On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, RaceFace wrote:

>
> How long does the effect of the Lament last after you sing it to the mobs?
> Will I have to do it over again when I take on the next mob?

It lasts several minutes for me. Others say it only lasts
about 10 seconds. Dunno, maybe charisma has something to do
with it.

I used it to break up the king area in Permafrost solo. The
first time I tried it, I'd lamented all the mobs on the floor.
I fought an elite guard down to below half health when a
newly-spawned priest above us started healing it. I charmed
the elite and ordered it to attack the priest, only to watch
in horror as it decided the shortest route to the priest was
through all the floor mobs. Of the four remaining floor mobs,
only the patriarch (who was actually the most recently
lamented) was activated by the guard's passage. The rest were
still lamented.

Unfortunately, the guard, patriarch, and priest were enough to
do me in. :-P

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John H. Kim
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