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Message: <blockquote data-quote="two" data-source="post: 3244913" data-attributes="member: 9002">I did a similar thing when playing a bard, except I kept track of the damage my bard did each round either directly (when my bard hit the enemy) or indirectly (from the song bonuses, either the +1 or more to damage or turning a miss into a hit via the +1 or more "to hit").You will find, perhaps to your surprise, that if you keep records like this, the bard averages the most average damage per round.  It's not even close.  If you make feeble attempts to min/max the inspire courage bonuses, the bard's average damage per round goes through the roof.  You can get +2/+2 to hit/dam at 1st level with the help of a spell or feat; +3/+3 by level 5 is entirely reasonable (swift spell to boost song, feat to increase song, etc. )Very effective.</blockquote>