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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 8391777" data-attributes="member: 67296">The bard makes an excellent Merlin or enchanter-type magician - that’s the easiest refluff the (5e) bard can get. No only is it a good archetype for the mechanics, but as you said, it fits the name of the class! (it's missing the enchanting of items however).But in the tradition of D&D, the bard was (is) a wandering minestrel or troubadour, jack of all trade, sharing "features" with all classes. That's still the fluff they give it in the PHB. When the fantasy RPG bard is mentioned, Taliesin or Merlin aren't what come to mind in popular culture. Merlin actually, very much evokes the image of the wizard for the grand public. I'm not saying D&D should stick with popular culture, but those are the expectations people are coming to D&D with.The wandering troubadour bard would be best served as a half-caster IMO. I'm not too keen in making it a third-caster rogue archetype, for one thing because it would compete uncomfortably with the Arcane Trickster, and because the wandering troubadour bard has enough for itself to warrant a full class with it's own archetypes. At least, I believe that would best represent the expectation of a fantasy bard for a vast majority of people.</blockquote>