Hello again
I designed a final TP for my friend's bard.
Since its spec is a little hybrid, i had to give importance to blade, strength and quickness, because our project is to be able to duo in the future (actually she is still 49.5 at Thidranki).

The final TP i made can be seen here, in the TP section, it is actually the last one posted.
http://uthgard.net/index.php?option=com ... 33#p224833

I have some doubts about the right balancing between the strength and the quickness his character should have and i'd like to have some suggestions/opinions.

The three possible solutions are these ones (the 3 objects reported are the only ones where the two stats can be modified, because all the other points come from objects):

A) Strength capped, rest quickness

Stats with weapon/shield equipped
------------------------------------------------------------------------
STR: 77/75 - CON: 76/75 - DEX: 76/75 -
QUI: 16/75 - CHA: 76/75
Pow: 11/26 - Hits: 200/200

Resists
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Body: 27/26 - Energy: 27/26 - Crush: 27/26
Cold: 27/26 - Matter: 26/26 - Slash: 26/26
Heat: 27/26 - Spirit: 27/26 - Thrust: 26/26


Chest
Name: Crafted Vest
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 9 Spirit Resist - Polished Vapor Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Body Resist - Polished Dusty Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 9 Matter Resist - Polished Earthen Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 16 Quickness - Polished Airy Essence Jewel
Utility: 64.7

Head
Name: Crafted Helm
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 25 Strength - Flawless Fiery Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 60 Hits - Precious Blood Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 9 Heat Resist - Polished Heated Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 3 Regrowth Skill - Rough Watery Nature Spell Stone
Utility: 64.7

Left Hand
Name: Crafted Buckler
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 5 Blades Skill - Imperfect Watery War Spell Stone
Gem 2: 7 Slash Resist - Imperfect Watery Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 9 Crush Resist - Polished Fiery Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 10 Strength - Flawed Fiery Essence Jewel
Utility: 63.7


B) Strength only from objects, quickness pumped to maximum available

Stats with weapon/shield equipped
------------------------------------------------------------------------
STR: 42/75 - CON: 76/75 - DEX: 76/75 -
QUI: 51/75 - CHA: 76/75
Pow: 11/26 - Hits: 200/200

Resists
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Body: 27/26 - Energy: 27/26 - Crush: 27/26
Cold: 27/26 - Matter: 26/26 - Slash: 26/26
Heat: 27/26 - Spirit: 27/26 - Thrust: 26/26


Chest
Name: Crafted Vest
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 9 Spirit Resist - Polished Vapor Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Body Resist - Polished Dusty Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 9 Matter Resist - Polished Earthen Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 16 Quickness - Polished Airy Essence Jewel
Utility: 64.7


Head
Name: Crafted Helm
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 25 Quickness - Flawless Airy Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 60 Hits - Precious Blood Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 9 Heat Resist - Polished Heated Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 3 Regrowth Skill - Rough Watery Nature Spell Stone
Utility: 64.7


Left Hand
Name: Crafted Buckler
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 5 Blades Skill - Imperfect Watery War Spell Stone
Gem 2: 7 Slash Resist - Imperfect Watery Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 9 Crush Resist - Polished Fiery Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 10 Quickness - Flawed Airy Essence Jewel
Utility: 63.7



C) Halway from A to B, Strength pumped only with Shield equipped

Stats with weapon/shield equipped
------------------------------------------------------------------------
STR: 52/75 - CON: 76/75 - DEX: 76/75 -
QUI: 41/75 - CHA: 76/75
Pow: 11/26 - Hits: 200/200

Resists
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Body: 27/26 - Energy: 27/26 - Crush: 27/26
Cold: 27/26 - Matter: 26/26 - Slash: 26/26
Heat: 27/26 - Spirit: 27/26 - Thrust: 26/26


Chest
Name: Crafted Vest
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 9 Spirit Resist - Polished Vapor Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Body Resist - Polished Dusty Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 9 Matter Resist - Polished Earthen Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 16 Quickness - Polished Airy Essence Jewel
Utility: 64.7


Head
Name: Crafted Helm
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 25 Quickness - Flawless Airy Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 60 Hits - Precious Blood Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 9 Heat Resist - Polished Heated Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 3 Regrowth Skill - Rough Watery Nature Spell Stone
Utility: 64.7

Left Hand
Name: Crafted Buckler
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 5 Blades Skill - Imperfect Watery War Spell Stone
Gem 2: 7 Slash Resist - Imperfect Watery Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 9 Crush Resist - Polished Fiery Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 10 Strength - Flawed Fiery Essence Jewel
Utility: 63.7

What do you think? My favourite one is the second, B, because 51 quickness helps with both evading and weapon speed. After all +42 str is always good, if you think that bard can give himself +50 via buff.

