D&D 5E (2014) Anyone else think the Bard concept is just silly?

[Steve Darnell]

I hate Bards. The only bards I like are the ones that play music in taverns
Every time I think of a dude dancing and spouting poetry to " inspire " me while I am being attacked by trolls I just cringe.
If that happened in real life I would stop attacking the trolls immediately and bet the crap outta the singing useless weirdo..
The whole concept is just too silly to even visualize.
Even one that is fighting is silly. Some fighting, singing weirdo. I think players should have to write down what the dude is singing so we can all have an example of how it is " Inspiring". LOLOL

We don't think bards are stupid in concept; we know they are stupid in concept.
They're even worse in practice.

 

[Bae'zel]

I hate how ubiquitous the memes about Bards have become. How they've basically redefined the bard as "narcissist pansexual Deadpool-wannabees". Like, if you play at any table, the Bard is the "break the fourth wall" character who constantly makes jokes about seducing literally everyone.

 

[Redthistle]

I hate how ubiquitous the memes about Bards have become. How they've basically redefined the bard as "narcissist pansexual Deadpool-wannabees". Like, if you play at any table, the Bard is the "break the fourth wall" character who constantly makes jokes about seducing literally everyone.

Maybe some bards think they're politicians IRL?

 

[GMMichael]

I think resurrecting 9 year old threads is silly.

 

[Davy Greenwind]

Ancient Greeks respected traveling storytellers. They were the repositories of knowledge and culture, and their ability to recite whole sagas and enrapture and transport an audience were considered magical

 

[Greg K]

I think resurrecting 9 year old threads is silly.

I liked someone's post. Then, I realized the thread was from 2017 and was like, "Really? Necrosing a thread from 2017?" However, I remembered that sometimes the forums refer to similar threads that are long dead. So, maybe that happened and the poster didn't realize that date of the thread. It is happened to me on one or two occasions.