Not to side-track too much into Bard-Good/Bard-Bad, I've always found the bard interesting as a Player, but confounding as a DM. It's always had this mishmashy feel to it ... I sing, and it's magical. I've always prefered Bards to be people who just sing, so they end up being Rogues (or whatever) with the Perform skill.
However, the Celtic thing could work ... that could be a tweak. I'm also pondering letting half-elves in. I'm stealing Frigga from Deities and Demigods, and I have decided that her Owl and Cat companions take human form and walk the earth on occasion, sometimes siring children. These children would be odd ... but then perhaps I should make an alternate outsider race like the assimar or teifling (or assign A to the Owl children, and T to the Cat children. Hmmm ....) I had also pondered having elves be an extinct race, with the occasional ruin and fabled magical artifacts floating around.
But, yeah, Billy .. now that you mention it, it is getting a side-vibe of the Martin trilogy ... very people oriented, very low magic.
I've emailed the group ... I hope they like the ideas!
However, the Celtic thing could work ... that could be a tweak. I'm also pondering letting half-elves in. I'm stealing Frigga from Deities and Demigods, and I have decided that her Owl and Cat companions take human form and walk the earth on occasion, sometimes siring children. These children would be odd ... but then perhaps I should make an alternate outsider race like the assimar or teifling (or assign A to the Owl children, and T to the Cat children. Hmmm ....) I had also pondered having elves be an extinct race, with the occasional ruin and fabled magical artifacts floating around.
But, yeah, Billy .. now that you mention it, it is getting a side-vibe of the Martin trilogy ... very people oriented, very low magic.
I've emailed the group ... I hope they like the ideas!