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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8307922" data-attributes="member: 6796468">So... If I were to be -forced- "Delete the Bard"...I'd make it into a Rogue Subclass that can trade in sneak attack damage per turn to create other effects. They'd have their full spellcasting, but the list would be fairly limited to Conjuration, Enchantment, Illusion, and Transmutation.I'd give them Healing Performances where your song/dance/inspiring oration/whatever allows you to split your sneak attack dice between 6 targets within range as healing and make it a limited number of times per day or per short rest. Do something similar for trading in sneak attack dice to give allies attacks or other functions... Make Sneak Attack Dice their primary "Martial" resource while Spellcasting is their primary "Magical" resources.Plus they'd get a lot of skills and other rogue abilities 'cause they'd be rogues, but would be using their Sneak Attack dice for other purposes so kind of lag in overall rogueliness.Jack of all trades, master of none.But I would -much- rather have Bards exist as a full class of their own. Preferably with some unique mechanics rather than just a variety of mechanics lifted from other classes.</blockquote>