I personally have several bard characters, on a wide range of patterns. One is a Rock Star themed variant human bard who specializes in Thunder damage(and the Thunderstruck song). Another is The Collector, a Changeling college of whispers Bard who likes spying on others and gathering information on other’s behavior, “collecting” their faces, personalities, sometimes memories, and at rare times souls. Another is a stereotypical heads-over-heels in love with any and all women Satyr college of Glamour Bard. Another is a scholarly bard who mostly listens, choosing his words carefully when he does speak, and is learned in most subjects (time to out-Intelligence the Wizard via Expertise). There are many Archetypes of Bard, each one with a variety of possibilities for personality and flavor. Generally speaking, magic through music, thus bards are just as varied as the different types of music. Some calm, some energetic, some ominous, some angry, some inspiring, some melancholy, some romantic, so on and so forth across the dance floor that is reality.
Jaskier in The Witcher.
Taliesyn- the original Welsh bard
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Other early bards would include Orpheus, Homer, Ovid, Shakespeare, and Chretien de Troyes.
Wisea$$ DM and Player since 1979.
I personally have several bard characters, on a wide range of patterns. One is a Rock Star themed variant human bard who specializes in Thunder damage(and the Thunderstruck song). Another is The Collector, a Changeling college of whispers Bard who likes spying on others and gathering information on other’s behavior, “collecting” their faces, personalities, sometimes memories, and at rare times souls. Another is a stereotypical heads-over-heels in love with any and all women Satyr college of Glamour Bard. Another is a scholarly bard who mostly listens, choosing his words carefully when he does speak, and is learned in most subjects (time to out-Intelligence the Wizard via Expertise). There are many Archetypes of Bard, each one with a variety of possibilities for personality and flavor. Generally speaking, magic through music, thus bards are just as varied as the different types of music. Some calm, some energetic, some ominous, some angry, some inspiring, some melancholy, some romantic, so on and so forth across the dance floor that is reality.
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