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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8788942" data-attributes="member: 5948">I really wish that 5e didn't tie the bard to being a primary spellcaster so heavily.  It really limits the design space you have to work with I'd have loved to see a spell-less bard with double the Bardic Inspiration uses, and relatively feature-heavy subclasses that allow a broader variety of non-magical charisma-based character concepts.  Perhaps some subclasses might have partial spellcasting, there might be warlord implementations that get Extra Attack and better weapon/armour proficiencies, or some which are more skill-based.  And there might be a list of additional uses for Bardic Inspiration that would let you customise further, a bit like warlock invocations or artificer infusions do.  So you could make a manipulative aristocrat, or a warlord, or a classic jack-of-all-trades that dabbles in magic, or a trader. It's nuts right now that we have three classes that use Cha as a primary attribute, and ALL of them are spellcasters.  The bard should be a people person first, and a spellcaster second.</blockquote>