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Full Moon Storyteller
I remain convinced the Bard spell-casting chassis should be the same as Paladin and Ranger - fewer spells, but more buffs (Song of Rest, Bardic Inspiration).
Every time I think of a dude dancing and spouting poetry to " inspire " me while I am being attacked by trolls I just cringe.
If the Bard class was meant to reflect the skald concept, then they would have called the class Skald and it would have art to match. Instead, the picture in the PHB always shows someone carrying a stringed instrument such as a lute.I think most of us in the western world associate "bard" with characters like "Alan a'dale" in Robin Hood, dressing in tights and playing a lute while dancing gaily around the battle. If you look at the skald from Nordic tradition or the piper from Gaelic tradition then you see a different version of "bard".
I just do not like how they are executed. They can do a bit too much magic for me and the image doesn't match with my view of a skald or even a dude playing the lute in a castle. Cannot help it. The class does not evoke medieval anything for me.
If the Bard class was meant to reflect the skald concept, then they would have called the class Skald and it would have art to match. Instead, the picture in the PHB always shows someone carrying a stringed instrument such as a lute.