Daedalion plays the Ebony Mandolin of Mahalla and directs the whispering notes
towards you.
As the whispers enter your mind, a sinking feeling drops into the pit of your
stomach.
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-
outr earwort
eat earwort
You remove 1 earwort, bringing the total in the Rift to 66.
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-
You eat a piece of black earwort.
You now possess the gift of truehearing.
{{{ TRUEHEARING IS UP!! }}}
{{{ TRUEHEARING IS UP!! }}}
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxdp-
d
You are transfixed and cannot move.
writhe
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxdp-
You begin trying to wrest your mind free of that which has transfixed it.
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrdp-
d
You are transfixed and cannot move.
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrdp-
d
You are transfixed and cannot move.
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrdp-
d
You are transfixed and cannot move.
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrdp-
d

You have recovered balance on all limbs.
point cudgel krokani
/=========================\\
{ Balance Recovered }
\\=========================/
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxdp-
Now now, don't be so hasty!
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxdp-

Daedalion plays the Ebony Mandolin of Mahalla, and you cry out as your deaf ears
open up to the sound of a high-pitched note.
Your ears open up, though you lose your true hearing.
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-

You may eat or smoke another herb.
outr horehound
eat horehound
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-
You are too stunned to be able to do anything.
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-
You are too stunned to be able to do anything.
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-
You are too stunned to be able to do anything.
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-

You continue trying to wrest your mind free.
3566h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-

You bleed 199 health.
CLOTTING
clot
clot
clot
3367h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-
writhe
You are too stunned to be able to do anything.
3367h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-
You are too stunned to be able to do anything.
3367h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-
You are too stunned to be able to do anything.
3367h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-
You are too stunned to be able to do anything.
3367h, 3281m, 3140e, 10p elrxp-

Daedalion plays the Ebony Mandolin of Mahalla and directs the trembling notes
towards you.
You feel suddenly tired and enervated as the music washes over you.
You hear an ominous sound, and a dull pain stab throbs throughout your head.
You hear strange whispers, and a sharp pain stabs you between the eyes.
1313h, 1869m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
drink mana
You are too stunned to be able to do anything.
1313h, 1869m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-

You are no longer stunned.
*** NO MORE STUN! ***
*** NO MORE STUN! ***
*** NO MORE STUN! ***
*** NO MORE STUN! ***
outr horehound
eat horehound
writhe
1313h, 1869m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
drink mana
You remove 1 horehound, bringing the total in the Rift to 31.
1313h, 1869m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
You eat a horehound blossom.
The oppressive whispering in your mind dies out.
1313h, 1869m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
You begin trying to wrest your mind free of that which has transfixed it.
1313h, 1869m, 2498e, 10p elrp-
You take a drink from a moonstone vial.
Your mind feels stronger and more alert.
1313h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrp-

You have recovered balance on all limbs.
point cudgel krokani
/=========================\\
{ Balance Recovered }
\\=========================/
1313h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand
1313h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
You are transfixed and cannot do that. You must writhe to escape.
1313h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
d

Daedalion plays the Ebony Mandolin of Mahalla and directs the disharmonic notes
towards you.
The reverberating sound echoes through your head, pounding you with excruciating
pain.
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
You find you cannot bear to part from Daedalion.
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-

You continue trying to wrest your mind free.
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
d
You find you cannot bear to part from Daedalion.
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-

(Newbie): Everiine says, "HELP GUILDS shows you a list of guilds and what cities
they are connected to, and HELP gives you a little more information
on that guild."
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
d

You may eat or smoke another herb.
outr horehound
eat horehound
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
You find you cannot bear to part from Daedalion.
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
dhg
You remove 1 horehound, bringing the total in the Rift to 30.
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
You eat a horehound blossom.
An ominous noise lifts from within your mind.
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-

(Newbie): Kalindera says, "The four nations are New Celest (Celest) Serenwilde,
Glomdoring and Magnagora."
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
drink health
You take a drink from an opal vial.
The potion flows down your throat without effect.
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-

Wounds open up all over your body and you start to bleed.
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
d

You continue trying to wrest your mind free.
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-
d
You find you cannot bear to part from Daedalion.
71h, 2560m, 2498e, 10p elrxp-

Daedalion weaves a glamour of radiant prismatic colours, dazzling you with a
burst of bright yellow flashes and incandescent blue striations.
3566h, 3566m, 2927e, 10p elrxp-

You may use another health, mana, or bromide potion, or medicine bag.
3566h, 3566m, 2927e, 10p elrxp-

You fall to the ground as the last drops of life-giving blood drain out of your
body.
You have been slain by Daedalion.
*** SYSTEM RESET ***
AUTOHEALER IS NOW OFF

Well, this isn't the whole fight, obviously, unless you run around with two afflictions all the time.

-Eat horehound to cure the bard afflictions ASAP, you cant afford to take extra damage from bards
-Be blind all the time
-Writhe only once when transfixed
-You cant get away from perfectfifth until you're deaf, focus on healing yourself until you can get deaf again, if you can't attack Daedalion well enough to keep him from attacking you.
-Was kinda silly to sip mana while so close to being dead
-You had krokani targetted

bleh that's my autosipper... Maybe I should refigure that out a bit

Also, turn off your autobasher.

i'd also lower your priority on deafness/truehearing in your queue, leave a way for you to handle that manually, or add in some extra checks on it. eating it like that only effectively gets you stunned and the bard will always get eq back before you get unstunned. curing some auric afflictions there would have done you much better than just getting stunned. personally, i would say to save it until you're on balance/eq, not transfixed, and ready to leave... or at least able to attack before eating that earwort

As a note this seems a combat log.. which has a special place in the combat forums.

Just noting for future reference.

I'd take Hyrtakos' idea about the earwort. I always say it for perfect fifth anyways. Definately keep blindness up if you know you're the one to get jumped by a bard.

I agree on earwort. As a monk, I've almost given up on using it against bards altogether unless I need to get away. The stun is just too long to make it worthwhile in one-on-one fights. Focus on curing the insane number of afflictions they can give instead, as Acrune said - you can't afford to keep manabarbs and egovice for long, bards hurt already. Acrune was also right on the sipper thing - when fighting a bard, focus on your health. That's where they're going to actually kill you, let them drain away your mana to 0 if they want to, you should always sip health instead against bards.