Is 20 Spellsinger worth it after the update?

[Aashrym]

My bard not having evasion is a huge change from playing high-reflex, evasion classes, and it makes me feel more uncomfortable on the front line because I don't have the hp of a fighter either. I really need to bump up my hp. But as for the other points you mentioned here, we can umd resist energy, protection from elementals, fire shield, and stoneskin...As for protection from death effects, there's always deathblock from items. (Although maybe you could buy scrolls for deathblock in large amounts from vendors, but strangely, I've not looked into this myself so I'm not sure if they sell them...)

This is true, but the player I quoted doesn't think bards are gear oriented. I felt pretty gear oriented between weapons, scrolls, sup ardor clickies, etc.

[IAmNotAWaffle]

This is true, but the player I quoted doesn't think bards are gear oriented. I felt pretty gear oriented between weapons, scrolls, sup ardor clickies, etc.

I think bards are more gear oriented if you want a more self-sufficient role. If you just want to jump into a shroud pug, sing, buff, then sit back and watch for half of the run, most people aren't going to have a problem with it and you don't need a lot of stuff. But there are too many situations where I need a stoneskin or fire shield to get me through to just not carry that stuff. And of course, an easy 100% on raise dead scrolls in even the mid-levels is invaluable for those weird situations where the cleric goes *splat.*