Actually there's a very easy way to "fix" this. After any weapon's special
effect goes off bard songs get hosed. To fix it just hit any song 2 or more
times until you get the "You have not recovered yet" message and that will
fix it. The stuck icon on the screen will wear off and you can then cast
songs normally. It's annoying, but easy enough to get around that I would
never give up a weapon just because it did this.
Taelin, Songweavers of Kelethin, Swinger of Tentacle Whips
ahardjan@... on 05/14/99 01:53:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [eqbards] Digest Number 40
From: Abraham Hardjana <
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I remember reading this somewhere. Any weapon that cast a spell when you
hit will also mess up your bard songs. So stuff like the Granite Tomahawk
and the screaming mace are absolute no nos to bards.
On Fri, 14 May 1999, jay schultze wrote:
> From: "jay schultze" <sartori69@...>
>
> >I can confirm this one. Also, bard songs have some special "Side
Effects"
> >at
> >times.
> >Some of these can be useful, some can be lethal. For example:
> >Root - While playing the Accelerando, root and similar spells that
generate
> >the "BOOT" icon will
> > have no effect on you.
>
> I seem to remember that WHILE playing Accelerando it was possible for me
to
> be rooted, BUT i could cancel the effect by stopping and restarting the
> song. I don't recall it ever making you immune to root. Correct if I'm
> wrong! =)
>
> Another thing I found (to my dismay): I was really excited when I got my
> Screaming Mace. I know a bard using blunt weapons may sound strange, but
if > you look at the stats the Screamer is like a magical mino axe - same
dmg, > same speed, hits magical, and BONUS random Strength from it's
Scream/Yaulp > (I really liked this because you could stack it on top of
EVERY other Str > buff - I had like STR 175 or something with a shaman
buffing me, my strength > songs, some magic items, and the Scream).
> Well - it all sounds good, but I found that the Screamer causes your
songs > to go out of wack. When the Scream is in effect you can't sing. You
start a > song and it immediately ends with no effect. So I had to get rid
of my mace > (sigh).
>
> I'll post if I find that any other items cause this effect. Also would
> appreciate if any other bards have experienced anything like this with
other > magical items - it would be nice to post. It was rather irritating
to find > this out after getting all the required components for the mace
(what a damn > annoying quest).
>
> Sartori of Kelethin
>
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