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<blockquote data-quote="Chimera" data-source="post: 4325478" data-attributes="member: 2002">I understand what you're saying, but I'm committed to being a Bard, because I'm the Leader/Social Skills/Knowledge guy.&nbsp; The Informational aspect of my character is a biggie.&nbsp; I was specifically asked to play a Bard by the GM to play that role in the party.&nbsp; I'm maxed out/Optimized for Diplomacy and have very high scores in the other social skills.&nbsp; Like I said earlier, my character IS a Loremaster/Storyteller/Orator/Leader.Like I said, healing is a choice in 3e.&nbsp; You only ever get four known spells of any given level, and you can't cast very many spells per day.&nbsp; Trying to be a healing Bard is an exercise in futility.&nbsp; Frankly, my opinion is that 3e Bards should skip the healing spells and make use of their ability to use Wands of CLW.I took Cure Moderate Wounds after getting a free reserve feat for accepting an affiliation with Onatar.&nbsp; I can't remember the name, but it's the one that allows unlimited 3hp x level of uncast healing spell as a standard action as long as the target is below 50% hp.&nbsp; So basically I can heal someone 6hp every round as long as they're below half (bloodied in 4e parlance).&nbsp; And I can do that all day, at least until everyone is at half HP.&nbsp; The other reason I took it was because at the time, our Cleric was missing sessions and we really needed the healing.&nbsp; I have NO ranks in Heal!&nbsp; My Bard doesn't see himself as a healer, he just views this as a special gift from Onatar that is available in emergencies.Combat wise, my Bard sucks.&nbsp; I admit it, I accept it.&nbsp; My PC's optimization and ability is to make others shine.&nbsp; He's not really a warrior.&nbsp; Despite that, I tend to roll lucky and he has more 'kills' then some of the warriors in the group!&nbsp; So going Warlord is a strong change for the character.&nbsp; Too much of a change for my tastes.&nbsp; That being said, I did offer to temporarily retire the character and play a 4e Warlord until such time as a working Bard is available.&nbsp; We're playing a War of the Burning Sky campaign, and my GM doesn't want to attempt to convert things until we can convert our characters within the same arch-type/character class.&nbsp; The other PC which is problematic at this time is a Summoner.&nbsp; Both classes come out next year in the PHB2, so unless he looks this over and wants to allow a conversion/playtest/mid-range solution, we'll wait.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chimera, post: 4325478, member: 2002"] I understand what you're saying, but I'm committed to being a Bard, because I'm the Leader/Social Skills/Knowledge guy. The Informational aspect of my character is a biggie. I was specifically asked to play a Bard by the GM to play that role in the party. I'm maxed out/Optimized for Diplomacy and have very high scores in the other social skills. Like I said earlier, my character IS a Loremaster/Storyteller/Orator/Leader. Like I said, healing is a choice in 3e. You only ever get four known spells of any given level, and you can't cast very many spells per day. Trying to be a healing Bard is an exercise in futility. Frankly, my opinion is that 3e Bards should skip the healing spells and make use of their ability to use Wands of CLW. I took Cure Moderate Wounds after getting a free reserve feat for accepting an affiliation with Onatar. I can't remember the name, but it's the one that allows unlimited 3hp x level of uncast healing spell as a standard action as long as the target is below 50% hp. So basically I can heal someone 6hp every round as long as they're below half (bloodied in 4e parlance). And I can do that all day, at least until everyone is at half HP. The other reason I took it was because at the time, our Cleric was missing sessions and we really needed the healing. I have NO ranks in Heal! My Bard doesn't see himself as a healer, he just views this as a special gift from Onatar that is available in emergencies. Combat wise, my Bard sucks. I admit it, I accept it. My PC's optimization and ability is to make others shine. He's not really a warrior. Despite that, I tend to roll lucky and he has more 'kills' then some of the warriors in the group! So going Warlord is a strong change for the character. Too much of a change for my tastes. That being said, I did offer to temporarily retire the character and play a 4e Warlord until such time as a working Bard is available. We're playing a War of the Burning Sky campaign, and my GM doesn't want to attempt to convert things until we can convert our characters within the same arch-type/character class. The other PC which is problematic at this time is a Summoner. Both classes come out next year in the PHB2, so unless he looks this over and wants to allow a conversion/playtest/mid-range solution, we'll wait. [/QUOTE]

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