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<blockquote data-quote="GoodKingJayIII" data-source="post: 3129452" data-attributes="member: 13804"><p>If you're looking for something more martial, the Savage Bard in UA goes a pretty good way towards that. A few minor tweaks, a slightly different spell list, and you've got something different. I think it'd work pretty well too. But even that variant doesn't give full BAB, if I'm remembering correctly.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fighter 19/Bard 1 only has light armor and d6 HD? No way! And you can bet your butt I'll be singing in my mithral <em>twilight</em> full plate! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> And one standard action to gain some nice bonuses for <em>at least</em> the next 5 rounds? I'd sacrifice a feat and a few hitpoints for that. Add 3 more levels of bard and you get more spells, more bonuses to your poor saves, more skill points, 4 total uses of bardic music per day (maybe even some new songs too), all for the cost of three feats and a few hit points? I'd definitely do that.</p><p></p><p>I don't think bards need the full BAB. I just think they're underrated, and like any generalist class, people question their viability. I think their "jack of all trades" mentality is exactly what makes them not just viable, but great. But if you think giving them full BAB will help your game, do it. Tell us how it goes. I'm curious to see what crops up!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoodKingJayIII, post: 3129452, member: 13804"] If you're looking for something more martial, the Savage Bard in UA goes a pretty good way towards that. A few minor tweaks, a slightly different spell list, and you've got something different. I think it'd work pretty well too. But even that variant doesn't give full BAB, if I'm remembering correctly. Fighter 19/Bard 1 only has light armor and d6 HD? No way! And you can bet your butt I'll be singing in my mithral [I]twilight[/I] full plate! :) And one standard action to gain some nice bonuses for [I]at least[/I] the next 5 rounds? I'd sacrifice a feat and a few hitpoints for that. Add 3 more levels of bard and you get more spells, more bonuses to your poor saves, more skill points, 4 total uses of bardic music per day (maybe even some new songs too), all for the cost of three feats and a few hit points? I'd definitely do that. I don't think bards need the full BAB. I just think they're underrated, and like any generalist class, people question their viability. I think their "jack of all trades" mentality is exactly what makes them not just viable, but great. But if you think giving them full BAB will help your game, do it. Tell us how it goes. I'm curious to see what crops up! [/QUOTE]
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