Funny you should mention that Pied Piper thing. I was thinking it
would be neat if we had some sort of song that would enable us to
entice creatures to follow us and not aggro. They would be so
entranced by the song, that they would just merrily follow along.
Rosha Cristi, Bard
Innoruuk
--- In eqbards@onelist.com, Chris Musson <CMusson@P...> wrote:
> hmm...i am sure everyone will have lots of good ideas....let me
throw out some
> ideas for possible new songs:
>
> 1. A Stun. This would be awesome...but most likely broken since
we need no
> mana.
>
> 2. this one is a little bizarre..dunno if they can do it...a group
Damage
> Shield that has a 2ndary effect (example: a Lightning-based Damage
shield
> [shield of static? <grin>] that does X damage and the attacker has
to save or
> be stunned for 3 sec or something.)
>
> ...i am big on the idea of a stun...
>
> 3. Bards need a party buff that directly adds to attack (ala grim
aura, fire
> fists) . Probably would do other stuff too...dunno how to present
that as a
> viable idea.
>
> 4. we're missing the 39 song? How about a self-only vampiric
regeneration
> song...where heal like 10% of the damage we do( in melee). dunno
what the
> efficiency would have to be to make the song useable...John(tm)?
>
> 5. Really bizarre...a flute based song...that summons a pet
(preferably a
> giant rat) that should be a reasonable power level (like the shaman
pet...12+
> levels behind shaman) You could balance this by: making the song
have to be
> running continuous, with a 5 min repop on the button. Or, have it
drain mana
> (like the shaman spell frenzy) and die when bard is at 0 mana.
> ...i was shooting for a pied piper type thing here.
>
> 6. I want an upgraded AE mez...with a built in DOT. <Grin> It
drops the dot,
> and then they have to make their Mez save...ok this one is
stupid...but it
> sounded good before my morning coffee.
>
>
> Kaleid
> 23rd song Half elf bard
> Glyphed Aegiss
> 27th level Dark Elf Magician and slayer of Travis Two Tone
> (up to apprehensive in mistmoore...if i remember correctly)
> <Wave of the Dark Tide>
> Prexus
>
> PS. In reference to the mage-pet-root thread, we practically have 3
pets...the
> air pet is horrendously awful. No earth pet is the rule when there
is a
> neccesity for snare. This does become complicated if the pet is
the primary
> tank...because the earth pet has 1.5X the hit points of the water
pet and
> probably 2.5X the fire pet. But the general rule is to not use
earth in
> dungeons at all, or when snare is being cast...any magician should
follow this
> rule...the earth pet is the "soloing" pet basically.
>
> =====
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> adultery. Don't eat pork."
> I'm sorry, what was that last one? Don't eat pork? God has
spoken. Is that the word of God or is that pigs trying to out smart
everybody?"
> -- Jon Stewart
>
>
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