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Message ID: 15813
Date: Tue Mar 7 19:35:20 GMT 2000
Author: jhenders@bogon.com
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Kunark and new stuff
> From: <kim@...>And the argument usually used to justify the bard's lower abilitys to
>
> On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Daniel P. Sniderman wrote:
> >
> > Most casters' spells do not increase in power as they level and become
> > obsolete as the new spells are granted... I would guess that the universe
> > of useable spells is pretty similar for Bards as for casters at any given
> > level.
> >
> > And perhaps we have it BETTER... At 36 with Celerity - I use our Level 1
> > Song - Chant of Battle - it gives AC +4, STR and Dex +14. How many casters
> > use spells granted at level 1 when they're level 36?
>
> I debunked this in the bard petition thread on the official
> boards. At level 40, a shaman can outbuff Celerity + Chant,
> using mostly L16-24 buffs. Doing so takes less than half his
> mana regeneration rate - he has the rest to nuke, heal, etc.
>