D&D is changing bards (and I got to see 👀)

[@S7evieL001]

My favourite Bard I've heard about was from my friends campaign. The Bard in their party was an accountant, and would "encourage the party" by "finding funds in the budget to sharpen that sword" or "giving you a little bonus to your pay for the exceptional work you've done this quarter" Their spellcasting focus was an Abacus, and they'd move the beads around in order to "tune it" to the correct spell

[@jonathanblanton9446]

Did they know "Power Word: Embezzle"? Because that would be a really useful spell.

[@joeblandd6425]

I've always wanted to play a bard whose "instrument" was the spell Vicious Mockery. The reason? He'd be a stand-up comedian, who heckles his opponents

[@davidcassell4659]

Now I want a Don Rickles bard.

[@NoMereRanger73]

“Boom, roasted”

[@vn0688]

Sorcerer twin spell and quicken meta magic, maybe even a warlock dip for dissonance whispers... and just live out your real slim shady battle rapper dreams of shaming your enemies to literal death...

[@zibbitybibbitybop]

I play a lvl 12 insult comic, I deal damage by insulting my enemies and inspire my allies by reminding them that they suck marginally less than our enemies

[@aramere3650]

@@davidcassell4659this. This and only this.

[@christiansorensen7567]

Shakespeare's title of "The Bard" is from his use of Iambic Pentameter, so poetry in motion. Couplets and ryhmes are traditional too. I love in Sleeping Beauty when Flora enchants the Prince's sword, "Magic sword fly swift and sure, that evil die, and good endure." True-strike from the bard fairy, no music necessary.

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

Jess of the Shire has an excellent video titled 'Bards: The Most Misunderstood Class' that I think you might enjoy because it nicely covers their real life history and importance.

[@pleh7019]

​@@sebastianevangelista4921Underrated comment 💫

[@JainaSoloB312]

Sleeping Beauty is such an underrated masterpiece, and Flora is a badass! Not many people realize the 3 middle aged women are the protagonists [Spoilers: they even save the prince and slay the dragon!] Everyone knows Maleficent is the greatest Disney villain of all time, but the film itself doesn't get nearly enough recognition, and it's my favourite!

[@almitrahopkins1873]

Shakespeare started out as a poet selling sonnets and ballads in broadsheets. That’s where The Bard came from. His contemporaries were poking fun at him by calling him that instead of calling him a playwright. It was meant to belittle his work.

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

@@almitrahopkins1873 Wow!

[@jafethvanelten7898]

My two favourite bards were played by my father and cousin. My father, who has played guitar for most of his life, had written actual small songs for every single one of his spells and also wrote an epic about our campaign we could all sing. My cousin, in a different campaign, asked me to play a bard who performed their magic through origami, including a vicious mockery where she would fold the paper into insulting words. She finished the BBEG with it and it was one of the best campaigns we've had.

[@someone_stole_my_handle]

Hell yeah, I've been wanting to play an origami bard for so long

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

ORIGAMI BARD THAT IS AMAZING! 😂

[@ivandankob7112]

Damn, what a cool dad to have 🫶

[@Tomyironmane]

Vicious mockery... through Mime.

[@Reoh0z]

My next Bard shall be a Ballerina who specializes in the refined Art of the Nutcracker.

[@aSipOfHemlocktea]

Please tell me they have a finisher move for combat that is literally just kicking someone in the nuts called The Nutcracker

[@Jack_Ceu_e_Terra]

Lol 😂​@@aSipOfHemlocktea

[@abchurch]

😂😂😂

[@WhatIfBrigade]

Princess Tutu?

Mine be a "Mijaíl Barýshnikov" inspired one.

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

The way Ginny and her characters interact and play off each other I often forget they are all her. Ginny deserves an award for that.

[@suedenim]

One neat thing is how the way Ginny sets up the shots makes the Bard look considerably taller than Ginny.

[@matthiasschuster9505]

Yeah, I was seriously questioning who is playing the bard 😅

[@thesociologygeek]

Finally! Someone else also points out how ludicrous it was to take away the Songblade was.

[@GinnyDi]

THANK YOU! 🙏

[@theflatlandfanatic1158]

Honestly, is anything really "taken from us"? No. It's D&D. House rules for the win.

[@BigusGeekus]

...maybe they hated Prince Valiant?

