Hey there. I would like a little response to this idea. I like running core classes as they are out of the PHB. I don't mind tweaking PrCs any and I am pretty generous with them. But I have always been pretty stingy with the actual base classes.
That said, I recently played in a game where one of the PCs was a Monte alt. Ranger. It seemed OK, and not too bad of a change. So this time I was looking at the Bard and I would like to see what people think about this tweak.
It is actually very similar to Monte's bard in the BOEMII. Except I don't want to use a new spell system. So the Bard has the same BAB, Saves and spell progression as the PHB. However I want to boost the skills to 6/per rather than 4/per. I also like the idea of giving them evasion at around 5th level. However rather than improved evasion later (as in the BOEMII version), I would like to sneak in the Easy Allies ability from the Monsternomicon's Adventuring Scholar prestige class. For those who have not seen it, it allows a character to make a check in each city they go to in order to see if they have any allies handy. Like Indiana Jones and Sala... I thought this was perfect for a mid to high level bard and would like to include it around 10th level or so.
Is this too generous for a Bard in a party with basic PHB classes? Does this give them too much of an advantage?
That said, I recently played in a game where one of the PCs was a Monte alt. Ranger. It seemed OK, and not too bad of a change. So this time I was looking at the Bard and I would like to see what people think about this tweak.
It is actually very similar to Monte's bard in the BOEMII. Except I don't want to use a new spell system. So the Bard has the same BAB, Saves and spell progression as the PHB. However I want to boost the skills to 6/per rather than 4/per. I also like the idea of giving them evasion at around 5th level. However rather than improved evasion later (as in the BOEMII version), I would like to sneak in the Easy Allies ability from the Monsternomicon's Adventuring Scholar prestige class. For those who have not seen it, it allows a character to make a check in each city they go to in order to see if they have any allies handy. Like Indiana Jones and Sala... I thought this was perfect for a mid to high level bard and would like to include it around 10th level or so.
Is this too generous for a Bard in a party with basic PHB classes? Does this give them too much of an advantage?