Bard Training Help.

[Drew2]

Need help.

Anything wrong with this?

(at level 18), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 99 23
Combat Maneuvers...................| 86 19
Polearm Weapons....................| 136 38
Physical Fitness...................| 86 19
Dodging............................| 86 19
Harness Power......................| 86 19
Mental Mana Control................| 35 7
Mental Lore - Manipulation.........| 50 10
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 45 9
Perception.........................| 78 17
Climbing...........................| 50 10

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 1

Spell Lists
Bard...............................| 18
(Use SKILLS BASE to display unmodified ranks and goals)

Name: XXXX Race: Half-Elf Profession: Bard (not shown)
Gender: Male Age: 26 Expr: 395098 Level: 18
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 79 (14) ... 79 (14)
Constitution (CON): 76 (13) ... 76 (13)
Dexterity (DEX): 59 (9) ... 59 (9)
Agility (AGI): 89 (29) ... 89 (29)
Discipline (DIS): 93 (16) ... 93 (16)
Aura (AUR): 99 (24) ... 99 (24)
Logic (LOG): 91 (20) ... 91 (20)
Intuition (INT): 34 (-8) ... 34 (-8)
Wisdom (WIS): 39 (-5) ... 39 (-5)
Influence (INF): 89 (24) ... 89 (24)
Mana: 67 Silver: 0

[AnticorRifling]

My dwarf bard > Tayre's half elf bard.

[Soulpieced]

Skills look fine to me, only thing I saw glancing over stats is that intuition plays a role in dodge.

[Drew2]

Would you mind posting your skills, Soulpieced? So I can get a feel for what is important? I read over all of the documentation on bards a while back, but I never could decide how important Air Lore and stuff was.

[Wezas]

Speaking of bards, here's one I haven't used in a while:

Name: xxxxxxx Race: Giant Profession: Bard (shown as: Bard)
Gender: Male Age: 46 Expr: 452284 Level: 19
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 96 (38) ... 96 (38)
Constitution (CON): 69 (19) ... 69 (19)
Dexterity (DEX): 69 (4) ... 69 (4)
Agility (AGI): 66 (3) ... 66 (3)
Discipline (DIS): 74 (12) ... 74 (12)
Aura (AUR): 96 (18) ... 96 (18)
Logic (LOG): 63 (1) ... 63 (1)
Intuition (INT): 66 (8) ... 66 (8)
Wisdom (WIS): 84 (17) ... 84 (17)
Influence (INF): 49 (5) ... 49 (5)
Mana: 2 Silver: 1418

Zezas (at level 19), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 40 8
Shield Use.........................| 90 20
Combat Maneuvers...................| 90 20
Edged Weapons......................| 140 40
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 25 5
Physical Fitness...................| 90 20
Arcane Symbols.....................| 25 5
Magic Item Use.....................| 25 5
Spell Aiming.......................| 50 10
Harness Power......................| 90 20
Mental Lore - Manipulation.........| 62 13
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 35 7
Disarming Traps....................| 90 20
Perception.........................| 90 20
Climbing...........................| 5 1
Swimming...........................| 5 1
First Aid..........................| 5 1

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 10
Bard...............................| 10
Training Points: 96 Phy 0 Mnt (166 Phy converted to Mnt)

I like to swing, but want to be decent at picking (hence the disarm). Besides totally reassigning stats, any suggestions?

[Hips]

Originally posted by Wezas
Zezas (at level 19),

Zezas and Wezas, huh?

[Wezas]

Originally posted by GS3 Michiko

Originally posted by Wezas
Zezas (at level 19),

Zezas and Wezas, huh?

Never said I was creative.
(hides Xezas from view)

[Soulpieced]

The following training plan is in no way representative of what someone should do under level 100.

.

Two Weapon Combat..................| 302 202
Armor Use..........................| 190 90
Combat Maneuvers...................| 201 101
Edged Weapons......................| 302 202
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 120 30
Physical Fitness...................| 201 101
Dodging............................| 201 101
Arcane Symbols.....................| 90 20
Magic Item Use.....................| 90 20
Harness Power......................| 201 101
Elemental Lore - Air...............| 120 30
Mental Lore - Manipulation.........| 70 15
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 150 50
Disarming Traps....................| 150 50
Picking Locks......................| 150 50
Stalking and Hiding................| 105 25
Perception.........................| 150 50
Climbing...........................| 105 25
Swimming...........................| 105 25
Trading............................| 105 25

[StrayRogue]

God, is every high level guy going TWC?

[Snapp]

Originally posted by Wezas
Speaking of bards, here's one I haven't used in a while:

Name: xxxxxxx Race: Giant Profession: Bard (shown as: Bard)
Gender: Male Age: 46 Expr: 452284 Level: 19
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 96 (38) ... 96 (38)
Constitution (CON): 69 (19) ... 69 (19)
Dexterity (DEX): 69 (4) ... 69 (4)
Agility (AGI): 66 (3) ... 66 (3)
Discipline (DIS): 74 (12) ... 74 (12)
Aura (AUR): 96 (18) ... 96 (18)
Logic (LOG): 63 (1) ... 63 (1)
Intuition (INT): 66 (8) ... 66 (8)
Wisdom (WIS): 84 (17) ... 84 (17)
Influence (INF): 49 (5) ... 49 (5)
Mana: 2 Silver: 1418

Zezas (at level 19), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 40 8
Shield Use.........................| 90 20
Combat Maneuvers...................| 90 20
Edged Weapons......................| 140 40
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 25 5
Physical Fitness...................| 90 20
Arcane Symbols.....................| 25 5
Magic Item Use.....................| 25 5
Spell Aiming.......................| 50 10
Harness Power......................| 90 20
Mental Lore - Manipulation.........| 62 13
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 35 7
Disarming Traps....................| 90 20
Perception.........................| 90 20
Climbing...........................| 5 1
Swimming...........................| 5 1
First Aid..........................| 5 1

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 10
Bard...............................| 10
Training Points: 96 Phy 0 Mnt (166 Phy converted to Mnt)

I like to swing, but want to be decent at picking (hence the disarm). Besides totally reassigning stats, any suggestions?

I'm just curious why you have spell aiming? It must waste an awful lot of points for bards.