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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zad" data-source="post: 1453205" data-attributes="member: 90">I have a bard in one of our campaigns (RttToEE) and I find it... um... challenging.  A bard has a lot of unusual traits, and it makes it challenging for me to play. For one thing I have to operate very differently than usual - I'm in a support role now, and I'm often idle or nearly idle in combat. That's something I personally have difficulty with. Also you really need to think differently. You have to think like a bard - you're a skills-based character. You need to use your skills to work your way out of things. I will admit I've had a few great moments. The party is trying to batter its way through a secret door in the temple. We're making way too much noise. A patrol of gnolls comes down the hall. A normal reaction might be to set up to fight them, and that's fine. But it's not bard-ly. Rather than hide or set up to pounce, I yell at the group loudly and stand very obviously. The gnolls approach warrily, at which point I begin talking to them, in gnollish of course, about how we're going to set up a little "surprise" for the rival temple next door.  The gnoll scans me, looking for the insignia of the temple. Of course I notice this. I pull out the approrpiate insignia (the former user won't miss it) and show it to him, mentioning of course you wouldn't want to display it openly - then the rival temple would know who attacked them. To me, that was a bard done right. Unfortunately I've had a lot more moments where I felt lost, inept, or realized the right thing to do far too late to put it into play.  It's a tricky role, and will be a different experience for everyone depending on their talents and natural inclinations at problem solving.</blockquote>

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