Is the bonus for 'wind song edge' worth the really low charisma penalty for an arial bard?

If going for a battle bard would you go wood-elf, human or arial?

I know the trip thing will hurt but I have a really good role idea.

Thanks

>If going for a battle bard would you go wood-elf, human or
>arial?

Wood-elf bard is pretty good. Tough wood-elf bards, such as Yean, come to mind. However, you should do whichever fits your role idea the best.

which ones help/nerf which aspects of bards songs?

thanks

Picked this up from helpfiles:

Comedic: Good for healing & morale inspiring songs.
Romantic: Good for twisting perception and inspiring passion. Good for that song that makes your enemies miss.
Tragic: Deep contemplation and demoralization. Good fiends.
Epic: Empowering allies and damage songs.

I'd probably pick romantic for my next bard. I'm not a bard expert, though.

There is some general newbie bard info on the wiki that I posted to try and help newer players. It's not a bad starting out point, and if you have more in depth questions I would be happy to answer what I can.

If you read through that, you should have a general idea about bards.

I'd say arial bard is fine in battle, since you can avoid trips and high dex might help with evading a bash or two. A wood elf can do fine as well since they have 24 dex. I'd say humans are the worst in battle just because of the lowest dex among those that can be bards.

Windsong will not give you a very high boost. Likely the same as woodsong for wood elves. If you equate the bagatelle hp as a measuring stick, it gives a total of +2 hp. Which i say is one level, when singing in that terrain.

Battle bards are nice because anthem plus resist is a fair amount of dam redux. I would probably not suggest berserker though the lag reduction might be nice, but thirsting makes nocturne impossible. Defender is good and scout can be depending on how you play the char. I played a high elf scout that was pretty fun, and there is a certain weapon that is really nice for them if you can get it. Problem being you have goodie restrictions, and yes, you will always be targeted and beaten down. But that's almost always the case with bards, they are often the main target because of what they can do.
And do not worry about trip so much as you should bash.

I will take a look at the wiki, also, are you the same handle on Dios for a PM?

I am not, no.
There it is zannon.