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I didn't make that many quotes by skipping the conversation. The response is coming across to me as defensive on what was intended as a casual comment so I apologize. I'll try to make my smilies smile harder. :)

Yes. Other players have to go through the resolution process because they don't have the feat. More on this below. If the character is approaching the merchant as another crafter/merchant then a discount as a reseller makes sense. As long as the merchant is not dipping to deeply into their...

This is misinformation. The wizard has the spells prepared plus the rituals in the spell book plus the ability to swap in spells. The minimum of free spells for the wizard exceeds the sorcerer prepped spells including the sorcerer subclasses that grant bonus spells prepped. A 6th level...

That's why people keep pointing to what wizards get without adding more by scribing spells. It's from leveling up. Any spells added is still better than other classes adding no spells by finding them and spending a cheap resource like gold. You keep neglecting to add those details, however...

Wizards still have too many spells those other arcane casters won't have available. This is a fact because the wizard list is much larger. This still isn't true. The wizard list contains almost the entire sorcerer list while the opposite isn't true and the bard or warlock list share some...

You don't think any other class wouldn't love to add more options just by spending gold? I think a battle master with 20 options would love to spend small amounts of gold to add 20 more. Or a sorcerer would love to spend small amounts of gold to add more spells. ;-) It's not a safe...

Schrodinger arguments are common for wizards (and bards). That doesn't mean we should dismiss their experiences or write those arguments off as "they don't play wizards". When we do that we're not addressing the points raised when we dismiss them. I have played wizards. Wizard alternatives...

The PHB's in every edition since 2nd have had bards as arcane casters. That's not like to change.

That's where the concern comes up. If we look at that steed as iconic to paladins then we're harming that iconic image by giving it to not paladins earlier. Moving the cool factor from one class to another might look good on one end but not necessarily on the other. Yes, it is taking those...

Plus class features. It should be 57 plus subclass spells and spells scribed by spending money, I believe.

The current PHB describes wizards as "scholars of the arcane" and "defined and united as a class by the spells they cast". "Master of arcane" seems like an insertion that places them on a pedestal above other spellcasters that doesn't and shouldn't exist, IMO. I think you're correct that the...

I don't mind that. I agree that those spells were not OP to start with, but those spells were typically only taken by niche builds and I can see the point where an iconic ability like the paladin's steed getting snagged much earlier by a bard than a paladin can be concerning to paladin players...

Not really trying to convince so much as discuss, but in a nutshell: the level a paladin gains access to a spell is irrelevant to the level a bard gains access to a spell via secrets as far as power level is concerned. Getting access to a paladin specific spell is no more powerful than...

Same issue as Circle of Power. The bard only gets 2 choices of every spell from levels 1 thru 5 which is a very crowded choice for the player. Find Greater Steed is still just another 4th level spell among many spells that isn't significantly better than other 4th level spells in the choice...

Paladins gain access to Find Steed at 5th level. Bards might gain access to it at 10th level. A lore bard might gain access to it at 6th level. Bards don't gain access to Find Steed earlier just because of the spell progression charts. Circle of Power can be acquired significantly sooner but...

We don't know. There were very few in the past and those ended up getting added to other lists already. The question is if there are any now with the spell list changes mentioned. It is possible to make the bard spell list stop at 5th level if they just use the cleric, druid, and wizard lists...

The bard seems to be solid, after giving it some thought. I will miss Song of Rest, but I think it's still over-all an improvement with the changes to Bardic Inspiration. Magical Secrets class restrictions do not seem necessary, in my experience, but I don't think they hurt the class either...

That's an opinion. Yo. I'm here. :p I definitely prefer valor bards to swords bards.

I'd question whether they were acknowledging the perception issue or demonstrating it. It's an interesting point. 🤔

Kind of off topic but the "Aquaman problem" is not understanding Aquaman, lol.