If they were overmatched that badly, you could not have done a
single thing to turn the tide of battle. The other Bard should
have Accel'd them out of there. If the 16th Bard couldnt hit it
much, you would have been whiffing like a minor leaguer at 13th
level. As for escape, its not your job to sacrifice your life
when they had every opportunity to run themselves. That amounts
to them saying, "Why should we run? We will just let YOU get
slaughtered if we cant manage to win and claim the loot!" I
have died more times than I can count saving people who get
waylaid, trained, or are running for the zone because they
are making an effort. But someone who just stands there till
its too late because they are so greedy to kill a premium loot
mob is on his own.

-----Original Message-----
From: John.Curry@... [mailto:John.Curry@...]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 9:08 AM
To: eqbards@onelist.com
Subject: [eqbards] Hero or Kamakazi Pilot

From: John.Curry@...

I had a disturbing situation happen the other day. I was sharing the
sisters bandit camp in Lesser fay with a group of 3 others. All of the
other players were 15-16 level and in a group, and consisted of a Ranger,
Bard, and a Magician. At the time I was 15th level and am quite capable of
soloing the camp while alone, so I wasen't milking off them. We had a good
thing going and were being very friendly to one another untill something odd
happend.

I was waiting for my spawn, when I heared the sounds of battle behind me. I
figured that they were killing a giant spider or somthing in between spawns
as I often do. But something didn't sound right. I turned around to see
the 16th level Bard and the 15th level Ranger, attacking a named Brownie.
My jaw dropped as I asessed the situation. The brownie was hardly hit at
all and the two where below half health already. Now was my time for snap
deciscions. Should I help out, or should I bug out.

[SNIP]

I ended up stopping for the night to try think of anything I could have done
better, it all happend so fast. Any suggestions?

Sevin 16th Human Bard
Brell Server

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