter. You might instead want to try a roleplaying gimmick. Perhaps you're an infamous music star who loves to trash the set and gets a little ''too'' rowdy when you get your fill of drugs and rock'n'roll for example. There's a couple of ways you can take things.

If nothing else, consider that you can finally beat up people who don't like your music. Take that, critics.

===''Red'', the Color of Angry Men!: Traitoring===

[[Traitor]] Musician doesn't get any job-specific goodies to order, so you're stuck with the generic list of [[Syndicate Items]]. Luckily, it's a pretty good list. You can order [[Syndicate Items#Mindhack Implant|mindhacke implants]] to forcefully rope people into your band or get a [[Syndicate Items#Cloaking Field Generator|cloaking field generator]] and use it to hide a player piano set to one of those really annoying meme songs. A [[Syndicate Items#Syndicate Omnitool|syndicate omnitool]] and [[Syndicate Items#EMAG|EMAG]] can also help out in your more nefarious deeds, since it can be tough to get tools with your lack of access.

==Supplementary Video==
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