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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 1015328" data-attributes="member: 707">Core.&nbsp; Other sources on a DM-approval basis.Hmm.&nbsp; I'll have to take a look at R&amp;R.&nbsp; I hadn't even thought about it, to be honest.Well, the fighter levels will hurt the bard's spellcasting and bardic song, yes.&nbsp; But they'll help his melee and ranged capabilities.&nbsp; As a straight bard, I'd almost certainly have to rely on ranged combat and buffing, and I don't think that I as a player would be happy in that roll.&nbsp; Buffing the rest of the party and kicking butt myself is great, but buffing the rest of the party and watching them take care of business would just annoy me as a player.&nbsp; The fighter levels help my bard by allowing him to jump into melee with less danger to himself, and give him a higher BAB earlier in the game (though his 20th-level BAB will still be +15/+10/+5.)So overall I'm happy with the fighter levels.&nbsp; They allow me to mix in some melee with the archery and singing, give me a boost in hp, and speed up my BAB progression a bit.&nbsp; The downside is that my spellcasting is a tad slowed, and the party will have to live with only a +1 Inspire Courage for a couple more levels. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 1015328, member: 707"] Core. Other sources on a DM-approval basis.Hmm. I'll have to take a look at R&R. I hadn't even thought about it, to be honest.Well, the fighter levels will hurt the bard's spellcasting and bardic song, yes. But they'll help his melee and ranged capabilities. As a straight bard, I'd almost certainly have to rely on ranged combat and buffing, and I don't think that I as a player would be happy in that roll. Buffing the rest of the party [i]and[/i] kicking butt myself is great, but buffing the rest of the party and watching them take care of business would just annoy me as a player. The fighter levels help my bard by allowing him to jump into melee with less danger to himself, and give him a higher BAB earlier in the game (though his 20th-level BAB will still be +15/+10/+5.) So overall I'm happy with the fighter levels. They allow me to mix in some melee with the archery and singing, give me a boost in hp, and speed up my BAB progression a bit. The downside is that my spellcasting is a tad slowed, and the party will have to live with only a +1 Inspire Courage for a couple more levels. :D [/QUOTE]

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