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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3397855" data-attributes="member: 30035">While I wouldn't say I love bards, I don't see anything wrong with the class. I think bards get a bad rap because somewhere in the mists of time some fool got the idea that they have to be poncy singers with lutes. I'm looking at you, Fishbone. The term bard is often used to describe Shakespeare, if you'll recall. If you want them to just be musicians then just change the class name to minstrel. If people would just use their imaginations, bards can be extremely versatile. They get so many skills and skill points, they have some pretty handy support spells, and Perform doesn't just mean singing and playing a musical instrument. I'm playing a bard right now whose Perform skills are in Poetry and Storytelling. I figure she does her Inspire Courage by reciting stirring passages from epic poems or stories of heroic deeds. She's also got the highest Strength score in the party.   <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /> I'm considering a bard for another campaign as well. I'm thinking this one will be a journalist who goes adventuring to get story material.    <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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