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Level Up Playtest Document #12: Bard
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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 8222313" data-attributes="member: 907"><p>I might be making unwarranted assumptions here, but I'm guessing (a) sub-classes will still work more-or-less as in O5e, and so will armor. Also, I am guessing the Warchanter or one of the other colleges will be the "fighty bard" similar to the college of Valor in O5e. If that is the case, I think College should be a first-level choice, perhaps replacing either Battle Hymn or Art Specialization. I remember seeing Mearls saying somewhere that he wishes they had done otherwise with the O5e bard, because switching from light to medium armor means Dexterity suddenly goes from highly important to somewhat important. In other words, either you go with a moderate Dex and have bad AC at low levels, or you go with a high Dex which is suddenly "wasted" once you get medium armor.</p><p></p><p>There are also several places where one ability either includes multiple options (e.g. Battle Hymn Focus) or multiple stages (e.g. Bardic Legend). I would wish to see these options and stages named, because it's a lot easier to refer to "Harmonize" than "that Battle Hymn Specialization ability that lets me keep two hymns going at once."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 8222313, member: 907"] I might be making unwarranted assumptions here, but I'm guessing (a) sub-classes will still work more-or-less as in O5e, and so will armor. Also, I am guessing the Warchanter or one of the other colleges will be the "fighty bard" similar to the college of Valor in O5e. If that is the case, I think College should be a first-level choice, perhaps replacing either Battle Hymn or Art Specialization. I remember seeing Mearls saying somewhere that he wishes they had done otherwise with the O5e bard, because switching from light to medium armor means Dexterity suddenly goes from highly important to somewhat important. In other words, either you go with a moderate Dex and have bad AC at low levels, or you go with a high Dex which is suddenly "wasted" once you get medium armor. There are also several places where one ability either includes multiple options (e.g. Battle Hymn Focus) or multiple stages (e.g. Bardic Legend). I would wish to see these options and stages named, because it's a lot easier to refer to "Harmonize" than "that Battle Hymn Specialization ability that lets me keep two hymns going at once." [/QUOTE]
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