airwalkrr
Adventurer
So in my quest to craft a bard class that takes advantage of 3rd edition rules with 1st edition style, here is my final product. Tell me what you think.
Note that rather than just remove several iconic bard spells, (e.g. modify memory), I incorporated them into bardic music. They are slightly changed in functionality to make them consistent with other bardic music abilities, but the bard still retains the effect of those spells which were unique to him. I used the 1e PH as inspiration for many of the changes. I imagine this variant will only appeal to grognards who actually like 3rd edition rules and not 3rd edition style, but since I am of that ilk, I think it does very nicely. I am now interested in play-testing it...
Note that rather than just remove several iconic bard spells, (e.g. modify memory), I incorporated them into bardic music. They are slightly changed in functionality to make them consistent with other bardic music abilities, but the bard still retains the effect of those spells which were unique to him. I used the 1e PH as inspiration for many of the changes. I imagine this variant will only appeal to grognards who actually like 3rd edition rules and not 3rd edition style, but since I am of that ilk, I think it does very nicely. I am now interested in play-testing it...