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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herremann the Wise" data-source="post: 2111906" data-attributes="member: 11300">Hi Charberus,The one thing I hate when people describe "their" version of a Bard is "Jack of all trades, master of none". If you want to take all the fun out of playing a bard, look at them in this mechanical and simplistic way. For me, a bard should specialise in one thing - themselves! Your reputation is everything. What you can weave with your tongue can be infinitely more powerful than a sword or wand - if you let it. The proviso here is that you are playing a game focused upon roleplaying or at least a game with enough downtime and "city" stuff that you can put your powers to the fore. A bard stuck in a dungeon is not a happy bard - unless he is using it to make up stories and tales etc. for later on.Anyway, it definitely seems like you want a skill focused Bard. In which case then, focus on Charisma and Intelligence as your main attributes. Diplomacy, Bluff, Gather Info and Perform are your staple in terms of skills. You can really boost these up and thus turn yourself into a "specialist". By scooting up sense motive and knowledge (nobility & royalty), you are getting a lot of synergy bonuses on that diplomacy attribute. A cloak of charisma and the big guy - a Choker of Eloquence (+10 to all diplomacy, bluff and performance (singing) check) and you will literally be able to stop attackers in their steps. If you choose Skill focus for your first level feat (in Gather Information by the sounds of things) then you have a pretty strong set up.As for the actual roleplaying aspects - the biggest factor here is to know people. By knowing different people, you yourself become known. You end up having contacts all over the place and again, your perceived power increases.  Do "select" performances and play before the highest paying crowds and nobility. Woo young maidens off of their feet - kind of difficult when you're a Kenku I think (I'm not real sure on why you chose that actually) but you get the idea. Your "personsa" becomes much larger, much more heroic than the actual character itself. If you wish to enhance this further, take the Leadership feat and reap the benefits of your "network". See my story hour if you want to see how Lucifus uses leadership: mainly for a brute of a Half-Orc to protect him and a posse of "wives, courtesans and other women following him around for status".In terms of spells, don't let people know you can do them - pretend that you're a rogue even. If people know you have magic, they will automatically be cautious about being befuddled. Your magic should be hidden away quite carefully for you to know and others not to. As well, don't sing in battle. At least not at first anyway. Save your singing when it means life and death, not for background music. A little bit of attitude here does not go astray.Anyway post back - apologies for the rantishness - and I hope you enjoy your bard, I look forward to seeing how it develops.Best RegardsHerremann the Wise</blockquote>

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