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Actually, I think Blades are the best bards (because there not really bards).
Strap on a hill giant str. girdle (or better) - needed to increase hit and damage. Or alternativly the constitution girdle, but you won't really need it because he won't be hit that often with:
stoneskin & mirror image (especially higher in level) - you won't touch him (Mirror Image is way to powerfull).
His bigest prob. (beyond hit/damage & con.) is his inappropriate wepon choice. The dude should have been dual-wielding Katanas (Celstial Fury & Zerth Blade), his ability prof. (shortsword to katana) can be modified in ShadowKeeper.
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You also need his armor which you get when go on the planar prison quest after bringing back the gem back to the playhouse. Combine this with the Cloak of the Sewers (in the sewers).
His Offensive Spin is beter than a Kensai's Kai. Don't put boots of speed on him as any type of haste interferes with his Offensive Spin. (I went with boots of phasing, despite the curse, for the add. drop in AC. This works surpisingly well with a character that won't be hit because of magic and a character that is using Celestial Fury - jumping from one creature to another and stuning them for others in your crew to clean-up.) In addition, as another tactic, you can use a freedom ring (which conflicts w/ boots of speed) and shoot Web.
He can use the harp of pandemonium (which is awesome). There is also another good harp in the planar prison as well.
His THAC0 does get quite nice by the end of the game w/ exp. cap removed. (I think it was close to negative but I'm not sure, and I also had 7 Offensive spins to use & a lot of spells)
His Character is annoying for 2 reasons: 1. like Anomen he was generated as a love intrest and so he often refers to your character (male or female) as a bird (which is insipid); 2. he is also a Doomguard Entropy philosophy type from Torment & most people, including the other char.s, have no idea what he is talking about.
He causes real prob. w/ your char. (if male) and your love intrest w/ Arie (if your gettin-it-on w/ her).
Perhaps his most underated talent is picpocketing oppents b4 attacking (leaving them w/ no wepons to attack). Hmmm, just thought of a use for the defensive spin - get up close to your opponent do the defensive spin (when you run out of magic protection) and steal him blind (don't know if it will work).
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