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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ketjak" data-source="post: 2222189" data-attributes="member: 1083">I DM a group that had a fourth level bard - a kobold, no less! - mixed into a group of 7th to 9th-level characters of more traditional types (the bard player had just lost his character for at least a few sessions and effectively started at the floor of the level mix). He was responsible for more damage during his third session than anyone else in the party except the wizard casting fireballs, due to that +1 damage and bonus to hit (which made a difference several times). That's not to mention bonuses to saves, timely healing, and other assistance he provided.And he's a linguist. And a sentry. And a fine searcher. And a historian. And the diplomat. And he carries a crossbow when the times get rough. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />The only bad thing about him is I can't come up with an obvious reason why most of the bad guys don't try to whack him like they do the wizards or the machine gun- er, the archer. Thus, he stays in the shadow of the glitzy characters until they run into someone smart enough to recognize the threat he poses and who can avoid being killed by the party wizards long enough to do something about the little scaly ba***rd.- Ket</blockquote>