Bard

Description

Bards are jack-of-all-trades adventurers who use music to create a wide variety of magical effects. Though they often use melee weapons, bards are primarily a magic-using class, with the ability to wear plate armor and wield many different types of weapons and instruments.

Bards can do a little bit of everything. Their songs can regenerate health and mana, increase attack speed and accuracy, momentarily charm angry enemies, help friends resist many types of damage and even directly damage enemies. Bards are perhaps best known, however, for their ability to greatly increase the foot speed of their group.

Bards have the unique ability to create multiple effects at once. By weaving different songs together, a bard can customize effects to any situation. This makes nimble fingers and quick thinking a must for those who want to play a bard.

Bards do well both alone and in groups. With the right combination of songs, they can adapt to many different challenges. The bard is a great class for players who enjoy a wide variety of play options but are quick to adapt to a changing situation.

Skills Chart

Name	Level Learned	Maximum
1H Blunt	1	200*
1H Slashing	1	200*
Hand to Hand	1	200*
Piercing	1	200*
Throwing	1	113
Dodge	10	155
Dual Wield	17	200*
Intimidation	26	100
General
Alcohol Tolerance	1	200*
Begging	1	200*
Bind Wound	1	200*
Sense Heading	1	200
Swimming	1	200
Pick Lock	10	75
Meditate	10	1
Forage	12	55
Sense Traps	15	???
Sneak	17	75
Safe Fall	24	40*
Hide	25	40
Tracking	35	100
Instruments
Singing	1	250*
Percussion	5	250*
String	8	250*
Brass	11	250*
Wind	14	250*
Numbers with an asterisk (*) have not been confirmed in game.

