For a moment I thought it was going to be something wholesome at the end like "Has 36 kids... that are adopted," to continue throwing the bard for a loop, but that twist was great xD
I believe that is canon. He keeps them in an alternate pocket dimension that gets stored in the basement thanks to warlock and wizard. That way they can raid snacks without waking the whole house.
One day the prophecy will be fulfilled as a party is assembled a Barbarian who has a high intelligence, A Bard who is not horny, a wizard who has a high Health, and a ranger who is not useless. One day this will come and that day they will save us
Well, it’s not 18, but when I was rolling my stats for my barb (with the DM watching) I ended up with my lowest stat being 14, so that’s what his INT is.
Alas, this prophecy is also cured for disappointment my friend. For while the Barbarian is Intelligent, The Bard is Chaste, The Wizard is Mighty, and The Ranger is Excellent....the eldritch beings, these creatures greater than gods who control these champions of light...are plagued by conditions we cannot begin to comprehend. We only hear brief snippets of it, but we dare not decipher their hidden meanings: Scheduling Conflicts, Sheets Being Lost, Virtual Tabletops Offline, and then this reoccurring plague of Real Life / Work keeps being mentioned.
I once made a parody bard that was actually very faithful to his wife it was fun he was a rich noble and kept adopting kids together with his changeling wife however people kept assuming he was a playboy because he had 50+ kids and every time he went around with a different looking girl
How does the math work here? Granted, I don't play bards usually (and I don't have one in my party so not even a lot of osmosis familiarity) but I don't get it.
2:50 silly bard. The joke was that he had 36 kids because he was running an ORPHANAGE, taking care of kids who lost their parents in vicious monster attacks. And the reason he went on this adventure was to earn money for the ophanage, find the cause of these vicious monster attacks and maybe stop them so more children don't end up without parents....like him when he was their age. Music was the only thing that reminded him of his parents, who taught him to play the lyre in the first place, the only thing that brought him joy in life, and he had to rely on it to earn money while growing up on the streets, barely scraping by til his next meal. It's why his stats are low. It's why he is so weak, skinny, clumsy, unintelligent etc. Which is why he wanted to give others a better life but after the player had enough of your constant ranting and incessant nagging, he finally gave in and turned you into the very thing you were afraid of becoming
One of the other members of the party was going to be a rouge who lost his parents at a young age and turned to stealing to survive. But one day, he tried to pickpocket the bard. The bard caught him, but instead of trying to punish him, he took him in and treated him like a son, giving him the love his parents never got to give him. He was moved by this gesture and stopped stealing, instead using his abilities to preform with the bard, doing tricks of sleight of hand to amazing crowds as the bard played accompanying music. Moved by what happened to him, he was ready to travel out with the bard on his noble quest. But now that the bard mouthed off, the rouge is just someone who helps the bard kidnap children, still bitter about never knowing his parents.
I thought the twist in the end would be that they are all adopted and he's the best and nicest person in all the realms. He is sick of a horrible, dibilitating genetic disease, but he tries his best.
@@joshuaholland5279 Are you talking about ones that live their whole lives in trees? Then no, simply because the dragons grow so large, but some do live in forested areas and swamplands. There are also smaller dragon-like creatures, one is called a Pseudodragon that could live whole lives in trees. Drakes and Wyverns can live in forests their whole lives as well. Or how about a Plant Creature, shaped like a dragon? That being said, you want a tree dragon? You can have a tree dragon in your game. Draw up the rules or use a dragon template, such as for a Green Dragon, and say they only grow 15-20 feet large, unless you have massive trees that can hold the weight.
@@RoseKindred well I was thinking of trying to 3D print a ent dragon miniature and I wanted to know if anyone had done the idea I’m making an army of tree creatures
True story, for a campain I played a bard, then for the next campain, I played his son. Considering how things were with my bard, when I played his son, each time we got to a new city, the DM told me to roll a d20, which was the number of sibilings he had in that city...
Bard Skills aside, I’m surprised Ranger hasn’t gotten the gist yet. Was he really that hopeful? I helped my brother build his first DND character for a one shot I ran, and he kept pace with a Barbarian’s DPS, doing about 40 damage a round. They need more love.
@@kuroyuki6254 I was surprised, as it was my first time seeing the 5e Ranger class too. I’m actually playing the Ranger in a different system as well. By my character and my brother have stupid high Attack Rolls. He never missed an arrow
I know right? I played a ranger in the previous campaign I was a part of, and everyone had really good builds and I was easily doing the most damage out of everyone. The campaign was cancelled due to circumstances when we were level 13 but as a dwarven ranger I was easily doing more damage than anyone else.
I believe, the "bard is just a rogue who is into music" style is underestimated. The smuggler bard who is always in some trouble is one of the best characters I have ever played. On the other hand, I'm not sure if it is funny to watch.
I gave my bard the criminal background and it was the best descision I've ever made. I asked my DM if he could do a crime before joining the party (getting out of town would be his reason for adventuring), DM asked if I would mind if it was a plot important item, I agreed and next thing you know my boy is on the run from a crime syndicate for stealing a dragon egg from them.
I have a bard like that, a yuan-ti assassin bard using the criminal background. He is now on the run for treason since he couldn't bring himself to kill a child. and is somehow one of the more moral and sane members of the party...
@@jonathanblanton9446 Da'Heck? Have you ever fought one? They have those needle-tipped claws, projectile attacks from both ends, and can pick locks like a rogue.
@@RoseKindred And that's if they're not some demon thing from hell. I'm not even kidding. Pathfinder: Wrath of the rightious. There's actually a kid like that.
Saw a person who played a bard and in there backstory they had adopted an entire orphanage. They went with noble background and his call to adventure was to help make money with their performances and not only support them with their family’s wealth.
