To rehash the earlier messages, I miss a lot of notes when trying to twist.
I estimate my twisting success rate only around 33%. My initial question
was what is causing me to fail? A followup question was will I get better at
twisting when my bard skills, i.e. singing and instruments go up, or is my
ability to twist forever hampered due to decisions made on primary stats
when I created my character.
Here are my characters stats as well as I can remember them:
STR: 76
STA: 67
AGI: 99
DEX:95
WIS Base value for wood elf
INT: Base value for wood elf
CHA: 91
Bardic skills:
Singing: 45 (max for 8th level bard)
Percussion: (45 max for 8th level bard)
String: 35 (still room for advancement but I don't play an instrument in
combat so this shouldn't have an affect when I'm singing Hymn of
Restoration).
I haven't had a chance to play since I made the original post but the next
time I do I will start keeping record of my success rate when twisting.
Galtin
E'ci
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roop Dirump [SMTP:roop@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 1:32 AM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: [eqbards] Re: Twisting question
>
> From: "Roop Dirump" <roop@...>
>
> Hm, but that does not answer why Gatlin misses notes less than %33 of the
> time, he estimated. I rarely missed notes at 8th level. I'm certain
> skill
> level has a lot to do with missing notes, but would not be surprised if
> charisma or some other stat was figured into a formula for such a purpose.
> Either that, or Galtin has a bugged character. He stated his skill was
> 45,
> and he should not be having that problem.
>
> Roop
>
> This could all be tested with a scientific method, but would require too
> much time and gold for me to attempt it.
>
>
> >From: "hawkeye17" <hawkeye17@...>
> >
> >I am currently 20th level and have found my stats have no significant
> affect
> >on song perfomance at all. I have also spoken with other bards who have
> more
> >Dex or more Chr, and their results are the same as mine. Whether or not
> "you
> >miss a note" is dependent upon your Skill Level with that instrument. The
> >higher your skill becomes, the less you miss notes. When i reached level
> 16
> >and got Tarews Aquatic Ayre, i began to finally train my Wind. I noticed
> >that i would miss the notes 6 or 7 out of 10 tries initially. As my skill
> >rose, my missed notes dropped off noticably. At 20th, I have reached
> Master
> >in all Instruments and hardly miss notes at all.
> >The moral is, forget about starting character stats as Skill stats are
> more
> >imortant. My advice to any new Bard is, put ALL your bonus points into
> >Strength. The stronger you are the more damage you do, and you can carry
> >greater weight(i.e. Platemail AND Loot) without being encumbered....both
> >tangible assets. Just my 2 cents!
> >
> >Garet Wynn
> >
> >Bard...Tarew Mar
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: NeXuS <nexus@...>
> >To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
> >Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 12:24 AM
> >Subject: [eqbards] Re: Twisting question
> >
> >
> >>From: "NeXuS" <nexus@...>
> >>
> >>The Higher the Charisma the less youll stutter a song. I put Cha to 100
> and
> >>dex to 100 (Half-Elf) and put the remaining to Str. I hardly ever miss a
> >>note.
> >>
> >>Koden
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: Roop Dirump <roop@...>
> >>To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
> >>Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 7:14 PM
> >>Subject: [eqbards] Re: Twisting question
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: "Roop Dirump" <roop@...>
> >>>
> >>> Wow, you say you only succeed beginning a song less than one third of
> the
> >>> time? Something definitely sounds amiss! And irritating, at that!
> >>>
> >>> What are all your stats? I always thought charisma would have a
> bearing
> >>on
> >>> it, but you stated you increased that with dex and strength at
> character
> >>> creation. It is quite likely dexterity as no bearing on musical
> skills,
> >>> yours being so high. Do you have any exceptionally low stat???
> >>>
> >>> (I have no idea the formula used to determine when a song can be
> >>> successfully started, but I do know that the singing skill or
> instrument
> >>> skill will effect the strength of a song, ie. Hymn of Restoration
> heals
> >>more
> >>> and more the higher one's string skill.)
> >>>
> >>> Roop
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Reece, Tom CPT - 30th Signal Bn <ReeceT@...>
> >>> To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
> >>> Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 8:31 PM
> >>> Subject: [eqbards] Re: Twisting question
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> >From: "Reece, Tom CPT - 30th Signal Bn"
> <ReeceT@...>
> >>> >
> >>> >My success rate for twisting songs with a 95 DEX and 45
> >>singing/instrument
> >>> >skill is probably less than 33%. I'll start keeping track and see if
> I
> >>can
> >>> >come up with an actual % rate instead of an estimate.
> >>> >
> >>> >When I get the message "You missed a note", I do keep pushing the
> song
> >>> >button but usually I just keep getting the same message. Only when
> the
> >>> >first song runs out do I get to start another one.
> >>> >
> >>> >Galtin
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
>