-----Original Message-----
From: John Kim <kim@...>
To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
Date: Saturday, June 05, 1999 3:26 AM
Subject: [eqbards] Jig really does help mana regeneration

>From: John Kim <kim@...>
>
>On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, A.Rubman wrote:
>>
>> Recently I've been using the "Jig" (level 2 song I believe) to help mana
>> regrowth. I'm not sure of the exact ammount (I've heard 10%) but the
>> spell casters who group with me tell me that it does increase their rate
>> of regrowth, especially with my drum. So my theory is, it can't hurt
>> them with medding, they think it makes them med faster, they like me
>> more. Its all for the best.
>
>Ok, I did a quick test of this with a cleric friend. She said
>meditating is really boring so she'd already timed it and
>figured out how it works. She said every 8 seconds, you get a
>chance to succeed at meditating. If you succeed, your mana
>jumps up by X amount (not sure how X is determined) - a pulse.
>
>With the Jig playing, it was about 6 seconds between each
>meditation pulse. These weren't attempts at accurate timings,
>but the effect was obvious. Using a drum made no difference -
>6 seconds with or without.
>
>--
>John H. Kim
>kim@...
>

Sounds like an unintended effect, the jig brought meditation to its
pulse rate. See if Hymm does the same thing (it has a 6 sec pulse).

Tindayen, Journeyman Bard of Povar