& then the DM threatened the orphanage right? or did the other PCs do something chaotic to burn the buliding down? I'm just expecting the worst yet hoping for the best result
the worst part is that i purposely made my bard on being more of a con man thief who only seduces people to strait up rob them....recently we as players found out that he may have single handedly brought his species back from being endangered (in this world his sub-species of elf were almost wiped out due to a disaster a hundred years or so ago)
@@SuperGamefreak18 it's even funnier with the context that he's an eloquence bard and due to story/setting reasons (every PC in this campaign is a demigod and his domain is trickery) he can't fail a deception roll
Reminds me of the bard who thought they were a paladin but all the miracles ended up being terrible party tricks. So he “renounced” the gods and went full evil, praying to the one god who listened to him-Cthulhu. Eventually multiiclassed into goo warlock. A lot of orphans got murdered in temples
I really thought the punchline was going to be goat kids. Did not see that one coming. He must be a beginner-area villain npc, and that's why his stats are so low.
Me looking at my 5 bards that are all unique in their own special ways: Boy it feels nice to be creative! (I have a bard who has to use deception instead of performance sometimes because she can’t sing. Melody, you’re doing great sweetie!)
This is a really sad stereotype for bards. I love bards, easily my favorite class to play. But people can be really annoying with the whole seduction thing (even if bards are particularly good at that). I've seen plenty of warlocks played that way, paladins too. It's just annoying when some of us want to be a fun support character. Wonderful video!
Yep. Just got myself out of what was quickly becoming one of those DnD horror stories because our horny bard had the subtlety of a brick. His entire personality was "I'm charasmstically smiling" and "I have a boner." That's not me summarizing, those are the actual words he used. Due to story reasons my level 3 wizard got access to the Black Tentacles spell. Of course all the horny bard heard was "tentacles" so he pestered me over and over again to cast it on him. It only got worse when his friend joined. He was playing a Source (it was a Witcher game) and his magical trigger? Sex. Of course. I just wanted to go on an adventure, not have to sit there and listen to two dudes erotically role-play. I don't ever want to play a game with a bard in it again. All that anyone ever does is make a horny bard.
One of my favorite characters was a Bard who was a jester. Their spells were even themed as such - magic missile looked like little pies, etc. (older dnd edition)
I have an idea for a bard who's actually super wholesome. He's really introverted, and hates being the center of attention, but he loves writing and playing music and he's really good at it, so he just gets in the zone and starts playing and forgets people are around. Of course, then he finishes playing and he's super uncomfortable with all the applause and he basically just hides from the crowd. Also, every single time he finishes writing a piece, he sends it over to his sister who training to be a wizard at a wizard academy, because she's the one who taught him to play his first instrument and he misses her.
Most fun with ranger, make them a lizardfolk, preferred enemy humans and elves, close quarters only. Give them the urchin background. *Slaps cellar door "This bad boy can hold so much meat." Become a horror movie monster.
For those who like the ranger, I salute your devotion to the single best exploration class in the game who is also pretty good in a fight. For those who need some convincing or want other options, check out the revised or spell-less ranger; both are pretty sweet (I personally REALLY like the spell-less ranger). Just double check with your DM to be sure if its ok
I was looking at some of the skills of a Ranger the other day, and they do have some nice skills I wouldn't mind trying.....if only I can find someone to try with.
Ran a Bard with a background that in a previous adventure he did seduce the Big Bad and now in the current campaign he has to be an adventurer to pay child support. Shit was bleak.
My favorite bard is a warforged who has a magnetic pink mustache as his disguise, wraps himself up in Christmas lights that my DM lets me use as a makeshift whip to do cool stunts with, has a small hoard of cats, and just wants to open a cafe to house all the cats he's picking up. No one knows how the Christmas lights are on. We just went with magically enchanted. Oh, and apparently he smells like cinnamon according to my DM. I love him so much.
I've got a bard who really does not understand sex. In the most recent session someone thought they were flirting and told them that she wasn't interested and their response was, "what are you talking about? Is that a sex thing?"
My Cleric that I've been working on has stats that are actually a little similar here. She's high in wisdom and charisma, but is exceedingly low in everything else. That plus the negative modifiers, I accidentally made an weak, air-headed idiot, who is so charismatic that no one cares.
For some reason my brain went much more wholesome than the ending. I saw 36 kids and immediately thought, okay they previously ran an orphanage; good starting point if one/some of the kid/kids were kidnapped or if the building was burned down from arson/dragon. Would also explain all the negative modifiers cause that shit will just eat your soul as time goes on.
I am so down for this to be a recurring series, with multiple videos for each class, exploring various jokes/tropes/ subversions. Plus, there’s always subclasses to mix in…
Ooohh that is actually a great idea. Unassuming but grim dark Bard, like the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Except Pied Piper got 130 kids while this novice only got 36. People make fun of him, or cheat him, he smiles amiably and says they shouldn't have done that and leaves. Next day the offender's life becomes a living hell and no one could find hair nor hide of the bard ever again.
I played a Bard. His was a wareforged named Box... well, the DM set him to be a prototype wareforged. Making him a foot tall and he only needed four hours of rest... but completely shut down, as in once I was out nothing about wake me up. He was played as a child type running around with the group and was used to help the party get away with stuff and get discounts "Pwease I would like to get a heawth potion to protect my fweinds". He was cute and I love him. My party even said if anything happened to Box they would kill everyone and destroy the universe. When one of his friends was sad about not getting a card collection he wanted Box sat and made him cards to make him happy. The guy thought he was going to get the Deck of Man Things but it was a trick so Box (not understanding what that was) made him cards that said stuff like "Box will get you the nicest rock around" or "Box will tell you one of his most popular stories".
You know..... just tossing this out there, there is a background option for "that" player The Outlander background if I remember correctly has an ideal option that reads "I must produce offspring for my clan" (or something like that) I apologize to all the dms out there that struggle with "those" types of players.