[@benjaminfrench3513]

Isn't the Songblade just... Bladesingers?

[@OldGreyGryphon]

@@BigusGeekusYou reference his singing sword?

[@gemini_dragon1092]

My most recent bard was a grandmother who tells stories and had a huge storybook of fairytales and such as her “instrument.” Her bardic inspiration was grandmotherly advice and encouragement, and her charisma being high was shown through her being both respected as an elder and generally the adult of the group. One of the players was even her actual granddaughter! She’s one of my favorite characters I’ve ever played to date.

[@MOO337]

I have always liked using the Bard role to make a drill instructor, inspirational phrases like "get in there maggot!" Or "make yourself useful or di us a favor and go home!" . Such a charmer

[@jonathanblanton9446]

I read a story about a 3.5-era Paladin who would do that. The verbal component of his anti-fear buffs was calling his allies cowards. He would smack party members to Lay on Hands. Unpleasant fellow, but useful in a fight.

[@Deinareia]

A Bard that only uses quotes from Oblivion NPCs for spells would be awesome.

[@rainowcrayons26]

My favorite bard i've played was for a one shot. The one shot was basically us exploring a creepy mysterious mansion. So i made my bard a paranormal investigator like from some ghost hunting show. He had a magic orb that followed him and "broadcasted" his show back to the people of his home town so anytime they'd meet someone he'd announce to them "welcome to the show! You're on Hazardous Hauntings with Finn Wilder!" And leave all the NPCs very confused. He'd also wildly overdramatized everything, always speaking as though to his audience at home and being as flashy as possible. He loved to stir up trouble and also acted like he had sooo much experience in these type of "haunted" houses so he would very confidently (and with absolutely no context clues) do things like throw back a tapastry announcing there was going to be a secret hidden behind it... only to accidently stumble upon secret passageways by doing so. His musical instrument was a soundboard which he used to add background music and soundeffects to a "scene". He was a horrible person but and awesome character to play.

[@plushdragonteddy]

oh my god he's just a vlogger. i love it. that's so good

[@OneShotQuesters]

The fact I haven't gotten to see the new Bard or Paladin Classes yet is KILLING ME 🤣

[@GinnyDi]

Hey, nothing wrong with a little antici....

[@wdunderwood]

​@@GinnyDi say it! Say it!

[@shadymerchant3456]

@@GinnyDi ...pation! -Tim Curry

[@scetchmonkey007]

They are in the playtest... infact all these tidbits that wotc has given out have all been in the playtest. With little to no changes.

[@QuickStudy4]

​@@scetchmonkey007Actually there was some big change to the College of Dance from the playtest. Such as moving the Group Evasion feature from lvl 6 to lvl 14, based on what was mentioned in the video.

[@IdyllicMullet]

My favorite Bard I ever played was Dad. He made dad jokes. He inspired his allies with phrases like, "you've got this, son" and "keep your chin up!" He would give insightful, thoughtful speeches and often told the same stories over and over again. He was basically a caricature of my extremely supportive father. He was awesome.

[@keatsmeister]

This is more or less the Bard I’m playing right now. I gave him a single level dip into Artificer for his Dad-like tinkering in the shed with more enthusiasm than knowledge 😅

[@IdyllicMullet]

@@keatsmeister that's awesome. I wish Artificer existed when I played that character. Dad may be making an appearance in a one shot now

[@shallendor]

Dad Jokes and Puns are the highest forms of comedy!

[@jamesbolt1003]

This is a good bard. More like these please.

[@joefamliyguy1551]

Have you listened to Dungeons and Daddies? Great podcast, and i dont like podcasts

[@Taye-sf9tp]

I have a bard character who is painter, and my friend is currently playing a baking bard. So I love the fact that we’re getting more options of what a bard can be! and I hope it expands further in future

[@holbita3897]

Back in the good old days of 3.5, you had perform (X), and X could be basically anything: oratory, singing, jokes, dancing... even doing tricks with your weapon could be a type of perform, and that was what your abilities used. It lead to really interesting and weird characters.

[@xezazase]

Yeah this video kinda left me confused. A bard not necessarily being tied to music is not a new thing.

