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FFrozenNorth reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with
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No ones reading into it, it's the standard usage of the term. Even without any such intent, pansy as "delicate flower" or "wimp" is... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Mallus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
I think the word you're looking for is "flamboyant". Flamboyant D&D characters are the best kind, regardless of class. Gaming is the...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
I would say that this is precisely the inspiration of the Bard. This is the mythic bard, the bard of follklore and mythology. As i've...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Memes aside, seriously, why would the Bard ever not be doing both? And the idea of a guy singing while slaying may seem silly to some...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Garthanos's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
A character becoming super duper an dozen times harder to kill over a few months is that the game world physics or a bit of...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
I would say that artistic performance is a big part of the Bard, though. It's just the prancing dandy minstrel Bard that is entirely a...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to steeldragons's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
I would be shocked that anyone who wasn't into fantasy RPGs would have the foggiest idea what a "Bard" is. Best you could hope for, I...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Tallifer's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? No. I suspect you think most fairy tales are silly too, but they are the roots of...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to thewok's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Music is not the entirety of the bard's identity anymore than it was for Shakespeare (AKA "The Bard"). And, in fact, the dictionary...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Valor Bards exist. Nothing requires that bards use their instruments for their Bardic Inspiration, Song of Rest, or in their spells...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Douglas Adams: "All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
Well, to be fair, the connotation here with calling something that other people like "silly" as in childish, immature, stupid, is...
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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.
As per the quote, I was addressing Saelorn's assertation that it is because the bard gets their magic from music rather than books that...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly? with Like.
I hope you don't mind me moving things around a bit. I have gone back and read your first post, which I will not bother quoting for the...
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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.
This is incorrect. Read the rules for components again. PHB 203. Any character has the option to use either a component pouch or a...