Bard - Revision history

Slitherrr at 05:52, 20 March 2010

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	Rules wise, bards function identically to their SRD counterparts.		Rules wise, bards function identically to their SRD counterparts.

	Their common place in the world, however, could not be more different. While there is no shortage of minstrels and other traveling bards mucking about the continent, more often than not, bards are found among the company of military men. Their unique access to arcane healing magic, coupled with the church's prohibition on divine participation in wars between Goodly Races, makes bards invaluable on the battlefield, even without considering their effect on troop morale and combat effectiveness, as their songs and stories ~~wile~~ away the boring hours and dark winters that make up most of military life, while invigorating the spirit during frenetic clashes. Additionally, as schooled and literate folk, their advice is generally sound and grounded in historical context, and rare is the noble or general who does not have a bardic biographer on staff.		Their common place in the world, however, could not be more different. While there is no shortage of minstrels and other traveling bards mucking about the continent, more often than not, bards are found among the company of military men. Their unique access to arcane healing magic, coupled with the church's prohibition on divine participation in wars between Goodly Races, makes bards invaluable on the battlefield, even without considering their effect on troop morale and combat effectiveness, as their songs and stories while away the boring hours and dark winters that make up most of military life, while invigorating the spirit during frenetic clashes. Additionally, as schooled and literate folk, their advice is generally sound and grounded in historical context, and rare is the noble or general who does not have a bardic biographer on staff.

	In addition to being fixtures on the battlefield, or perhaps ~~in addition to~~ it, bards are highly represented among the nobility and educated set, and most Alexandrian Universities feature a Bardic College, each with its own flavor. For example, the [[Choral College]] of Flannary is generally seen as being peerless in the craft of music, while [[The Academy]] of Ubrekt produces orators, historians, and dramatists second to none. The [[King's Conservatory]] serves as the bardic college of [[Odessa]], and Gildenhome, of course, has no bardic college, per se, but an active contingent of bards and skalds is always to be found in the [[Halls of the Ancestors]]. Despite the University of Hakan being almost entirely devoted to the study of arcane magic, there is no bardic college attached to it. Most gnomish bards, in fact, are essentially gnomish skalds from the Scarlands.		In addition to being fixtures on the battlefield, or perhaps because of it, bards are highly represented among the nobility and educated set, and most Alexandrian Universities feature a Bardic College, each with its own flavor. For example, the [[Choral College]] of Flannary is generally seen as being peerless in the craft of music, while [[The Academy]] of Ubrekt produces orators, historians, and dramatists second to none. The [[King's Conservatory]] serves as the bardic college of [[Odessa]], and Gildenhome, of course, has no bardic college, per se, but an active contingent of bards and skalds is always to be found in the [[Halls of the Ancestors]]. Despite the University of Hakan being almost entirely devoted to the study of arcane magic, there is no bardic college attached to it. Most gnomish bards, in fact, are essentially gnomish skalds from the Scarlands.

	In the Peteran Empire, bards are actually quite rare. The highly magocratic Petran elite actively discourage bards, and culturally the niche bards occupy - actor and entertainer - is seen as on par with prostitutes and other lower sorts.		In the Peteran Empire, bards are actually quite rare. The highly magocratic Petran elite actively discourage bards, and culturally the niche bards occupy - actor and entertainer - is seen as on par with prostitutes and other lower sorts.

