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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 3035663" data-attributes="member: 27051">I've posted this idea before, but it might bear repeating.&nbsp; The bard class in my game is called the thaneblooded.&nbsp; They are modelled after the Dunedain from Lord of the Rings - in their veins runs the blood of a lost kingdom, giving them sorcerous abilities, deep insight into the ways of men, lore of legendry and forgotten myths, and the ability to stir the soul with their voice.&nbsp; They don't use music, but instead rely upon oration, heroic exhortations and an almost mystical insight into the soul to power their abilities.&nbsp; Some do sing (if the player is so inclined to reproduce something along the lines of Aragorn's bouts of elvish music) but this is not the focus of the class.&nbsp; It works really well and has done away with the &quot;dude with a lute&quot; image completely.&nbsp; If you use Arcana Evolved, they work especially well with The Voice feat and mirror the Bene Gesserit from Dune in this way as well.(For spellsingers, I instead use Monte Cook's variant bard from the Eldritch Might books - fits the musical archetype far better imho).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark Hope, post: 3035663, member: 27051"] I've posted this idea before, but it might bear repeating. The bard class in my game is called the thaneblooded. They are modelled after the Dunedain from Lord of the Rings - in their veins runs the blood of a lost kingdom, giving them sorcerous abilities, deep insight into the ways of men, lore of legendry and forgotten myths, and the ability to stir the soul with their voice. They don't use music, but instead rely upon oration, heroic exhortations and an almost mystical insight into the soul to power their abilities. Some do sing (if the player is so inclined to reproduce something along the lines of Aragorn's bouts of elvish music) but this is not the focus of the class. It works really well and has done away with the "dude with a lute" image completely. If you use [i]Arcana Evolved[/i], they work especially well with The Voice feat and mirror the Bene Gesserit from Dune in this way as well. (For spellsingers, I instead use Monte Cook's variant bard from the Eldritch Might books - fits the musical archetype far better imho). [/QUOTE]

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