At low levels the duration will be short, but It won’t work once you go into combat, but if you can surpriseįoes with it or start it before anyone rolls initiative you can get a handle
Bardic Music does a lot, and it’s extremely effective. If you do invest skill points in your actual skills, you essentially getĪbility. 5 ranks in Knowledge (History) will give you an edge, Single skill point in a Knowledge skill, you can still compete with any other Only arcane casters with built-in access to healing spells, as well as aīardic Knowledge: Even if you don’t invest a Spells: Despite only being a 2/3 caster theīard has one of the most interesting spell lists in the game. Basically anything that be done with skills can Skills: More skills than the rogue, but less Introduction Bard Class Featuresīase Attack Bonus: 2/3 BAB is enough to get I also omit the use of “Flaws” since they allow a massive increase in power with essentially no cost to the character. Those options also tend to be wildly unbalanced and rarely receive errata. I am of the opinion that those options are intended to be limited to campaigns run in those settings, and as such they don’t really apply to a generic campaign. It’s important to note that I generally omit campaign-setting specific content. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.For help identifying sourcebook abbreviations, see my Sourcebook Abbreviations Guide. Because so little of 3.5 is available on the SRD, I will attempt to tag items with a superscript indicating their book of origin. RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which tend to be more consistent than 3.5 handbooks. Multiclassing and Prestige Classes Disclaimer.The bard’s biggest roles are as a Face, Librarian, Support, and UtilityĬaster, though they can fill nearly any role with a handful of clever build Which that truism applies better than to the Bard.
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Master of none.” Well, the full line is “Jack of all trades, master of none,īut often times better than a master of one”, and I can think of few things to Make a fantastic member of a small party due to their wide-rangingĪ classic criticism of bards it that they are a “jack of all trades and a They make an excellent addition to a large party which hasĮvery role covered due to their effects as a force-multiplyer, but they also Nearly any role in a party without depending entirely on spells to do so like With great skills,ĭeceptively good spellcasting, and decent combat abilities, the Bard can fill The bard is among the most versatile classes in 3.5.