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Originally posted by Lord Brass:
Having said that then, why do we all find it so difficult to play bards (or solo bards) because it certainly seems like they're a chore for most of us.
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Because, as a general rule, Bards suck donkey snot. I for one would never play a Solo Bard--hell, I wouldn't even take a
party Bard. If they actually
were jacks-of-all-trades I would consider it; but as they are, they're only jack of
one trade: A crippled Mage who can use
most of the best weapons and wear
some of the best armors. True, due to the EXP caps of BG1/ToSC, there is little difference between a Mage and a Bard until BG2--but then, I tend not to carry a Mage along until the letter half of BG1 anyway.
I did design a kit once that was an
actual jack-of-all-trades; it'll never be made of course, because it's unbalanced. (By which I mean that it blows the entire Bard class right out of the water, and is therefore overpowered.)