Gear recommendations for a Bard?

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Bard:
Hat: Crested Helm, Blackened Iron Crown, Skull-shaped Barbute, Executioner's Hood
Mask: Dented Mask
Earrings: Oppaline
Chest: Mithril BP
Arms: Mithril Vamps
Waist: Flowing Black Silk Sash, Thick Banded Belt, Troll-Hide Belt
Wrist: Hero Bracer, Granite Bracer, Runed Mithril
Legs: Silver-Plated Leggings, Drake-Hide Leggings
Gloves: Charred Gloves, Dark Mail Guantlets, Troll-Hide Gloves
Necklace: Cape of the Midnight Mist
Shoulders: Gilded Cloth, Crested Spaulders, Carnal Pauldrons
Cape: Hooded Black Cape, Cloak of Shadows
Boots: Dwarven Work Boots, Kobold-Hide Boots
Rings:
Main Hand: Crystalline Blade, Runed Falchion, Shark Tooth, Enchanted FS Rapier, Cat O' Nine Tails, Enameled Black Mace, Silvery War Axe
Off Hand: Enchanted FS Rapier, Shark Tooth, Enameled Black Mace, Silvery War Axe, Mistmoore Battle Drums, Lute of the Gypsy Princess
Ranged: Dragoon Dirk, Runed Bone Fork


Some options for you.
Taken from this thread: http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?p=14312