Same as with healing - there are much easier ways to do things than using innate skills. Going blind, for example - examine a blind rune! (make sure it's not loyal to you) - easy way to go blind for NO cost.
...and Furion quickly shuts you down from using bardic healing just by spitting a yake. Kel to stop this.
See how yucky 2 broken hands are? Always carry at least one witan and one athillias out, so you can avoid being trapped unable to outp or cure.
Yarl poison - mimics other poisons. Key hint is that it also mimics seer curses: "Your movements become dull and sluggish, Your mind darkens. What is the point of living, you ask yourself?"
Nice work from Furion making you examine the zombie/statement re rot. That was a good touch.
Yeah, so basically, stop using bardic skills to do everything! Use potions, use runes, use herbs! And when you NEED to use bard skills (like tambourine for allheale when you are stuck), DO use them.
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Yeah, saw this fight from Sabrelon's perspective. Same issue as before - why aren't you sipping health potion? Smoke malloran against a knight, as well, as that reflects their attack back to you. As a bard you can bind malloran, using tabor, which means they have to keep on scything to remove it - if you time it right, you can attack and then bond again before aura drops.
Basically, use healing things that you drink/eat, and save that eq for attacks or more solid defence (pent, fullparry, etc).
