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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glaurung" data-source="post: 588124" data-attributes="member: 1273">I should help Nighfall shamelessly plug our book--so be forewarnedThe bards sections of the Player's Guide will delve into the histroy of bards in the Scarred Lands, discuss bardic magic-how and why it works and why it is different from wizard magic, introduce unique SL instruments, NPCs, and epics, and introduce a variety of bardic traditions. An example of a bardic tradition would be the previously discussed Mourners of Hollowfaust--unique groups of bards who share a performance style, goal, or culture. Many of these traditions are linked to a new type of feat called a tradition feat (similar to bloodline for sorcerers, but powers are more varied). In addition, the book will introduce several prestige classes that are appropriate for bards (I had nothing to do with them, so I can't really tell you about them) and new bardic spells (no idea).   The bard is one of my favorite classes, and I think this book really fleshes them out for the SL campaign setting-while being useful material for other settings (and to a lesser extent detailing sorcs and wizards, but who cares about them? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> )    For those who think bards are "too wimpy" and aren't of any use in combat-I say you're dead wrong. Has anyone ever used Monte's bard? I was doing about 50 damage per hit as a touch attack using a 1st level spellsong (and making like 3 attacks per round, he had that feat from EM3)--at 15th level, I was doing more damage than the party's fighter!  Then I had another bard (PHB) who took levels in Spurlord (see Lords of Darkness)-he could shoot off bolts of negative energy based on his Cha modifier (quite high) and his level, while singing to support the rest of the partyand/or attacking with his rapier. Sure he was an evil bastard-but have you ever thought about how much damage an evil bard can do? They make excellent nemeses (ie, Kefka, Grima, Pharaun (I know he's a wizard, but he's pretty bard-like), etc.) Well, now I'm rambling-need sleep.</blockquote>

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