The only reason I dont only play bard is that I hate their aesthetic

>>46167649
>their aesthetic
you know, most DMs let their characters choose what they wear

>>46167684
I'm talking about their abilities being music based

>>46168766
For a while I played a bard whose "songs" were spread through uplifting speeches to his troops. Refluff it.

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>>46168766
My next character is going to have supernatural fiery oratory as his "Bardic Music". With a Morality bent straight out of the man who was thursday/ The Calendar Council. Who needs laws, Laws of the land, laws of morality, or Laws of physics.

The Jester Appearance is A necessity.

Be creative, and or reference shitloads of stuff. It makes everything less boring.

>>46167649
>glowing runes appear when you cast a spell
>yes, the spell causes the symbol
>it's literally backwards and no one seems to see the problem
>now this trope is so common even respectable western media started using it
Anime was a mistake.

>>46168951
Probably a misunderstanding of what is actually occurring; the Sigils are the physical manifestations of the magical formulae being pronounced, and are themselves the mechanisms of the spell.

>>46167649

Then toss the lute. Have the music be them singing an ancient song of fallen warriors accompanied by the beating of a sword on a shields rim. Skald. Throat singing. Gregorian chant. There's plenty of interesting non-strumming-a-lute options with a bit of creativity.

If you're really set against any music at all just talk to your DM. Re-fluffung a bard to cast magic as if they were a sorcerer has no impact on gameplay.

If only magic girl anime was considered pedophilia in Japan so we wouldn't have to see this crap.

>>46167649

You just need to be playing the superior

A E S T H E T I C

>>46167649
I've always wanted to play a different kind of artist as a bard. Like an Artist that paints on the battlefield and inspires anyone who can see his Art. Gives me a reason to buy a Banner and wear it into battle, because I made it myself.

There's also my life-long dream of having an all-bard party doing a Battle of the Bands combat where each of us has a different instrument (drums, guitar, base, keyboard). Roll around in the wilderness until we come across some beefy motherfucker lugging around a baby-grand on his shoulders.

There's nothing wrong with Bards. There just aren't good published archtypes for them.

>>46167649
I hate the support focus. If there was a more offensive all-rounded, like a FF Red Mage, I'd like bards more.

>>46168766
One of their abilities is music based.....the music. The rest is fairly normal spells and skills. Just refluff the music shit

>>46176039
That's what I'm saying. I want to refluff it as bright, arcane lettering

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>>46176936

>>46176936
Ok. Do that.

>>46171674
INTO MY SETTING IT GOES

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>>46177298
no.