I am heavily dependent on skill+ items
120 provok
120 discord
120 magery
120 music
100 resist(w/protection up)
100 eval
100 med
I did add the music and its worth the points!
thats 780 skill points. I have 106 (821),(715 cap)on the jewelry slots right now. Thats 41 points to spaer. Just getting to the point where I am neatening things up a bit. Im going to go 120 resist (21 spare)with protection up and maybe 120 eval (1 spare)
I use the shroud of decite and the rest is imbued. I also use a Crimson, Tangles are nice but the 5 dex keeps me from getting stmed and the HPR set it up so when I do the bard-->invisi rinse and repeat I dont need to heal much.
Works out to be:
8 MR, 8 HPR, 35 MI, HPI 15, LRC 100, LMC 40, dex 5 70/70/70/70/75 121 hp 15 stm 162 mana with no stat scroll and the robe/cape slots are still not fitted the way I like yet.
ring and brace both have 13 provoke/discord/resist/magery and 1 eval int
The resist is the heart and soul of this template! Maxing it out even when protection is up is a must. No peace!
I carry slayer books of all types and a scrapers, a pyro staff(undead), swords of prosperity and a chaos shield(vesper) My talisman is totem of the void w/45 Lich lord proct
As far as peerless go Soloing them is tough and slow. Unless there is other spawn around (CHAMPS) Im reliant on summons and or slayer book damage which is low compared to some other template types. But where I really fly is gathering keys and mini champs I just cant crack open lvl 3 on the big champs yet.(tweaking inbound)
Bards have been soloing doom for years now. Before the sampire invasion Thats all Id see down there. Now the sampire look at me a laugh untill the see me looting every corpse. Had one guy even aplogize when he showed up saying I wasnt going to get credit anymore LOL I gave him a run for his money!