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<blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 8392576" data-attributes="member: 63508"><p>Allowed by the system.</p><p>The game system explains how magic comes from musical or oratory works. Therefore the onus is one the player to explain how magic comes from knife juggling.</p><p></p><p>If I said my fighter swung his nonmagical club and fire spewed out of it, many would state this cannot happen. Thus the responsibilty to explain this and convince the masses would be on me.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I actually am not asking for less flexibility. </p><p>I either was to switch spell flexibility with inspiration flexibility OR give the bard a strong niche with more bard-like spells.</p><p>My argument was always that the 5e bard was focused on making it a better adventurer at the expense of making it a better bard.</p><p></p><p>If i were to contine with the point, this function focus had a ripple effect of stripping many illusion and enchantments from the sorcerer and warlock to make the bard feel different. However since individual spell lists are different and new subclasses bleed into other classes, the bard's spell list looks less special as time passed. Therefore leaning on the bard's full casterness without unique spells weakens it hold on the flexibility trope that many lean on. Combine that with ways to get expertise and the full caster bard with very few unique spells feels blander and blander.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Minigiant, post: 8392576, member: 63508"] Allowed by the system. The game system explains how magic comes from musical or oratory works. Therefore the onus is one the player to explain how magic comes from knife juggling. If I said my fighter swung his nonmagical club and fire spewed out of it, many would state this cannot happen. Thus the responsibilty to explain this and convince the masses would be on me. I actually am not asking for less flexibility. I either was to switch spell flexibility with inspiration flexibility OR give the bard a strong niche with more bard-like spells. My argument was always that the 5e bard was focused on making it a better adventurer at the expense of making it a better bard. If i were to contine with the point, this function focus had a ripple effect of stripping many illusion and enchantments from the sorcerer and warlock to make the bard feel different. However since individual spell lists are different and new subclasses bleed into other classes, the bard's spell list looks less special as time passed. Therefore leaning on the bard's full casterness without unique spells weakens it hold on the flexibility trope that many lean on. Combine that with ways to get expertise and the full caster bard with very few unique spells feels blander and blander. [/QUOTE]
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