Some Questions about Being a Bard

[SirRobin]

1) Do a Bard’s songs work for pets/followers? If so, wouldn’t a Bard Necro be fairly powerful?

2) Do a Bard’s songs continue working if a Bard/Druid shapeshifts into an animal form?

3) Does a Bard Secondary get any benefits?

4) I haven’t seen a lot of Bards around. Is it only because they are not (or not seen as) a solo class?

[Gnu]

[quote="SirRobin":zug3u9rh]1) Do a Bard’s songs work for pets/followers? If so, wouldn’t a Bard Necro be fairly powerful?

2) Do a Bard’s songs continue working if a Bard/Druid shapeshifts into an animal form?

3) Does a Bard Secondary get any benefits?

4) I haven’t seen a lot of Bards around. Is it only because they are not (or not seen as) a solo class?[/quote:zug3u9rh]

1. Bard's songs work for followers. Bard Necros has a good chopping power... lets count: at 4x40 20 I can summon 3 undeads - 2 wilewights and 1 banshee... these are 11 attacks... if they all do not miss and if I sing gods of war, then we'll produce 110 Damage... nd it costs 35 mana to start singing + 35 mana for every tick... BUT if you cast any spell (acid blind, heal self, web etc.) you will stop singing and have to resing again (that's 35 mana)... conclusion: bards + undeads are good for fat chop-style mobs.

2. Bard's songs continue working for some time after bard stops singing... I think you will spend this time for shifting into animal

3. Secondary bard gets DEX as the 2nd rolling stat, good apportunity of making good AC mode, th second high CAP for charisma.

4. Bards were planned as a group oriented class, they get solo power when raise levels for other classes not many bards? Let me count:
Taliesin, Pendalf, Minstrel, Sapient, Leadbelly, Solstice, Elseh, Requiem... and they all are playing now

[rith]

[35b 21d 15n 6c] Heavell .

You missed one. This bard loves to sing Back Street Boys and Westlife

[madmax]

And another

[40b 37d 19c 10n] Jacinda looking for milky/opalescent shards {fire&ice}

[*juggleblood*]

I also have a couple questions about playing bard.

1. How do I read the song bonus thingie on the eq chart?
i.e. 40/20/10 on an instrument

2. Does charisma influence the effect of Dance of the 7 Luck Gods? If so, by a lot or a little?

Thx

Wonka

[blackmore]

[quote="juggleblood":1264u0ya]I also have a couple questions about playing bard.

1. How do I read the song bonus thingie on the eq chart?
i.e. 40/20/10 on an instrument

2. Does charisma influence the effect of Dance of the 7 Luck Gods? If so, by a lot or a little?

Thx

Wonka[/quote:1264u0ya]

If you ID an instrument, you'll see the order of the benefits, but I believe it's:
% increase in length of song
% decrease in song cost
# of additional listeners

I think luck gods is purely level based, but I might be wrong.