At 10:21 AM 2/28/01 -0600, you wrote:

>Instead of listing ways in which songs are useless, let's talk about how to
>use different songs. I haven't played a bard in a long time, and there's a
>whole lotta new songs out there - so I'd like to know which songs will be
>useful in which ways and combinations.
>So.... as a starter,
>
>1st Level - Chant of Battle:
>The first (and for a while, most useful), it's sung in combat - but since
>it's not harmful, it should be sung at all times during a young bard's
>early life until they've maxed out their singing skills. It enhances
>combat abilities for the Bard and everyone in their group, and can be
>successfully twisted / stacked / harmonized with most other below-tenth
>songs. It becomes outdated with the tenth level song: "Anthem de Arms"
>(can it still be stacked with that, though?)
>
>Talies the Wanderer

Whenever I did smithing I had heard that you had a better chance of success
with a higher str, and I found that this song gave me the biggest boost in
STR with my drum than any other one.

Higher levels it would probably be better to use Cassindra's Elegy for the
int/wis bonuses, but this was another reason for me to use Chant of Battle.

Thanks Talies for starting a positive thread.

Windleaf Mistsong