[@davidmaxwell4696]

Yeah, when I switched from 5e to Pathfinder 1e I was thrilled to see bards actually felt like bards. 5e's implementation of bards is honestly terrible, not just because they're so tied up in musical instruments specifically, but because nothing about them mechanically is really "bardic". You're a glorified sorcerer that occasionally does guitar riffs to inspire an ally, versus older DnD Editions/Pathfinder bards who have a wide selection of magical performances they can do, which happen over multiple rounds of combat, and affect multiple creatures. Special shout out to Pathfinder's Masterpieces which are particularly powerful performances requiring a bard have sufficient skill points in a particular Perform skill (Acting, Comedy, String instruments, etc.) to learn at all

[@kalcheus]

*hastily creates a bard who juggles while on a unicycle*

[@brotakusama1086]

Make em a Grung

[@aethyr4006]

Background: Outcast, raised not by wolves, but by clowns.

[@TheDuelManiacs]

Folk hero for that land vehicle proficiency

[@derkrischa3720]

don't name them Cabaji!

[@thebitterfig9903]

It'd be fantastic to see a College of Jugglers bard subclass at some point. There's so much to work with in the concept of throwing things.

[@matheusfiorelli8829]

quoting @JoCat, Bards can "Sing, Dance, Paint, Prance, Make a pretty dirt drawing with a Lance plenty of ways to further enhance the battlefield if given the right chance Now you know how to play Bard, you're welcome"

[@erikwilliams1562]

Who else read that in his voice?

[@OperationDarkside]

*plays the cazoo*

[@MinnowTF]

(jaunty lute theme plays)

[@qrrbrbirbel2]

Got the 69th like Mic drop (ice cream cone) 🍦

[@jacobhughes-gartin1057]

Ready to play a punk rock Dance Bard who treats the battlefield as a mosh pit

[@Xeridanus]

Bardbarian who shreds with his axe.

[@bardicloredotcom]

As a punk rocker who appreciates martial arts film choreography and especially drunken boxing I feel this in my bones

[@jtjames79]

Same. I'm going to buy a subscription to one of the music generating AIs. So I can make bardcore versions of punk rock songs, in my own voice. My instrument will be a magical floating microphone. Both hands free.

[@commanderwyro4204]

a magic item for bards thats just a radio. it picks up songs other bards are singing or have sang and you just put it down and use that as your spell focus. then you just find a bard you like that does metal and mosh away

[@GinnyDi]

They don't do an initiative roll, they only attack when the beat drops 😂

[@julianamizrahi2828]

She might not dance in the ceiling, but there’s an old and very famous bard who can fiddle on the roof. Ba-dum-tssssss 🥁

[@siliarba]

I love playing bards and almost always go a different route whenever I make a new one. My latest iteration is someone who is basically an actress with incredible storytelling capabilities. Before joining her current adventuring party she invented adventures and wrote herself as the lead and then passed those stories on as truth. Through this, she was a well known and renowned adventurer before she even went on any adventures. Main reason she actually became an adventure was because she made it sound so fun in her own stories, she subliminally influenced herself in wanting to try it out for real.

[@daggergaming3943]

Finally, my scrapped Broadway bard will have his big dance number in the middle of combat

[@RichWoods23]

The real definition of dying onstage.

[@mevrouwroos]

Instantly envisioning Neil Patrick Harris' opening number at the 2013 Tony awards during a big battle

[@daggergaming3943]

@@mevrouwroos *Path of the Giant barbarian goes into a rage* "And now he's BIGGER!"

[@wajmgirl]

Make them a teifling and you got an extra from hazbin hotel

[@madmouseille]

Oh, it would be so fun! Getting out of trouble like the mask with cuban pete

[@G-Blockster]

My Bard uses "Yo Mama" jokes for his Silvery Barbs spell and Cutting Words fearure.

[@karatekoala4270]

As they should, I do the same

[@KnightsofTuveHall]

"What if I put you on the thumbnail?" 🤣... that got me good! Thanks Ginny!

[@pauldupuis4739]

Example of high-level bardic dance in combat is the character of River Tam in the movie Serenity. Summer Glau had a background in ballet and the fight scenes were choreographed to exploit her background and it definitely reflects that.

