At 12:11 PM 10/25/99 -0600, you wrote:

>Yes.. this is precisely what is causing it. The reason bards seem to be in
>a lot of these situations is because they're usually constantly buffing
>everyone all the time. For an experiment, pull something w/o singing any
>songs. Have any nearby caster buff anyone in the party just as the MOB is
>coming into range. Chances are the MOB will bee-line towards the caster (I
>just saw this multiple times lastnight when a druid would buff damage
>shields at the beginning of a pull - the MOB invariably went straight at the
>druid)

But what explains this?
Sitting in Crushbone, not singing, not fighting, just watching, "An orc
oracle begins to cast a spell. You feel drowsy."
In the middle of combat with a whole other party! That's Bard Hate.

Talies