On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Wayne Sheppard wrote:

> [back to bards]
> Here was the original message I replied to:
> > As a result, [hybrids] get magic
> > plus superior battle skills. Since our battle skills are less than all
> > other hybrids...really on par with clerics if truth be told,
> > then perhaps we can get a
> > pure caster attribute like bind to make up for it.
>
> Ok, instead of arguing about the battle worthness of a Bard I should have
> just used your own argument against you. The level 14 song was a pure
> caster type song. Only pure casters got the identify spell. You felt that
> bards needed a pure caster type song, and you already had it. Happy now?
>
> If any class (Bards for example) get binding, there will be a major uproar

I didn't write that. :-) I am absolutely against bards
getting bind. The only thing I was arguing for in this line
of discussion is that our defensive melee skills need to be
increased a bit.

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John H. Kim
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