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<blockquote data-quote="Coroc" data-source="post: 8072296" data-attributes="member: 6895991"><p>From an RP pov they really have an identity problem: A bard, if I would not know D&D s 5e take on the class is one or more of these:</p><p></p><p>1. A travelling musician/poet</p><p>2. A (court-) jester</p><p>3. A gigolo</p><p>3. A skald</p><p></p><p>They implies to me these archetypical skills:</p><p></p><p>1. and 3. charisma, charming qualities maybe some enchantment magic</p><p></p><p>2 Acrobatics, wits, intelligence maybe some mage tricks or illusion magic</p><p></p><p>4 Knowledge history maybe some divination magic.</p><p></p><p>At no way any of these classical takes can be represented very well by 5e bards.</p><p>Neither is he a full caster, nor should he have access to clerical cure spells. He should be able to resolve conflicts verbally or by pacifying / dumbfounding his enemies with his skills. Apart from the gigolo (who needs this skill for the unavoidable honor duels), he also is not the sword/rapier artist, for the jester e.g. some double dagger build would be most realistic, or maybe something with improvised weapons.</p><p>A skald most surely uses the same weaponry as his tribe of "Northmen"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coroc, post: 8072296, member: 6895991"] From an RP pov they really have an identity problem: A bard, if I would not know D&D s 5e take on the class is one or more of these: 1. A travelling musician/poet 2. A (court-) jester 3. A gigolo 3. A skald They implies to me these archetypical skills: 1. and 3. charisma, charming qualities maybe some enchantment magic 2 Acrobatics, wits, intelligence maybe some mage tricks or illusion magic 4 Knowledge history maybe some divination magic. At no way any of these classical takes can be represented very well by 5e bards. Neither is he a full caster, nor should he have access to clerical cure spells. He should be able to resolve conflicts verbally or by pacifying / dumbfounding his enemies with his skills. Apart from the gigolo (who needs this skill for the unavoidable honor duels), he also is not the sword/rapier artist, for the jester e.g. some double dagger build would be most realistic, or maybe something with improvised weapons. A skald most surely uses the same weaponry as his tribe of "Northmen" [/QUOTE]
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