Do you agree or prefer another solution??

Many thanks for the help

If you run duo you better dont use your weapons at all.
Just stay away from any action - heal and mezz/rupt.

Celteen wrote:If you run duo you better dont use your weapons at all.
Just stay away from any action - heal and mezz/rupt.

Yes, but when occur a 2 vs. 2 clash (or similar), it's not uncommon that it may happen that the bard will rest alone versus one remaining enemy, or that mezz get purged and the only thing that a bard can do, instead of simply running (with an enemy mincing his back ), like sadly lot of bards do, is to help me kill who is trying to kill her

just stay on distance as a bard and u ll not be forced in using ur blades. bards job is to cc play endu and rupt. your partner has to kill ur 20dmg will not help at all except that they ll focus u down. get book of chaos in both of ur temps, this will give u much more RPs.

Well, i'm not a bard, i'm a ranger
My friend is the bard.
I know that if possible, bards should stay out of melee, but if reality was like you said, expert bards would never die.
Inc starting: "CC, cure, cure mezz, sos, cure, cure, cure, whops, my party has lost, i'll simply go away".
It does not work this way, maybe just in theory.
Bards die, and die frequently, because despite their will, they get caught into melee.
That's why, in a duo, a bard able to do some damage is better than the usual bard that only awaits death running around with an enemy sticked at his back.

Btw, i've decided for the B version, that i further improved so qui with weapons is 53 and, no matter what instrument is selected, every resistence is 100% capped

Talking about alchemy, what do you all suggest? Full abla? Lots of abla and some heal?
And for the weapon/shield? Dot of course is not a good choice, since it will let become istamezz useless, right? So, simple DD or heal (has fast weapon, sickle)?
For the Shield? Since bard blocks extreme rarely, should it be better to use charges?
Thanks

I didn't read it all but with mp set you should be really able to do something better:

With instruments

Statuswerte:
Stärke: 21 Intelligenz: 7 Trefferpunkte: 200
Konst.: 76 Frömmigkeit: 0 Magiekraft : 25
Gesch.: 76 Charisma : 75
Schne.: 75 Emphatie : 22

Resistenzen:
Schlag : 27 Hitze : 27 Körper : 27
Schnitt: 26 Kälte : 28 Geist : 25
Stoß : 26 Materie: 27 Energie: 27

Fertigkeiten:
11 Regrowth
1 Nurture
1 Music

With weapons:

Statuswerte:
Stärke: 77 Intelligenz: 7 Trefferpunkte: 200
Konst.: 76 Frömmigkeit: 0 Magiekraft : 22
Gesch.: 76 Charisma : 75
Schne.: 75 Emphatie : 22

Resistenzen:
Schlag : 27 Hitze : 27 Körper : 27
Schnitt: 26 Kälte : 28 Geist : 17
Stoß : 26 Materie: 27 Energie: 25

Fertigkeiten:
1 Blades
11 Blunt
11 Regrowth
1 Nurture
1 Music


Fokus:



Cap-Erhöhungen:


Andere Boni:


Körper:
Imbue Punkte: 33,5 von 28 (99% Qual)
Effekte: 3 Regrowth, 9 Slash Resist, 11 Body Resist, 1 All Magic Skill Bonus
Nutzen: 70,0

Arme:
Imbue Punkte: 37,0 von 32 (100% Qual)
Effekte: 28 Hits, 28 Charisma, 11 Thrust Resist, 5 Spirit Resist
Nutzen: 57,8

Kopf:
Imbue Punkte: 37,5 von 32 (100% Qual)
Effekte: 16 Constitution, 13 Dexterity, 22 Quickness, 11 Energy Resist
Nutzen: 56,2

Beine:
Imbue Punkte: 37,5 von 32 (100% Qual)
Effekte: 44 Hits, 9 Power, 9 Slash Resist, 9 Spirit Resist
Nutzen: 65,0

Hände:
Imbue Punkte: 37,5 von 32 (100% Qual)
Effekte: 9 Crush Resist, 28 Charisma, 9 Body Resist, 20 Hits
Nutzen: 59,8

