In AD&D books there is no Bards!?!
There is a Bloody ton of wizards
Plenty of fighters
Quite a number of Clerics
A few Theifs
No Bards!?! I want a famous Bard damn it!
Bah..
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So if in the forest look behind you, because that where the ranger is going to be
Grand-Jester of Laghing Hyenas
Messenger of the Emerald Dragon
May a pregnant yak chew on your ear for all eternity.