our mana is intelligence based. I gain nearly a full bubble with all my
trade skill equipment on (raises my base 85 int to 135).
Rokenn
>From: "jay schultze" <sartori69@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Dex useless?
>Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 17:18:54 PST
>
>Dex factors into missing notes when starting songs. I believe mana is
>determined by Wisdom, but could care less since you'll never get more than
>1
>shot out of dirge at a time.
>
>-Sartori D'Elsiraad
>50th Bard of Quellious
>-Stace Stormraven
>34th Druid of Tunare
> Veeshan server
>
> >From: "M Sanford (Maev)" <pr0teus@...>
> >Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
> >To: eqbards@onelist.com
> >Subject: [eqbards] Dex useless?
> >Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 15:02:54 +0000
> >
> >This was on EQVault. At one time I had 116 STR and 151 DEX and I still
> >missed alot. Dex didn't seem to improve my hitting ability at all. So
> >eventually I scrapped DEX altogether since I felt it was useless to a
> >bard, despite being a "primary" stat. I feel cheated to have given my
> >bard a starting dex of 90 but oh well.
> >
> >Now DEX does add mana for a bard though right? I suppose this is true,
> >but I hardly get a chance to use dirge in the first place, seeing as how
> >whenever I get res'd, all my mana zips to 0 and before I can regain 4
> >bars of it, I'm dead/getting res'd again. And yea, hunting in the planes
> >at 50, I die too often. Also, another thing about bard mana... I got
> >super drunk which dropped my int to 15, then sobered back up to where my
> >int was back to normal and I was missing a full bubble of mana. So int
> >definitely plays a part in our mana amount, but I have yet to confirm
> >dex or cha for doing so. I'll have to test that out.
> >So I'd suggest you sacrifice dex for STR, unless you have a Proc'ing
> >weapon in which it'd be good to have some dex without totally killing
> >strength.
> >
> >Maev Lorekeeper
> >Tarew Marr
>
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