> >From a reliable source.. Guides do not get *any* of their
> >class's spells or songs. They also do not get any
> >instruments or weapons (other than their staff of guiding)
> >to weild. They apparently have a belt of something or
> >another that gives them Spirit of Norrath. The guide you
> >saw running around wasn't using Selo's or a drum..
>
> Well this is wrong from first hand experiance. After the
> first zone crash in the Plane of Fear (full spawn eeek!)
> we had a guide helping us by ressurecting and recovering
> our corpses for us. He would summon us to our corpse in
> the PoF and then do a ressurection. I thought this
> was damn odd, because he was a lvl 50 cleric guide and
> was using his lvl 49 spell to do this. And he had to
> meditate after each time. I have been ressurected
> before by our GM and he didnt med or cast, just zapped
> away. Maybe this was just a freak occurance, i dont know,
> but he definately had his spells :)

Check out the "leaked" policies and procedures manual
that came out awhile ago. All guides use a cape of
vashar or some like name to do resurrections. They do
not use spells. Granted, the cape may take mana for
whatever reason, but it's not a spell they're casting
from their spellbook. GM's on the other hand may be
able to do things differently since they're not as
limited as guides are in that they're actually employed
by Verant and 'trusted' so to speak with extra tools.

Actually, the p&p as they call it is a very good thing
that all players should read in my opinion. It tells
you exactly what guides can and can't do and why. I
know I've started looking at guides differently since
I read it and know when not to bother them with something
I know they aren't going to be able to fix because of
their guidelines. It also gives a nifty look at the
tools they get to use to do their duties.