Bards of Eldritch Might and 3.5e

[Staffan]

The Bard was one of the classes that got the biggest changes in 3.5e - notably in their spell list, where they lost some buff spells (like Protection from Evil and Magic Weapon) but gained a whole lot of illusionary goodness. So, I was wondering if the 3.5 update to the Book of Eldritch Might II took these changes into account?

 

[Voadam]

Well the CBOEM bard does not use spells, but magical song components with fairly bard appropriate effects instead so the spell list changes were not that relevant I'd think.

I only have the CBOEM, not the BOEMII so I could not tell you the exact differences in the class from 3.0 to 3.5 though.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I could be remembering wrong, but I believe that NOTHING was really done to the bards in the Book of Eldrithc Might to address the changes. When I first got the book, I was vastly disappointed with the sheer lack of updates for the sorcerer and other material. It was more a collection of the three books with a few minimum updates, like the monsters, than a comprehensive update, and it brought it's own errors with it too.

Malhavok board would probably be a better place to get a definitive answer though.

 

[Psion]

Hmmm. I think a bigger question I would consider first is: what was the purpose of the changes to the 3.5 bard spell list. I'm not really certain myself.

 

[Staffan]

Hmmm. I think a bigger question I would consider first is: what was the purpose of the changes to the 3.5 bard spell list. I'm not really certain myself.

To make the bard into more of a hobby-illusionist and less of a combat buffer, I reckon. Especially for self-buffs - they still have a few spells that can help the rest of the party out.

Among other things, this makes it more of an appropriate favored class for gnomes.