[Lazortag]

Bards aren't very gear or stat dependent, but Sta is definitely more important than Str. Dex and Charisma are also more important.

I've yet to test how dependent Bard charm/lull is on charisma (I've always just had medium-high Cha and it's worked out pretty okay, but haven't often tried when i have no gear on) but that's something you might want to look into when allocating your stats.