It does 36 damage total over three ticks (the song's duration) and drops
Magic Resist 14 points, for me at 48th, if you use a drum. Without a drum,
it does 24 damage total, and still lowers MR by 14.
The Chant of Frost and Flame are EXACTLY the same spell, but affect the
targets Cold and Fire resists instead of Magic. The three stack, so if you
cycle them the damage adds up. Have to say, with 187 in percussion skill,
the Chant of Frost is VERY hard to sing, a constant string of missed notes.
All three chants are in Freeport and Qeynos.
Chorus of Cessation is a killer. With a lute, it does 40 damage per tick,
is an area song, and drops attack speed quite a bit. Without a lute, it
does 14 per tick. Consider it a mix between Largo's Melodic Binding and
Chords of Dissonance, on steroids. Perfect for clearing out hall trash. One
pulse does 120 damage. Or 2000 damage per minute, if you have four targets
(same as all the area songs, it hits four targets max). That doesn't even
consider the damage your party doesn't take thanks to the very nice slowing
effect it has on the targets as well. That's pretty potent. You can find
it in Highpass.
Elegy is a party buff, the casters will like you a bit more. It raises INT
and WIS 13 points at 48th. That one is in Erudin.
Rumour has it that there's at least one more 40+ song out there to be found.
It's more potent than Cessation, and may even make a few of the nuking
classes grumble.
----- Original Message -----
From: Beth Moursund <scrybsprite@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 4:44 PM
Subject: [eqbards] New songs
>From: Beth Moursund <scrybsprite@...>
>
>So, has anyone tried out any of the new songs and figured out what they do
>yet?
>
>I purchased the level 30 song, but haven't had the chance to investigate
>yet. The icon is a red-background Disenchant symbol, so my first guess on
>that would be a targeted Disenchant to de-buff enemies (or maybe de-charm
>friends?). If it can remove charm, it could be very handy against certain
>creatures. (I just love getting beat up by my own party's Monk when
>fighting the Diviner in Cazic...)
>
>Oh, the song is in Freeport by the way. There are new songs in Kelethin,
>Freeport, and Erudin. I haven't had the chance to check Qeynos or Highpass
>yet.
>
> - Windsong Wanderer, bard on Solusek Ro
>
>
>
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