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Spending Your Bonus Points

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	==~~Spending Your Bonus Points~~==		== Impact from stats ==

	Bards have perhaps, the most number of useful stats of any class. Some have a bit more value than others though.		Bards have perhaps, the most number of useful stats of any class. Some have a bit more value than others though.

	*'''Strength''' - Affects maximum and average melee damage and also the bard's ability to carry armor and treasure. Bard armor can be heavy and they do melee, albeit not all the time.		*'''Strength''' - Affects maximum and average melee damage and also the bard's ability to carry armor and treasure. Bard armor can be heavy and they do melee, albeit not all the time.
	*'''Stamina''' - Affects your total hitpoints~~. Bards recieve [[Game_Mechanics#Hitpoint_Calculation\|4HP per stamina]] at level 60~~. Players receive very small benefits from stamina at lower level, which scales up as you level up.		*'''Stamina''' - Affects your total hitpoints. Players receive very small benefits from stamina at lower level, which scales up as you level up.
	*'''Agility''' - Affects how often melee attacks miss the bard, and lowers the average hit taken. A little.		*'''Agility''' - Affects how often melee attacks miss the bard, and lowers the average hit taken. A little.
	*'''Dexterity''' - Affects how often weapons proc, how quickly you learn melee skills and reduces the chance to miss a note, bringing your song to a close (song fizzle)~~. In a test comparing 100 songs on a 60 bard with 100 base DEX, 7 notes were missed. On geared 167 total DEX, 131 songs before a single note was missed~~.		*'''Dexterity''' - Affects how often weapons proc, how quickly you learn melee skills and reduces the chance to miss a note, bringing your song to a close (song fizzle).
	*'''Wisdom''' - Affects the speed of general and craft skill gains if higher than Intelligence.		*'''Wisdom''' - Affects the speed of general and craft skill gains if higher than Intelligence.
	*'''Intelligence''' - Affects the speed of general and craft skill gains if higher than Wisdom. Increases the size of the bard's mana pool. Only two songs, [[Solon's Bewitching Bravura]] and [[Denon's Desperate Dirge]], require mana to cast.		*'''Intelligence''' - Affects the speed of general and craft skill gains if higher than Wisdom. Increases the size of the bard's mana pool. Only two songs, [[Solon's Bewitching Bravura]] and [[Denon's Desperate Dirge]], require mana to cast.
	*'''Charisma''' - Affects bard lull, mesmerize, and charm abilities. However, all songs are on fixed duration (unless it breaks early), meaning duration can never increase past the song's tick-limit. [[Kelin's Lugubrious Lament]] (lull) is a fantastic pulling tool, and charm will also be frequently used by a skilled Bard.		*'''Charisma''' - Affects bard lull, mesmerize, and charm abilities. However, all songs are on fixed duration (unless it breaks early), meaning duration can never increase past the song's tick-limit. [[Kelin's Lugubrious Lament]] (lull) is a fantastic pulling tool, and charm will also be frequently used by a skilled Bard.

	~~'''Allocation Recommendations'''~~
	~~25 points into Stamina~~

	==Religion==		==Religion==

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