Hey Kakero,
I don't know what I was thinking when selecting a bard. I'm going to change her into something else but not yet.
I've had lots of fun using viola'd'amour on NPCs... lol.
In non-combat situations I make Argentina to play violin of love and then Firefly casts mindreads... or argentina goes ahead with pickpocketing. I've collected some money, odd items and very puzzling thoughts that way. However I've no idea how to use the information gained that way.
The bard's ability of playing certain instruments can certainly speed up the starting process in a battle. I normally use in a battle (from sofar found instruments) angels tongue, snare of delay and sirens veil meanwhile FireFly (bishop) can do some more damaging spells.
Now with the gadgeteer I haven't had so much fun than with the bard thought. The omnigun is cool... and I like the gadgets. They're nifty too.

. I haven't had much use for the talents of the gadgeteer yet. Surely I don't have so much little parts of gadgets to carry around now when I got a gadgeteer who can put them together.

.
Greetings,
TundraWasp