 Frail spellcasters whack close quarters combatants whack immobile tanks whack me. I'm tight as fuck first time playing D&D I realized I'm too cool for any sort of specialized role But that was only because I hadn't figured out that there's only one way to play it right with a sword in one hand and a harp in The other shouting my greatness from the rooftops laying bitches and slaying witches or is it laying witches and slaying bitches I can't quite remember. I was too busy giving the tavern owner a reason to stay in business Welcome to a crap guide to D&D The jack of all trades master of none is still better than someone who only has one gimmick and has to hide for the rest of The fight because they've run out of class features and spell slots if the sword and shield were an RPG class So to be the bard one that's good at doing everything and doing everyone you can cast spells learn tons of skills support allies harm enemies harm allies support Enemies woo crowds boo crowds and most importantly lay dragons It's the most versatile class and it's various archetypes allow you to fill literally any role So who even needs anything else need DPS college of swords need a tank college of valor Want to make rogues useless college of whispers need to get good at the game college of sit-down shut up and listen your most important feature Bardic inspiration is like the little girl Wolverine version of the big daddy Logan and is absolutely Game-breaking by being a radiant concentration of pure awesomeness You can allow anyone else an additional die to roll and add to almost anything think that weak-ass wizard won't be able to make The con save against that poison attack inspired the fighter needs to land the killing blow on an enemy with a high armor class Inspired wingman just told you about a hot piece of slizz that walked into a high-class tavern And that he needs you to hype him up to be able to talk his way in and maybe nab a few extras on the way out for you You best bet your ass that homie's gonna be in fact screw your wingman You can do it yourself jack of all trades and expertise means whatever you're bad at you're suddenly good at and whatever you're good at You're suddenly unbelievably amazing at nothing can stop you well Maybe accept a pretty face by playing D&D you automatically sign an unwritten contract that forces you to write your character to fall Under the pure stereotype of whatever class you pick everybody knows you have to follow that contract or else Matt Mercer will Sneak into your house and throw foam noodles at you from the corner of your living room All wizards are smart-ass eggheads all rogues are kleptomaniacs and all bards are lust compelled sex deviance It's just the rules I don't make them and of course the main gimmick of the bard is that it's artistically expressive in some way people usually think this Means musician that's because their brain are like this why my brain are like this Like a saying dance paint prance make a pretty dirt drunk with a lance plenty of ways to further enhance the battlefield If given the right chance now, you know how to play Bard. You're welcome