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<blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 103724" data-attributes="member: 813"><p><strong>I don't know.</strong></p><p></p><p>Two out of three of my 2nd ed characters are a bard multiclass. But neither of my 2 3rd ed characters, not one bard. (Yes, there are 5 simultaneous games that I'm playing in. 6 if you count the 1st ed game with my dwarven psionicist. Not to mention the game I DM which recently became 3rd ed. But I digress.)</p><p></p><p>The 3rd ed bard class is all wrong for what I'm use to doing with the 2nd ed bard. Monte's bard is not bad in that it has more of the attack spell abilities that the PHB bard lacks. (I would miss lightning bolt.)</p><p></p><p>Actually, I think my problem is the 3rd ed multiclassing. My 2nd ed druid/bard 12/12 just is so cool in terms of spell casting ability. But you can't create someone like that anymore. I started a wizard-1/cleric-1 character and I am going to have to stick with one or the other classes eventually or I'll never see high level spells.</p><p></p><p>What does this have to do with bards? Bards never get the high level spells so I'm use to playing those types of limitations. But 3rd ed is too balanced to make that limitation any fun. Thus the slower pace of the bard is not as powerful as it was in 2nd ed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmucchiello, post: 103724, member: 813"] [b]I don't know.[/b] Two out of three of my 2nd ed characters are a bard multiclass. But neither of my 2 3rd ed characters, not one bard. (Yes, there are 5 simultaneous games that I'm playing in. 6 if you count the 1st ed game with my dwarven psionicist. Not to mention the game I DM which recently became 3rd ed. But I digress.) The 3rd ed bard class is all wrong for what I'm use to doing with the 2nd ed bard. Monte's bard is not bad in that it has more of the attack spell abilities that the PHB bard lacks. (I would miss lightning bolt.) Actually, I think my problem is the 3rd ed multiclassing. My 2nd ed druid/bard 12/12 just is so cool in terms of spell casting ability. But you can't create someone like that anymore. I started a wizard-1/cleric-1 character and I am going to have to stick with one or the other classes eventually or I'll never see high level spells. What does this have to do with bards? Bards never get the high level spells so I'm use to playing those types of limitations. But 3rd ed is too balanced to make that limitation any fun. Thus the slower pace of the bard is not as powerful as it was in 2nd ed. [/QUOTE]
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