I think it would be funny to see the different ways all the classes interrogate a captured bandit. Those moments are always the funniest in my campaigns
Okay, for some reason, seeing that "36 kids" made me think about a Bard that owns an orphanage and sings for all kids in there, so this is why he has 36 kids, because he acts like a father to all of them
This one was all over the place and I loved it! Just when I thought I knew where you were going you flipped it! Couldn't stop laughing! Great to see another addon to this series!
i think the bards i've made are either turning them on it's head or a lil grimlin (I only have 2) I have -Tobias, a Bardblin. He just goes around playing music and trying to talk about goblin lore and such. He's very sweet, but also lowkey a gremlin. Hits you with a spell then hides or runs off. -Maximillian, or Maxie for short. He seduces and pretends to have interest in others, only to punch and knock out the others in private, and steal their stuff. He's multiclassed into rogue Just wanted to share this here :)
I made my bard a gold dragonborn himbo whos to dumb and sweet to tell if anyone is hitting on him and doesn't actually intentionally hit on anyone. Also i made him a sailor
@@hawklegs6940 My motivational Speech will just be "Bodies" by Drowning Pool or maybe "Down With The Sickness" by Disturbed. Lol, I'm getting too excited about this to not do it...
My bard (first character) has 9 strength, 10 constitution, and 20 charisma. Her charisma is so high because she's very persuasive. My goal is to get to the BBEG fight and pull a fast one on my DM with the peasant cannon. Until then, she's just gonna do what she wants and get away with it by convincing people that she didn't do it. (She also multiclasses as a domain of trickery cleric)
Bard is probably my favorite class in the game, for 5e. You can do so much with them aside from just seducing everything, even though the meme for bard is absolutely true and I am guilty of playing it a few times. But being a full caster with a really good selection of spells, being able to inspire the party and debuff enemies significantly on top of being decent at all the different skills to fill roles that no one knows might be needed... It's the ultimate support role. Through spellcasting and your mysteries of being able to take any spell in the game, bards even keep up at dealing decent damage. Even though the party usually forgets to use their buffs unless I remind them EVERY GODDAMN TURN! Either that, or they use it for their next attack roll immediately, and fail the next saving throw that is the reason you gave them it in the first place... C'MON! I GAVE THE PALADIN INSPIRATION FOR THEIR DEX SAVE! They just use it to hit one of their bajillion attacks instead... This is why bards get a bad rep in 5e, not because they're bad... But because people don't use their abilities right.
Bard: Charms the dragon by seducing it. Bard: Tells the Sorcerer/Wizard to offer to cast haste on the dragon to empower it, a gift so to say. Sorcerer: Stops concentration on the dragon’s turn. Rules as written, the dragon loses two turns. With the inability to take actions until after it’s next turn, the party should be able to destroy it, right? If not bloody it?
As usual, you took every expectation I had and threw it straight out the window! "36 Kids. . . in his basement!" 🤐 As for the poor dear ranger. . . . SIR HOW DARE YOU!
I want to see more If *Insert Class* saw you create their character sheet My bard character I've been thinking of using has an interesting twist for things
The Bard runs an orphanage and his backstory is that a pied-piper like Rival trapped them all in a phantasmal state. They are currently being watched by clerics in the protected basement of the orphanage. He’s on a quest to find his old foe and free them, bringing the children out of the basement and back into reality.
Everyone else was expecting The twist to be "the 36 kids are all adopted" I was expecting it to be "is shocked that his wife had octuplets four times, and still wants more kids"
I'm confused. Wouldn't Jack of All Trades just makes those all -1? Like I'm not crazy right, it's only half proficiently rounded down right? So at most, at level 20 it's a +3 boost making all those ....a whooping +1. Is there some exploit I don't know about?
Thinking I might make a bard that acts seductive but when you go to there room they make you close your eyes and then they slit your throat for the dark lord. There also part warlock probably should have mentioned that.
Frankly, a secretly evil bard who uses their charisma to move suspicion away from them sounds like such an interesting character if you and the DM manage to actually communicate and get it to work in the story correctly
Played a Paladin for years, never seduced in my life. I was too busy controlling the party sense I was 'the mom' in the group. Now Warlock, slightly the same, but I did terrify the shit out of some of the npcs when I played a Fiend Warlock. Bards are still the top seducer. I had my bard in one session that I just played slept with two women... which found out they were doppelgangers and killed me in my sleep. Never seduce npcs who you found along the side of the road to go to baldur's gate.
I'm a DM, and the best NPC I've ever created/played as was a tiefling bard. The hook was that she was 50-ish, but because tieflings age slower than humans, she was basically an adolescent. She lived at home with her "super old" mom (72, but human, so actually old), volunteered at her local library, carried her lute everywhere, and was trying to impress some local human young adults because she wanted to join their band. She was bright pink with frizzy hair and talked like the perkiest 14 year old you've ever met.
ngl, this 100% how the SpiffingBrit will make his Bard, Perfectly balance with no exploit what so ever. then proceed to become a god the moment Jack of All Trade got to lv 2. Then for good messure, randomly kidnap kids.
Has 36 kids... following her flute music. Tbh my first OC was a paladin/bard. I like the memetic irony plus defying the memes/using them in her favor 😂😂😂
I've actually played a bard before. A NG tiefling bard name Leucis Gelmori to be exact. He may engage in light flirting, but won't go past that. There is already someone he loves dearly, but can't be together with because of past events that split up the guild that both of them were in. She is also the one that gave him the lute he carries with him. He just loves to see the smiles on people's faces as he plays. Of all of the characters I had played before, he was the one I had the most fun playing. Unfortunately the group I played him in was only able to meet once. I hope to play him again sometime.
