Well as hoped I reached my 26th song last Thursday evening and quickly
scribed it. I was in a group at the time so didn't get to try out the
Fear/Chains tricks that evening. However we got hit by a huge train by an
ogre running out of the goblin mines and everyone was sure we were going to
die. The Zone call was made, so I strummed up Screech and crossed my
fingers. Every single goblin fled. The party seeing this decided to try
and pick them off as they came back. With our druid and ranger snaring them
and me playing Denon's, Hymn, and Screech, we were able to kill off a 14
goblin train 2 at a time. It was glorious!

On Friday nite I got a chance to try it out soloing while I waited for other
guild members to show up. All the tricks I was given worked excellently!
Kudos to all those who gave pointers. Using Chains and Screech was
ridiculously effective. If I accidentally got extra mobs it never mattered,
they just ran away every time I feared and along the same path as the mob I
was Chaining, so it was like keeping a steady stream of victims 'on the
leash'.

I was emboldened by my success and decided to try a different theme on the
whole Screech tactic. An all instrument Screech version. Try this if you
dare! I ran into the middle of the haunted tower in the Lake of Ill Omen,
you know the one with the Icebone, Charbone, and Warbone skeletons. I then
fired up Denon's with my horn nailing all five skeletons (All blue to me).
I then twisted in Fear and Hymn switching to Mandolin for Hymn. From the
comments of the 5 or 6 passerby it must have been quite hilarious. The
Screech would send the skeletons (mostly DoT'd) running from the tower. I
would heal with Hymn. They would run back in, get a dose of Denon's, a
quick Screech, and then run back out. After several minutes of this they
all lay dead around me and I never lost more than a bubble of health to
resisters or when pulsing Denon's. I still can't believe I was able to solo
5 blues that in melee would each do 3-4 bubs to me.

Needless to say the tactics were a huge success, thanks all again! I'm very
glad I was in an optimistic mood on Friday and downloaded the Solon's tricks
from Rokenn's Song Analysis site. I made 27th on Saturday nite and by
Sunday evening I had practiced on newbie mobs and was happily soloing duos
and trios of white/blues using Sirens. I can't wait to get back to it.

I learned a couple of important things about Siren's in Lake of Ill Omen.
Do not try to charm the renegade Iksar. I could not even charm Iksar
bandits (probably about 15 levels below me). I got 10 resists in a row on
an Iksar bandit and gave up. I had previously tried an Iksar brigand and
gotten 10 resists in a row on that mob as well. Sabertooths seem quite
susceptible to charm. A sabertooth grimalkin is quite capable of killing 3
blues before you need a new pet and seldom resisted my Sirens attempts even
with battle gear on (93 cha). Warbones skels, although easier to melee solo
than Iksar Exiles, can strangely beat those same Exiles when used as a pet.
My blue Sabertooth Grimalkin pet was even able to beat a white/black Iksar
Exile and only lost about half its health. Those Grimalkins hit hard!

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Kitasi