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Originally Posted by manikus
Was it 3e when bards got bardsong? That was kind of cool, at least in the computer version of AD&D (I've not played a 3E bard in p and p AD&D).
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My wife plays one, one of her favorite classes. Though I -barely- got her playing D&D because the fiasco her last DM made of his campaign.
3e D&D p&p bards, well, to put it nicely, suck.
They really have sucky HD (I believe it is the Thief's, true, but they make up for it with sneak attacks and other abilities), their spellcasting has been taken away and their bardic abilities almost have no battle applications. So, in basic terms, their mages without the spellcasting. Really...bad.... They were handled badly.
I have the 2e Ninja's Handbook. It's good, but a bit...quirky. Ninjas, in IMHO, have no place outside of Kara-Tur.