What is the best bard equip in the game?

Assuming Blade,

Armour: Bladesinger Chain
Gloves: Gauntlets of Weapon Expertise
Helmet: Pale Green Ioun Stone
Amulet: Amulet of Power
Rings: Ring of Gaxx, Ring of Earth Control
Cloak: Cloak of Mirroring
Boots: Boots of Speed
Belt: Belt of Inertial Barrier

Weapons: Celestial Fury( main-hand), Crom Faeyr( off-hand)

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Dundee Slaytern:
Assuming Blade,

Armour: Bladesinger Chain
Gloves: Gauntlets of Weapon Expertise
Helmet: Pale Green Ioun Stone
Amulet: Amulet of Power
Rings: Ring of Gaxx, Ring of Earth Control
Cloak: Cloak of Mirroring
Boots: Boots of Speed
Belt: Belt of Inertial Barrier

Weapons: Celestial Fury( main-hand), Crom Faeyr( off-hand)<hr></blockquote>

As fer other "kits"?

Basically equip it with anything u like. if u like it, its good. ahhh.... make sure u can equip it at the same time as other items before u waste money on it!

I work better if you give me more details, what do you intend to use your Bard as? Do you want easy-to-get equipment? Do you want equipment you can get before Chapter 4? Etc... ...

The list I outlined above is for a melee Blade, backrow Blades will have a different list.

Minstrel (TDD kit), I want to melee, and preferably stuff before the end of chapter 4. I care not how hard it is to get [img]smile.gif[/img]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dundee Slaytern:
[QB]Assuming Blade,

Armour: Bladesinger Chain
Gloves: Gauntlets of Weapon Expertise
Helmet: Pale Green Ioun Stone
Amulet: Amulet of Power
Rings: Ring of Gaxx, Ring of Earth Control


Ring of earth control? There's got to be better rings out there then that for a bard.

i was surprised when i equiped the ring of earth control by accident. i has an ac -1 bonus, which i totally forgot about. that makes it pretty good, since it dosent confilict with magic armour like a ring of protection would. plus earth elemental cna take some heavy damage early on, so any way to get rid of the buggers must be good.

mercykiller ring might be better, but i dont know its stats, just that its used by assasins.

from deirdre in the adventurers mart.

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Taylor:
Minstrel (TDD kit), I want to melee, and preferably stuff before the end of chapter 4. I care not how hard it is to get [img]smile.gif[/img] <hr></blockquote>

I do not have TDD... ...

Coz I still want my ToB.

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by andrewas:
mercykiller ring might be better, but i dont know its stats, just that its used by assasins.<hr></blockquote>

Mercykiller Ring is totally useless for a Bard, because it adds 20% to Hide in Shadows, Move Silently and Set Traps. None of which the Bard has.

An alternative is the Ring of Acuity, but it is your call, more spells or better AC?

Other rings that you can keep for certain situations are the Ring of Free Action and the Ring of Regeneration.