This is an interesting discussion, and it would be interesting to verify
this. I only have an 85 cha, and my bellow hardly ever gets resisted
either. VERY occasionally a yellow will resist, and reds more than that.
With whites and below, I'd say my bellow does max damage 80% of the time.
I am currently level 17. I would suspect the CHA to factor into charm more
than anything else, so maybe this doesn't really apply to bellow.

At 04:48 PM 5/19/99 -0400, you wrote:

>From: John Kim <kim@...>
>
>On Wed, 19 May 1999, Scott Pickle wrote:
>>
>> I hadn't thought about it, but when using bellow, I tried kiting a yellow
>> beetle, and was never once resisted. In fact, I don't recall having been
>> resisted with bellow. I maxed out my charisma when I created a character.
>
>Yeah, that's been my experience too (110 chr). I just figured
>it was normal. Ever since I got bellow, I can only think of a
>handful of times it's been resisted by a yellow. A lot of
>times I can use it on reds as well, though high reds (stuff
>that singlehandedly nearly wipes out my party) usually resist
>it, but I still get a fair number in. Interestingly, those I
>do get in are often near the low end of the damage range,
>which supports the guy's claim that resist and damage are
>linked. Last night I was flabbergasted because a green wisp
>resisted bellow three times. That's the first time I've had a
>green resist it, and suspect Verant cranked up their magic
>resist to make it harder to farm them.
>
>I suppose the other way to test is to go fight a skunk and get
>that nasty -30 chr, and try things then.
>
>> resistance or "fizzling" a problem with some of you? I seldom miss a note.
>
>Missing notes when you start a song seems to be tied more to
>instrument skill. When you first get a new skill, you will
>miss notes a lot. I *think* dex is tied into how well you can
>hold a song when you're hit. I have to restart my song every
>3-4 hits fighting blue-yellow mobs (stuns excepted) at 90 dex.
>
>--
>John H. Kim
>kim@...
>
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