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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 7093579" data-attributes="member: 6704184">To me, the Bard ought to be powerfully magical, but it doesn't have to be with spells. IMO, the Bard's words should have inherent power. The Bard should be able to stop someone dead in their tracks by simply telling them to stop, or speaking their Name. The high level Bard should be able to resurrect people, cure blindness, make the lame walk, by speaking. Not because they were born with a mutant superpower of a magical voice, but because in the mythical worlds of DnD, knowledge itself, language itself, music itself, and art itself, should all be powerfully magical, and the Bard should be their master. When the Bard screams the battle cry of his people, his people are roused to unnatural heights of battle-fever. When he reminds the proud lord of the tale of the similarly proud lord, that lord should be affected as if by an enchantment, and grow quiet, and go into contemplation, and come out changed. I get that not all of that translates to DnD easily, but IMO, that is the mythic root of the Bard, and 5e doesn't do a great job of representing it. 4e did, for me, though. Even at low levels, Bard powers and rituals really hit the right notes for me. Pun intended.</blockquote>