Verant screwed it all up. What else needs to be said?

Verant was trying to make sure you didn't get both effects from Selo and
SoW. But it appears they buchered the code. They also realized that this
bug also caused Selo (and SoW) to cancel out Root. I guess they figured it
evened out in the end and decided to make this bug a "feature".

If Verant ever fixes this bug, you will probably lose the ability to
root-break too, since this was a side-effect of the bug and not something
planned.

If you like it the way it is, then be happy. If you want to lose the
root-break and SoW-cancel, then bug it.

Wayne

> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:26:23 -0700
> From: "J.R. Hyde" <jr@...>
>Subject: Bard songs canceling spell effects, bug or feature?
>
>When i found out selo's accelerando cancels a root i was pretty happy with
>that unexpected feature. I was similarly pleased when i found out i can
>charm a party member back into the group if he gets charmed. I was very
>unhappy to find out however that levitate, underwater breathing, and
>accelerando are over half the time useless in a group situation. All these
>songs do nothing more than get everybody pissed at me because i just
>canceled their sow or broke their journeyman boots. And Quellious help me
>if i turn on levitate.
>
>These songs are rendered basically useless in a group setting because of
>how they cancel their equivelent spell effects. So my question is, is this
>a bug or a feature? I am torn between wanting to be able to cancel roots
>and not cancel sow's. Ideally i would like to be able cancel roots and not
>screw up a sow. Either way i would love to hear an official answer. The
>whole spell stacking/canceling issue seems to still be fubard, for instance
>i cant use the mask of the deciever to turn into a dark elf while a song is
>playing. And if a song happens to be playing while the mask effect wears
>off my songs lock up and i cant change or stop or start a song unless i
>camp out.