Double congrats, Kitasi!

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> From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:dean_kimes@...]
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 11:40 AM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: [eqbards] Adventures with Fear
>
>
> 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
>
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