[@Hugop_arts]

I love thinking of bards as just “artists”. I had a player who was a bard of creation and they used performance painting to use said creational powers. Add little eyes and a mouth to a furniture? You just cast animate object! It was fun theming that subclass around it and it matched so effortlessly

[@colonagray2454]

My Bard is a collector of stories and myths from his travels. He warships a knowledge diety by burning books and stories which sends them to the collection and allows him to recall them perfectly forever. Definitely an odd bard but 200% fun

[@washedAwry]

reminds me of library of ruina

[@batmanboy9794]

My last bard was an actor who's bardic inspiration was him quoting inspiring lines from his favorite novels and plays. Its awesome to hear that things are moving closer to this being normal!

[@naomi.j.m.]

Wow, I love this :) Edit: in case that sounded sarcastic, I’m serious. If you don’t mind, I might steal this idea or be inspired by it one day

[@batmanboy9794]

​@@naomi.j.m.I didnt hear any sarcasm personally, and please steal this idea and enjoy! My character took up the persona of an action hero from a novel I made up called "The adventures of Darrington Dare!" when he was in the field.

[@naomi.j.m.]

@@batmanboy9794 oh I love that! I think it’d be fun to make one who randomly quotes Shakespeare

[@Oðrun]

I dig the concept of tangoing your dance partner to victory.

[@Grygus_Triss]

Made a bard who was a news reporter. His 'Instrument' was scribe's tools and spells were writing notes.

[@_SoySauce22]

"Of course I can read! I simply choose not to" LMAOOOO

[@catkittycatcatkittycatcatcat]

honestly, very fitting that ginny got the bard sneak peak. everyone knows she’s got the charisma and love of performance for it :)

[@ApocryphalPress]

That "gauche" "we can't all have taste" dialogue really killed me for some reason. Great work.

[@Weird_little_r0se]

I am so calling when my bard pulls someone else into a dance a pas de deux

[@samdoorley6101]

I love that the green room is a closet. It's like a little extra dig towards towards the dancer bard. Side note: Now that the dance bard is a thing, I can finally recreate my dream of a Chris Farley Chippendale's dancer bard. Let the dance-off commence!

[@jonathanstern5537]

I'm actually planning on taking College of Dance when my Tiefling bard reaches level 3. Hell, she's even named after a dance. Her name is Balania, which is a feminized version of Baladi, which is a traditional Egyptian dance similar to the Arabic Belly Dancing. It's a very Middle Eastern/North African flavored campaign. Although, she's kind of the opposite of your college of dance bard. She's a valley girl, kind of ditzy (mostly thanks to my rolls) and chaotic, but very sweet, generous, loves to perform for its own sake, often joining in the performance of others (EX dancing to a street performer, joining in a religious dance, etc) and teaching and encouraging others how to express themselves through the arts (IE teaching one of her teamates how to play the tambourine, commissioning a portrait of she and her allies to a local artist, etc.)

[@mitchhaelann9215]

My favorite bard was a Yuan-ti knife juggler and carni. He could sing, and rhyme, he could bareknuckle brawl for a bloodthirsty crowd, he could juggle balls or knives or (once) live snakes, and he could dance. (His yuan-ti snake-appearance thing turned out to be mostly internal, he had a snake's spine but looked otherwise like a bald human, so he did a lot of dancing and contortionist work). I loved playing him as a wandering scoundrel, entertainer, and mercenary.

[@fran823]

My bard is a dramatic storyteller. His origin was in the military where he was part of the drum corps, inspiring troops to battle. When he left the army he developed a performance based on using drumming and lighting effects to enhance the telling of his dramatic stories.

[@DarrylBallegeer]

Now I have a vision of an all bard party that travels from town to town as the medieval equivalent of a modern pro wrestling show.

[@OperationDarkside]

AND HIS NAME IS...

[@VictorLHouette]

You can sing, dance, paint, prance, draw a pretty dirt picture with a lance, plenty of ways for you to enhance the battlefield if given the chance

[@brendanvenimore378]

One of my favorite characters is a cleric/bard of Selune, quiet spoken till she sings then blasts out music like a Rock Goddess.

[@aqacefan]

Did anyone else visualize the Singing Sword from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? when Ginny mentioned the Songblade? 😊

[@GinnyDi]

GREAT reference 🤌

[@MikeCBaker]

Errr, only as a secondary / tribute to previous incarnations (the WFRR Singing Sword parodies the earlier version[s]). (dredging through memory...) Robert Wagnoer? PRINCE VALIANT? at least some even earlier appearances in literature?

