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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9406298" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I can't help it, I love the magical music bard trope. I like characters from folk stories that likely inspired the concept in D&amp;D: Orpheus, Taliesin, Oisín, the Pied Piper, Väinämöinen, etc.Loved the Bard's Tale Video Game, I loved Name of the Wind, I loved Eddie Munson in Stranger Things.One of my character concepts I never got play was a female, human bard inspired by Ani Difranco. Instead of press on nails held in place by electric tape, they would be metal and also used as a weapon if needed. Or maybe it should be a tabaxi bard, though I don't know how well cat claws would work for playing guitar, even with tabaxis' human-like hands with opposable thumbs. Stringed instruments are not the most practical instrument to bring into battle, soldiers did in real life (e.g. &quot;trench cellos&quot;), but these were not battle instruments. But this is fantasy. Having the bard's lute get smashed every other battle is something I would only do if I had similar rules for the change of spell books, ingredients, foci, and holy symbols getting damaged.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 9406298, member: 6796661"] I can't help it, I love the magical music bard trope. I like characters from folk stories that likely inspired the concept in D&D: Orpheus, Taliesin, Oisín, the Pied Piper, Väinämöinen, etc. Loved the Bard's Tale Video Game, I loved [I]Name of the Wind[/I], I loved Eddie Munson in Stranger Things. One of my character concepts I never got play was a female, human bard inspired by Ani Difranco. Instead of press on nails held in place by electric tape, they would be metal and also used as a weapon if needed. Or maybe it should be a tabaxi bard, though I don't know how well cat claws would work for playing guitar, even with tabaxis' human-like hands with opposable thumbs. Stringed instruments are not the most practical instrument to bring into battle, soldiers did in real life (e.g. "trench cellos"), but these were not battle instruments. But this is fantasy. Having the bard's lute get smashed every other battle is something I would only do if I had similar rules for the change of spell books, ingredients, foci, and holy symbols getting damaged. [/QUOTE]

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