Actually man, I have a sneaking suspicion dex might be broken on p1999. When I tried out the beta-buff'd bard a while ago, I was missing notes way more often (seemingly) than my current bard does (who is 44 and has far fewer dex points).
Even if it's working correctly, missing a note is not a big deal. As for leveling, the biggest difference you're going to notice stat-wise is extra strength. Carrying your gear, selling loot, and melee damage at lower levels.
As for charisma, you don't really need it that badly until you're using the level 38 charm which requires mana. If you're outdoors charm kiting, you can just recast charm indefinitely on your pet magna-free, so I would guess that whatever small increase in success rate you'd get from charisma gear would mostly be unhelpful for a leveling bard.
I suppose if you want to min/max, you can look at the bard end-game gear in velious and notice which stats are most difficult to improve. Strictly speaking, i haven't done this but I believe the consensus is stamina, and maybe charisma.
I don't even remember how I spent my points, but i'm pretty sure I prioritized the stats STR, STA, CHA, DEX.
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