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Animus,
I think a Human Bard will fill the party out nicely, so that is the direction I'm working on. I was wondering about outfiting him with an unusual weapon. Don't panic, I'm not going for some serious munchkin toy, just a little color. How do you feel about the whip dagger from Arms and Equipment or maybe something similar from Bastion's 3.5 weapon and armor book if you have that one instead? I notice that whip and whip dagger are listed in the weapon groups in UA under exotic weapons chains and flails. Given the way the weapon groups work he will have to take chain weapons and exotic weapons plus simple weapons. Thus, a fairly short list of available weapons as a bard, so it should not be unbalanced. I just noticed something else, the scourge from Complete Warrior would be a close up option if he goes with the weapon groups listed.