Playing my first ever bard in one of my campaigns, he's a bugbear college of spirits bard who inspires with his stories. His spirit tales all focus on the mythos of an infamous pirate lord named Farrazok. The trick is, because of the thousands of myths and legends he's heard of Farrazok over his travels, he's taken to calling this spirit Farrazok, the Many. Also, the character's name is Natpione Gazzelfang (Nat-pee-own), and he has dropped many times cause he gets to close to combat due to his excitement for new adventures and stories. Still getting the hang of playing on the back field since I'm used to playing frontliner types.
I would have found it nice if it were 36 kids that he takes care of that all live in the same orphanage that he grew up in. That sounds like something a bard could do, I mean, charismatic elder brother figure for the win right?
Am getting ready to play a bard. He is physically very attractive, but rather shy when not performing on stage. He has never dated or had physical relations with women because he fell in love with a girl from home rather young. Her family moved away in their late teen years, but he could never forget her. He decided to become a bard so that he could travel the world and hopefully find her again. He is often flirted with and propositioned, but he just isn't interested because he cannot imagine being with anyone else. He is still young, idealistic, and inexperienced, so there is no telling how life in the wide world will affect his personal growth.
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Alternative title to this video: Yes, even I am getting tired of the same ol jokes and will be trying to switch things up 😂😅
3d6, no reroll, eh ?
Can you do a druid? It might be radher intersting, thanks :)
Are you even capable of switching things up? Lol if so I look forward to seeing that.
Me at the sight of 36 kids, I can remedy this. Quotations "That you've adopted".
@@viktorbryce951 Had the same thought.
For a moment I thought it was going to be something wholesome at the end like "Has 36 kids... that are adopted," to continue throwing the bard for a loop, but that twist was great xD
Took the words right out of my mouth. I was expecting a twist but I was thinking it’d be a wholesome one.
Precisely the same. 36 adopted kids. Then massive plot twist.
I thought he had the kids asexually
I mean, magic right?
Or something like owns an orphanage and has to go on adventures to support all the kids.
I was thinking a long-lived race, all the kids from one spouse
Has 36 kids...
Because he feels an obligation to adopt all of the orphans the rest of the party creates with their violence.
#wholesomebard
This is way too sweet.
He can't let them out cause the party is on to him, they think it's BBEG, just BBGG.
I believe that is canon. He keeps them in an alternate pocket dimension that gets stored in the basement thanks to warlock and wizard. That way they can raid snacks without waking the whole house.
That hashtag has no videos this needs to be fixed someone fix this
THAT is a good idea.... I am actually playing a bard right now who adopted to kids in barovia... LOL
One day the prophecy will be fulfilled as a party is assembled a Barbarian who has a high intelligence, A Bard who is not horny, a wizard who has a high Health, and a ranger who is not useless. One day this will come and that day they will save us
Sounds a lot like the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse to me
Well, it’s not 18, but when I was rolling my stats for my barb (with the DM watching) I ended up with my lowest stat being 14, so that’s what his INT is.
Multiclass max stacks lol
Alas, this prophecy is also cured for disappointment my friend.
For while the Barbarian is Intelligent, The Bard is Chaste, The Wizard is Mighty, and The Ranger is Excellent....the eldritch beings, these creatures greater than gods who control these champions of light...are plagued by conditions we cannot begin to comprehend.
We only hear brief snippets of it, but we dare not decipher their hidden meanings: Scheduling Conflicts, Sheets Being Lost, Virtual Tabletops Offline, and then this reoccurring plague of Real Life / Work keeps being mentioned.
Someone do this, because the world could really use some saving right about now.
I once made a parody bard that was actually very faithful to his wife it was fun
he was a rich noble and kept adopting kids together with his changeling wife however people kept assuming he was a playboy because he had 50+ kids and every time he went around with a different looking girl
Thats amazing lmfao
A changeling wife is probably the best match for a horny bard
Absolutely brilliant
Thats why he only require one woman.....she could imitate anyone he fancy.
this is actually a brilliant build because two negatives make a positive. That bard is gonna be OP, the ultimate "crouching moron, hidden badass"
How does the math work here? Granted, I don't play bards usually (and I don't have one in my party so not even a lot of osmosis familiarity) but I don't get it.
@@silverwyhrecat5 it doesn't. That's the joke
@@laumotan8862 Oh, good. I thought I'd lost it there.
Yeah... buddy-boy wasn't so much _dropped_ on his head, as much as it was an overhand throw.
So... Caboose from Red VS Blue?
2:50 silly bard. The joke was that he had 36 kids because he was running an ORPHANAGE, taking care of kids who lost their parents in vicious monster attacks. And the reason he went on this adventure was to earn money for the ophanage, find the cause of these vicious monster attacks and maybe stop them so more children don't end up without parents....like him when he was their age. Music was the only thing that reminded him of his parents, who taught him to play the lyre in the first place, the only thing that brought him joy in life, and he had to rely on it to earn money while growing up on the streets, barely scraping by til his next meal. It's why his stats are low. It's why he is so weak, skinny, clumsy, unintelligent etc. Which is why he wanted to give others a better life
but after the player had enough of your constant ranting and incessant nagging, he finally gave in and turned you into the very thing you were afraid of becoming
One of the other members of the party was going to be a rouge who lost his parents at a young age and turned to stealing to survive. But one day, he tried to pickpocket the bard. The bard caught him, but instead of trying to punish him, he took him in and treated him like a son, giving him the love his parents never got to give him. He was moved by this gesture and stopped stealing, instead using his abilities to preform with the bard, doing tricks of sleight of hand to amazing crowds as the bard played accompanying music. Moved by what happened to him, he was ready to travel out with the bard on his noble quest.
But now that the bard mouthed off, the rouge is just someone who helps the bard kidnap children, still bitter about never knowing his parents.
