I am going to be playing bard for the first time. My first spell caster too. I am taking it so that I can be the Faceman for the group. Basically...I enjoy the role play aspect of the game anyway. I am just wondering. Is there anything I should be looking to do as a bard whose primary and almost exclusive focus is role play? My background will be a guild merchant. So I can be the money guy too.
Well, I am playing a Bard with the similar objective, to maximize RP, but I'm doing it a little different. Using the point buy system I am using a half-elf because he gets +2 CHR, and +1 in two other categories of his choice. After buying his stats I had ...
Str 10 - Dex 14 - Int 12 - Wis 14 - Con 12 - Chr 16
I took Vicious Mockery and Mend, but if I were to play it over I might start with Vicious Mockery and Prestidigitation. For spells I recommend Charm Person, Comprehend Languages, Cure Wounds and Bane.
At level 4 you take +2 Chr, which increases your magic and number of Bardic Inspiration dice.
For RP, I chose College of Lore, which gives you two extra spells (at level 6), and you may choose from every spell in the book.
As for really being the money guy, you can still be a merchant through RP, and this is something like what is going on in my campaign. On my downtime I am taking a cart full of fresh fruit to the next town and bringing back several casks of ale. The trek makes money both ways. There are all sorts of ways like this to make money so talk to your DM. Good luck.
Also for RP and for the cash, I chose Performer background. My DM is strict about paying daily maintenance costs, so this saves 2gp every night we are in a settlement and I get some silver pieces on top of that for my performance. Actually, a bard could get rich just on that if he were to wait a little while; no living expenses and 15+ silver pieces every day can add up.
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I am going to be playing bard for the first time. My first spell caster too. I am taking it so that I can be the Faceman for the group. Basically...I enjoy the role play aspect of the game anyway. I am just wondering. Is there anything I should be looking to do as a bard whose primary and almost exclusive focus is role play? My background will be a guild merchant. So I can be the money guy too.
:)
something I personally do.
i always randomly roll for my traits bonds ideals and flaws from the background. I let that determine my alignment. And then I think of a real life historical or not person. And 1 fictitious person. And use those 2 for the basis of how I portray the personality of my character.
Steve Irwin and Jigsaw from the saw movies?
Jackie Kennedy and Keyser Soze from usual suspects?
Tom Green and Caboose from RvB?
you never know how fun a character can be until you truly make them your own. Like they’re your own personal DID persona you have.
Well, I am playing a Bard with the similar objective, to maximize RP, but I'm doing it a little different. Using the point buy system I am using a half-elf because he gets +2 CHR, and +1 in two other categories of his choice. After buying his stats I had ...
Str 10 - Dex 14 - Int 12 - Wis 14 - Con 12 - Chr 16
I took Vicious Mockery and Mend, but if I were to play it over I might start with Vicious Mockery and Prestidigitation. For spells I recommend Charm Person, Comprehend Languages, Cure Wounds and Bane.
At level 4 you take +2 Chr, which increases your magic and number of Bardic Inspiration dice.
For RP, I chose College of Lore, which gives you two extra spells (at level 6), and you may choose from every spell in the book.
As for really being the money guy, you can still be a merchant through RP, and this is something like what is going on in my campaign. On my downtime I am taking a cart full of fresh fruit to the next town and bringing back several casks of ale. The trek makes money both ways. There are all sorts of ways like this to make money so talk to your DM. Good luck.
Also for RP and for the cash, I chose Performer background. My DM is strict about paying daily maintenance costs, so this saves 2gp every night we are in a settlement and I get some silver pieces on top of that for my performance. Actually, a bard could get rich just on that if he were to wait a little while; no living expenses and 15+ silver pieces every day can add up.
If you think about that....
you would need 2gp to survive if not an entertainer.
you make 15 silver. 1.5 gold. Per day. That actually puts you below the poverty line in that aspect. If you weren’t getting free housing (section 9?), then you’d be on hard times. Not near as profitable as you think. A Druid who lives out in the Forrest alone foraging for food using an herbalism kit to make and sell healing potions once a week will put earn you by a ton.
🤷🏼♂️ But... D&D isn’t exactly an economy sim so. 🤷🏼♂️
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I am going to be playing bard for the first time. My first spell caster too. I am taking it so that I can be the Faceman for the group. Basically...I enjoy the role play aspect of the game anyway. I am just wondering. Is there anything I should be looking to do as a bard whose primary and almost exclusive focus is role play? My background will be a guild merchant. So I can be the money guy too.
:)
Well, I am playing a Bard with the similar objective, to maximize RP, but I'm doing it a little different. Using the point buy system I am using a half-elf because he gets +2 CHR, and +1 in two other categories of his choice. After buying his stats I had ...
Str 10 - Dex 14 - Int 12 - Wis 14 - Con 12 - Chr 16
I took Vicious Mockery and Mend, but if I were to play it over I might start with Vicious Mockery and Prestidigitation. For spells I recommend Charm Person, Comprehend Languages, Cure Wounds and Bane.
At level 4 you take +2 Chr, which increases your magic and number of Bardic Inspiration dice.
For RP, I chose College of Lore, which gives you two extra spells (at level 6), and you may choose from every spell in the book.
As for really being the money guy, you can still be a merchant through RP, and this is something like what is going on in my campaign. On my downtime I am taking a cart full of fresh fruit to the next town and bringing back several casks of ale. The trek makes money both ways. There are all sorts of ways like this to make money so talk to your DM. Good luck.
Also for RP and for the cash, I chose Performer background. My DM is strict about paying daily maintenance costs, so this saves 2gp every night we are in a settlement and I get some silver pieces on top of that for my performance. Actually, a bard could get rich just on that if he were to wait a little while; no living expenses and 15+ silver pieces every day can add up.
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt
something I personally do.
i always randomly roll for my traits bonds ideals and flaws from the background. I let that determine my alignment. And then I think of a real life historical or not person. And 1 fictitious person. And use those 2 for the basis of how I portray the personality of my character.
Steve Irwin and Jigsaw from the saw movies?
Jackie Kennedy and Keyser Soze from usual suspects?
Tom Green and Caboose from RvB?
you never know how fun a character can be until you truly make them your own. Like they’re your own personal DID persona you have.
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If you think about that....
you would need 2gp to survive if not an entertainer.
you make 15 silver. 1.5 gold. Per day. That actually puts you below the poverty line in that aspect. If you weren’t getting free housing (section 9?), then you’d be on hard times. Not near as profitable as you think. A Druid who lives out in the Forrest alone foraging for food using an herbalism kit to make and sell healing potions once a week will put earn you by a ton.
🤷🏼♂️ But... D&D isn’t exactly an economy sim so. 🤷🏼♂️
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