75.64.111.120 at 21:59, 19 March 2010

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	Their common place in the world, however, could not be more different. While there is no shortage of minstrels and other traveling bards mucking about the continent, more often than not, bards are found among the company of military men. Their unique access to arcane healing magic, coupled with the church's prohibition on divine participation in wars between Goodly Races, makes bards invaluable on the battlefield, even without considering their effect on troop morale and combat effectiveness, as their songs and stories wile away the boring hours and dark winters that make up most of military life, while invigorating the spirit during frenetic clashes. Additionally, as schooled and literate folk, their advice is generally sound and grounded in historical context, and rare is the noble or general who does not have a bardic biographer on staff.		Their common place in the world, however, could not be more different. While there is no shortage of minstrels and other traveling bards mucking about the continent, more often than not, bards are found among the company of military men. Their unique access to arcane healing magic, coupled with the church's prohibition on divine participation in wars between Goodly Races, makes bards invaluable on the battlefield, even without considering their effect on troop morale and combat effectiveness, as their songs and stories wile away the boring hours and dark winters that make up most of military life, while invigorating the spirit during frenetic clashes. Additionally, as schooled and literate folk, their advice is generally sound and grounded in historical context, and rare is the noble or general who does not have a bardic biographer on staff.

			In addition to being fixtures on the battlefield, or perhaps in addition to it, bards are highly represented among the nobility and educated set, and most Alexandrian Universities feature a Bardic College, each with its own flavor. For example, the [[Choral College]] of Flannary is generally seen as being peerless in the craft of music, while [[The Academy]] of Ubrekt produces orators, historians, and dramatists second to none. The [[King's Conservatory]] serves as the bardic college of [[Odessa]], and Gildenhome, of course, has no bardic college, per se, but an active contingent of bards and skalds is always to be found in the [[Halls of the Ancestors]]. Despite the University of Hakan being almost entirely devoted to the study of arcane magic, there is no bardic college attached to it. Most gnomish bards, in fact, are essentially gnomish skalds from the Scarlands.

	In the Peteran Empire, bards are actually quite rare. The highly magocratic Petran elite actively discourage bards, and culturally the niche bards occupy - actor and entertainer - is seen as on par with prostitutes and other lower sorts.		In the Peteran Empire, bards are actually quite rare. The highly magocratic Petran elite actively discourage bards, and culturally the niche bards occupy - actor and entertainer - is seen as on par with prostitutes and other lower sorts.

75.64.111.120 at 21:48, 19 March 2010

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	Rules wise, bards function ~~indentically~~ to their SRD counterparts.		Rules wise, bards function identically to their SRD counterparts.

	Their common place in the world, however, could not be more different. While there is no shortage of minstrels and other traveling bards mucking about the continent, more often than not, bards are found among the company of military men. Their unique access to arcane healing magic, coupled with the church's prohibition on divine participation in wars between Goodly Races, makes bards invaluable on the battlefield, even without considering their effect on troop morale and combat effectiveness, as their songs and stories wile away the boring hours and dark winters that make up most of military life, while invigorating the spirit during frenetic clashes. Additionally, as schooled and literate folk, their advice is generally sound and grounded in historical context, and rare is the noble or general who does not have a bardic biographer on staff.		Their common place in the world, however, could not be more different. While there is no shortage of minstrels and other traveling bards mucking about the continent, more often than not, bards are found among the company of military men. Their unique access to arcane healing magic, coupled with the church's prohibition on divine participation in wars between Goodly Races, makes bards invaluable on the battlefield, even without considering their effect on troop morale and combat effectiveness, as their songs and stories wile away the boring hours and dark winters that make up most of military life, while invigorating the spirit during frenetic clashes. Additionally, as schooled and literate folk, their advice is generally sound and grounded in historical context, and rare is the noble or general who does not have a bardic biographer on staff.

	In the Peteran Empire, bards are actually quite rare. The highly magocratic Petran elite actively discourage bards, and culturally the niche bards occupy - actor and entertainer - is seen as on par with prostitutes and other lower sorts.		In the Peteran Empire, bards are actually quite rare. The highly magocratic Petran elite actively discourage bards, and culturally the niche bards occupy - actor and entertainer - is seen as on par with prostitutes and other lower sorts.

75.64.111.120 at 21:48, 19 March 2010

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	Rules wise, bards function indentically to their SRD counterparts.		Rules wise, bards function indentically to their SRD counterparts.