Can I play this character?
@@ShinxyMuro Nothing is stopping you.
Hew the fek did you give a box to those words?
@@SebastiansSebastian-fc4pj what?
I thought the twist in the end would be that they are all adopted and he's the best and nicest person in all the realms. He is sick of a horrible, dibilitating genetic disease, but he tries his best.
If only.
Instead he is the sick, horrible and debilitating disease upon society xd
Bard: "Give people what they want"
Me: "Do dragons count as people?"
Bard: "Wait, what?"
Everyone: "Payback!"
I say dragons do count as people since my bard's mom is one...
depends are the dragons either silver or gold because if they are then they can turn human/humanoid so yes and no
@@drecknathmagladery9118 are there tree dragons?
@@joshuaholland5279 Are you talking about ones that live their whole lives in trees? Then no, simply because the dragons grow so large, but some do live in forested areas and swamplands. There are also smaller dragon-like creatures, one is called a Pseudodragon that could live whole lives in trees. Drakes and Wyverns can live in forests their whole lives as well. Or how about a Plant Creature, shaped like a dragon?
That being said, you want a tree dragon? You can have a tree dragon in your game. Draw up the rules or use a dragon template, such as for a Green Dragon, and say they only grow 15-20 feet large, unless you have massive trees that can hold the weight.
@@RoseKindred well I was thinking of trying to 3D print a ent dragon miniature and I wanted to know if anyone had done the idea I’m making an army of tree creatures
True story, for a campain I played a bard, then for the next campain, I played his son. Considering how things were with my bard, when I played his son, each time we got to a new city, the DM told me to roll a d20, which was the number of sibilings he had in that city...
Damn how did the bard avoid paying child support?
@@fighterx9840 I think thé fact he has a d20 children in every single major city pretty much sums up how he avoided it XD
@@xegin1572 😂😂😂
And I though 5 dragons having thousands of children was scary.
Yes this is a part of my campaign as a dm.
Damn a nat 20 would be hilarious
Bard Skills aside, I’m surprised Ranger hasn’t gotten the gist yet. Was he really that hopeful? I helped my brother build his first DND character for a one shot I ran, and he kept pace with a Barbarian’s DPS, doing about 40 damage a round. They need more love.
Ranger is honestly my favourite class
@@kuroyuki6254 i'm with you in that
@@kuroyuki6254 I was surprised, as it was my first time seeing the 5e Ranger class too. I’m actually playing the Ranger in a different system as well. By my character and my brother have stupid high Attack Rolls. He never missed an arrow
I know right? I played a ranger in the previous campaign I was a part of, and everyone had really good builds and I was easily doing the most damage out of everyone. The campaign was cancelled due to circumstances when we were level 13 but as a dwarven ranger I was easily doing more damage than anyone else.
Ranger's have been getting some love for some time now, specially in Tasha's.
Monk's on the other hand.........
I believe, the "bard is just a rogue who is into music" style is underestimated. The smuggler bard who is always in some trouble is one of the best characters I have ever played. On the other hand, I'm not sure if it is funny to watch.
I gave my bard the criminal background and it was the best descision I've ever made. I asked my DM if he could do a crime before joining the party (getting out of town would be his reason for adventuring), DM asked if I would mind if it was a plot important item, I agreed and next thing you know my boy is on the run from a crime syndicate for stealing a dragon egg from them.
I have a bard like that, a yuan-ti assassin bard using the criminal background. He is now on the run for treason since he couldn't bring himself to kill a child. and is somehow one of the more moral and sane members of the party...
@@whisperinwind87 odd how that works
@@whisperinwind87 cheers to our bard boys with sketchy pasts taking the high road!
@Jaskier
Honestly, I’m surprised his strength wasn’t higher. How else does he keep those kids down there?
The kids have even lower strength. Have you ever tried to fight a two-year-old? They go down in like one hit.
@@jonathanblanton9446 Da'Heck? Have you ever fought one? They have those needle-tipped claws, projectile attacks from both ends, and can pick locks like a rogue.
@@jonathanblanton9446 plus in 6 seconds? With that con they could take you out in flash
@@RoseKindred And that's if they're not some demon thing from hell.
I'm not even kidding. Pathfinder: Wrath of the rightious. There's actually a kid like that.
Vicious mockery, of course...
Saw a person who played a bard and in there backstory they had adopted an entire orphanage. They went with noble background and his call to adventure was to help make money with their performances and not only support them with their family’s wealth.
& then the DM
threatened the orphanage right?
or did the other PCs do something
chaotic to burn the buliding down?
I'm just expecting the
worst yet hoping for the best result
Well now the amount of kids makes sense... he was imprisoned, by a town of amazonians XD so totally not a horny bard... but almost DEATH BY SNU SNU!
That explains why his STR, DEX and CON are so low; his bones and muscles got crushed.
🤣😂🤣
"I never thought I would die like this... but I always hoped."
Nah, he is the Psycho bard and... he is most definitely so evil that nobody wants to Deal with him... Nah, that's to dark, even for me.
@@arcanejack And obviously, constant Snu Snu makes it hard to think or be charming.
Ah yes, the adventures of the great and legendary bard P'eni Se. Some say his skillful playing of his flute could tame even the fiercest dragons.
King; For the umpteenth time, I said SLAY the dragon, not LAY the dragon.
@@eleethtahgra7182 "Darling, the king is acting like he has a say in our relationship. Would you be so kind as to remove him, permanently?"
The type of flute he is skilled at playing isn't a musical instrument...
the worst part is that i purposely made my bard on being more of a con man thief who only seduces people to strait up rob them....recently we as players found out that he may have single handedly brought his species back from being endangered (in this world his sub-species of elf were almost wiped out due to a disaster a hundred years or so ago)
Nah that's a great take on horny bard...as it's the proper horny bard...smooth talker that gets what he wants.
