Bards have a mix of caster/priest spells so I wouldn't choose any paticular
one. I'd also say Bards are a mix in the melee side of things warrior/rogue.
Hence the reason Verant considers them a hybrid.

Naeeldar

-----Original Message-----
From: Kimes, Dean W. <Dean_Kimes@...>
To: 'eqbards@onelist.com' <eqbards@onelist.com>
Date: Thursday, September 30, 1999 5:54 PM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Hey this sounded interesting..

>From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>
>If that's your logic why are bards rogue/enchanters? We cannot enchant
>anything. We have pathetic unuseable rogue abilities. We are hardly a
>combination of the two unless Andy Warhol is a deity in this world too.
>
> Kookoocachoo I am the Diceman
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Greg Gillan [mailto:GGillan@...]
>Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 3:17 PM
>To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Hey this sounded interesting..
>
>
>From: Greg Gillan <GGillan@...>
>
>Where did you get this idea? Hybrid means a "combination of two different
>things", not "he who fights with slashing weapons".
>
>i.e.:
>Ranger = warrior + druid
>Paladin = warrior + cleric
>Shadow Knight = warrior + necromancer
>Bard = rogue + enchanter + . . . .
>
>What are druids/clerics/shaman a combination of? They are not hybrids.
>
>
>Elwyn Heartstring
>Level 44 Bard
>Erollisi Marr
>
>
>From: "Lange, Stephen" <SLANGE@...>
>
>>They are not hybrids, they are the priest classes.
>
>A hybrid is considered any class that can use slashing weapons or armor.
>Druids and Shaman can. Pure Casters cannot. Ask yourself, does the Druid
>or Shaman follow the same weapon/armor rules as a Pure Caster

(Mage/Wizard).

>Clerics are the oddball, in that they can wear armor.
>
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