Strenght is the best booster. I did push a lot vitality since the begining because many monsters liked to hang on my bard
Now it's better. I can play 4 times before the bard sleeps from exausting work.
I push of cours music skill as high as I can because it's vital. Reading the posts here it seems that it helps too.
Bard Rock! Especially in the first part of the game, the pipes a just killing machines! [img]tongue.gif[/img] I love play a concert for a big group of Ants or Forest Mites hehehe....