So it was YOUR CHARACTER that brought back the knife-ears? Get 'em Dwarves!
@@SuperGamefreak18 it's even funnier with the context that he's an eloquence bard and due to story/setting reasons (every PC in this campaign is a demigod and his domain is trickery) he can't fail a deception roll
@@crystaltriforce64 oh priceless
@@crystaltriforce64 your bard is the spiritual heir of Diego the tortoise, who single handedly increased his own species population from 15 to 2000
Well THAT escalated quicker than the bard seducing a dragon.
WOW.
Reminds me of the bard who thought they were a paladin but all the miracles ended up being terrible party tricks. So he “renounced” the gods and went full evil, praying to the one god who listened to him-Cthulhu. Eventually multiiclassed into goo warlock. A lot of orphans got murdered in temples
Well that escalated quickly
I really thought the punchline was going to be goat kids. Did not see that one coming. He must be a beginner-area villain npc, and that's why his stats are so low.
Me looking at my 5 bards that are all unique in their own special ways:
Boy it feels nice to be creative!
(I have a bard who has to use deception instead of performance sometimes because she can’t sing. Melody, you’re doing great sweetie!)
Naming that bard Melody is genius🤣
I honestly thought we were gonna get a wholesome ending with the 36 kids. Something like, "36 Kids ...that you adopted from an orphanage."
This is a really sad stereotype for bards. I love bards, easily my favorite class to play. But people can be really annoying with the whole seduction thing (even if bards are particularly good at that). I've seen plenty of warlocks played that way, paladins too. It's just annoying when some of us want to be a fun support character. Wonderful video!
They are a great class to play (level 5 and onwards), and even before then are just good support
Yep. Just got myself out of what was quickly becoming one of those DnD horror stories because our horny bard had the subtlety of a brick. His entire personality was "I'm charasmstically smiling" and "I have a boner." That's not me summarizing, those are the actual words he used.
Due to story reasons my level 3 wizard got access to the Black Tentacles spell. Of course all the horny bard heard was "tentacles" so he pestered me over and over again to cast it on him.
It only got worse when his friend joined. He was playing a Source (it was a Witcher game) and his magical trigger? Sex. Of course.
I just wanted to go on an adventure, not have to sit there and listen to two dudes erotically role-play. I don't ever want to play a game with a bard in it again. All that anyone ever does is make a horny bard.
@@twohorsesinamancostume7606 My answer to that would be "asexual lore bard" as the starting premise to build off of.
@@sytritewarum5720 I'd eventually be willing to play with someone doing that, but It'll probably be awhile.
One of my favorite characters was a Bard who was a jester. Their spells were even themed as such - magic missile looked like little pies, etc. (older dnd edition)
I have an idea for a bard who's actually super wholesome. He's really introverted, and hates being the center of attention, but he loves writing and playing music and he's really good at it, so he just gets in the zone and starts playing and forgets people are around. Of course, then he finishes playing and he's super uncomfortable with all the applause and he basically just hides from the crowd. Also, every single time he finishes writing a piece, he sends it over to his sister who training to be a wizard at a wizard academy, because she's the one who taught him to play his first instrument and he misses her.
"I could sneeze, and blow out my back then die!"
Could be worst. You could have wizard's constitution.
Whooh! Heck Yes Warlock Next Pls Muin Friend Sehr gut thou
Er, I think that was the Ranger?
@@Jai137 YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT?!?
I have to point out the elephant in the room...
Is the ranger one of the 36 kids in the bard's basement?
Most fun with ranger, make them a lizardfolk, preferred enemy humans and elves, close quarters only. Give them the urchin background.
*Slaps cellar door "This bad boy can hold so much meat."
Become a horror movie monster.
For those who like the ranger, I salute your devotion to the single best exploration class in the game who is also pretty good in a fight. For those who need some convincing or want other options, check out the revised or spell-less ranger; both are pretty sweet (I personally REALLY like the spell-less ranger). Just double check with your DM to be sure if its ok
I was looking at some of the skills of a Ranger the other day, and they do have some nice skills I wouldn't mind trying.....if only I can find someone to try with.
Rangers also have really good spells like Goodberry, Conjure Animals, and Pass Without Trace.
Ran a Bard with a background that in a previous adventure he did seduce the Big Bad and now in the current campaign he has to be an adventurer to pay child support.
Shit was bleak.
I laughed until my eyes teared up. For me, that's very rare.
Well done.
Is it very rare or is it well done?
Ranger is that pile of character that i created and hope that one day i will be able to play each and every. One day.
My favorite bard is a warforged who has a magnetic pink mustache as his disguise, wraps himself up in Christmas lights that my DM lets me use as a makeshift whip to do cool stunts with, has a small hoard of cats, and just wants to open a cafe to house all the cats he's picking up. No one knows how the Christmas lights are on. We just went with magically enchanted. Oh, and apparently he smells like cinnamon according to my DM. I love him so much.
That is so cute I love that!
Everyone: Stop stereotyping the bards!
My friends in D&D sessions: _No._
Give people what they want huh? Well give them a dragon banger.
A what? Well would you look at that, it's time for me to run.
In all seriousness, no.
Cant we get a Headbanger instead? i mean, he is a bard.
bard: I will sneeze, blow out my back, and die!!
wizard: First time?
I've got a bard who really does not understand sex. In the most recent session someone thought they were flirting and told them that she wasn't interested and their response was, "what are you talking about? Is that a sex thing?"
The bard's reaction with the negative stats was amazing lmao
Has 36 kids...12 foals, 27 calves, and numerous other baby animals at his petting zoo.
My Cleric that I've been working on has stats that are actually a little similar here. She's high in wisdom and charisma, but is exceedingly low in everything else. That plus the negative modifiers, I accidentally made an weak, air-headed idiot, who is so charismatic that no one cares.
