>You can't dual wield instruments... BUT there's a lute-looking thingy which

>is not really an instrument in-game; the Lisera Lute from Qeynos (Lore item

>so you can't wield two of them), which is free for anyone who bothers to

ask

>for it. It looks like a lute, feels like a lute, and is even called a

lute,

>but it doesn't affect Hymn healing rates and you can wield it in one hand
>and a weapon in the other - for a brief time I ran around wielding a lute
>and sword 'cause I loved the confused /tells I got.
>"How do you DO that?"
>"Bard magic - trickery and legerdemain."
>I dunno about you folks, but I love finding stuff like this to do = )
>Aloro Silvertongue (E'ci)
>~Flying Brethren~
>Fleet Footed Singin' Fool

LOL. I still have mine tucked away in my fletching kit. Nothing like
strolling through Lower Guk and having a bard 20 levels higher than you
begging you to sell him the lute you have that can be equipped with a
weapon.

Kit

and no, I don't take advantage of them, just laugh and ask them who the
newbie is!