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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ashrym" data-source="post: 8414101" data-attributes="member: 6750235">My response was directed at someone who called bards fighty sneaky casters.  I've played them that way too and had fun because stealth expertise and invisibility is a good combo.  It's just not typical for me.  I often take expertise in history and insight based on concept reasons.<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Classes </td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Full Caster </td><td>Half-Caster </td><td>Non-Caster </td></tr><tr><td>Bard </td><td>Minstrel </td><td>Rogue </td></tr><tr><td>Cleric </td><td>Paladin </td><td>Fighter/Warlord </td></tr><tr><td>Druid </td><td>Ranger </td><td>Barbarian </td></tr><tr><td>Sorcerer </td><td>Mystic </td><td>Monk </td></tr><tr><td>Warlock </td><td>Hexblade </td><td>Bloodhunter </td></tr><tr><td>Wizard </td><td>Artificer </td><td>Forgesmith </td></tr></table>I think I might make a half caster bard class in the minstrel.  Seems like a good fit.I also liked the term forgesmith for a better sounding fantasy name.Artificer I kept with wizard because they are both INT based prep casters with rituals and the SSI is reminiscent of a weaker version of spell mastery.  They seem more in line with wizards than bards to me.I was also tempted to move ranger between bard and rogue because the favored abilities grant conditional expertise on a class with bonus skill.</blockquote>