[@pmode4]

No but I had a flashback to an early 90's sci-fi show called " Space Rangers" where the "warrior alien" (Zylyn or something like that-the actor played Shang Tsung in the first "Mortal Kombat" movie) picked up a sword that I thought was called a "song blade". When the blade is used, it makes a distinctive sound from air going through the holes on the blades. Before posting I was able to find out the blade is called a "flute sword".

[@PandaSE_]

I really like Swords Bards being Blade Dancers. Just dancing at your enemies!

[@DarthRayj]

I've always loved making blade dancer style characters :3

[@pheralanpathfinder4897]

That's what I assumed was the intention when I first saw them.

[@brandontrost9292]

In one game I played, we had a bard whose performance was cooking. He carried an artificer-made portable stove and made food during combat. Bardic Inspiration was a waft of delicious aroma, and all of his somatic components were hibachi knife moves.

[@Reoh0z]

In AD&D 2e Dark Sun Bards were Assassins and secret agents, gave them a very different.

[@briantaulbee5744]

The Dance Bard seems like a no-joke blender in a fight. That whole “make an attack when you spend an inspiration die” comes up more than you’d think. I mean, that class feature where you can spend an inspiration die when an enemy gets close to let you and an ally move? Go ahead and backflip-kick that critter in the face as you dodge out of there.

[@angelcakeart]

Recently just made a siren-themed Triton Bard lady and honestly not having them play instruments can, flavor-wise, make them really fun

[@sayethwe8683]

I did this too! My DM was kind enough to have the Triton race have an entire defense corp of Sirens to keep ships away from their territory.

[@molliejonge3117]

I'm having my first session in D&D this saturday wish me luck! :)

[@GinnyDi]

Good luck!!

[@Vitaee13]

Advice I give to every D&D newbie is don't get hung up on the rules and mechanics. Have fun with the roleplay.

[@molliejonge3117]

​@@GinnyDithank you my dad is actually the dm. His first time too im playing it with 3 of my friends

[@molliejonge3117]

​@@Vitaee13thank youu😁😁😁

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

Good luck! I’m sure it’s going to be great!

[@hasturnz1445]

Fair commentary - as a side-note, I've always wanted to play a gansta-rap Bard, with twin hand crossbows, but to be honest the idea is probably better in my head than in real life play. I like the idea of moving away from the bard-as-written as always being some kind of lute-strummer, but as always it's more people's imagination that counts the most (I've seen players run all sorts of cool bards / bard multiclass types) and ultimately it comes down to their spell selections more than anything else, over time.

[@rhettbaldwin8320]

7:09 so now Bard's can give inspiration with simple line of sight, instead of being close enough to hear.

[@gamana6179]

Literally all I can think is "Hey, now I can play Ty Lee."

[@BothanJedi]

I always saw Ty Lee as a fairly standard Open Hand Monk. Her Chi blocking is basically Stunning Strike.

[@safetzukic7445]

​@@BothanJediOpen Hand Monk with Performer background, easy.

[@gamana6179]

@@BothanJedi That is only a part of her character. Ty Lee is a high charisma circus performer. You can hit like Ty in 5e but playing the character takes some creative multi-classing and then ignoring most of your bard skills so you don't loose the core of the character. Even just placing the stats is hard since she would be a high Dex, charisma, wisdom and con.

[@PearlTheGirl123]

Glad so many KZbinrs are giving a peek at what's to come in the player handbook :3

[@GinnyDi]

I can't wait to watch everyone else's videos. 2024 rulebook KZbin marathon, anyone? 😂

[@PearlTheGirl123]

@GinnyDi Time to decode the whole textbook off of hundreds of Videos

[@sarapendavingh4936]

Ty Lee. The college of Dance is made to play Ty Lee.

[@Curry-D-Pastry]

Bards are my fave class, monks are my second fave; the fact that I can basically play both at the same time is *fantastic*; 10/10 vid

[@Cieply_Milus]

I really like the idea of a painter's collage of creation bard, who paints his created items and to animated things he adds like legs and wings. I pushed it even further and my bard is a tattoo artist and he doodles some simple cartoonish wings and legs to his animated objects, but the best part is that his Vicious Mockery is drawing doodles over people like we used in school books. He uses mostly conjuration and illusion spells like color spray when he shoots out ink at people. (Yes I drew inspiration from that one Miraculous' bad guy who drew stuff on his tablet and it appeared irl.)

