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WCDT strips 3726-3730 (April 23th-27th 2018)
Thrudd:
When going Bard you have a choice of just how to set them up
First a party is made up of these archetypes though there is room for variance but missing one ability could be a liability at times.
- Tank is front line in your face bad guy spanker
- Ranged - this is the one who can hit things at range - either a Ranger with a Bow or a warrior with an arquebus or a spell slinger
- Blaster - this is usually the big flashy area effect ouchie delivery system
- Support that will buff, enhance, heal or just have the secondary skills to get the party through non combat events
Some character builds can do two jobs reasonably well but you quickly run into the action economy limits in that you can only do so much at any given moment.
- most party bard builds are support and a set of 4 or 5 support characters is what has everyone whinging at
- Power Builds using the Pathfinder rules sets can build Bards that can fill one or more rolls quite handily
- First edition Bards were almost one character parties having to first start as a fighter type then change to a rogue type before entering a Bard college though the magic was Druidic
- Bard's Tale bards kicked everything's ass and were what first ed was based on - Fighter then scout then spell caster THEN BARD - do that in any modern game and they will call you a munchkin at best XD
If anyone is comming to Origins - look me up at the Fellowship Tables :angel:
Neko_Ali:
In current editions of D&D bards are more like rogues with a little bit of wizard and cleric magic. Very much a support character. While it would be possible to run an all bard party it would probably be a very specific campaign. Which might well be fun. But trying to run through an adventure designed for a balanced party they'd probably have a hard time of it. They can do a lot of things, but they are a master of none after all.
Is it cold in here?:
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--- Quote from: Gyrre on 22 Apr 2018, 07:51 ---What if you had a party entirely consisting of bards and/or bard multi-classes (i.e. bard-barian)?
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I'm so tempted to suggest this to one of my RPG groups. An entire party of Bards, and we'd call ourselves the Tenacious Defenders.
"We have the power... to MOVE you..."
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In a LARP I do (Disclosure.. haven't been for a couple of years) Bards have some of the most powerful magic in the system.
If you are going up against a high level Bard, you'd best pray he has no immunity to "Silence"... which, of course, is never the case.
:-D
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Irish proverb which I am probably misquoting:
"Three things make a wise man walk wide: the hosts of Connaught arrayed for battle, the lying tongue of a false woman, and the wrath of a bard".
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 23 Apr 2018, 14:26 ---In current editions of D&D bards are more like rogues with a little bit of wizard and cleric magic. Very much a support character. While it would be possible to run an all bard party it would probably be a very specific campaign. Which might well be fun. But trying to run through an adventure designed for a balanced party they'd probably have a hard time of it. They can do a lot of things, but they are a master of none after all.
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Speaking of rogues, my current character is of the arcane trickster variety. Only 2 of his spells are really meant specifically for combat (shocking grasp & sleep) everything else is more for role playing (disguise self, mage hand, minor illusion, charm person, & fog cloud).
Anyways, today's comic niicely demonstrates why I chose Tabaxi for Emily.
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 23 Apr 2018, 16:21 ---Irish proverb which I am probably misquoting:
"Three things make a wise man walk wide: the hosts of Connaught arrayed for battle, the lying tongue of a false woman, and the wrath of a bard".
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Extra bonus points if that bard is a female with the surname "Swift".
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