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<blockquote data-quote="Herbalizer" data-source="post: 6854590" data-attributes="member: 6824144">Great post Kobold Stew !!&nbsp; I completely agree with everything you said !!&nbsp; I guess the issue is sometimes having to &quot;argue&quot; with the DM or players on certain technicalities that could have been avoided if rules would have been better written ...I'm also in agreement with Unwise in the sense that regardless of small technicalities, it's a game, and you should be able to play your character according to its concept !&nbsp; A bard is a spellcaster that channels the forces of &quot;magic&quot; through musical instruments ..so in theory, the musical instrument should be played, even if it's not stated in the rulebook ...A Bard portrayed in a movie, for example, would not be shown waving around a horn in his hand wile casting a spell (Shatter), he would be shown as blowing into it and creating a thunderous sound that shatters objects and damage foes ..Some might not like the concept of a Bard, and that's fine, they can just not play them, but since they were created, and are part of that world and can be played and have great features and skills, it'd be nice if they had elaborated a bit more on it ...The &quot;Spellcasting Focus&quot; section of each class is literally only 1 sentence !&nbsp; Add 2 more and you can clarify certain things ...I thought the goal of the 5e was to simplify rules and get rid of the micro-managing ..Let the Bard be a BardThe War Casting feat already provides adv on Concentration check, the ability to cast all spells with both hands full (which is an advantage since normally, a Caster would have to sheath his weapon to cast a spell with S and/or M, and therefore wouldn't have AoO) and allows spellcasting on AoO.So even if the Bard is allowed to sheath, pick up a lyre and play within the same round, with 1 free hand, the War Caster feat is still interesting and we don't have micro managing to do ..I like playing a Bard, it's brings humor into the fold with funny ways to interpret spells, but the complex mechanics to cast spells is an annoyance</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Herbalizer, post: 6854590, member: 6824144"] Great post Kobold Stew !! I completely agree with everything you said !! I guess the issue is sometimes having to "argue" with the DM or players on certain technicalities that could have been avoided if rules would have been better written ...I'm also in agreement with Unwise in the sense that regardless of small technicalities, it's a game, and you should be able to play your character according to its concept ! A bard is a spellcaster that channels the forces of "magic" through musical instruments ..so in theory, the musical instrument should be played, even if it's not stated in the rulebook ...A Bard portrayed in a movie, for example, would not be shown waving around a horn in his hand wile casting a spell (Shatter), he would be shown as blowing into it and creating a thunderous sound that shatters objects and damage foes .. Some might not like the concept of a Bard, and that's fine, they can just not play them, but since they were created, and are part of that world and can be played and have great features and skills, it'd be nice if they had elaborated a bit more on it ...The "Spellcasting Focus" section of each class is literally only 1 sentence ! Add 2 more and you can clarify certain things ...I thought the goal of the 5e was to simplify rules and get rid of the micro-managing ..Let the Bard be a Bard The War Casting feat already provides adv on Concentration check, the ability to cast all spells with both hands full (which is an advantage since normally, a Caster would have to sheath his weapon to cast a spell with S and/or M, and therefore wouldn't have AoO) and allows spellcasting on AoO. So even if the Bard is allowed to sheath, pick up a lyre and play within the same round, with 1 free hand, the War Caster feat is still interesting and we don't have micro managing to do .. I like playing a Bard, it's brings humor into the fold with funny ways to interpret spells, but the complex mechanics to cast spells is an annoyance [/QUOTE]

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