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<blockquote data-quote="Firebeetle" data-source="post: 2747007" data-attributes="member: 34506"><p><em>Nota Bene: If you feel the bard is fine as is and does not need fixing for any reason, please feel free to place your arguments in the thread linked below.</em></p><p><em><a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=161198" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=161198</a></em></p><p></p><p>I'm a bard player, and I have to say the bard still stinks compared to other classes. I know it's supposed to be "versatile" and "non-specialized" but I say it needs fixing. Here are a couple of suggestions, share your own.</p><p></p><p>1st Level, Perform Skill Points: The bard receives 8 extra skill points and 2 extra per level that may only be spent on the Perform Skill.</p><p></p><p><em>This takes care of the change of Perform skill to match Knowledge and Profession. That is, you have different specialities of the skill and each is a different skill.</em> </p><p></p><p>4th Level, Jack-of-all-Trades, The bard may multiclass into the first level of any other class she meets the requirements for without XP penalty. The bard may only multiclass a number of times equal to 1/3 of her current bard level, rounded down. For example, an 8th level bard may multiclass twice. This multiclassing without penalty only applies for the first level of the new class, not for any levels taken thereafter.</p><p></p><p>Of course, that ability doesn't mean anything if you're a gnome or human and bard is your favored class. Just a thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Firebeetle, post: 2747007, member: 34506"] [I]Nota Bene: If you feel the bard is fine as is and does not need fixing for any reason, please feel free to place your arguments in the thread linked below. [url]http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=161198[/url][/I] I'm a bard player, and I have to say the bard still stinks compared to other classes. I know it's supposed to be "versatile" and "non-specialized" but I say it needs fixing. Here are a couple of suggestions, share your own. 1st Level, Perform Skill Points: The bard receives 8 extra skill points and 2 extra per level that may only be spent on the Perform Skill. [I]This takes care of the change of Perform skill to match Knowledge and Profession. That is, you have different specialities of the skill and each is a different skill.[/I] 4th Level, Jack-of-all-Trades, The bard may multiclass into the first level of any other class she meets the requirements for without XP penalty. The bard may only multiclass a number of times equal to 1/3 of her current bard level, rounded down. For example, an 8th level bard may multiclass twice. This multiclassing without penalty only applies for the first level of the new class, not for any levels taken thereafter. Of course, that ability doesn't mean anything if you're a gnome or human and bard is your favored class. Just a thought. [/QUOTE]
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