Füsse:
Imbue Punkte: 37,5 von 32 (100% Qual)
Effekte: 7 Power, 9 Crush Resist, 9 Heat Resist, 22 Quickness
Nutzen: 64,7

Rechte Hand:
Imbue Punkte: 37,5 von 32 (100% Qual)
Effekte: 5 Blunt, 28 Strength, 3 Spirit Resist, 7 Energy Resist
Nutzen: 63,8

Linke Hand:
Imbue Punkte: 37,5 von 32 (100% Qual)
Effekte: 5 Blunt, 28 Strength, 1 All Melee Skill Bonus, 4 Regrowth
Nutzen: 73,8

Zweihand:
Imbue Punkte: 37,5 von 32 (100% Qual)
Effekte: 4 Regrowth, 11 Spirit Resist, 9 Energy Resist, 3 Power
Nutzen: 66,0

Hals: Exquisite Infernal Black Diamond Necklace
Stufe: 50 Qualität: 91% Bonus: 30%
Herkunft: Dropped/sold by 'Kodo' in 'Darkness Falls' at locs 28k, 15k
7 Thrust Resist, 7 Body Resist, 48 Hits, 7 Energy Resist
Nutzen: 54,0

Umhang: Fortified Cloak of Alifa
Stufe: 50 Qualität: 100% Bonus: 40%
Herkunft: Tajendi Tank Cloak (Sub-Quest-Reward)
19 Acuity, 19 Dexterity, 9 Crush Resist, 9 Matter Resist
Nutzen: 61,5

Juwel: Book of Arcane Dealings
Stufe: 50 Qualität: 100% Bonus: 25%
Herkunft: Dropped/sold by 'siabra waterwalker' in 'Bog of Cullen' at locs 33k, 20k
8 Cold Resist, 8 Matter Resist, 6 Power, 8 Heat Resist
Nutzen: 60,0

Taille: Skeaghshee Fighting Belt
Stufe: 51 Qualität: 100% Bonus: 35%
Herkunft: Dropped/sold by 'Skeaghshee' in 'Cursed Forest' at locs 48k, 17k
22 Constitution, 22 Dexterity, 22 Quickness, 40 Hits
Nutzen: 54,2

Rechter Ring: Ring of Elements
Stufe: 50 Qualität: 100% Bonus: 35%
Herkunft: Dropped/sold by 'Wyvernic Wraith' in 'Cursed Forest' at locs 49k, 53k
7 Constitution, 7 Intelligence, 10 Cold Resist, 10 Heat Resist
Nutzen: 44,7

Linker Ring: Orey Eyed Healthy Ring
Stufe: 51 Qualität: 100% Bonus: 35%
Herkunft: Dropped/sold by 'Orey-eyed Oghamist' in 'Cursed Forest' at locs 53k, 24k
3 Regrowth, 22 Constitution, 22 Dexterity, 22 Empathy
Nutzen: 44,5

Rechtes Handgelenk: Warshadow Bracer
Stufe: 50 Qualität: 100% Bonus: 35%
Herkunft: Dropped/sold by 'glimmer warshade' in 'Sheeroe Hills' at locs 45k, 37k
9 Constitution, 9 Quickness, 10 Cold Resist, 10 Matter Resist
Nutzen: 52,1

Linkes Handgelenk: Midar's Bracer of Strength
Stufe: 51 Qualität: 100% Bonus: 35%
Herkunft: Dropped/sold by 'Midar' in 'Valley of Bri Leith' at locs 56k, 8k
21 Strength, 20 Hits, 8 Thrust Resist, 8 Slash Resist
Nutzen: 51,1


All low cost items, should be even be a lot cheaper because of 99% vest

thats a nice temp

Adorn wrote:.....

pweet wrote:thats a nice temp

Yeah but till rr8 wear some item/armor with +nurture while buffing for decent buffs

No +music?

Don't underestimate the Instant DD on a Weaponbard!!

Adorn wrote:CUT CUT

I think that the main difference between our templates, is given by our different order of importance about some stuff.
For me +11 music is a must.
It is obvious that if i build a template putting inside +11 music, i will have less space for capping also Str and Qui.
I also give less importance to power and give more, to absolutely capping every resist under every condition.
This said, this is my TP, and, as you can see, it is very very similar to yours about the abjects.
The "biggest" difference is given by the belt. I use one that has a slight better utility, but since it gives music, i know
it didn't call your attention.

