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<blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 2132802" data-attributes="member: 29014"><p>My sources are as close to primary as they come, so of course, while it is pointless to argue that anyone &quot;got the legend factually incorrect,&quot; your sources were certainly not more enlightened (in fact, I would suspect they are excerpted from the same).&nbsp; The fact is that everything we know about the Celts was written down ex post facto, due to their oral transmission, which allowed a colonialising influence to be exerted by those who had more efficient writing than Ogham runes (in fact, I just wrote a paper on this topic).&nbsp; The Leabhar Gabhala (which, in translation, is the source of your quote &quot;The Song of Amairgen&quot;) is certainly a key source on Amairgen, and even it considers him to be the first druid of Ireland, and bardic on the side.&nbsp; Indeed, Amairgen's mastery of the elements in the very setting you conferred is usually seen as druidic when put into context.&nbsp; Of course, that's why the 1e bard with druid spells was the best match.&nbsp; Really, Taliesin or Oisin are better choices for pure Celtic bards (well okay, Oisin also had some fighter or barbarian levels, so really Taliesin is the best choice).</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Rystil Arden, post: 2132802, member: 29014"] My sources are as close to primary as they come, so of course, while it is pointless to argue that anyone "got the legend factually incorrect," your sources were certainly not more enlightened (in fact, I would suspect they are excerpted from the same). The fact is that everything we know about the Celts was written down ex post facto, due to their oral transmission, which allowed a colonialising influence to be exerted by those who had more efficient writing than Ogham runes (in fact, I just wrote a paper on this topic). The Leabhar Gabhala (which, in translation, is the source of your quote "The Song of Amairgen") is certainly a key source on Amairgen, and even it considers him to be the first druid of Ireland, and bardic on the side. Indeed, Amairgen's mastery of the elements in the very setting you conferred is usually seen as druidic when put into context. Of course, that's why the 1e bard with druid spells was the best match. Really, Taliesin or Oisin are better choices for pure Celtic bards (well okay, Oisin also had some fighter or barbarian levels, so really Taliesin is the best choice). [/QUOTE]

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