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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marius Delphus" data-source="post: 4929128" data-attributes="member: 447">Perhaps you could turn the "jack-of-all-trades" aspect into a character trait. You get a character who wants to be everywhere, do everything, talk to everyone, and write it all down. He'd be bursting at the seams with information and can't keep it inside... since this is a mini-campaign, it might not matter much if the character has a terrible habit of tossing out (barely remembered? badly remembered?) random factoids about the campaign world.One of my favorite characters of all time was a bard who was convinced of his own fame. "What do you mean, you've never heard of me? Well, no matter; you will!" He was also convinced that everyone loved his music and that he could entertain anyone at any time. This didn't go over so well at the largest inn in Kartakass (in Ravenloft, [spoiler]a domain full of wolfweres, who are natural bards[/spoiler]), but he didn't let that deter him... he merely told himself his audience was awestruck rather than [spoiler]unimpressed and hungry[/spoiler]. Back in the day, one of my players suggested we run an all-bard campaign using kits from Complete Bards. I don't recall any of them seeming overpowered or underpowered relative to the core bard, so I can't point out any trouble spots. The dwarven chanter would make for a very unusual PC bursting with inspiration, IMO, but then again all of the kits come with inspiring flavor, IIRC.Good luck with it, and let us know how it turns out!</blockquote>

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