Selo's grows as you level, a modest boost to speed every couple of levels.
Level per level, with a drum, you'll always be a good deal faster than a
Spirit of Wolf user. Without a drum, it's still a bit faster.

Spirit of Wolf grows with the caster as well. A level 30 druid can run
faster than a level 9 shaman, for instance.

----- Original Message -----
From: John Kim <kim@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 1999 3:31 PM
Subject: [eqbards] SoW vs. Selo's Accelerando

>From: John Kim <kim@...>
>
>While hunting in West Commonlands, I noticed a L30 druid
>running with Spirit of the Wolf on, so I tried chasing her to
>see how SoW and Selo's Accelerando compare. My L15 bard was
>very slowly able to catch up to her. The closing rate was
>slow enough that I'm not sure if it was a difference between
>the spell and song, or if she just had a slower machine than
>me (I have a friend with a slow machine and in just normal
>running I can slowly pass him).
>
>Also, I'm pretty sure Selo's Accelerando gets faster as you
>gain levels/skills. There are two trees where I did some
>impromptu timings when I was L8. It took about 10.4 seconds
>for me to run between them with Accelerando and a drum. I
>recently missed the boat by 5 seconds (when oh when will they
>add a second boat between Freeport and Butcherblock) so I went
>back to this spot to kill some time. At L15, my bard took 9.7
>seconds to run between those two trees.
>
>(I suppose it's possible the druid was encumbered. I don't
>know anyone that's high level and can cast SoW to do a more
>controlled test.)
>
>--
>John H. Kim
>kim@...
>
>
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