The Adventure hasn't started yet, really, and will be a home brew. What has gone so far has all been preliminary stuff, a [SUPPOSEDLY] minor fight against some spiders after which a strategic retreat to heal was necessary. Then all but one player left the game, *snif*. Yes, the rules are 1E hardback PH, so Bards are allowed, if you meet the prereqs(!!). I'm not sure how chargen went. maybe [MENTION=11732]Helfdan[/MENTION] remembers(?), but I imagine it was 4d6 drop lowest, or maybe point buy. If it's point buy, there's almost surely no way you can build a legal 1E Bard.