Stats with weapon/shield equipped
------------------------------------------------------------------------
STR: 70/75 - CON: 76/75 - DEX: 76/75 -
QUI: 53/75 - CHA: 76/75
Pow: 06/26 - Hits: 200/200

Resists
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Body: 27/26 - Energy: 27/26 - Crush: 27/26
Cold: 27/26 - Matter: 26/26 - Slash: 27/26
Heat: 27/26 - Spirit: 26/26 - Thrust: 26/26

Skills
------------------------------------------------------------------------
11/11 Blades
11/11 Music
11/11 Regrowth
04/11 Nurture

Stats with any instrument
------------------------------------------------------------------------
STR: 42/75 - CON: 76/75 - DEX: 76/75 -
QUI: 29/75 - CHA: 76/75
Pow: 17/26 - Hits: 200/200

Resists
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Body: 27/26 - Energy: 27/26 - Crush: 27/26
Cold: 27/26 - Matter: 26/26 - Slash: 26/26
Heat: 27/26 - Spirit: 26/26 - Thrust: 26/26

Skills
------------------------------------------------------------------------
11/11 Music
11/11 Regrowth
04/11 Nurture

Piece Listing
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chest
Name: Crafted Item
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.0 of 32 Overcharge: 5
Gem 1: 11 Energy Resist - Faceted Light Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Body Resist - Polished Dusty Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 25 Constitution - Flawless Earthen Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 1 All Magic Skills Skill - Raw Finesse Nature Spell Stone
Utility: 66.7


Arms
Name: Crafted Item
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.0 of 32 Overcharge: 5
Gem 1: 13 Spirit Resist - Precious Vapor Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Cold Resist - Polished Icy Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 13 Dexterity - Imperfect Vapor Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 1 All Magic Skills Skill - Raw Finesse Nature Spell Stone
Utility: 62.7


Head
Name: Crafted Item
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.0 of 32 Overcharge: 5
Gem 1: 11 Body Resist - Faceted Dusty Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Heat Resist - Polished Heated Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 25 Charisma - Flawless Icy Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 1 All Magic Skills Skill - Raw Finesse Nature Spell Stone
Utility: 66.7


Legs
Name: Crafted Item
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 13 Spirit Resist - Precious Vapor Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Energy Resist - Polished Light Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 10 Charisma - Flawed Icy Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 3 Thrust Resist - Rough Airy Shielding Jewel
Utility: 56.7


Hands
Name: Crafted Item
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.0 of 32 Overcharge: 5
Gem 1: 11 Crush Resist - Faceted Fiery Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Matter Resist - Polished Earthen Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 68 Hits - Flawless Blood Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 1 All Magic Skills Skill - Raw Finesse Nature Spell Stone
Utility: 67.0


Feet
Name: Crafted Item
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 44 Hits - Polished Blood Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 25 Quickness - Flawless Airy Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 4 Regrowth Skill - Flawed Watery Nature Spell Stone
Gem 4: 4 Music Skill - Flawed Airy Nature Spell Stone
Utility: 67.7


Right Hand
Name: Crafted Item
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 4 Blades Skill - Flawed Watery War Spell Stone
Gem 2: 11 Slash Resist - Faceted Watery Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 28 Strength - Perfect Fiery Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 1 All Melee Weapon Skills Skill - Raw Finesse War Spell Stone
Utility: 65.7


Left Hand
Name: Crafted Item
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 36.0 of 32 Overcharge: 4
Gem 1: 5 Blades Skill - Imperfect Watery War Spell Stone
Gem 2: 7 Crush Resist - Imperfect Fiery Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 28 Quickness - Perfect Airy Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 1 All Melee Weapon Skills Skill - Raw Finesse War Spell Stone
Utility: 62.7

2 Handed/Ranged
Name: Crafted Lute/Drum/Flute
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 11 Slash Resist - Faceted Watery Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 7 Crush Resist - Imperfect Fiery Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 4 Quickness - Uncut Airy Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 11 Power - Faceted Mystical Essence Jewel
Utility: 46.0


Neck
Name: Exquisite Infernal Black Diamond Necklace
Level: 50 Quality: 90
Slot 1: 7 Body Resist
Slot 2: 7 Energy Resist
Slot 3: 7 Thrust Resist
Slot 4: 48 Hits
Utility: 54.0


Cloak
Name: Blessed Cloack Of Aifa
Level: 1 Quality: 100 AF/DPS: 102
Slot 1: 19 Acuity
Slot 2: 19 Dexterity
Slot 3: 9 Crush Resist
Slot 4: 9 Matter Resist
Utility: 61.3


