At 11:45 PM 10/6/99 -0700, you wrote:

>Bards get my vote for "most survivable character class". I don't mind most
>of the other drawbacks as long as I can always run like heck, or charm, or
>lull... If I had a dollar for every time I got below a bubble then wove
>Accelerando and Hymn with the Lute, only to make a final stand at the zone
>line and finsih off the unruly beast(s) that would have killed a hapless
>Warrior or Wizard...
>
>- Luvas of Fennin Ro

Conversely, I think we should vote bards the most likely to die while in a
dungeon. :) The combination of bard hate, and no way out but to run (with
no selo's) makes for a stun-o-rama death cocktail. Screech is helpful
sometimes, but doesn't really help against trains with lots of casters
(they typically stand out of range of screech and fry you to pieces).

Steven S. Klug
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