As Sephiroth pointed out, scheming, planning and duels are much more fun than bards. Bards just have this nasty habit of telling the same old jokes, singing the same old songs, and coming up with horribly exaggerated encounters involving great heroes who nearly die at the hands of every kobold they see, essentially, they're boring. Now the scheming is good, wholesome fun
-Jafin
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Arch-Mage of the HADB
Destroyer of the evil Bunnies
Guardian of Boo and best friend of Minsc