Jewel
Name: Book of arcane dealing
Level: 50 Quality: 90
Slot 1: 8 Cold Resist
Slot 2: 8 Matter Resist
Slot 3: 6 Power
Slot 4: 8 Heat Resist
Utility: 52.0


Belt
Name: Skeaghshee Melodic belt
Level: 51 Quality: 99
Slot 1: 22 Constitution
Slot 2: 22 Dexterity
Slot 3: 22 Charisma
Slot 4: 3 Music Skill
Utility: 59.0


Left Ring
Name: Orey Eyed Healty Ring
Level: 51 Quality: 91
Slot 1: 3 Regrowth Skill
Slot 2: 22 Constitution
Slot 3: 22 Dexterity
Slot 4: 22 Empathy
Utility: 59.0


Right Ring
Name: Ring Of Elements
Level: 50 Quality: 99
Slot 1: 7 Constitution
Slot 2: 7 Intelligence
Slot 3: 10 Cold Resist
Slot 4: 10 Heat Resist
Utility: 49.3


Left Wrist
Name: Midar Bracer of Strength
Level: 51 Quality: 98
Slot 1: 21 Strength
Slot 2: 20 Hits
Slot 3: 8 Thrust Resist
Slot 4: 8 Slash Resist
Utility: 51.0


Right Wrist
Name: Midar Bracer of Strength
Level: 51 Quality: 98
Slot 1: 21 Strength
Slot 2: 20 Hits
Slot 3: 8 Thrust Resist
Slot 4: 8 Slash Resist
Utility: 51.0

I might need a final help to decide the last two details.

An option about Str and Qui might be to remove the +28 Strength on the weapon, putting +28 Quickness and capping it.
Unfortunately this would lead to a waste of 6 points of Qui over cap, giving a STR: 42/75 - QUI: 81/75 in combat, that might be a better defensive solution (and even more balanced, since Str is usually +50 self buffed, at least in a small man environment).

Another option i was thinking about, is to lower power with instruments (power is really a marginal bonus, since even with +26 you only get one smaller healing spell to cast, that's all), privileging defense.
This could lead to all instruments spelled this way:

Name: Crafted Lute/Drum/Flute
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 Overcharge: 5,5
Gem 1: 11 Slash Resist - Faceted Watery Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 7 Crush Resist - Imperfect Fiery Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 28 Quickness - Perfect Airy Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 3 Power - Rough Mystical Essence Jewel
Utility: 56.7

And so, with instruments, the stats would be:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
STR: 42/75 - CON: 76/75 - DEX: 76/75 -
QUI: 53/75 - CHA: 76/75
Pow: 09/26 - Hits: 200/200


What do you think?

Would you chose one or both of the +quickness options?

+11 Music will change NOTHING but give you like +10 damage (if that much) on the instant DD, so its really just wasted Imbues. I would leave them out and cap str with it, if you should really go into melee you will see a much greater change there.

Asloan wrote:+11 Music will change NOTHING but give you like +10 damage (if that much) on the instant DD, so its really just wasted Imbues. I would leave them out and cap str with it, if you should really go into melee you will see a much greater change there.

Ok, but, exchanging +4 on a skill ability (20 utility) with a +5 on a stat (3.3 utility) doesn't seem to be a very smart move...
Maybe could be a very interesting option (if +11 music brings a damage bonus so scarce as you said), to remove +4 music from boots and replace it with +22 Qui, so to perfectly cap quickness with weapons and instruments

I agree with Asloan, i think it will be even less than 10 dmg, maybe 5 or so, not really worth capping music. You'll profit more from capping Str and especially having Quick capped all the time (even with Instruments) due to higher evade.

Adorn wrote:I agree with Asloan, i think it will be even less than 10 dmg, maybe 5 or so, not really worth capping music. You'll profit more from capping Str and especially having Quick capped all the time (even with Instruments) due to higher evade.

I asked an expert bard ingame, and he said that with +11 music he gets a 18 damage bonus with the shout.
Few enough to sacrifice 4 points in favour of capping quickness (with +70, strength can be considered capped).
The problem is that he also said to me that +11 in music is necessary because every single point boosts the chance that mezzes are not resisted.
In this case, +11 music seems to be very important.
So, before taking a final decision, i'll have to investigate more

lol. Who was this expert bard? + Music does NOTHING then boost damage. The only thing effecting if mezzes get resisted or not, is the effectiv spell Level (which can me influenced by MoF), and the level of the target.