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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6347970" data-attributes="member: 5143"><p>Oh, I know. It's just that for some reason people I've seen play bards don't want to.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if it's just the archetype that causes people to feel that way or not but it's been a recurring thing that we've seen. In Living Greyhawk we played with one bard whose first round was always exactly the same: Inspire Courage and then run as far away from the enemies as possible. Then he'd avoid damage while continuing to sing. We would make fun of him for it constantly saying that it's difficult to feel that he's inspiring courage when he isn't showing any. He'd say that he didn't know how long the battle would last and he wanted the bonus to continue.</p><p></p><p>We played with another bard who would actually sing quietly in real life as long as their character was singing. Most of the time her turn was stopping singing long enough to say "I'll just keep singing".</p><p></p><p>More recently, in a 5e playtest, we had one of our players also play a Bard who also would sing and then stand there doing nothing. We asked if he was positive that he didn't want to attack or anything and he said "No, I'm fine. I'm singing." We asked nearly every round for 2 sessions straight before we realized that his answer was always going to be the same. Now we just assume he isn't doing anything every round of combat. Well, until his character died.</p><p></p><p>Not that many Bards got played. But that's 3 examples, all of which don't even know each other and never played with each other. It isn't confined to those people though. Same thing happened a couple of times in our 2e games and a couple of times at conventions with random people.</p><p></p><p>I think it's something about the archetype of bard. People think they should just stand around and inspire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 6347970, member: 5143"] Oh, I know. It's just that for some reason people I've seen play bards don't want to. I don't know if it's just the archetype that causes people to feel that way or not but it's been a recurring thing that we've seen. In Living Greyhawk we played with one bard whose first round was always exactly the same: Inspire Courage and then run as far away from the enemies as possible. Then he'd avoid damage while continuing to sing. We would make fun of him for it constantly saying that it's difficult to feel that he's inspiring courage when he isn't showing any. He'd say that he didn't know how long the battle would last and he wanted the bonus to continue. We played with another bard who would actually sing quietly in real life as long as their character was singing. Most of the time her turn was stopping singing long enough to say "I'll just keep singing". More recently, in a 5e playtest, we had one of our players also play a Bard who also would sing and then stand there doing nothing. We asked if he was positive that he didn't want to attack or anything and he said "No, I'm fine. I'm singing." We asked nearly every round for 2 sessions straight before we realized that his answer was always going to be the same. Now we just assume he isn't doing anything every round of combat. Well, until his character died. Not that many Bards got played. But that's 3 examples, all of which don't even know each other and never played with each other. It isn't confined to those people though. Same thing happened a couple of times in our 2e games and a couple of times at conventions with random people. I think it's something about the archetype of bard. People think they should just stand around and inspire. [/QUOTE]
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