These look good. One other idea I'd like to see is the Random Evac. I
liked that one ;) Then again it is kind of silly ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tork" <tdomeii@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 12:47 PM
Subject: [eqbards] UPDATE on bard songs (long)
> From: Tork <tdomeii@...>
>
> Okay, here's compendium of ideas. Please comment,
> refine, etc. First issue however is a RFC:
>
> When Nameless went down (again :P) GM-Hideaki
> (Nameless GM boss) was in channel Wazzap Hideaki! and
> asked if anyone was a bard, I piped up and he said he
> and GZ were brainstorming (who was immediately
> upstairs from Hideaki) on bard song ideas for
> expansion. He for my input on the following:
>
> 1. How would we feel about a PARTY BIND song, using a
> very expensive reagent and mana cost.
> --I told him that we did not want a bind song if it
> was identical to casters, however if the song allowed
> you to bind anyone anyplace (melees included) then we
> would certainly welcome it, especially at higher (51+)
> levels since expansion zones are rumored to be mammoth
> in scale.
>
> 2. How would we feel about party invis vs undead.
> --I asked, "doesn't clouding provided limited invis vs
> undead?" His unequivocal answer was "no." Feel free
> to inject more impolite comments here
> firehawk@... but I'm trying very hard to help
> since I really care about bards. I told GM-Hideaki
> we'd like an upgrade to Clouding that combined invis,
> invis vs undead and sneak (meaning no spell graphic)
> since this would give us an ability no single caster
> can provide (both invis types) and the no spell
> graphic would be a boon to +PvP servers.
>
> Now, on to a compendium of ideas. I am not making any
> judgements on them, but I did take the liberty of
> combining similar ideas and/or taking the most well
> written version of an idea and posting that. I will
> attribute all song ideas to eqbards@onelist.com unless
> you explicitly email me (privately if you want,
> gww6e@...) to say otherwise.
>
> 3. Upgraded charm. Everyone and his brother (over 35
> responses) wanted this and hey, I do too. :)
>
> 4. Upgrade to clouding. Nuff said, and I think I
> summed it up that we'd like a song that can provide
> both types of invis.
>
> 5. An improved damage shield. This appears to be
> drawing interest:
>
> Denon's Sonic Reflection
> Brass
> Gives all party members a damage reflection shield.
> Causing a portion of the damage done to them in combat
> (melee & non-melee) to be reflected back at the
> attacker).
>
>
> 6. An improved AE DoT with added effect (stamina drain
> being a common thread, the other was a lifetap
> affect). Question at large: do mobs have stamina and
> if so, does it impact their ability to fight?
>
>
> 7. Upgrade to selo's OR remove hard speed cap. I
> personally want the cap removed vice burning another
> spell slot on an upgrade.
>
> 8. Upgrade to clarity.
>
> Cassandra's Clarified Elegy
> Provides clarity2 (whatever that might be) +
> (limited?) elegy effect.
>
> 9. Upgrade to MR debuffing abilities.
>
> Denon's Fog of War. AE snare. AE slow attack speed. AE
> Dot. AE magic debuff (30 pts at least). effect of fog?
>
> 10. One-way teleport (self only? to bard guild?).
> (Please no flames on this, I can already see it
> coming)
>
> 11. Mem blur song.
>
> Fitful's Forgetful Improv
> Voice
> Causes the target to become so fixated on the improv
> that it forgets whatever else it was dong. Drawback:
> Bard possibly left on hate list.
>
> 12. Upgraded Atk Song
> Since we are out speed buffed by enchanters, a
> straight addition to Atk with an added component.
> Most commonly heard suggestion: rune type shielding.
> Other suggestions: massive ac bonus, massive
> regeneration effect, massive MR buff.
>
> 13. A proc song
> The Chromatic Scale
> Level: 36th
> Skill: Singing
> Description: A chromatic scale is all the notes an
> instrument is capable of producing, generally played
> starting from the lowest to the highest and then back
> down; slurred up (ligato), tongued down (staccato).
> The Chromatic Scale when song by the bard would act
> much as the Vampiric Embrace necro spell in that it
> imparts a proc to melee attacks however the twist is
> that there would be 5 different types which randomly
> kick off: magic, fire, cold, disease and poison based
> attacks. These would be DD's - there by filling in our
> missing DD ability, but in a uniquely bard fashion
> (group based, becomes more powerful as you add members
> and err... randomly good -- maybe. hehe). Verant of
> course would come up with some cute little chromatic
> sparkles to surround us and multi colored blasts as
> the proc goes off. :)
>
> PS: For those D&D fans, recall the Chromatic* line of
> spells.
>
> 14. A bard additive song
> Cinda's Companion Cantata
> Level: 49th+
> Skill: Variable (see below)
> Description: A cantata is a composition scored for
> many parts at once, incorporating both voice and
> instrumental accompaniment, hence this song would
> allow bards in the same group to ally their voices in
> song to intensify the effects of a common song - to
> "stack" the same song, perhaps with at
> 100*(2-((6-n)^(1/6)))% effectiveness, where n is the
> number of bards playing cantata. Yes, this could be
> exceptionally powerful, what with twisting and all,
> but this could easily be limited to only effect the
> "top" bard song in the spell list of the lead singer,
> whilst the "recovery" period of stopping the song
> would be such that twisting wouldn't be possible if
> you were a cantata player.
> Example: A group composed of 1 warrior and 2 bards
> stops to rest. Bard 1
> begins to sing Hymn, only to be joined in song by bard
> 2 with Cinda's
> Cantata - boosting regeneration by their now intensity
> music (by the SWAG
> formula above that would be a +69%).
> Full stacking numbers would be:
> n +%
> --- -----
> 1 69
> 2 74
> 3 80
> 4 88
> 5 100
>
> 15. Song of Silence
> Solon's Song of Silence
> Effect: NON-PARTY: Silence.
>
> PBAE, fixed radius, 2 tick negate casting.
> NPC has one chance to resist intial and to break free
> each tick there after. Lute for enhanced effects. Save
> versus Magic.
>
>
> Comments? I pulled a few of these from the eqbards
> archives (btw the onelist search facilities need some
> serious help). Please no flames on this and I thank
> everyone for the mountain of responses. If I missed
> your email, I apologize.
>
> Thanks,
> -Tork@Nameless
>
>
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