[@mattbriddell9246]

My idea for this would be going around and sticking googly eyes on everything :D

[@cgathunder2]

I have an Artificer/Spirits Bard that is a performance painter. LOVE IT

[@clubaston316]

I designed a pokemon kinda like that back as a kid. It was for a competition, didnt win oh well doesnt take away any coolness of the idea though. Would be cool to see a bard use these abilities.

[@fragile4408]

For years I've been wanting to do a Bard/Monk multiclass to do dance fighting. Never got around to it for reasons. So imagine my absolute joy when College of Dance got revealed. Will totally be the next Bard I play.

[@jonathanblanton9446]

🎵 "Everybody was Kung Fu fighting..." 🎵

[@foxyseven609]

I'm assuming the unarmoured defence abilities don't stack and you wouldn't be able to add wisdom and charisma to your AC, right?

[@Fallen_Ember]

I'm so excited about this new bard change! Great video :)

[@GinnyDi]

Same! There are some great little changes in the new rulebook

[@OpticallEffect]

From the description of the Bard in 5e I always wanted to make a 18INT/8CHA dwarf bard who took the "magic of music" too literally and now carries with him a bag of "sounding tubes". Each of the tubes vibrates with different frequencies to create specific pitch and therefore a magical effect.

[@michaelbourrell2693]

"Are you trying to kill those people?" "Well maybe that mime." Die Hard quote.

[@ArcaneAnthems]

Alternate title: Changing of the Bard, amazing video Ginny. I loved the through story with the bard. ❤

[@BertBerg]

I AM looking forward to seeing a 'contemporary circus artist' bard specialised in one arm hand balancing! Also as a Circus artist I can say the following things are performancing arts: Fire-, hat-, disk-, sword-, bottle-, club-, smoke- or card- juggling, hand balancing, hand to hand acrobatics, teeterboard jumping, Cyrwheel acrobatics, fire-breathing, fire-eating, wire-, (slack)rope- & edge- walking/balancing, aerial acrobatics on rope, silks, chains, trapeze, straps, hoop, (Chinese) pole, wooden pole (mallakhamb for example), Lion dance (partner acrobatic in a lion costume on poles), contortionism, (trick) horse riding, sword swallowing, lasso-, flag-, poi- & staff swinging. The list goes on for quite a long while... Maybe a good extra would be that a lot of circus arts stem from older traditional ways of dancing, acting, impressing, re-enacting & re-living, ritualising stories. So when you want to make a 'new kind of bard' maybe I could be an idea to research on on art forms like Butoh, Mongolian horseback riding contortionism, Chinese sword juggling, Capilotractées, Icarian games or Antipodism Cheers! Bert (not really a bard)

[@BeesOTC]

I'm about to start playing a new campaign as a bard sword swallower!

[@bellrose2659]

You forgot hoopdance!

[@bellrose2659]

I love this list though, getting lots of ideas

[@BertBerg]

@BeesOTC ohhh nice! (In the older English showmanship some artists also ate broken glass, rocks or coals or hammered nails in their noses)

[@BertBerg]

@bellrose2659 yes!! Both Hoop jumping (acrobatic jimping through hoops and hoop juggling)

[@forgerofsouls9126]

My first 5th ed DnD character was a Bard. A Kenku named Bagpipes. Took 1 level in sorc for some added firepower and 1 level in cleric for some added healing as Bagpipes focused on healing and crowd control. In the end, at 18 levels in Bard, 1 Sorc, and 1 Cleric, I found I had enjoyed him greatly.

[@thestarhopper]

the image in my head of a dancer bard giving bardic inspiration by doing a little boogie is very amusing

[@eliljeho]

Giacomo! King of jesters and jester to Kings!

[@BatTCK]

My heart knows a lovely song . . .🎵 It whistles it all day long . . . 🎶 Such an underrated classic. One of my all time favorites

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

🎶Life could not better be…🎶

[@eliljeho]

Get it? Got it! Good

[@JaneXemylixa]

Yea, verily, yea!

[@StyksBewmGoblin]

The Duke, the Duchess and the Doge

[@pigglepix]

My favorite bard that I made, but have yet to play, is this Magician who performs card tricks and illusion magic to audiences of many, basically doing stage magic to use real magic.

