At 11:20 AM 9/30/99 -0500, you wrote:
>In an effort to avoid the "Give us bind" syndrome, I have applied some
>thought. If you are already thinking "No way, bind for casters only", please
>read on - you might actually be pleasantly surprised.
Well, I must admit, I was...
>So, to summarize:
>
>Song: Bardic Binding Bellow
>Level: 21
>Casting Req's: Mana, 200 (Self) + 100 Per group member, 800 Mana for full
>group + Reagent (Enchanted electrum or something like that),
>ore, etc. Possibly make a Zone Specific Reagent
>
>Stipulations: Can only be sung once per day, similar to Lay of Hands
>Acquired: By multi-part quest, forcing the bard to travel to many zones
>(thus preventing us from becoming Bind whores)
> Possible addendum to this.. make two spells.. the first being
> a Self-Only Bind that is bought at a merchant. Still
> would use reagents, but would not have a casting restriction.
>
> The Second Bind spell would be a Quest. It would be group
> bind, but would difficult AND have a casting delay built in
> like lay of Hands, etc. If you did it this way, you could
> even make the delay greater, say 2 days. This would enable
>the
> bard to be able to self-bind at any time, but only group bind
> on a limited basis.
>
>I think this is an excellent idea.
I think the reagent should be a musical instrument ;) But that's just me.
Of course, I've been arguing long for giving NPCs bind-for-plat :P
Talies the Wanderer
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