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I'm aware that these games are based on PnP 2nd Ed. Dungeons & Dragons (which I've never played and am not very familiar with except through CRPG). If any Bard fans know, I'm curious why Bards were created as subclass of Rogues since, historically, the Celtic Bards were a subclass of Druid priests. A friend's older brother had a copy of 1st ed. AD&D Player's Handbook, and the Bard was listed in an appendix as an optional class, but wasn't a rogue subclass.
In the game, Bards primarily cast mage spells and there are several Bard/Mage-only items. It seems that, if anything, Bards should be a subclass of Mages. The only similarity between Bards and Thieves is their pickpockets ability, but using that logic Rangers actually seem more rogue-like than Bards, since rangers have stealth and there are a lot of Ranger/Thief-only specialty items in the game. The literary model for the Ranger seems to be from Tolkein, but Aragorn didn't cast spells or dual-wield. I think the Ranger should have been fighters with stealth and given find/remove traps (but no spells). The Thief should have been be the only character with pickpockets. And Bards would have their songs, but use Druid spells instead of Mage spells.
[ 10-25-2004, 09:40 AM: Message edited by: jmsteven ]
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