I just hit Level 6 last night (very happy to get the
Heal song :) Anyway I have been keeping up a number of
weapon skills. Since level 3 I have kept 1 hand slash,
1 hand Blunt and Piercing all maxed. I have tried to
keep Hand to Hand maxed as well but it seems to raise
a few points each level and then stop. Does this skill
cap lower per level than the other weapon skills?

Second question is about being interupted while
playing. My only other character is a Rogue so forgive
me if my magic user references are wrong, don't know
much about them :) When I got my heal song I took off
after a skeleton that conned white to me. I was
interupted alot. This had not really happened before
at least not this much! Is Intstrument/Singing skill
what helps prevents Bards being interupted like
Channeling is to Magic user casting? If not what is?
BTW I beat the skeleton but was not pretty *grins*

Third (almost done :) on getting a new song about how
long is it level wise or skill wise before you can
count on playing that song well? Is there such a time?
Another thing that surprised me was that I mess up
playing that Heal song alot more than any of the other
songs I have.

Lastly I noticed when I bought my Drums at level 5
from the wood elf vendor she sold a Mandolin and Lute
as well. Is there a difference in these two for
playing purposes? Or are they just two options for
string instruments?

Many thanks for the help and safe travels.

Kobias
Lvl 6 Bard
Innoruuk