On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Bobby wrote:

>
> I know psalm of warmth adds a 5 point damage shield. I am wondering how much
> damage the the psalm of cold is?

Same damage. About the only practical difference (aside from
raising different resists) is the Psalm of Cooling gives you
ultravision, as opposed to infravision for the Psalm of
Warmth.

> 2. the song Psalm of Vitality as I have listed is JUST poison resist. Since
> it is a Psalm I am wondering if it ( and psalm of purity as well) are damage
> shields as well and if so how much.

No damage shield as far as I've been able to tell.

> 3. I have pretty much started to phase out bellow song to use the slot for
> something more group oriented. My question is the level 30 Fufils curtailing
> chant. It stated target damage and -magic resist. I would like to know more
> about this song i e how much dd it does and is that song worth taking up a
> song slot for another DD song? how much MR does it lower? This follows along
> with my curiosity of the other chants (flame etc)

It's a modest amount, about 10-15 points/tick pre-PvP-patch,
for about 30-45 points per application (don't remember
exactly). MR reduction was -10 when I first got it
(pre-PvP-patch) but was -11 last night at level 39. It's
generally not worth it. If the song actually worked and using
a drum doubled the effect (it's listed as a percussion song),
the song could be useful in combat weaved (woven? :) with
Elemental Rhythms and Chant of Battle. But in its current
state, -10 to -15 to a mob's MR is laughable - the enchanter's
level 4 tashan does the same. I'd rather Chain or Bind and
decrease the damage my party takes by 30%, instead of increase
the damage we do by 10%.

Chant of Flame had the same damage, but lowered fire resist
instead of magic resist.

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John H. Kim
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