Bards in the actual historical sense went to colleges for ~20 years and were the super-scholars of the time. In game flavor, that knowledge can be information gleaned from legends and songs or it can be learned knowledge with the specific task of maintaining it to transfer to future generations. The traditional area of lore for a bard is history (arcana for wizards, religion for clerics, nature for druids) as one of the thematically scholarly classes. The bard is an excellent class for the concept mechanically and thematically. So were similar role under other names in many cultures because oral tradition to teach traditions and legends is universal predating written works. I do it with lore bards regularly because the historical and legendary Celtic or Welsh bards were scholars and advisors. Or would bard not be the best class? Wizards are my go-to 5e class, Ive played sorcerers, sorlocks, clerics and even a straight warlock (not my fav at all) so im looking for a fun concept for a bard and to try that in my next campaign. Has anyone made a lore bard like this? Someone who is a polymath but not really a musician, sure they may play an instrument but its not their thing, but they are a scholar of a wide variety of subjects? Think St Germain from the Castlevania, but not as much of a ******bag. One of over a dozen characters that I have made who I hope to get the chance to play someday. A bard whose ink-stained fingers have never touched a weapon, but who can stop an orc in his tracks with a cold stare.Ĭonstan Vertarrim. A bard who is a tad absent-minded, but who will spend hours intently fixated on the mysterious runes he found in the dungeon.
A bard who drinks tea and who prefers libraries to brothels. A bard who doesn't sing tawdry songs in a pub for coin, but who can perhaps open diplomatic relations with the nearby dwarven kingdom by regaling them with a dramatic retelling of the odes of their ancestors. And he would "harrumph" a lot in his speech patterns, with little wisps of smoke rising from his nostrils. Instead of singing to inspire others he would recite stories reminding them of the valiant deeds of the great heroes of legend.
So I would envision a gold dragonborn lore bard who is basically a middle-aged classics professor, complete with a tweed jacket and pince-nez glasses. I haven't yet but I have always wanted to!īards get some great abilities, but I have always shied away from playing one because I just don't have the extroverted musical personality to do the role justice.
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