Bard epic working offhand
 

I know it doesn't occur until late Velious, however I saw the barb mask already had the illusion

http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20011008.html

Like you verified it was offering the song modifier or you could place it in your secondary? You could always place it in secondary, but the instrument modifiers would not function unless it was placed in primary until late Velious (Oct 2001 according to patch notes I believe).

No, it was not offering the mod in offhand, but since that came at the same time as the patch that added illusion to the barbarian skin mask, and the mask does indeed have illusion I was asking if they were going to fix the epic too.

Also, the link is the patch notes you are speaking of

More likely they'll fix the barb mask.

Bard epic offhand issue fixed long ago. Functionality recently changed from Nov2001 -> Oct2001

Pending update:

-Mask is set to have illusion click in Oct2001