Jungle Hymn Perk

[Staring Death]

While I haven't reached particularly high levels, the bugs summoned by the song are not only useless, they are a hindrance.

Those Keeper Swarms will unsummon any of your current summons, they are very weak, and can only have one at any time, with some odd exceptions.

The song adds to your stealth skills, but will summon creatures right next to you, attracting attention to your spot.

My suggestion is:
a)Make them count toward your summon pool, or not affect your summons at all

b)Buff them up to make them worthwhile

c)Remove them

[lovethesuit]

Also voting remove them. Replace them with something like death armor, so it's like the stinging bugs are all around you.

[DollarPhil]

I'd like to question the point of adding stealth for a 60 second duration on a *loud song*. Could the stealth bonuses be changed to turn/level or something?

[BoomdaddyBP]

It's called magic. Agree with the bug stuff.

[DollarPhil]

It's more that the song is a stealth breaking action and doesn't last very long, making it not particularly useful for stealthing around as you have to reapply it after a while, breaking stealth.

[Staring Death]

Unless you don't invest in perform, it lasts long enough to do various stuff, like sneaking past specific enemies.

Stealth isn't an issue, at all, the bugs are.

[Howlando]

Would you rather they be removed or buffed up?

[Howlando]

And could you tell me what exactly the insect item is called?

[Relinquish]

the best thing this perk has going for it is regen. The skill bonuses are pretty useless. The summons would be ok if they didn't bug out and summon only 1/song. They're called "summoned insect larval swarms" Using the same template as the bugs from jergal/brood hive. I could see this theme being focused on the summons where as bard levels progress the summons get better (from the larvals, to the insect theme lvl 1, to larvae keepers)

[Thomas_Not_very_wise]

I would rather see this song perhaps giving an immunity to paralysis, immunity to reduced speed as well. Both passive immunities. Increased skills in hide, move silent, spot, and listen, would make sense as well.

Remove the summons.

[Staring Death]

The actual name is Keeper Larva Swarm.

I can live with having them around if they were stronger, that's for certain!

[Nightshadow]

I would rather see this song perhaps giving an immunity to paralysis, immunity to reduced speed as well. Both passive immunities. Increased skills in hide, move silent, spot, and listen, would make sense as well.

Remove the summons.

I'd have to say 'no' to paralysis immunity. Immunity to reduced speed gives you immunity to grease and web's movement speed resistance. Perhaps immunity to entangle and speed decrease, but with paralysis immunity you grant a very powerful buff to all non-hostiles near you, protecting them from death attacks, hold person, black tentacles, ghoul touch, and more.

[lovethesuit]

Give the full freedom of movement effect to just the bard.

[Jayde Moon]

Yeah, the insects unsummoning your summons is killer.