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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 7084677" data-attributes="member: 6683613">I can make a farce of your serious game with any class. "Morvin the Magnificent" doesn't have to be a bard. There are paladin Morvins, wizard Morvins, and (especially) rogue Morvins. Castanets will be the last thing on your mind after Morvin Sticky-Fingers' third attempt to steal his adversaries' trousers and tie their shoelaces together.I can also play the bard seriously. There is certainly nothing silly about the magical musicians of legend. Music is, after all, an incredibly powerful emotional force used to express feelings from religious euphoria to abject despair. Orpheus didn't prance about reciting stupid limericks. He descended into the Underworld and won back the soul of his true love by moving the Lord of the Dead to tears. Let that be your visual: a haggard, haunted man whose eyes burn with intensity standing alone in desperate defiance before the throne of a grim and mirthless god.So consider that perhaps the problem isn't a particular class -- it's your players. Or maybe even you, for trying to take the game seriously when your players are sending you a different message about what they want.</blockquote>