For some reason my brain went much more wholesome than the ending. I saw 36 kids and immediately thought, okay they previously ran an orphanage; good starting point if one/some of the kid/kids were kidnapped or if the building was burned down from arson/dragon. Would also explain all the negative modifiers cause that shit will just eat your soul as time goes on.
I am so down for this to be a recurring series, with multiple videos for each class, exploring various jokes/tropes/ subversions.
Plus, there’s always subclasses to mix in…
Man, that was awesome. But now i need the cleric one, because my head hurts from laughing.
After making each class, come back to the Ranger and make him with the highest rolls and a wicked background.
I gave my bard character a camel, elephant, donkey, longship, and pony. All in his backpack.
Ooohh that is actually a great idea. Unassuming but grim dark Bard, like the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Except Pied Piper got 130 kids while this novice only got 36.
People make fun of him, or cheat him, he smiles amiably and says they shouldn't have done that and leaves. Next day the offender's life becomes a living hell and no one could find hair nor hide of the bard ever again.
Good one
You are awesome! I'm glad you continued this series.
I played a Bard. His was a wareforged named Box... well, the DM set him to be a prototype wareforged. Making him a foot tall and he only needed four hours of rest... but completely shut down, as in once I was out nothing about wake me up. He was played as a child type running around with the group and was used to help the party get away with stuff and get discounts "Pwease I would like to get a heawth potion to protect my fweinds". He was cute and I love him. My party even said if anything happened to Box they would kill everyone and destroy the universe. When one of his friends was sad about not getting a card collection he wanted Box sat and made him cards to make him happy. The guy thought he was going to get the Deck of Man Things but it was a trick so Box (not understanding what that was) made him cards that said stuff like "Box will get you the nicest rock around" or "Box will tell you one of his most popular stories".
Oh these skits are amazing!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do one for every class!!
You know..... just tossing this out there, there is a background option for "that" player
The Outlander background if I remember correctly has an ideal option that reads "I must produce offspring for my clan" (or something like that)
I apologize to all the dms out there that struggle with "those" types of players.
I think it would be funny to see the different ways all the classes interrogate a captured bandit. Those moments are always the funniest in my campaigns
Start off by cutting off a finger to show u mean business
If he doesn’t start talking he doesn’t know anything
Okay, for some reason, seeing that "36 kids" made me think about a Bard that owns an orphanage and sings for all kids in there, so this is why he has 36 kids, because he acts like a father to all of them
There’s a bard in my new campaign named Yohm’Ama, and it’s really difficult to have a serious scene when I have to say it so often
This one was all over the place and I loved it! Just when I thought I knew where you were going you flipped it! Couldn't stop laughing! Great to see another addon to this series!
My current bard is a medical doctor dressed like a gaslight era gentleman who uses a cane sword and Shakespearian insults for his VM. And I love him!
Why he's got -2 on charisma-based skills if his charisma gives him -4 modifier?
Proficiency’s +2, 2-4 is -2
@@amazinggaming1014 I thought you should paint the circle if you gonna use your proficiency bonus in it
i think the bards i've made are either turning them on it's head or a lil grimlin (I only have 2)
I have
-Tobias, a Bardblin. He just goes around playing music and trying to talk about goblin lore and such. He's very sweet, but also lowkey a gremlin. Hits you with a spell then hides or runs off.
-Maximillian, or Maxie for short. He seduces and pretends to have interest in others, only to punch and knock out the others in private, and steal their stuff. He's multiclassed into rogue
Just wanted to share this here :)
This was fantastic.
I knew that Jack of All Trades bit was coming once I saw the list pulled up. Love it
I made my bard a gold dragonborn himbo whos to dumb and sweet to tell if anyone is hitting on him and doesn't actually intentionally hit on anyone. Also i made him a sailor
💜
3:00 I honestly expected the punchline to be "As the owner of a orphanage"
I think I'll make a chaotic evil edgelord bard named "Mosh Pit". No charisma, just strength. We'll see how that plays out...
I love that! Let me know how it turns out! XD
@@hawklegs6940 My motivational Speech will just be "Bodies" by Drowning Pool or maybe "Down With The Sickness" by Disturbed.
Lol, I'm getting too excited about this to not do it...
@@seanticleer4915 Dooooo iiiiit!!!
I always have fun from the beginning to the end with your videos!
My bard (first character) has 9 strength, 10 constitution, and 20 charisma. Her charisma is so high because she's very persuasive. My goal is to get to the BBEG fight and pull a fast one on my DM with the peasant cannon. Until then, she's just gonna do what she wants and get away with it by convincing people that she didn't do it. (She also multiclasses as a domain of trickery cleric)
Bard is probably my favorite class in the game, for 5e. You can do so much with them aside from just seducing everything, even though the meme for bard is absolutely true and I am guilty of playing it a few times.
But being a full caster with a really good selection of spells, being able to inspire the party and debuff enemies significantly on top of being decent at all the different skills to fill roles that no one knows might be needed... It's the ultimate support role. Through spellcasting and your mysteries of being able to take any spell in the game, bards even keep up at dealing decent damage.
Even though the party usually forgets to use their buffs unless I remind them EVERY GODDAMN TURN! Either that, or they use it for their next attack roll immediately, and fail the next saving throw that is the reason you gave them it in the first place... C'MON! I GAVE THE PALADIN INSPIRATION FOR THEIR DEX SAVE! They just use it to hit one of their bajillion attacks instead... This is why bards get a bad rep in 5e, not because they're bad... But because people don't use their abilities right.
This
Was
AMAZING
I laughed so loud the whole time 😂😂😂
Oh boy its time to watch the latest episode of my favorite One shot questers series
0:14 I appreciate him putting on 2 different costumes just for 1 second of footage.
