See subject.
Are you speaking of exclusive skills or all, because the information provided at this link (<LINK_TEXT text=“http://www.slothmud.org/sloth/pnsite/pn … d=6&nuke=1”>http://www.slothmud.org/sloth/pnsite/pn723/html/isabo_royal_library.php?id=6&nuke=1</LINK_TEXT>) are pretty explanatory. Granted about the only two that I haven’t seen on other classes are ‘glance’ and ‘hide’, but I’ve only been back for about 2 weeks now.
Morkeleb
If you’re speaking of prime only skills, Bards have instruments.I’m not sold on the idea yet, since they take up an eq slot to use, but they can help 3 different affects for bard songs:
length of song (which I really never had an issue with, though I think there’s been changes made since tali was little, which would make this useful at low levels)
# of mobs that can listen - which would be nice if there were frequently large numbers of mobs in a room. You can only sing to a certain number of mobs, dependant on who knows what. There’s very few rooms with large numbers of mobs in the room where it’s necessary to increase the number you’re singing to.
Cost of mana - there is a % drop in the mana that is used on songs. This is an awesome benefit, because the songs really don’t use a huge amount of mana as it is, so you almost get to sing for free.
Personally, I have all 4 instruments that I’ve found so far, and I don’t use them. The only one I occasionally use is a neck instrument with +2 Ma Regen. I don’t really worry about the bard affects on it, since songs are only a small portion of the abilities that I use. I usually end up using mage or cleric spells more often, and then occasionally use a song here or there. I don’t use any instrument in AC mode because none of the ones that have been found have any AC - but on the other hand, I wouldn’t really expect a lute, a viol, a cornett or a lyre to provide me any sort of protection.
If you’re asking about general spells and skills that bards get, do “spells bard”…that’s where all of the unique abilities are.