Discordance

Discordance is one of the thee skills of a Bard in Ultima Online they can use after learning Musicianship. It replaced the now defunct skill "Enticement". If used right, the music skill of the bard are used to reduce the stats and skills of a creature, making battle much easier. At 100 points skill, the loss is 20%. With further training, the range of the skill grows as well.

Note that the bard has to remain visible to the creature to continue the effect.

Training
Like the other two bard skills, this one can first be trained up to 40 points in New Haven, before other methods have to be found to advance further. This generally includes actively using the skill against creatures. One sworn on method is, to sit in a boat at the coast, so the the land-bound creature can't reach the player, and fire off the skill repeatedly without any danger of an attack.