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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 179214" data-attributes="member: 710">I played a bard character like it is presented in the PHB, and I had much fun. I wasn`t able to shine in combat, but I allowed my allies to shine in combat. I was the party`s healer and negotiator. I knew things not even the loremaster did know. I had a great time with the character.One of the other players, in an actually very dungeon-heavy group, plays a Halfging Rogue/Bard, and he has proved very valuable. His Inspire Courage and Inspire Greatness abilities helped us a lot (with the right instruments, he can give us a +4 bonus to our attack rolls). The player has much fun. In a Wheel of Time campaign, we have three wanderers, one of them is aiming for the gleeman, the WoT Bard Variant. The player is the same as for the Halfling Rogue/Bard, and again, he seems to have a great time (even if in the first 3 battles, his characters landed on the floor after the first hit <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=":)" /> )But anyway, even if the class is fine, you can have some ideas to vary it. <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=":)" />1) Bard`s using "semispontaneous" casting. One of my ideas is, that bard`s might really have the use for a spell book. A good performer might have some "standard performances" he can do nearly every time he needs one. But he is able to learn something new (Julia Roberts can play other roles as the "Pretty Woman"; Dan Akroyd sings not only Rythm & Blues, but also "country and western", and he can also act more than just his Elwood Blues Role <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=":)" /> ). So, give the bard a "songbook". Here he can write down bardic spells, using the same rules as a wizard for wizard spells. For "Implementation": If you think the bard is weak as is, just add this option: He can write down spells into his spellbook. He still learns according to the standard chart, and these are the spells he learns to cast spontaneously. If he wants to use spells from the book, he has to prepare them, like a wizard does. Alternetively, you might make it a Feat-dependend thing, or a "class ability choice at 1st level" - choose between 2 extra skill points or spellbook...2) "Spellsongs"Make some special bardic music abilities that might be feat and spell dependent. Example: The virtuosos "sharp note" as a "Spellsong": If a bard knows the Keen Edge spell, and takes this feat, he can cause all slashing and piercings weapons of his allies to double its critical modifier. This is a supernatural ability and does not stack with Keen Edge. It lasts 5 rounds + Performance of the bard. The feat solution for 1 and 2 do have the advantages that you can apply it to bards that are already "inplay". Mustrum Ridcully</blockquote>

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