Where does "Bardic Knowledge" Come From?

[TarionzCousin]

To pick up your motif...

Thanks, Henry. But I love the side-conversations. It's all good, baby.

 

[Henry]

15. You don't WANT to know how I know, but...

I gotta say that so far, that one is my favorite.

 

[Firebeetle]

I've always roleplayed Bardic Knowledge coming from connections made to mythology, legends, sagas, etc.

Which leads me to my favorite house rule, allowing bardic knowledge to know about monsters and artifacts. The DC for monsters is 40 - CR, thus the greater the monster the more legendary knowledge about it. For magic items it is 30 - 1 for every 10,000 gp of market price. For artifacts it is a flat DC of 20. A successful roll gives you knowledge about the monsters capabilities, weaknesses, or things like command words.

When I write adventures, I add a Bardic knowledge table with references like "In the Saga of Gorgonard, he carries a staff that keeps him from ever tiring or feeling fatigue. It is said he laid gave it to a young blue dragon in exchange for his life."

Makes life cool.

 

[TarionzCousin]

When I write adventures, I add a Bardic knowledge table with references like "In the Saga of Gorgonard, he carries a staff that keeps him from ever tiring or feeling fatigue. It is said he laid gave it to a young blue dragon in exchange for his life."

Makes life cool.

This is exactly what I had in mind, only I was expecting a more generic list of sources from which I could pull at the appropriate time.

If you have a dozen or two to share, I won't stop you.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

95% of statistics are made up on the spot. Likewise with bardic lore. Also known as anal-cranial extraction.

 

[Nifft]

What are some more sources of Bardic Knowledge?

"This one time? At Bard camp? I..."

-- N

 

[TarionzCousin]

Also known as anal-cranial extraction.

I'm certain there's a prestige class out that excels at this.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I'm certain there's a prestige class out that excels at this.

Yeah, and at least two who excel at inserting it in the first place!