Originally Posted by
Kyphael
It has more potential to be innovative. Think musical instruments that buff a variety of spells in different ways; lute, lyre, flute, bagpipes, and mandolin. Each instrument can buff different racials, like a Kul'tiran wielding a bagpipe has increased damage, a Stormwind human with a mandolin increased evasiveness, etc.
The spells themselves would draw from arcane of course, but with whimsical visuals, and lyres in particular, slicing beams of energy or mandolins musical notes that can incapacitate and CC enemies while dealing damage, or healing allies.
Ranged spell damage, melee (like a thief spec, but different enough from the rogue, maybe harkening back to combat before it became swashbuckler) and healing.
This is just off the top of my head.