At 03:14 PM 6/8/99 -1000, you wrote:
>From: "Reece, Tom CPT - 30th Signal Bn" <ReeceT@...>
>
>I'm only 14th level and with deadlines for my graduate thesis quickly
>approaching, it may be a long time before I get the chance to discover the
>answer to these questions for myself so I'm gonna go ahead and ask them now.
>
>Everyone knows the bard is #1 on the hit list for enemy creatures. In my
>most recent skirmishes with the Dervish Cutthroats, I continually found
>myself taking the brunt of the damage even though there were tanks in the
>group. Even when I tried to back up and quit attacking due to low health
>the cutthroats continued to attack me even though I was doing no damage to
>them. The end result is that I ended up dying a couple of times when other
>members of my group ended up taking either zero or little damage in the
>fight.
>
>I am hoping that when I gain the ability to sing the Lullaby and
>Invisibility song my survivability rate will vastly improve. Here is how I
>assume they work so would like confirmation if my assumptions are correct.
>
>For the Lullaby, if I am getting attacked by more than one creature, I
>assume that I will be able to sing the Lullaby while in combat, put them to
>sleep, and then either attack them one at a time or gain enough time so I
>can safely run away (I know this is cowardly but hey in the end you got to
>look out for your own well-being:-)
>
The lullaby is a difficult song to use imo. I try and use it only when we
are getting nailed by a bunch of greens, its quite effective then. If its
two or more blues, depending on the situation i will use it. What happens
with the lullaby is that monsters wake up frequently if they are not green
and while i have heard everywhere that the s. list is cleared, the bard
singing the lullaby becomes the primary target when the creature wakes up,
most likely because he was singing at the time or maybe because the monster
does remember being put to sleep. So if you have a cleric in the group and
can tank a bit, you can cut the damage down the party would normally take
by quite a bit. The negative is that it is all directed too you. So as far
as not making you the brunt of the attack, no, this song is no help :)
Its also great for when the party needs to flee but you have full health
and can tank a bit. I am sure it has a few more uses that i am forgetting,
but this is one song that gets a precious spell slot pretty much 100% of
the time for me, even at lvl 30. Course maybe thats because my brass skill
is so horrible and the appallinig screech takes so long to start up :)
>For the Invisibility song, I assume that if I turn off the AutoAttack, start
>singing the song, then I and the rest of the party will become invisible.
>Party members who continue to attack the creatures will become visible upon
>their next attack. If I continue to sing the song and never attack again, I
>assume that I will be safe for the duration of the combat. This all assumes
>that the creatures I am fighting can't detect invisibility. Also, if I am
>singing the Invisibility song and not attacking the creatures, and then
>start twisting a song that benefits the party like Hymn or Anthem, will I
>stay invisible.
Invisibility will not work if the creature has already added you to his s.
list, and guess what. Bards are first on any monsters s. list. Even if you
never attacked him and he sees any of your party members, then he can now
see you and will proceed to attack. The only good thing about the invis
song that i have found is the fact that it pulses, so if somebody bends
down to loot and subsequently becomes visible, the next pulse will invis
him while he loots. Great if no monsters are about at the time but you are
worried about patrollers.
Gendal Concorden
Tunare
>
>Thanks
>Galtin
>E'ci
>
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