Bards


Class:  Bard
Arch-type:  Melee
Abbreviation:  BRD
Specialty:  Jack-of-all-Trades
Special Abilities:  Combat Strike or Group PoT
Primary Stats:  Stamina & Agility
Description:   Bards are traveling musicians and scholars whose songs and dances are more powerful than they appear. Bards are extremely versatile and can take on multiple roles while in a group.

Strengths:

• Has group heal - good for soloing or as backup healer in a group
• Has group mana song
• Large damage potential (though not as much as other melee classes)
• Has group stat buffs
• Has group SoW
• Has group invisibility (at higher levels)
• Easy to get groups

Weaknesses:

• Buff duration is short
• Can be difficult to play well - must balance memorized spells for each situation
• Charisma is stat needed to increase heal and for Minstrel Master Class - not needed for bard otherwise
• Heal song draws agro, even while invisible

Creation Tips:  Bards are a nice class to play since they are a Jack-of-all-Trades. When creating your Bard, you have 4 stats to pay attention to: Strength, Stamina, Agility, Dexterity. Stamina and Agility are your primary stats so are always needed. Strength helps determine damage with melee weapons. Dexterity helps with damage with ranged weapons (which you will probably use at one time or another) and with the chance a weapon will 'proc' (if it is that type of weapon) when you attack. Pay attention to these 4 stats and maybe put an occasional training point into charisma ONLY if you are going Minstrel (pretty pointless otherwise).

Starting Stats:  

	STR	STA	AGI	DEX	WIS	INT	CHA	STARTING CITY
Elf	55	70	75	70	60	55	70	Tethelin
Human East	60	75	80	65	55	55	65	Freeport
Human West	60	75	80	65	55	55	65	Qeynos

Suggested Starting Stats:  

	STR	STA	AGI	DEX	WIS	INT	CHA	STATS CHANGED
Elf	60	80	80	70	60	55	70	+10 STA +5 STR/AGI
Human East	65	85	85	65	55	55	65	+10 STA +5 STR/AGI
Human West	65	85	85	65	55	55	65	+10 STA +5 STR/AGI

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