Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[payn]

My next character is definitely going to be a gnome bard who specializes in making Ham and Pineapple pizza.

 

[CleverNickName]

My next character is definitely going to be a gnome bard who specializes in making Ham and Pineapple pizza.

While I reject the implied hostility toward ham & pineapple pizza, I have to agree that bards are predominantly a joke character class almost exclusively selected by those who intend to be disruptive and annoying. Gnomes, moreso.

 

[TwoSix]

While I reject the implied hostility toward ham & pineapple pizza, I have to agree that bards are predominantly a joke character class almost exclusively selected for those who intend to be disruptive and annoying. Gnomes, moreso.

Disagree. The plasmoid bard in our party is a source of joy, wonder, and frequent body horror.

 

[prabe]

While I reject the implied hostility toward ham & pineapple pizza, I have to agree that bards are predominantly a joke character class almost exclusively selected for those who intend to be disruptive and annoying. Gnomes, moreso.

The bards I've DMed for in 5e have been kinda the opposite of disruptive, likewise the gnomes.

 

[Ryujin]

Disagree. The plasmoid bard in our party is a source of joy, wonder, and frequent body horror.

Mmmmmm..... Plasmoid Pizza......

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

The bards I've DMed for in 5e have been kinda the opposite of disruptive, likewise the gnomes.

Same! The bards I've DMed for have also not been disruptive.


BECAUSE THEY'RE DEAD.

 

[Ryujin]

Same! The bards I've DMed for have also not been disruptive.


BECAUSE THEY'RE DEAD.

That's why my bards take a Prestige Class, as soon as they're able. STEALTH BARD!

 

[prabe]

Same! The bards I've DMed for have also not been disruptive.


BECAUSE THEY'RE DEAD.

I find it just as easy not to kill bards as to kill them, and more entertaining.

 

[CleverNickName]

Disagree. The plasmoid bard in our party is a source of joy, wonder, and frequent body horror.

The bards I've DMed for in 5e have been kinda the opposite of disruptive, likewise the gnomes.

Oh I'm sure there are outliers, folks can usually point to one bard that wasn't designed purely to be "funny," or disruptive, or annoying. Those are the exceptions that prove the rule, though.

Because here's the thing. If there was ever an annoying character in your game, if a disgruntled player ever rolled up a character as a not-funny joke, or out of spite and weaponized it to annoy someone, if you've ever seen a character with a name like Fanny Fartbottom or Seymore Buttz...

...that character is almost always a bard.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I find it just as easy not to kill bards as to kill them, and more entertaining.

Meh.

You know the saying? "Never wrestle with a pig- the pig enjoys it, and you both get dirty."

Same thing, except replace "wrestle" with "torture," and replace "pig" with "bard."