New Game a bard.

Lucre · 01-29-2001, 09:40 AM

Hey i started a new game this-morning i am a Blade are these any good. I am a female Blade called Bob!?

Have any of you heard of age of wonders my friend is going to bye it?

Cleric · 01-29-2001, 01:09 PM

A female named bob! Bobby would be better.

Entreri · 01-29-2001, 01:29 PM

I love blade, They are like a show-man with a deadly art. They have cool tricks loke the spins, mage spells, 2weapon-style, thief tricks but what I hate is the poor rogue Thac0 thay have. The best will be a human Blade switching to a fighter later. Imagine the power of the spin with a 15 level fight that can cast a few spells and backstab !

01-30-2001, 01:36 AM

Bad advice! Nothing wrong with a blade but bards cannot dual class! Always play half-elf as a bard, better resistance to charm and sleep spells.

01-30-2001, 04:37 AM

I agree - half-elfs seem to works best. Personally though, I don't care for Bards much. I had a Skald as my main character in my last game and I got so fed up with him I started over -- and I was on chapter five when I decided to scrap my game and start anew. Part of the reason I started over though was because I picked a bad allignment: chaotic nuetral.

Bards do work good for good for identifying objects though and that's what I miss most.

Yorick · 01-30-2001, 10:30 AM

Mordigan, this post answered a question I had in another thread. Sorry you gave up on the Skald. Bards have been my fav. class in BG1 and IWD, and second only to the Monk in BG2. I've been playing my latest game as a Jester, but Blades rock!

Father Bronze · 01-30-2001, 10:46 AM

The 4th time through I played a Neutral Evil Jester. It was fun. Idetifying was a breeze. Picking pockets was fun -- hardly ever failed. It took a while to hunt down good armor.

*Minor spoiler/Advice: Try doing the quest to find Heaer Dalis. And when you are in the Underdark, look for the Mindflayers. There are some bard items along the way. Don't underestimate the value of wands. My bard usually sat in the middle of the party with a bow and fired off wands (Monster Summoning and Fire were the most used).

Yorick · 01-30-2001, 10:54 AM

Ah yes, pickpocketing - no money hassles, access to the best items in the game. I went to the Asylum with 100 000 gold pieces!! Yes 100 000gp!!!!! The Jester is a lot of fun. Confusion worked a treat on most enemies too. Only downside was that unlike other Bards the Jester can't use Halberds and Bastards swords. Oh well.

Lucre · 01-30-2001, 01:46 PM

Hey a jester was my second person my first was a kensai who got killed in the first dungeon,a jester called Kim was my second who got me out of the dungeon and is by far my favourite i got her to the highest level and was badly hurt by a beholder and then killed by Irenicus in the Nine Hells.So i started over as Lucre the Theif.

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01-29-2001, 09:40 AM	#1
Lucre Elminster Join Date: October 20, 2001 Location: England Posts: 413	Hey i started a new game this-morning i am a Blade are these any good. I am a female Blade called Bob!? Have any of you heard of age of wonders my friend is going to bye it?

01-29-2001, 01:09 PM	#2
Cleric Welcomed New User Join Date: November 20, 2003 Location: Norway Age: 46 Posts: 0	A female named bob! Bobby would be better.

01-29-2001, 01:29 PM	#3
Entreri Manshoon Join Date: March 18, 2001 Location: quebec, montreal Posts: 165	I love blade, They are like a show-man with a deadly art. They have cool tricks loke the spins, mage spells, 2weapon-style, thief tricks but what I hate is the poor rogue Thac0 thay have. The best will be a human Blade switching to a fighter later. Imagine the power of the spin with a 15 level fight that can cast a few spells and backstab !

01-30-2001, 01:36 AM	#4
G.W. Guest Posts: n/a	Bad advice! Nothing wrong with a blade but bards cannot dual class! Always play half-elf as a bard, better resistance to charm and sleep spells.

01-30-2001, 04:37 AM	#5
Mordigan Guest Posts: n/a	I agree - half-elfs seem to works best. Personally though, I don't care for Bards much. I had a Skald as my main character in my last game and I got so fed up with him I started over -- and I was on chapter five when I decided to scrap my game and start anew. Part of the reason I started over though was because I picked a bad allignment: chaotic nuetral. Bards do work good for good for identifying objects though and that's what I miss most.

01-30-2001, 10:30 AM	#6
Yorick Very Mad Bird Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam) Age: 52 Posts: 9,246	Mordigan, this post answered a question I had in another thread. Sorry you gave up on the Skald. Bards have been my fav. class in BG1 and IWD, and second only to the Monk in BG2. I've been playing my latest game as a Jester, but Blades rock!

01-30-2001, 10:46 AM	#7
Father Bronze Baaz Draconian Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 55 Posts: 719	The 4th time through I played a Neutral Evil Jester. It was fun. Idetifying was a breeze. Picking pockets was fun -- hardly ever failed. It took a while to hunt down good armor. *Minor spoiler/Advice: Try doing the quest to find Heaer Dalis. And when you are in the Underdark, look for the Mindflayers. There are some bard items along the way. Don't underestimate the value of wands. My bard usually sat in the middle of the party with a bow and fired off wands (Monster Summoning and Fire were the most used).

01-30-2001, 10:54 AM	#8
Yorick Very Mad Bird Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam) Age: 52 Posts: 9,246	Ah yes, pickpocketing - no money hassles, access to the best items in the game. I went to the Asylum with 100 000 gold pieces!! Yes 100 000gp!!!!! The Jester is a lot of fun. Confusion worked a treat on most enemies too. Only downside was that unlike other Bards the Jester can't use Halberds and Bastards swords. Oh well.

01-30-2001, 01:46 PM	#9
Lucre Elminster Join Date: October 20, 2001 Location: England Posts: 413	Hey a jester was my second person my first was a kensai who got killed in the first dungeon,a jester called Kim was my second who got me out of the dungeon and is by far my favourite i got her to the highest level and was badly hurt by a beholder and then killed by Irenicus in the Nine Hells.So i started over as Lucre the Theif.

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