Has 36 Kids... living at an orphanage he runs.
Bard: Charms the dragon by seducing it.
Bard: Tells the Sorcerer/Wizard to offer to cast haste on the dragon to empower it, a gift so to say.
Sorcerer: Stops concentration on the dragon’s turn.
Rules as written, the dragon loses two turns.
With the inability to take actions until after it’s next turn, the party should be able to destroy it, right? If not bloody it?
Lol, I would have changed it to "has 36 kids - because he saved an orphanage in his youth".
As usual, you took every expectation I had and threw it straight out the window! "36 Kids. . . in his basement!" 🤐
As for the poor dear ranger. . . . SIR HOW DARE YOU!
I want to see more
If *Insert Class* saw you create their character sheet
My bard character I've been thinking of using has an interesting twist for things
3:10 bro looks like younger count dooku
The Bard runs an orphanage and his backstory is that a pied-piper like Rival trapped them all in a phantasmal state. They are currently being watched by clerics in the protected basement of the orphanage.
He’s on a quest to find his old foe and free them, bringing the children out of the basement and back into reality.
Bard: "Don't make me sexual".
Me: "REPLICANT!!!! Shapeshifter!!!! Polymorphic demon!!!! FIREBALL!!!!
Everyone else was expecting The twist to be "the 36 kids are all adopted"
I was expecting it to be "is shocked that his wife had octuplets four times, and still wants more kids"
I'm confused. Wouldn't Jack of All Trades just makes those all -1? Like I'm not crazy right, it's only half proficiently rounded down right? So at most, at level 20 it's a +3 boost making all those ....a whooping +1.
Is there some exploit I don't know about?
I would like an answer here too. Is the effect permanent or does the effect stack or something each time you get the bonus?
You’re right, I don’t know what the hell is happening with those bonuses
Good to know I am not the only one confused...
I need help with this too, please. (beginner player)
Ngl when that closed face smiley dice spins at the end… I didn’t just see a smiley face
Not gonna lie they had us in the first half. Great ending !
Bard is 100% my fave class. I always had asoft spot for Life Cleric 1 than tossing in College of Lore Bard for the rest.
I've started doing Order Cleric 1 since Tasha's - not as much healing, but letting your allies attack on your spells feels so good as a support 😁
Thinking I might make a bard that acts seductive but when you go to there room they make you close your eyes and then they slit your throat for the dark lord. There also part warlock probably should have mentioned that.
Ok but I internally shiver every time the dm asks me for a strength check. It’s not even that bad, just +0.
1:56 your charisma is -4, why is it now -2 ?
Frankly, a secretly evil bard who uses their charisma to move suspicion away from them sounds like such an interesting character if you and the DM manage to actually communicate and get it to work in the story correctly
I promise nothing
Poor Ranger, your still my main. Longbow is amazing, especially with Hunter's Mark, and Gloom Stalker Magic
Played a Paladin for years, never seduced in my life. I was too busy controlling the party sense I was 'the mom' in the group.
Now Warlock, slightly the same, but I did terrify the shit out of some of the npcs when I played a Fiend Warlock.
Bards are still the top seducer. I had my bard in one session that I just played slept with two women... which found out they were doppelgangers and killed me in my sleep. Never seduce npcs who you found along the side of the road to go to baldur's gate.
I'm a DM, and the best NPC I've ever created/played as was a tiefling bard. The hook was that she was 50-ish, but because tieflings age slower than humans, she was basically an adolescent. She lived at home with her "super old" mom (72, but human, so actually old), volunteered at her local library, carried her lute everywhere, and was trying to impress some local human young adults because she wanted to join their band. She was bright pink with frizzy hair and talked like the perkiest 14 year old you've ever met.
Noice
ngl, this 100% how the SpiffingBrit will make his Bard, Perfectly balance with no exploit what so ever.
then proceed to become a god the moment Jack of All Trade got to lv 2. Then for good messure, randomly kidnap kids.
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I thought this died out this is still a thing
Has 36 kids... following her flute music.
Tbh my first OC was a paladin/bard. I like the memetic irony plus defying the memes/using them in her favor 😂😂😂
I've actually played a bard before. A NG tiefling bard name Leucis Gelmori to be exact. He may engage in light flirting, but won't go past that. There is already someone he loves dearly, but can't be together with because of past events that split up the guild that both of them were in. She is also the one that gave him the lute he carries with him. He just loves to see the smiles on people's faces as he plays. Of all of the characters I had played before, he was the one I had the most fun playing. Unfortunately the group I played him in was only able to meet once. I hope to play him again sometime.
Playing my first ever bard in one of my campaigns, he's a bugbear college of spirits bard who inspires with his stories. His spirit tales all focus on the mythos of an infamous pirate lord named Farrazok. The trick is, because of the thousands of myths and legends he's heard of Farrazok over his travels, he's taken to calling this spirit Farrazok, the Many.
Also, the character's name is Natpione Gazzelfang (Nat-pee-own), and he has dropped many times cause he gets to close to combat due to his excitement for new adventures and stories. Still getting the hang of playing on the back field since I'm used to playing frontliner types.
I love the Character Sheet vids!
I would have found it nice if it were 36 kids that he takes care of that all live in the same orphanage that he grew up in. That sounds like something a bard could do, I mean, charismatic elder brother figure for the win right?
the best way to subvert expectations is to lean into them first
Am getting ready to play a bard. He is physically very attractive, but rather shy when not performing on stage. He has never dated or had physical relations with women because he fell in love with a girl from home rather young. Her family moved away in their late teen years, but he could never forget her. He decided to become a bard so that he could travel the world and hopefully find her again. He is often flirted with and propositioned, but he just isn't interested because he cannot imagine being with anyone else. He is still young, idealistic, and inexperienced, so there is no telling how life in the wide world will affect his personal growth.