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You get to answer all my bard questions.

1. Which offensive songs will affect a slept target *without* waking him? (Battaglia? Languid Carol? Elegy of Tears? Laborious Lament? Fantasia of Illusion? Symphonic Echoes? Dirge of Solitude?)

The ones that definetly won't work on sleeping victims are dirge of solitude, riddle of revelation and any of the direct damage songs. For this reason, carry a fog or faerie fire staff at all times.

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2. Of the songs that affect (but don't wake) a sleeping target, do any of them *not* provide a success or failure echo?

They all provide some sort of success echo. Some provide 'resist' echoes.

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3. What are the approximate effects of Languid Carol and Laborious Lament at hero (assume decent instrument in a neutral repertoire)?

About -12 on both. Like an awesome boneshatter. This can go as high as -14 on both, which was my regular with tragedic reportoire.

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4. I seem to recall that Fantasia of Illusion nukes cabal powers. That true?

Yes. No called powers will work while under the Fantasia, as you can't sense your cabal item under it's influence. Some automatic ones still work, and the affects from ones applied before fantasia remain. However, for things like villagers which have short duration powers anyway this can be an awesome killer. I had the 'longer resistance' villager edge, and even with a thick veil my resistance only lasted 12-14 hours. This could go down to about 6-8 hours on a bad day, and both are easily outlasted by Fantasia done with a good reportoire.

Enjoy!

Yhorian