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<blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 5520027" data-attributes="member: 75065"><p>With the limitations your choices are few in so far as powers. One cool thing about the bard is that you can take as many multiclass feats as you qualify for. Your build will look something like this from what you said:</p><p></p><p>level 1</p><p>Gnome, Bard</p><p>Bardic Virtue: Virtue of Cunning</p><p></p><p>FINAL ABILITY SCORES</p><p>Str 8, Con 14, Dex 13, Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 18.</p><p></p><p>STARTING ABILITY SCORES</p><p>Str 8, Con 14, Dex 13, Int 14, Wis 10, Cha 16.</p><p></p><p></p><p>AC: 17 Fort: 12 Reflex: 15 Will: 15</p><p>HP: 26 Surges: 9 Surge Value: 6</p><p></p><p>TRAINED SKILLS</p><p>Arcana +10, Diplomacy +9, History +8, Bluff +9, Streetwise +9, Stealth +7</p><p></p><p>UNTRAINED SKILLS</p><p>Acrobatics +1, Dungeoneering +1, Endurance +2, Heal +1, Insight +1, Intimidate +5, Nature +1, Perception +1, Religion +4, Thievery +1, Athletics -1</p><p></p><p>FEATS</p><p>Bard: Ritual Caster</p><p>Level 1: Twilight Adept</p><p></p><p>POWERS</p><p>Bard at-will 1: Vicious Mockery</p><p>Bard at-will 1: Misdirected Mark</p><p>Bard encounter 1: Blunder</p><p>Bard daily 1: Stirring Shout</p><p></p><p>ITEMS</p><p>Ritual Book, Hide Armor, Light Shield, Wand Implement</p><p>RITUALS</p><p>Glib Limerick, Brew Potion</p><p></p><p>It's not necessarily the Bard I'd prefer to play but if sneaky is the way you want to go than sweet as. Personally I prefer the Warlord as leader, but there is nothing sneaky about the Warlord whatsoever, although there is a Charisma build for the Warlord as well.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, making a character that actually really sucks is quite challenging in 4e, so don't worry too much! Anyway, good luck and hopefully your DM can make the game enjoyable enough that the system becomes less jarring for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbear, post: 5520027, member: 75065"] With the limitations your choices are few in so far as powers. One cool thing about the bard is that you can take as many multiclass feats as you qualify for. Your build will look something like this from what you said: level 1 Gnome, Bard Bardic Virtue: Virtue of Cunning FINAL ABILITY SCORES Str 8, Con 14, Dex 13, Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 18. STARTING ABILITY SCORES Str 8, Con 14, Dex 13, Int 14, Wis 10, Cha 16. AC: 17 Fort: 12 Reflex: 15 Will: 15 HP: 26 Surges: 9 Surge Value: 6 TRAINED SKILLS Arcana +10, Diplomacy +9, History +8, Bluff +9, Streetwise +9, Stealth +7 UNTRAINED SKILLS Acrobatics +1, Dungeoneering +1, Endurance +2, Heal +1, Insight +1, Intimidate +5, Nature +1, Perception +1, Religion +4, Thievery +1, Athletics -1 FEATS Bard: Ritual Caster Level 1: Twilight Adept POWERS Bard at-will 1: Vicious Mockery Bard at-will 1: Misdirected Mark Bard encounter 1: Blunder Bard daily 1: Stirring Shout ITEMS Ritual Book, Hide Armor, Light Shield, Wand Implement RITUALS Glib Limerick, Brew Potion It's not necessarily the Bard I'd prefer to play but if sneaky is the way you want to go than sweet as. Personally I prefer the Warlord as leader, but there is nothing sneaky about the Warlord whatsoever, although there is a Charisma build for the Warlord as well. Anyway, making a character that actually really sucks is quite challenging in 4e, so don't worry too much! Anyway, good luck and hopefully your DM can make the game enjoyable enough that the system becomes less jarring for you. [/QUOTE]
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