	Their common place in the world, however, could not be more different. While there is no shortage of minstrels and other traveling bards mucking about the continent, more often than not, bards are found among the company of military men. Their unique access to arcane healing magic, coupled with the church's prohibition on divine participation in wars between Goodly Races, makes bards invaluable on the battlefield, even without considering their effect on troop morale and combat effectiveness, as their songs and stories wile away the boring hours and dark winters that make up most of military life, while ~~envigorating~~ the spirit during frenetic clashes. Additionally, as schooled and literate folk, their advice is generally sound and grounded in historical context, and rare is the noble or general who does not have a bardic biographer on staff.		Their common place in the world, however, could not be more different. While there is no shortage of minstrels and other traveling bards mucking about the continent, more often than not, bards are found among the company of military men. Their unique access to arcane healing magic, coupled with the church's prohibition on divine participation in wars between Goodly Races, makes bards invaluable on the battlefield, even without considering their effect on troop morale and combat effectiveness, as their songs and stories wile away the boring hours and dark winters that make up most of military life, while invigorating the spirit during frenetic clashes. Additionally, as schooled and literate folk, their advice is generally sound and grounded in historical context, and rare is the noble or general who does not have a bardic biographer on staff.

	In the Peteran Empire, bards are actually quite rare. The highly magocratic Petran elite actively discourage bards, and culturally the niche bards occupy - actor and entertainer - is seen as on par with prostitutes and other lower sorts.		In the Peteran Empire, bards are actually quite rare. The highly magocratic Petran elite actively discourage bards, and culturally the niche bards occupy - actor and entertainer - is seen as on par with prostitutes and other lower sorts.

75.64.111.120 at 21:48, 19 March 2010

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	Rules wise, bards function indentically to their SRD counterparts. Their common place in the world, however, could not be more different. While there is no shortage of minstrels and other traveling bards, more often than not, bards are found among the company of military men. Their unique access to arcane healing magic, coupled with the church's prohibition on divine participation in wars between Goodly Races, makes bards invaluable on the battlefield, even without considering their effect on troop morale and combat effectiveness, as their songs and stories wile away the boring hours and dark winters that make up most of military life, while envigorating the spirit during frenetic clashes. Additionally, as schooled and literate folk, their advice is generally sound and grounded in historical context, and rare is the noble or general who does not have a bardic biographer on staff.		Rules wise, bards function indentically to their SRD counterparts.

			Their common place in the world, however, could not be more different. While there is no shortage of minstrels and other traveling bards mucking about the continent, more often than not, bards are found among the company of military men. Their unique access to arcane healing magic, coupled with the church's prohibition on divine participation in wars between Goodly Races, makes bards invaluable on the battlefield, even without considering their effect on troop morale and combat effectiveness, as their songs and stories wile away the boring hours and dark winters that make up most of military life, while envigorating the spirit during frenetic clashes. Additionally, as schooled and literate folk, their advice is generally sound and grounded in historical context, and rare is the noble or general who does not have a bardic biographer on staff.

			In the Peteran Empire, bards are actually quite rare. The highly magocratic Petran elite actively discourage bards, and culturally the niche bards occupy - actor and entertainer - is seen as on par with prostitutes and other lower sorts.

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Rules wise, bards function indentically to their SRD counterparts. Their common place in the world, however, could not be more different. While there is no shortage of minstrels and other traveling bards, more often than not, bards are found among the company of military men. Their unique access to arcane healing magic, coupled with the church's prohibition on divine participation in wars between Goodly Races, makes bards invaluable on the battlefield, even without considering their effect on troop morale and combat effectiveness, as their songs and stories wile away the boring hours and dark winters that make up most of military life, while envigorating the spirit during frenetic clashes. Additionally, as schooled and literate folk, their advice is generally sound and grounded in historical context, and rare is the noble or general who does not have a bardic biographer on staff.