--- In eqbards@egroups.com, jhenders@b... wrote:

> On Thu, May 18/00, "Kimes, Dean W." <dean_kimes@d...> wrote:
> >
> > I'm still trying to figure out where they got the idea that we

would have a

> > use for Enduring Breath (we have the spell and are guaranteed

never to be

> > out of the radius) and Summon drink (we are one of only 3 classes

to get

> > forage). It's bizarre. Seems to me like another case of:
> > Question: "We have no idea what effect to put on Bard armor"
> > Answer: "Hmmm, me neither, hey that fishbone earring is popular,
> > give them
> > Enduring Breath, and Summon Water goes well with that theme"
>
> Actually the endure breath effect is worth having. At least if you

plan

> on ever doing a kedge raid. The problem with the song is it prevents
> enduring breath from being cast on people in your party, which makes
> them totally reliant on the song, and no one in their right mind

would

> bet their life on that. Like levitate, endure breath song is one of
> those songs that should have been made self only for all the real

use it

> gets in parties, compared to the real hassle it is.
>

Being only level 14, I don't have the enduring breath song yet, but
doesn't it work like SoW? If I'm singing Selo's and someone tries to
cast SoW on a group member, it won't stick. But if I stop singing,
and then they have SoW cast upon them, and then I start singing again,
the rest of the group gets Selo's, while the person SoW'ed keeps his
SoW. So assuming enduring breath works in the same way, if group
members get enduring breath cast on them before the bard sings his
song, they should be using the spell, while the bard is using the
song.

Adagia, Wood Elf Bard of 14 songs
Luclin