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<b>Message ID:</b> 1687 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Wed Jun  9 20:26:32 BST 1999 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Talies the Wanderer <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Petition and general opinions <br/>
<br/><br/>
<div id="ygrps-yiv-890258442">At 12:56 PM 6/9/99 -0400, you wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;I&#39;m interested in why you think &quot;The Bard was never intended to be a<br/>
&gt;grunt-class.&quot;  Why do you say that?  We can use all the &quot;grunt&quot; weapons except<br/>
&gt;the big two handers.  We have strength as a major attribute, just like the<br/>
&gt;grunts.  How are we not a &quot;big burly type&quot;?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>We don&#39;t have the HP that the grunts do (not by a long shot).  We don&#39;t<br/>
have the innate combat abilities they do.  Although we *can* act like<br/>
tanks, and we *can* solo, that is not our strength.  If you can get it to<br/>
work for you, good on ye, mate.<br/>
<br/>
Talies the Wanderer</div>