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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lodow MoBo" data-source="post: 3387056" data-attributes="member: 11193">I Played a bard from level 3 to lvl 9.  He was the coolest character, I have played to date.  If your game play is dungeon crawl after dungeon crawl you will probably not be happy.  At first I wanted my character to be kick ass in a fight.  That did not happen.  In any kind of dialog situation he was king.  The bard effect does not need to be song.  His was oratory.  I could tell a story and facinate and suggest with great ability.  If you read the wording of the abilities it does not suggest that you are obviously "casting" since its worked into you perform.  Imagine if your ability is percussion.  By druming you fingers you could suggest the guard let you go.  As spells go Charm Monster brought 2 BBG in hand.  At level 10 there are a few great Prestige classes.  One has a 6d6 cone whose DC is set by perform, which means d20 +16 min.  Ths is close to warlock type dmg.  Limited by bard song but thats usually around 15 at that time.A different one gives access to all wizard spells and a big bump in spell casting. Another bard trick is: if  you can play a race which has a diffrent sub-type.  This opens up the Alter self spell.  My guy was an elf homebrew race which happened to be a fey subtype.  This allowed me to Change to a saytr and pixie, which was pretty cool. Anyway don't sell the bard short.  I would not recommend a pure bard if you play hack and slash type sessions.</blockquote>

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