I am going to have to back up our younger bardic friend. There is most
definatly some bard aggro bugwhich can occur in seemingly any zone. I have
personally experienced this super aggro in butcherblock, oasis, and unrest.
When I was in oasis, orcs were barelling over the dunes to find me, you can see
quite a ways in oasis so I would see several dark forms off in the distance
beelining for me and when they got close, hey 5-6 orcs all over. What joy!
Thank Erollisi for Selo's (the biggest lifesaver of them all) This has happened
to me in those other zones as well... for no apparent reason, no group attacking
anything like you suggest, things come out f the woodworks and ignore the
medding nukers and beeline for the bard. Its disgustingly insane, even when we
have to zone to clear the faction list.
*sigh*
JM, Care to comment?
Penaden Songweaver
http://www.lostorder.com
James Schuldes wrote:
> From: James Schuldes <jgs@...>
>
> Hmmm, bards have the rep for being monster magnets. But you prolly need to
> play your songs no matter what but not AE (Area Effect). You dint say
> zactly how young you are but the gnolls will go agro on people they see that
> look tasty to them. they can tell how young you are and will attack you if
> they think they can win. As you get older they get smarter and if they are
> trival to you they don't attack. Unless of course their friends have
> whipped them in to a frenzy and they are trying to help - ie you have
> started a train.
>
> Selos is not an area effect on NPC's so it should not matter. But if one of
> your party had attacked that gnoll and gotten on its hate list - then when
> it comes up and see you helping the party - it gets mad at you and attacks.
>
> If you play an aera effect - like chords in a place like BB - that's very
> high traffic and multi- level - you will get a LOT of attention real
> quick!!! So don't play AE songs in dungeons - as a rule.
>
> Sylly
> Bard of the 18th level
> a.k.a. Robo-Bard
> waiting for the boats in ButcherBlock
> somewhere on Innoruuk
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: email@...
> [mailto:email@...]
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 11:46 AM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: [eqbards] Bard magnets .....
>
> From: email@... (Melaniel)
>
> Hello everyone!
>
> As a young bard who's had her fill of lurking around here, I
> thought
> I'd venture forth and ask a really simple question!
>
> I've just returned home from a long long trip to Black
> Burrow where
> all the gnolls hang out. Boy was it dangerous!!!
>
> Anyway, when sitting down with my group while all the spell
> chuckers
> recovered from their oh so hard zapping, playing a nice tune
> just in
> case we needed to run for the exit, it didn't take long for
> the
> nearest gnoll to suddenly turn and jump on me. Not the
> meditating
> high elves oh no, ignore everyone else and straight for
> little old me.
>
> So what I'm asking is ..... were they just offended by the
> slightly
> different interpretation I placed on Selo's, or do I have
> some sort of
> bad guy magnet attached to me! I deliberately avoided my
> hymn of
> restoration because I'd heard they really don't like you
> helping
> people, but does this hatred run to any kind of song
> disturbing their
> clearly very peaceful home?
>
> Oh, and if a nice friendly L24 and up bard is hanging out
> here who
> donated a bronze helmet to a rather under-dressed me at the
> docks in
> Butcherblock a couple of weeks ago, can I just say thank you
> very
> much, it's saved my life on a number of occasions :)
>
> Thanks everyone, see ya out there!
>
> --
>
> Saldara
> High Elf Wizard, Mith Marr server
>
> Milaniel
> Wood Elf Bard, Mith Marr server
>
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