Dear Half Orc, I see bard more like a gleeman than a court jester, traveling from city to city playing harp in taverns, makeing womens laugh and drinking lot's of wine. A bit like Robert Jordan books type of character, wearing patched cloak, carrying ton's of throwing knifes hidden under your shirt so that you can pull them out with flourish gesture, arousing envy all around you.. And ad G.W sayd, it's hard to get balance in your party with bard, true, but it also makes playing more interesting, challenging even. Besides, in Forgotten Realms, all heroic stuff is told by bards, so when lonely swordsman will die in silence, my dude writes he's own adventures down and he's name is rememberet for next millenium! ..he may become a BARDgod even, god of carousing and temptations
AND Metallica, for example, is a GROUP of bards! And they are richer than god himself..
-hobs-
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