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<blockquote data-quote="Thanael" data-source="post: 4928549" data-attributes="member: 22734"><p>Take a look at the <a href="http://www.coryj.net/CoreRule/" target="_blank">Complete Bards Handbook,</a> seriously. It not only has great bard kits and nice reputation system, details on instruments and new spells and proficiencies, it also introduces Bard multiclass options for demihumans and new demihuman bards, so you can be a half-elf Thief/Gypsy, a dwarven Fighter/Skald or a halfling Thief/Jongleur for example, or a Dwarven Chanter, Elven Minstrel, Gnome Professor, or Halfling Whistler.</p><p></p><p>Each of the kits offers a very different view on the bard, just the read the very flavourful introductions of each! My favorite combination was the half-elf fighter/blade, though playing a Gnome Jester should also be very much fun.</p><p></p><p>The Dragon article <a href="http://www.datapacrat.com/Art/Games/RPG/DND/DRAGON/189COMPL.TXT" target="_blank">"Completing the Complete Bard"</a> has two more bard kits, the Dandy and the Outlaw, which are also quite good.</p><p></p><p>I also very much like old the 1E dual-class Old Lore ("prestige") bard with the different colleges and the magical items for each college (the so called Instruments of the Bards artifacts). This is more what the celtic bard would be. </p><p></p><p>In another vein the 1.5E optional bard from Dragon #56 (?) is more similar to the 2e bard. I also like the "reversed 1E bard" gypsy from Dragon #59's article on gypsies. (There's also Dragon #93's The Gypsy Train, but this is an adventure.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>All these can exist in the same campaign imho, with the 1.5E and 2E bards as more modern minstrels and the 1E bard as a old holdover tied to the druidic organization. In fact this adds so much facets to the bard, that an all-bard group looks like a very interesting interesting option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thanael, post: 4928549, member: 22734"] Take a look at the [url=http://www.coryj.net/CoreRule/]Complete Bards Handbook,[/url] seriously. It not only has great bard kits and nice reputation system, details on instruments and new spells and proficiencies, it also introduces Bard multiclass options for demihumans and new demihuman bards, so you can be a half-elf Thief/Gypsy, a dwarven Fighter/Skald or a halfling Thief/Jongleur for example, or a Dwarven Chanter, Elven Minstrel, Gnome Professor, or Halfling Whistler. Each of the kits offers a very different view on the bard, just the read the very flavourful introductions of each! My favorite combination was the half-elf fighter/blade, though playing a Gnome Jester should also be very much fun. The Dragon article [url=http://www.datapacrat.com/Art/Games/RPG/DND/DRAGON/189COMPL.TXT]"Completing the Complete Bard"[/url] has two more bard kits, the Dandy and the Outlaw, which are also quite good. I also very much like old the 1E dual-class Old Lore ("prestige") bard with the different colleges and the magical items for each college (the so called Instruments of the Bards artifacts). This is more what the celtic bard would be. In another vein the 1.5E optional bard from Dragon #56 (?) is more similar to the 2e bard. I also like the "reversed 1E bard" gypsy from Dragon #59's article on gypsies. (There's also Dragon #93's The Gypsy Train, but this is an adventure.) All these can exist in the same campaign imho, with the 1.5E and 2E bards as more modern minstrels and the 1E bard as a old holdover tied to the druidic organization. In fact this adds so much facets to the bard, that an all-bard group looks like a very interesting interesting option. [/QUOTE]
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