[@nori484]

I played as Bris, a changeling actor who always uses jester clothes dancing and acting is how he use magic acting as several characters with his mimic and never changed shape without the jester outfit and he creates all kinds of stories, not just comedy

[@pandoraarts7748]

2:35 Thats ok, balders gate has it, its amazing, I literally cant live without it.

[@erikwilliams1562]

13:00 I am shipping the Dance Bard and the Oath of Throwing-it-back and you cant stop me!!!

[@catherineelmore2004]

Holy moly... The ability to use Bardic Inspiration *visually* is amazing! Like - not just for nonmusical bards- if for some reason your party member can't hear you but can still see you you can give them a Bardic?! Heck yes! That's amazing! And that new subclass sounds so cool! (I will admit - I was getting Fabian Seacaster from D20 vibes from the description, not going to lie!)

[@StudioJLT]

My bard is a travelling stand up comic, specializing in the magic mouth spell!

[@amendersc1650]

one of the players in my party made a bard that got his powers from being a really good merchant. it somehow works very well, and also this player is a new player and thats was his first character ever. (also his bardic inspiration is him throwing a magical coin to the target, a coin that somehow always appear back in his pocket somehow)

[@geoffchurchill5492]

my favourite bard was a tavern keep who opened a tavern on a battle front with entrances for each side at the front and rear of the tavern

[@dredgendorchadas6770]

I'm now planning on making a david gogins bard "I've been running for the last 3 days, you better land that sword strike AND DONT STOP UNTIL ITS PERFECT"

[@icenic_wolf]

Back in 2nd edition, in the Rogue handbook (thieves and bards were both considered to be in the "rouges" grouping), jongleur (juggler) was one of the performance/specialty options for a bard.

[@davehendren4996]

My favorite bard is my half elf named Naraya. She was a lore bard that owned a library. She adventured to find new and rare books for her collection. She was a story teller and would inspire party members by reminding them of stories of the heroes of old. Gods I miss playing her. It didn't hurt that the dice seemed to love her too.

[@XanothAvaeth]

0:10 I tried to re-write bards and their abilities to remove the all singing all dancing star of the show wording since 2e and every time I just gave up before finishing the task. Even just HOW you use music is often prescribed to be a very very specific way, want to play a fantasy Johnny Cash with a much more downbeat personality, your abiltiies, spells and everything describing your class will still fight you on it. There are so many ways to take a bards rough kit and skin it as a leader, orator, standard barer, captain or even a thief/sorcerer hybrid in a similar way that paladin can be seen as a figher/cleric and a ranger a fighter/druid, at least for flavour and being a bridge between those classes and something that sits inbetween. D&D has always been so heavy handed with flavour in some places and leaving others with almost no prescribed identity at all.

[@GabeTetrault]

In my current campaign one of our players plays a homebrew mute Verdan Bard mime that comes from an order (school) forbidden from making sound. They have their tongues cut out as part of their training. He mimes all of his spells and can do some magic by moving like a puppeteer. It's pretty wild!

[@robhall9346]

I had a Vistani bard join my Curse of Strahd party temporarily when the healer had to take a leave of absence. She was a fun character to play, but ye gods the College of Dance would have been perfect for her!

[@KakitaHero]

Not gonna lie, I was really apprehensive of this subclass. Now, though, I can't wait to play my Maori-inspired asskicking master of the Haka.

[@BrunoFernandes-ty7mf]

Since i saw this subclass on the UA, it finally made me excited to play a Bard someday. I love classes and subclasses focused on support and on movement. And this one do both of them. Amazing addition.

[@machine_hell]

The new bard subclass looks amazing! I'm glad Wizards gave you the preview, I can think of no other content creator that embodies a bard like you!

[@SamLabbato]

imagine a mime bard that took a vow of silence, making the few times they do raise their voice, all the more impactful

[@pheralanpathfinder4897]

Sadly they probably didn't provide a way to let bards ignore the verbal component. That should have been the big powerful sublass feature for the school of dance.

