I'm just responding to @Morrus request for more suggestion threads for testing.
However, I don't like bards and think the game would be better without them. Certainly not as full casters and in no way should they be able to swap spells on a long rest.
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Ahh! This was mostly a tongue-in-cheek post, but I could get behind that type of Bard!Bard should have the spellcasting format of Warlock, replacing Invocation per Songs that can add effect to an aura around the bard and replacing Boons (at 1st level) with Performer's Focus: Blade (prof with martial, medium armor and Accro), Minstrel (Instrument as focus, prof in social skills) or Loremaster (tomes as focus, prof with knowledge skills and languages).
I have nothing against the bard as a jack-of-all-trades, warrior/thief/wizard type, like they were in 2E. Under that paradigm, they would be able to swap spells on a long rest, because they use the same magic as wizards.I'm just responding to @Morrus request for more suggestion threads for testing.
However, I don't like bards and think the game would be better without them. Certainly not as full casters and in no way should they be able to swap spells on a long rest.
I agree: drop the spellcasting, and move bards into what they should be: lawyers, face men, press agents, reputation-builders, and deep wells of role-play opportunities. As it is now, they are just a label slapped on a dungeon-crawl support class.