Yea, I like to help newbies as I cruise through the zones if it looks like
they need the help. I'm usually able to taunt the mob off with using just
"chains", but worse comes to worse, I just throw in a screech and keep
chaining for them.

Charm definitely is the best taunt, but it could be confusing for the
newbie. Are you still able to whack a mob to an inch of it life, charm,
then have the newbie get exp? I never tried this, but I do like to keep up
on the possibilities.

---Windleaf

At 04:04 PM 10/12/00 -0600, you wrote:

>Interesting. I tried that once to help someone catch up who was new to the
>guild. It didn't seem to work. After two or three hits the mob would just
>turn back on them. Charm however always did the trick.
>
> Kit
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Tatsukawa [mailto:john@...]
>Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 2:55 PM
>To: eqbards@egroups.com; 'eqbards@egroups.com'
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Abashi finally responds... sort of
>
>
>Very true. So they have 1 mob that is pissed off at them instead of 4-5
>other ones to beat on them.
>
>Also, the taunt factor is so high after being mezzed like 30 times by your
>friendly neighborhood bard, that they ignore the little newbie poking them
>for like 5-6 pts and take swings at the big mean bard.
>
>I've run through zones seeing newbies fighting something that must have
>been yellow to them (like bandits in West Karanas) and will sit and just
>"chain" the creature for them. The taunt from chain alone keeps the mob on
>me while they whack away wildly.
>
>---Windleaf