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<blockquote data-quote="Kae'Yoss" data-source="post: 3361303" data-attributes="member: 4134">Well, parts of it might be part of the education (if they went to a bardic college). Then, there's all the songs they know - many of which are based on legends and other true stories (most were made by bards, who were parts of adventuring bands, who had all those adventures). And then, as someone else said, there's talking to people. That, and rumourmongering. A bard gets around a lot: You play in this tavern today, and on a village square 10 miles away tomorrow. You'll earn some coin, and you'll also earn a hearty meal and some pints. And people will talk with you - most of the time, there's the same people around, with the same topics, but you're a change of pace, so they tell you all those stories which bore the other locals to death by now but which are new and interesting to you.Plus, they know that bards are rumourmongers. So those who trade in gossip (you know the type) will chat with you: They'll tell you some rumours they heard, and expect some more rumors in return. As a &quot;professonal&quot;, a bard will know which parts of the tale are likely true, and what is fabrication and exaggeration. Plus, if you hear a story often enough, you'll see which parts are consistent, and which parts vary depending on the teller.You take all that together - stories and songs heard about legends and tales of heroism, formal education, and gossip - and you have what D&amp;D calls &quot;bardic knowledge&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kae'Yoss, post: 3361303, member: 4134"] Well, parts of it might be part of the education (if they went to a bardic college). Then, there's all the songs they know - many of which are based on legends and other true stories (most were made by bards, who were parts of adventuring bands, who had all those adventures). And then, as someone else said, there's talking to people. That, and rumourmongering. A bard gets around a lot: You play in this tavern today, and on a village square 10 miles away tomorrow. You'll earn some coin, and you'll also earn a hearty meal and some pints. And people will talk with you - most of the time, there's the same people around, with the same topics, but you're a change of pace, so they tell you all those stories which bore the other locals to death by now but which are new and interesting to you. Plus, they know that bards are rumourmongers. So those who trade in gossip (you know the type) will chat with you: They'll tell you some rumours they heard, and expect some more rumors in return. As a "professonal", a bard will know which parts of the tale are likely true, and what is fabrication and exaggeration. Plus, if you hear a story often enough, you'll see which parts are consistent, and which parts vary depending on the teller. You take all that together - stories and songs heard about legends and tales of heroism, formal education, and gossip - and you have what D&D calls "bardic knowledge". [/QUOTE]

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