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Beat Your Drum and Sing Your Song.. the Bards are here!

The Bards are the noble citizens of Norrath who share a song and story with us while it’s time for merrymaking, but they also hold powerful and mystical abilities in their songs over others and over basic physics itself!

The bards are the jack of all trades; they can run the fastest, stand toe to toe with a monstrous fiend, or use their spell-like musical abilities to do other wondrous feats.

Take up the call to arms in either a group or by yourself, because as a bard you can do it all! Of course a group is always preferred, you will need someone to tell your stories to besides the more fiendish creatures found across Norrath.

The Bards haven is welcome to all who enjoy a good glass of ale and a night of merrymaking after a hard day of combating evil from all four corners of the world.

 

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This is where you can find help and information regarding your Bard. From Guides, to news, to our very own community forums!


Thursday January 9 2003
Bard Updates
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The Bard - 1:28 PM PST
Toyni has provided us with many new updates to our Bard Class Portal!

Click Here for Information on the Bard Epic!

Click Here for the Updated Stats Page

Let us know what you think, and check back often for more updates on the way!

 - Lord_Of_Dreams


Friday October 25 2002
Orcish Lute Nerfed
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The Bard - 1:57 AM PDT
Looks like the orcish lute has been nerfed, it's modifier has now been reduced since the last patch. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

Why not jump onto our message boards and discuss it.
 - Divada_Bard


Tuesday October 22 2002
New Lute Found
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The Bard - 4:04 PM PDT
There is a new lute out there, it has been found in Eastern Wastes.
Apparently it's a part of a quest in which you must find four items:
Minotaur Horn
Tamborine of Ritual
Orc Lute
Stretched Skin Drum

However the prize... not worth it according to some..

A Fine Antique Amice
Slot: Shoulders
7 AC, 5 Dex and 5 Cha,
Focus effect : Enhancement haste II
Wt 3.0, Size small, ALL/ALL

The lute however, has a modifier of 2.5 !!!
Lute of the howler has a modifier of 2.2 however..

Why not jump onto our message boards and discuss it.

 - Divada_Bard


Thursday July 25 2002
Bard AA Clarification
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The Bard - 5:29 PM PDT
Absor posted the following in the EQ Developers Corner:
Ok, here’s what happened with Instrument Mastery.
Though this seems obvious to me, I want to make it clear how this was supposed to work.

Singing Mastery is designed to improve the bard’s ability to sing songs.

Instrument Mastery is designed to improve the bard’s ability to play instruments.

Now there is a bit of possible confusion when we start talking about songs that are instrument based when the bard is not using an instrument. At that point the bard is singing and instrument song, and it really becomes a matter of taste as to whether Singing Mastery or Instrument Mastery should apply. We’ve decided to base it on the skill used, not whether an instrument is in hand. So Singing Mastery applies to all Singing skill based songs and Instrument Mastery applies to all instrument based songs, whether or not the bard is using an instrument at the time.

No, these two abilities were never meant to overlap. It was a bug when Instrument Mastery gave a bonus to songs that use the Singing skill.

That bug was fixed this patch. Instrument Mastery no longer affects songs that use the Singing skill.

What we’ve decided to do is increase the amount that Singing Mastery affects Singing skill songs by 50%. That should go in the next time we patch.

I’m sorry for not catching this in the patch message. Basically because this was the way it was always intended to be, we were not aware that we’d fixed a bug.

Alan

 - Cosmoo


Friday July 19 2002
Introducing The New EQS Class Portals!
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Class Portal News - 7:10 PM PDT
Hey folks,

I wanted to welcome and introduce you to our latest creation here at Everquest Stratics, fully complete and personalized Class Portals.

Each is headed up by one of Stratics own team members, which by the way we are now looking to expand; more to come on this later.

We will be offering you current news, guides, F.A.Q.'s, forums, and just a general personalized atmosphere to give you a place you'd be proud to call home.

So step on in, take a look around, and keep an eye in the near future for rapid expansion of these already homely portal areas.

Lord Of Dreams
EQ Project Manager
http://eq.stratics.com
 - Lord_Of_Dreams


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