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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5501727" data-attributes="member: 58416"><p>I remember -back when I played 3.5- that I had a GM ban me from ever playing a bard again because he actually felt it was too overpowered.</p><p> </p><p>Consider this... to resist most of your abilities, the enemy's save has to beat your perform check. It's pretty easy to pump your perform check up to nigh unbeatable levels. </p><p> </p><p>At that point, why bother fighting? Fascinate and suggest to the enemy that they lie down and go to sleep. That was just one of many tactics I used. At epic levels it got even worse once I had 'Music of The Gods.' It allowed me to use my abilities on creatures which were normally immune to such powers... including the gods... who's going to mess with the guy who has Nerull as his best friend?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I can't remember the name of the prc offhand, but I remember one of my other bards having a prc in which I could create damaging abilities with my music. I remember there being one which caused lightning damage unless the target made a save (again, with the DC determined by my perform check.) I then later got an ability which forced any mage who could hear me play need to make a concentration check opposed by my perform check whenever they wanted to cast. Imagine the look on the GM's face when uber-wizard-BBEG just stood there and got beat upon by the lowly fighter while I rocked the lyre.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 5501727, member: 58416"] I remember -back when I played 3.5- that I had a GM ban me from ever playing a bard again because he actually felt it was too overpowered. Consider this... to resist most of your abilities, the enemy's save has to beat your perform check. It's pretty easy to pump your perform check up to nigh unbeatable levels. At that point, why bother fighting? Fascinate and suggest to the enemy that they lie down and go to sleep. That was just one of many tactics I used. At epic levels it got even worse once I had 'Music of The Gods.' It allowed me to use my abilities on creatures which were normally immune to such powers... including the gods... who's going to mess with the guy who has Nerull as his best friend? I can't remember the name of the prc offhand, but I remember one of my other bards having a prc in which I could create damaging abilities with my music. I remember there being one which caused lightning damage unless the target made a save (again, with the DC determined by my perform check.) I then later got an ability which forced any mage who could hear me play need to make a concentration check opposed by my perform check whenever they wanted to cast. Imagine the look on the GM's face when uber-wizard-BBEG just stood there and got beat upon by the lowly fighter while I rocked the lyre. [/QUOTE]
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