[@SamLabbato]

@@pheralanpathfinder4897 yeah, maybe say something like, for targeted spells, target(s) must be able to see your dance in some way. so peripheral or blindsight/tremorsense works too. a little bit of a spin on the "you must have line of sight" rule

[@ginaribeiro2726]

Not my dhampir bard being able to dance on the ceiling 😅

[@grizzlednerd4521]

I think the video (3:50) conflates the issue people have with the fluff by arguing the bards crunch. The thing that really bakes music into the bard (till recently), is their material component has to be a musical instrument (or weapons for some colleges). However, they don't have to *play* the instrument...and a flute could look a bit like a thick wand (keep it clean people). Further, you could have rhythm sticks in one hand for example.

[@RayF6126]

I'm a Gladiator Bard who dances and does acrobatics with a tambourine to keep a beat. I have a whip, woven decorative net, and disguises to entertain and distract. Later levels of Bardic Lore allows you to choose some spells from other spell classes. Spider climb from the druid list might allow you to dance on the ceiling.

[@SortKaffe]

I love that WotC let youtubers be the ones that reveal specific subclasses! @DnDDeepDive (the Assassin) and @DungeonDudes (Path of the World Tree Barbarian) also provide great in-depth discussion of these new subclasses including thoughts on how to build around their core features.

[@hearforthemusic9814]

For anyone wondering packtactics and good time society also have videos on new content. Although good yime society's video seems yo bu unlisted now.

[@mixofreak]

And Mark Hulmes (@SherlockHulmesDM) for the Great Old One Warlock.

[@verdurite]

Treantmonk got the entire phb, but isn't doing any previews as far as I know

[@mattbriddell9246]

@@verdurite NDA, baby.

[@SortKaffe]

@@mixofreak thanks for sharing! I didn't follow Mark Hulmes, but hit GOO video is great!

[@coffeedaywithdad]

Can't wait to make my "Dad Joke Bard"

[@digitaljanus]

You know what they say: humour is in the eye of the beholder!

[@GinnyDi]

If you're laughing at a beholder eye, you have a stronger stomach than me!! 😅

[@mrmeglomania]

I played a Lore Bard Podcaster in a friend's over the Top Campaign, who went around interviewing monsters and adventurers. I reflavored Otto's Irresistible Dance as "Tell Me Your Story" and it forced people to monologue. They also gave Inspiration by saying "Do it for the listeners".

[@EricMesa]

loved this reveal - as someone who loves to play bard, this has be excited. Also love your bardic performer, diva intentions aside.

[@savingplayer1613]

"Well we can't all have taste" 🤣🤣🤣

[@juliannewallo8046]

Ah Yo Clown Bard might not be such a bad idea!

[@tompadfoot3065]

My last Bard was a Bardlock who was a roadie for a Icewind Dale death metal band. He got his powers from second hand exposure to the band's dark channelings, and got his Pact after almost dying from a pyrotechnic malfunction

[@josephking8186]

My favorite Bard I made was human college of swords who was a knife juggler. He would do flourishes with his blades to cast and perform as well as counting his attacks as performances.

[@maidominguez1123]

My favourite Bard I've encountered was Deo, from my She-Ra campaign. He is so supportive, and he even sings to his cows! He is a Bard/Druid, and I love him very much.

[@kevinbeck8836]

Yo Ginny! Arms are looking great in that thumbnail 💪 I love seeing creative types taking their health seriously!

[@sagegreeeeeeen]

Bards getting a rebrand sound so cool

[@darthplagueisthewise2157]

I think Esmerelda from Hunchback is a really good example of thinking outside the box where performing and dancing is part of her fighting style and her character.

[@metalpsalm]

Just thought of a Bard that is basically Lemme from Motorhead. Ace of Spades!!!!

[@TheDeadpeasent]

When the Bard was first intrduced, in the late 1970`s, in an issue of Dragon Magazine, the rules allowed for dancers, poets, comedians and acrobats/juggulers as well as singers/musicians. The article also said a well rounded Bard would be able to pretty much do all of those things.

[@MartijnVos]

In Pathfinder, Oratory is a Performance skill, which means you can play a Bard that inspires through speeches, which makes a ton of sense. I used it to play a politician.

[@Vitaee13]

At about @7:05, I remembered that one scene in Critical Role campaign 1 when Grog was pit fighting against a half-orc, and Vex cheered him on by flashing him. Hope this doesn't come off as sexist, but that is one hell of a way to deliver bardic inspiration.

[@pyrogriffin]

I love the idea of a Bard that gives inspiration by handing out little origami trinkets to their party members.