Any ideas to optimize a Bard? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Any ideas to optimize a Bard? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Dench
03-17-06, 06:28 PM I'm about to play a Bard (around 3 - 5 level, my DM has not decided yet) , it is going to focus in spellcasting and ranged attacks, any idea of any race that suits this or any good Bard/any other class good combo??? Most of the PC's in my party are Fighter Power, and I tend to be the only caster :D
I can use almost any book, except Magic of Incarnium, Spell Compendium and Tome of Magic... and most of Forgotten Realms books (I only have Races of Faerun)
For more reference I'm intending that my bard be a support character for the other "Meat Walls" and focusing in ranged attacks as well.

Oh, yeah... the Party is CN.
PhoenixInferno
03-17-06, 06:42 PM Humans are always good.

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Dench
03-17-06, 06:58 PM Humans are always good.

Want a better response? Write a better post. Posting guidelines are in my sig.

Good guidelines, edited the post to a better view :)
ZeroEffect
03-17-06, 07:10 PM If you want to focus on spellcasting, consider Sublime Chord.

If you search the forum, you'll find a whole bunch of stuff on Bards and Sublime Chords. Check out the stickies at the top of the forum... "The Optimization Library." The thread titled "Some Handy Links for CO Work."

Check all that out, and then come back here and post a build with race, ability scores, and feat choices. Then ask for suggestions and critiques and I'm sure people will come out of the woodwork to help you. :)
MingThing
03-18-06, 10:51 AM in complete arcane book, theres a feat called battle caster, wich gives u the possibillity to use medium armour and still cast spells without spell failure.

If u dont have any rouges in the party, u might want to pick up levels in rouge, so u get the trapfinding feat, and thus be able to find traps above dc 20, and be able to disable them. get yourself some wands or such, and u increase your spellpower. humans get extra feat at lvl 1, and that gives u more options to start with, and +1 skill points, to use for the perform skill.

if u got a lot of meatshields, u should be able to buff them with more than your song, like bulls strength and such.

But i never played bard myself, so what do i know :rolleyes:

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Dench 03-17-06, 06:28 PM	I'm about to play a Bard (around 3 - 5 level, my DM has not decided yet) , it is going to focus in spellcasting and ranged attacks, any idea of any race that suits this or any good Bard/any other class good combo??? Most of the PC's in my party are Fighter Power, and I tend to be the only caster :D I can use almost any book, except Magic of Incarnium, Spell Compendium and Tome of Magic... and most of Forgotten Realms books (I only have Races of Faerun) For more reference I'm intending that my bard be a support character for the other "Meat Walls" and focusing in ranged attacks as well. Oh, yeah... the Party is CN.
PhoenixInferno 03-17-06, 06:42 PM	Humans are always good. Want a better response? Write a better post. Posting guidelines are in my sig.
Dench 03-17-06, 06:58 PM	Humans are always good. Want a better response? Write a better post. Posting guidelines are in my sig. Good guidelines, edited the post to a better view :)
ZeroEffect 03-17-06, 07:10 PM	If you want to focus on spellcasting, consider Sublime Chord. If you search the forum, you'll find a whole bunch of stuff on Bards and Sublime Chords. Check out the stickies at the top of the forum... "The Optimization Library." The thread titled "Some Handy Links for CO Work." Check all that out, and then come back here and post a build with race, ability scores, and feat choices. Then ask for suggestions and critiques and I'm sure people will come out of the woodwork to help you. :)
MingThing 03-18-06, 10:51 AM	in complete arcane book, theres a feat called battle caster, wich gives u the possibillity to use medium armour and still cast spells without spell failure. If u dont have any rouges in the party, u might want to pick up levels in rouge, so u get the trapfinding feat, and thus be able to find traps above dc 20, and be able to disable them. get yourself some wands or such, and u increase your spellpower. humans get extra feat at lvl 1, and that gives u more options to start with, and +1 skill points, to use for the perform skill. if u got a lot of meatshields, u should be able to buff them with more than your song, like bulls strength and such. But i never played bard myself, so what do i know :rolleyes: