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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 179022" data-attributes="member: 907">Re: More like Master of One...Agreed on the necessity of Perform.Concentration is generally only necessary if you're going to be casting in melee. Also, the bard will tend to have slightly lower DCs for Concentration checks, because he's casting lower-level spells. Spellcraft is mainly useful for counterspelling (which I don't think a bard will be doing all that often) and for learning new spells (which a bard doesn't need to do). No need to max out these two.I'd call it 2 or 3 myself - the bard can get by with half the maximum value in Concentration and Spellcraft, I think. The ranger needs Wilderness Lore as much as the bard needs Perform, and Hide, Move Silently, Spot and Listen at least as much as the bard needs Spellcraft and Concentration. The monk doesn't have any &quot;must-have&quot; skills in the same way, except maybe Tumble - plenty of &quot;nice to have&quot; skills, but none that define the class in the same way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 179022, member: 907"] [b]Re: More like Master of One...[/b] Agreed on the necessity of Perform.Concentration is generally only necessary if you're going to be casting in melee. Also, the bard will tend to have slightly lower DCs for Concentration checks, because he's casting lower-level spells. Spellcraft is mainly useful for counterspelling (which I don't think a bard will be doing all that often) and for learning new spells (which a bard doesn't need to do). No need to max out these two.I'd call it 2 or 3 myself - the bard can get by with half the maximum value in Concentration and Spellcraft, I think. The ranger needs Wilderness Lore as much as the bard needs Perform, and Hide, Move Silently, Spot and Listen at least as much as the bard needs Spellcraft and Concentration. The monk doesn't have any "must-have" skills in the same way, except maybe Tumble - plenty of "nice to have" skills, but none that define the class in the same way. [/QUOTE]

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