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<blockquote data-quote="dvvega" data-source="post: 4207" data-attributes="member: 524"><p>I created a pretty successful bard for a campaign. He went along the performance line extremely closely.</p><p></p><p>At 1st level I took Skill Focus (performance) and Spell Focus (enchantment).</p><p></p><p>From there I focused on enchantment spells. The 0-level spell I most favoured was Daze. It aided the party a lot in the early levels. Charm Person of course was there, as was Suggestion.</p><p></p><p>As for support spells, I ignored the healing since the Cleric in the group was much better at the healing thing, so I focused on Mage Armour, Cat's Grace, things that I thought would make my bard look cool (and I was following a "vampire" motif).</p><p></p><p>Favoured weapons were the Light Crossbow and the Rapier. I would open up combat with the singing and then move around looking for an opportunity to shoot off a bolt without hurting my party. I would end up shooting most monsters on their last hit points and "claiming" the kill ... hehehehehe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dvvega, post: 4207, member: 524"] I created a pretty successful bard for a campaign. He went along the performance line extremely closely. At 1st level I took Skill Focus (performance) and Spell Focus (enchantment). From there I focused on enchantment spells. The 0-level spell I most favoured was Daze. It aided the party a lot in the early levels. Charm Person of course was there, as was Suggestion. As for support spells, I ignored the healing since the Cleric in the group was much better at the healing thing, so I focused on Mage Armour, Cat's Grace, things that I thought would make my bard look cool (and I was following a "vampire" motif). Favoured weapons were the Light Crossbow and the Rapier. I would open up combat with the singing and then move around looking for an opportunity to shoot off a bolt without hurting my party. I would end up shooting most monsters on their last hit points and "claiming" the kill ... hehehehehe. [/QUOTE]
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