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FFrozenNorth reacted to Afrodyte's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with
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When I think of a bard, I think of them in mythical rather than historical terms. I think Orpheus, whose music had power even over... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to TheCosmicKid's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
And yet somehow we manage not to. I guess we're just doing it wrong.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Arnwolf666's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Maybe the art misrepresents the class, or maybe the art depicts just one of many possible potentials for the class, same for flavor text...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Cap'n Kobold's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Have to correct your assumption there: There are a couple of illustrations involving people in the Bard section of the PHB. One shows...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Wulffolk's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
To have a problem with the Bard class is to have a failure of imagination and creativity on the part of the player. As others have said...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TheCosmicKid's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
How does that matter? It's as if you were complaining that a class was called "pirate" rather than "corsair". A skald was basically a...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
You're confusing the modern military band with the what happened in history/fiction of the late middle ages. The piper/bugler/drummer...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to mrpopstar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
One may choose to dance and spout poetry while casting in combat, but there is no such assumption made in the description of the class...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to schnee's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
He was casting buff spells, inspiring courage, and (if it were an older D&D version) boosting Morale. You just couldn't see it past all...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Jubles's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Bards as a class are not silly, they're just often roleplayed that way. In my game the bard's music and/or speech taps the weave of...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Henry's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
...Except that the bard didn't begin life in AD&D as some non-combatant minstrel, but as a high-level Fighter/Thief/Druid who could wipe...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to rgoodbb's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Grima Wormtongue, Star Lord, Loki, Paul Atreides from Dune. But a few examples that could also...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to GMMichael's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Or Tenacious D. Or Bill & Ted. Or Bard (oh wait...)? Or the guitarist from Mad Max Fury Road. I suppose you'd rather have a...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Henry's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Yeah, Mr. Lute-bringer tends to do the class a disservice in my opinion. Nothing in the class says you must use a musical instrument...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Patrick McGill's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Bards (in 5e at least) are just another type of mage. I see their magic is more rooted in folk and hearth traditions then typical...