Instill Doubt happens to be one of my favorite skills. I group regularly
with two rangers and a druid. After a MOB is snared, drop on a dose of
doubt and proceed to hit said MOB in the back... The problem is that
Instill is so slow to improve. Basically, you need to practice it on
everything. When you are sailing on the boat, target the boat and practice
Instill Doubt. Practice it while targeting a friend or a random corpse in
Unrest while healing up. You can even practice it while feigned, sitting,
or twiddling your thumbs : ).

Very entertaining to watch creatures run away in fear... Not certain how
fear works with root, but if you were soloing and could accommodate your
weight so that you could carry a Treant Staff, it might be fun.

At 12:03 PM 3/16/00 -0600, you wrote:

>From: "Currey, Mick" <mick_currey@...>
>
>Make sure to stop attacking for a sec before you fd. Then it should work a
>lot more than it fails at lvl 70 skill.
>
>Sneak is fantastic when you are the scout and mapping out a new dungeon.
>When other characters would get wiped out, you can sneak past guards. Hehe,
>when that fails, you just fd. Works out great. (You haven't had fun till
>you scout out a dungeon full of red mob's with another monk. You and the
>other monk can sneak around, fd when needed, then find lower level mobs to
>wipe out before the red ones find you.)
>
>Someone else will have to answer about instill doubt. I haven't had good
>luck with it either.

In Quellious's Name,

Manjushri Bodhisattva
Bearer of the Red Sash of the Ashen Order
(Fennin Ro)