On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Bosmun wrote:
>
> Someone mentioned that Hymn stacked with them and another bard. This
> happened to me last night with both Hymn and Jig. We were both level 18,
> this is probably why it happened. I think that with different level bards,
> the higher bard wins out on the song, but if you're both the same level, it
> can't decide. Wish I had checked the healing rates though.
Interesting theory - worth checking out.
> Right now, I'm fighting alot in Permafrost, and last night, I decided it
> was better for me to forgo my weapons to use a drum for Elemental and
> Guardian Rhythyms, at least against the casters. Are there any other combos
> like this where it's best to forgo my weapon and damage to better the rest
> of the fighters?
Well Hymn is the obvious one. If the healer(s) are running
low on mana, the group is tank-heavy and they're doing a good
job splitting up the damage they're taking, and it looks like
we still have a long fight in front of us, I will usually
switch to a lute to hold us over until the healers can
meditate some.
> Also, I'm just now starting my collection of Bronze armour. Is steel that
> much more difficult to obtain?( from monsters) And is weight the only
> difference?
Steel is bought from blacksmith merchants and has the same AC
as bronze, but is lighter. Lemme pull out my notes on small
steel plate...
<pre>
Item AC Wt Cost BronzeWt
Boots 8 4.9 346.5 6.1
Bracers 7 3.0 252 3.8
Breastplt 17 7.5 787.5 9.4
Greaves 10 5.6 420 7.0
Belt 7 3.0 294 3.8
Collar 6 3.0 147 3.7
Gloves 9 3.8 483 4.7
Arms 8 4.9 336 ???
Pauldron 8 3.4 367.5 4.2
Helm 10 4.5 367.5 ???
Mask 5 1.1 105 ???
Cloak 8 4.1 399 5.1
</pre>
Difference in weight between steel and bronze for the pieces
where I have bronze weights are 38.3 vs 47.8, about a 20%
difference. I've omitted all the Wt:AC ratios and Wt:BWt
columns I have on my spreadsheet. :-) By far the piece with
the highest Wt:AC ratio though is the mask, and it's the
cheapest too. I'm not sure I want to give up my snakeskin
mask quite yet though.
By the way, these prices fit the 5% theory I found with
combine weapons.
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John H. Kim
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