When you play a bard, what vibe do you go for?
>>97797038A deranged chronicler, addicted to his kingmaking craft. Sometimes hiding behind a common hype man persona, a parasitic lifeform, obssessed with building up stories of heroes.
Traveling storyteller and lore collector.Not that I play bards in the literal sense. I have just played two or three characters that are somewhat compatible. The rare times I played d&d proper I never played bards. Gameplay wise the class doesn't appeal to me. Honestly not a fan of charisma based classes in general.
>>97797038https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuTo7zKM8
>>97797038Natural Philosopher-River Pirate Ruso-Tatar Cossack-Wisewoman from the Silk Road.
>>97797038The vibe of playing traditional games. You?
>>97797038Con artist with a sincere love of music, people and life. Not quite enough to be a dedicated "steal from the rich, give to the poor" type, but only steals from the rich and the barest amount of puppy eyes will have him giving to the poor.
>>97797038Cheer captain, resident lore dispenser and well-experienced traveler.And I never fucking consult the lore with the GM. It's both his job and fault he put a giant target on his back that says "Abuse my game, for which I'm not prepared"
>>97797080Nice>>97797038I try to buck the quippy Marvel shit by playing an officer whose inspiration takes the form of barking orders and who has a natural aura of leadership explaining his knack for interpersonal relations - like a Patton type. That's a pretty standard subversion by now, though, so sometimes I'll run it as a mousy, fringe bookworm type - like Velma.
>>97797656>And I never fucking consult the lore with the GM. It's both his job and fault he put a giant target on his back that says "Abuse my game, for which I'm not prepared"I like your style
I'm currently playing a very vain bard who is basically adventuring as a traveling musician to grow his fanbase and ultimately get a record deal and become the David Bowie of the campaign setting. He plays nice but it's all being coy and placating for selfish reasons, he believes he's above the "riffraff" but needs to interact with commoners in order to get more popular. Of course, the rest of the party is fully aware of this and loves knocking him down a peg if he gets too big for his britches. It's very fun to play the extravagant rock performance stuff, but it's equally fun when I make shitty rolls and fall flat on my face, as if the universe is telling him to stop being such a bitch. Can do really cool shit, but can also be the butt of the joke just as often.
>>97797038A divorced and depressed juggler whose wife threw him out for juggling.
>>97797038The world's great hypeman