Songs

Level	Song Name	Song Description	Era
1	Chant of Battle	Party: Increase AC, Str, Dex
2	Chords of Dissonance	AE: DoT
3	Jaxan's Jig of Vigor	Party: Stamina Regeneration
4	Lyssa's Locating Lyric	Corpse Location Song
5	Selo's Accelerando	Party: Increased Movement Rate
6	Hymn of Restoration	Party: Heal
7	Jonathan's Whistling Warsong	Self: Haste, Str, AC
8	Kelin's Lugubrious Lament	Target: Lull
9	Elemental Rhythms	Party: Increase MR, FR, CR, AC
10	Anthem De Arms	Party: Haste, Strength
11	Cinda's Charismatic Carillon	Target: Improve Faction
12	Brusco's Boastful Bellow	Target: Direct Damage
13	Purifying Rhythms	Party: Increase MR, PR, DR, AC
14	Lyssa's Cataloging Libretto	Target: Identify
15	Kellin's Lucid Lullaby	AE: Enthrall
16	Tarew's Aquatic Ayre	Party: Enduring Breath
17	Guardian Rhythmns	Party: Increase MR, AC
18	Denon's Disruptive Discord	AE: DoT, Lower AC
19	Shauri's Sonorous Clouding	Party: Invisibility and See Invisibility
20	Largo's Melodic Binding	AE: Slow, Lower AC
20	Cassindra's Chant of Clarity	Group Mana Regeneration Song
21	Melanie's Mellifluous Motion	Party: Short Range Teleport
22	Alenia's Disenchanting Melody	Party: Cancel Magic
23	Selo's Consonant Chain	Target: Slow Movement, Attack
24	Lyssa's Veracious Concord	Party: See Invis, Ultravision
25	Psalm of Warmth	Party: Increase CR, Dmg Shield
26	Angstlich's Appalling Screech	AE: Fear
27	Solon's Song of the Sirens	Target: Charm NPC
28	Crission's Pixie Strike	Target: Mesmerise, Lower MR
29	Psalm of Vitality	Party: Increase DR
30	Fufil's Curtailing Chant	Target: DoT, Reduce MR and AC
31	Agilmente's Aria of Eagles	Party: Levitation
32	Cassindra's Chorus of Clarity	Party: Mana Restoration
33	Psalm of Cooling	Party: Increase FR, Dmg Shield
34	Lyssa's Solidarity of Vision	Target: Bind Sight
34	Cantana of Soothing	Party: Heal, Mana, and Stamina Regeneration	Vel
35	Denon's Dissension	Target: Mana Drain
36	Vilia's Verses of Celerity	Party: Haste, Agility
37	Psalm of Purity	Party: Increase PR, AC
38	Tuyen's Chant of Flame	Target: DoT, Lower FR
39	Solon's Bewitching Bravura	Target: Charm
40	Syvelian's Anti-Magic Aria	Target: Cancel Magic
41	Psalm of Mystic Shielding	Party: Increase Magic Resist, Hit Points, Armor Class
42	McVaxius Berserker Crescendo	Party: Haste, Strength
43	Denon's Desparate Dirge	AE: DD
44	Cassindra's Elegy	Party: Increase Wis, Int
45	Jonthan's Provocation	Target: Haste, Strength, Absorb Dmg Shield, ATK
46	Tuyen’s Chant of Frost	Target: DoT, Lower CR
47	Niv's Melody of Preservation	Group: Increase Str and Atk, Heal, Absorb Spell Dmg
48	Selo's Chords of Cessation	AE: DoT, Slow
49	Shield of Song	Group Damage Absorption (Max: 20 per tick)
50	Verses of Victory	Party: Haste, Str, Agi	Kun
50	Melody of Ervaj	Group Haste Buff	Vel
51	Selo's Song of Travel	Party: Increase Movement Speed, Invisibility, See Invisible, Levitate	Kun
51	Largo's Absonant Binding	Target: Decrease AC, Attack Speed, Movement, Agility	Kun
52	Nillipus' March of the Wee	Party: AC, Agility, Absorb Damage	Kun
53	Song of Twilight	Target: Mesmerize, Decrease MR	Kun
53	Song of Dawn	Target Lowers Agro List	Kun
54	Vilia's Chorus of Celerity	Party: Haste	Kun
54	Selo's Assonait Strane	AE: Slow Movement, Attack	Kun
55	Cantana of Replenishment	Party: Heal, Mana, and Stamina Regeneration	Kun
55	Brusco's Bombastic Bellow	Target: Stun, Direct Damage	Kun
55	Occlusion of Sound	Single Target Unresistable Resistance Debuffer	Vel
56	Song of Highsun	Target: Stun, Cancel Magic, Shadow Step	Kun
56	Song of Midnight	Target: Fear, Increase Movement, Direct Damage	Kun
57	Mcvaxius' Rousing Rondo	Party: Haste, Strength, ATK, Damage Shield	Kun
57	Cassindra's Insipid Ditty	Target: Decrease Mana, Int, Wis	Kun
58	Niv's Harmonic	Party: AC	Kun
58	Jonthan's Inspiration	Self: Haste, Strength, Absorb Dmg Shield, ATK	Kun
59	Denon's Bereavement	AE: Poison, DD, Stun, Decrease MR	Kun
59	Solon's Charismatic Concord	Party: Charisma	Kun
60	Kazumi's Note of Preservation	Party: Divine Aura	Kun
60	Angstlich's Assonance	Target: Decrease Attack Speed, DoT	Kun
60	Composition of Ervaj	Drain Mana From Target (Max: 350)	Vel

Bard Song Merchants

North Freeport

• Lysric Loresinger - Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Jaxan's Jig O' Vigor, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Selo's Accelerando
• Inisis Trimpet - Song: Anthem de Arms, Song: Brusco's Boastful Bellow, Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Denon's Desperate Dirge, Song: Denon's Disruptive Discord, Song: Denon's Dissension, Song: Fufil's Curtailing Chant, Song: Jonathan's Provocation, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Largo's Melodic Binding, McVaxius Berserker Crescendo, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Flame, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Frost, Song: Verses of Victory, Song: Vilia's Verses of Celerity

