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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 6954005" data-attributes="member: 5142">Yes, and no. The Lore and Arcana bard are both &quot;brainy,&quot; but in distinct ways, IMHO. The primary point of overlap appears to be the Lore bard's Magical Secrets and the Arcana bard's bonus cantrips, which effectively act as a &quot;lesser magical secrets.&quot; But the Lore bard gets three bonus skills, Cutting Words (playing off their wit and Inspiration mechanic) and Peerless Skill (playing off their skills and Inspiration). Though Magical Secrets may be a big draw, the majority of the Lore Bard is oriented around their skill flexibility and Inspiration, with Magical Secrets being an extension of that skill flexibility, albeit with magic. The Arcana bard was designed more pointedly around expanding the bard's arcane capacity and power. It gets a &quot;lesser magical secrets&quot; through its bonus cantrips that are then boosted via Potent Spellcasting, it can cast more spells per day than the average bard via Song of Renewal, and it gets an incredibly flexible once per day &quot;magical secret&quot; via Improvised Spell. Probably the one point that could get readjusted would be its Potent Spellcasting, since it's arguably not on the same level as the Lore bard's &quot;Magical Secrets&quot; or the Valor bard's &quot;Extra Attack.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 6954005, member: 5142"] Yes, and no. The Lore and Arcana bard are both "brainy," but in distinct ways, IMHO. The primary point of overlap appears to be the Lore bard's Magical Secrets and the Arcana bard's bonus cantrips, which effectively act as a "lesser magical secrets." But the Lore bard gets three bonus skills, Cutting Words (playing off their wit and Inspiration mechanic) and Peerless Skill (playing off their skills and Inspiration). Though Magical Secrets may be a big draw, the majority of the Lore Bard is oriented around their skill flexibility and Inspiration, with Magical Secrets being an extension of that skill flexibility, albeit with magic. The Arcana bard was designed more pointedly around expanding the bard's arcane capacity and power. It gets a "lesser magical secrets" through its bonus cantrips that are then boosted via Potent Spellcasting, it can cast more spells per day than the average bard via Song of Renewal, and it gets an incredibly flexible once per day "magical secret" via Improvised Spell. Probably the one point that could get readjusted would be its Potent Spellcasting, since it's arguably not on the same level as the Lore bard's "Magical Secrets" or the Valor bard's "Extra Attack." [/QUOTE]

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