Maybe the AI is selective in the way that it regards bard songs? Because if
a bard stands next to me and sings chords, I get the message "Sillybard
tries to cast a spell on you, but you are protected." Also, if I'm stunned
or sitting and try to sing a song, I get the message "You must be standing
to cast a spell!/You can't cast spells while stunned!"

Or maybe the behavior for charmed players is NPC while charmed - I've never
seen a charmed mob cast spells - but then again, come to think of it, I
don't think I've ever seen a casting mob charmed. Of course, I'm only 17th
level, I've never been charmed, and I believe there are many, many things I
have yet to see in EQ. :)

Lanianae, an almost 18 bard on Terris Thule

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhenders@... [mailto:jhenders@...]
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 5:48 PM
> To: EQBards
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Fighting on after linkdeath
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 07/00, Reece Tom R CPT 25 ID L G4
> <g4mntofcr@...> wrote:
> >
> > So what I was wondering is could bards use this knowledge
> to somehow help us
> > survive a fight after we go linkdead.
>
> When charmed you are also an npc, and in all the times my bard was
> charmed, which was a lot back in the days when shaman npc mobs could
> charm, I never once played a song. The AI doesn't appearantly think
> songs are spells.