Kelethin

• Beleth Streamfoot - Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Song: Jaxan's Jig o' Vigor, Song: Jonthan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Selo's Accelerando
• Astar Leafsinger - Song: Cassindra's Chorus of Clarity, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Song: Purifying Rhythms, Song: Psalm of Warmth, Song: Psalm of Purity , Song: Psalm of Cooling, Song: Niv's Melody of Preservation, Song: Psalm of Mystic Shielding, Song: Elemental Rhythms, Song: Guardian Rhythms, Song: Psalm of Vitality
• Serilia Whistlewind - Song: Angstlich's Appalling Screech, Song: Cinda's Charismatic Carillon, Song: Crission's Pixie Strike, Song: Kelin's Lucid Lullaby, Song: Kelin's Lugubrious Lament, Song: Solon's Bravura, Song: Solon's Song of the Sirens, Song: Syvelian's Anti-Magic Aria

South Qeynos

• Topala Xenem - Song: Alenia's Disenchanting Melody, Song: Cassindra's Chorus of Clarity, Song: Elemental Rhythms, Song: Guardian Rhythms, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Song: Niv's Melody of Preservation, Song: Psalm of Cooling, Song: Psalm of Mystic Shielding, Song: Psalm of Purity, Song: Psalm of Vitality, Song: Psalm of Warmth, Song: Purifying Rhythms
• Lysric Loresinger - Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Jaxan's Jig O' Vigor, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Selo's Accelerando
• Chalea Volesga - Song: Anthem de Arms, Song: Brusco's Boastful Bellow, Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Denon's Desperate Dirge, Song: Denon's Disruptive Discord, Song: Denon's Dissension, Song: Fufil's Curtailing Chant, Song: Jonathan's Provocation, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Largo's Melodic Binding, McVaxius Berserker Crescendo, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Flame, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Frost, Song: Verses of Victory, Song: Vilia's Verses of Celerity

Erudin (Library)

• Altrusan Belstince - Song: Cassindra's Elegy, Song: Lyssa's Cataloging Libretto, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Lyssa's Solidarity of Vision, Song: Lyssa's Veracious Concord, Song: Psalm of Cooling, Song: Psalm of Warmth, Song: Shauri's Sonorous Clouding, Song: Shield of Song

Highkeep

• Justin Rhymes - Song: Agilmente's Aria of Eagles, Song: Jaxan's Jig O' Vigor, Song: Melanie's Mellifluous Motion, Song: Selo's Accelerando, Song: Selo's Chords of Cessation, Song: Selo's Consonant Chain, Song: Tarew's Aquatic Ayre

Note: Instrument information marked with an (*) was pulled from an archive of EQ Casters Realm [1]. If you can confirm (or correct) this with in game information or experience, the help would be much appreciated.

Quests

• Aenia and Behroe
• Bard Reports
• Going Postal
• Kilij Plans
• Fabian's Strings
• Vampire Teeth
• Lambent Armor

Gearing

Pre-Planar

• Head - Crested Helm, Blackened Iron Crown, Skull-shaped Barbute, Executioner's Hood
• Chest - Mithril Breastplate
• Arms - Mithril Vambraces
• Wrists - Hero Bracer, Granite Bracer, Runed Mithril
• Hands - Charred Gloves, Dark Mail Guantlets
• Legs - Silver-Plated Leggings, Drake-Hide Leggings
• Feet - Dwarven Work Boots, Kobold-Hide Boots
• Back - Hooded Black Cape, Cloak of Shadows
• Shoulders - Gilded Cloth, Crested Spaulders, Carnal Pauldrons
• Waist - Flowing Black Silk Sash, Thick Banded Belt, Troll-Hide Belt
• Face - Dented Brass Mask
• Neck - Cape of the Midnight Mist
• Earrings - Opalline Earrings
• Rings - Golden Star Ruby Ring, Electrum Star Ruby Ring, Obsidian Ring
• Primary - Crystalline Blade, Runed Falchion, Shark Tooth, Enchanted FS Rapier, Cat O' Nine Tails, Enameled Black Mace, Silvery War Axe
• Secondary - Enchanted FS Rapier, Shark Tooth, Enameled Black Mace, Silvery War Axe, Mistmoore Battle Drums, Lute of the Gypsy Princess
• Range - Dragoon Dirk, Runed Bone Fork
• Ammo - Fishing Grubs (lol)

Planar

• Imbrued Armor