I have been using screetch quite a bit lately as well and did some informal
testing and was not able to see any significant difference using a horn with
screetch. I did notice this: screetch checks & refreshes every tick if you
start it and leave it going (unlike other songs that have a fixed duration
of 2 or 3 ticks) but it also has a duration of 3 or 4 ticks (although
sometimes it will stop prematurely). So I found that I can fear, chain,
whistle or fear, chain, chords and have a bout a 50 - 50 chance of getting
hit when the fear expires. To get hit less I will go fear, chain; fear,
chords; fear, chain; fear, whistle; etc. Also, if they are casters or
healers, keeping them feared will prevent them from casting.

Sylly

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Wilson" <ruldaas@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 1:00 PM
Subject: [eqbards] Screech and horn

> I was killing HG last night with a group that contained another bard and
the
> other bard told me that using a horn doesn't increase the effectiveness of
> Screech. Is this correct? Does the song just check your brass skill but
> actually using a horn doesn't do anything?
>
> It seems to me that if a song has a specific skill listed that using the
> associated instrument would increase its affect.
>
> Ruldaas Riverdance - hating Hell #2