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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8265075" data-attributes="member: 2209">I think the most natural reading is that bards are a pre-3e prestige class using the dual class rules and as written contradict those rules in the stat prereqs and half-elf aspects.If I had a player ask about being a 1e PH half-elf bard as written I would like the unified single bard class theory that they are bards from the get go, but it looks a lot like a fighter to start who must then switch within the specified window to become like a thief, then switch again within a specified level range to become a bard trained by druids. This would mean they would have the bard limits and options for armor, shields, weapons, alignment, and such from level 1 on when they are like fighters.While the full dual class requirement is a natural and reasonable reading, it is not a necessary one and hidden gnostic 1e technical paths are kind of aesthetically pleasing to make something work with the 1e RAW.I would probably also allow the original bard class from The Strategic Review and the 2e one as options too (I forget if they allow half elves). When I did a Pathfinder 1e to AD&D 1e conversion for while the party entered the Fey First World where reality seemed more primal but ruled by weird esoteric rules that were difficult to parse out, I had the party kitsune bard use the original bard class and not the 1e version as his feyworld version class.</blockquote>