Two hours ago I tested out the new invigorate barding song and found out that you need real skill to max out the intensity of the song.
This is what invigorate does: Party Hit Points increased by up to 20, Party healed for 7-16 dmg every 4 seconds. (Provocation Based) . Party Strength, Dex, Int ,Increased by Up to 8.
I tested it at:
110 music/92 provo will heal 6-9 pts of damage to one party member and that party member's stats only increase 4 points.
120 music/120 disco (jeweled/masked up) same numbers.
So real skill is necessary to maximize the benefit unfortunately (wasted gold on my provo mark of travesty).
One good thing is, you can gain provoking by casting the provoking songs. I've gone from 92 to 93.6 in just over an hour. It's very mana intensive so I suggest med/focus/necro (for lich form). It'll take a while to 120 it, but provocation is one of the skills I was always too lazy to work, so this is fine by me.
Here's the link to the 3 quests:
http://uo.stratics.com/php-bin/show_content.php?content=31482All you do is go to the music hall in Britain (just west of the mage shop/east of the smith). The quests are easy and I suggest New Haven for the provo one (tons of rabbits there).