Actually, DDD uses a fixed amount of mana. It is possible to have enough
mana (through int and mana items) to cast DDD twice unless the cost has been
raised recently.

-----Original Message-----
From: Talies the Wanderer [mailto:snicker@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 2:37 PM
To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Bard Mana???

At 12:22 PM 7/26/2001 -0700, you wrote:

>Since when do Bards use mana? And does this mean
>I need to worry about INT now since everyone has
>told me all I need to worry about is STR/CHA/AGI?
>Also, I thought the charm songs were directly
>affected by charisma and not intelligence...
>What's the deal? Please clarify... PS Will mana
>items help me?

On Bards and Mana:
Bards use mana for two songs: Denon's Desperate Dirge (an area effect
instant-damage) and Solon's Song of the Sirens (a charm song). Denon's
tends to use all of your mana in one shot - mana-improving items don't
appear to matter there. SSS slowly eats your mana while charming
creatures. One thing of note: Bards are completely unaffected by any
sort of mana-refreshing or buffing song or spell. In other words, Breeze,
Clarity, etc. have no effect on Bards. It's a small sacrifice for having
99 percent of our songs mana-free.

Talies the Wanderer

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