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<blockquote data-quote="Kalendraf" data-source="post: 2055715" data-attributes="member: 3433">The Souljourner's option is another approach.&nbsp; In the the current campaign I'm DM'ing and the previous one, both parties were extremely heavy on melee characters and severely lacking on casters, so the bards have ended up being primarily casters.Just how any bard is going to fit in is going to depend on the composition of the party.&nbsp; If the party needs more melee characters, the bard can fill that role.&nbsp; If they lack enough healing capability, the bard can take healing spells to help fill that role.&nbsp; If they lack arcane casters, then the bard can help there too.&nbsp; As jack-of-all-trade type characters, there's no 1 specific way to build a bard, and your success will depend heavily on how well they integrate themselves into a party to fill the holes.Though no one has mentioned it yet, the bard songs can really add up in terms of their damage with larger parties and at higher levels.&nbsp; With the extra attacks, a single bard song can quickly add up to tens of extra damage points in a single battle.&nbsp; At level 8, the bonus bumps to +2 and by then most characters will have multiple attacks as well.&nbsp; The bonus to hit will allow bigger power attacks, or make it easier to hit difficult AC's while the extra damage will help take down foes that much faster.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kalendraf, post: 2055715, member: 3433"] The Souljourner's option is another approach. In the the current campaign I'm DM'ing and the previous one, both parties were extremely heavy on melee characters and severely lacking on casters, so the bards have ended up being primarily casters. Just how any bard is going to fit in is going to depend on the composition of the party. If the party needs more melee characters, the bard can fill that role. If they lack enough healing capability, the bard can take healing spells to help fill that role. If they lack arcane casters, then the bard can help there too. As jack-of-all-trade type characters, there's no 1 specific way to build a bard, and your success will depend heavily on how well they integrate themselves into a party to fill the holes. Though no one has mentioned it yet, the bard songs can really add up in terms of their damage with larger parties and at higher levels. With the extra attacks, a single bard song can quickly add up to tens of extra damage points in a single battle. At level 8, the bonus bumps to +2 and by then most characters will have multiple attacks as well. The bonus to hit will allow bigger power attacks, or make it easier to hit difficult AC's while the extra damage will help take down foes that much faster. [/QUOTE]

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