What If Everyone Plays a Bard in D&D 5e?

[@micahsmith667]

Making the Glamour Bard the villain who left the band and went out on their own .

[@lenacayman873]

Amazing idea!

[@thecursed01]

I see you played brütal legend

[@Solike99]

Epic lool

[@kittyplayz1480]

A glamour bard could be a really good bbeg actually

[@Reepicheep-1]

Who is the REAL villain? The one who left, or the rest of the band who would not let them leave?

[@DSpiritwolf]

I really like how Kelly admitted to being the brooding one. As if his taste in Sorcerers and Monks didn't already give that away haha.

[@SuperrrStaggie]

Ouch I feel called out. I love sorcerers, am dying to play a monk. And, ahem, am the bass player. 😅

[@dracusdaiarr1788]

IMO Monks aren’t brooding.

[@vigorouslethargy]

​@@SuperrrStaggie As a bass hobbyist, whose first 5e character was a Monk that dipped into Sorcerer..... I feel like I belong here.

[@D3athL1vin]

@@dracusdaiarr1788no class is inherently but it lends itself well

[@YourBFAstro]

Sorcerer main at heart, but dam I wish monks were good

[@leahwilton785]

A Bardber Shop Quartet party of bards seems like an incredible idea, i want someone to do this so badly

[@morrigankasa570]

These guys aren't taking into account Playable Race! If the "Swords Bard" is Mountain Dwarf they start with extra Armor & Weapons Abilities/Skills. If the "Lore Bard" is a High Elf they start with an extra Cantrip. If the "Eloquence Bard" is a Halfling they start with Lucky & other benefits. As for the 4th Bard either a Goblin or Dragonborn might be best.

[@charlescrocco7896]

Based on their speaking voices, Monty is the Lead, Kelly is the Bass…who’s the Bari and Tenor??

[@patcheskipp]

I assume that the all bard party uses drugs in place of potions. Potion of haste, cocaine, potion of healing, heroine.

[@RobKinneySouthpaw]

A plane-hopping style game of bards could be based on Bill and Ted. Make a tower that can plane-shift with a mishap table and let it begin.

[@Tomyironmane]

.... EXCELLENT!

[@richardduncan2954]

Adding to this. If your running multiple campaigns have them get thrown into that universe for a session and let them run wild and reference it in the other campaign. That would be so cool for the players.

[@karsten69]

You could make a group that seeks out forgotten knowledge. things like food recipes from fallen kingdoms, music sheets that time has forgotten, art that went missing in wars. A group that's out to ensure that the past is remembered.

[@reloadpsi]

So the Gullwings from FFX-2 are an all-bard party! Makes perfect sense!

[@karsten69]

@@reloadpsi absolutely. They throw concerts and everything.

[@weirdoregonian]

It could be in a war campaign like the movie where the old art historians go in after Nazi Germany stolen art, Monument Men I think it was

[@karsten69]

@@weirdoregonianOr Indiana Jones.

[@hilarylockhart1022]

Actually playing an all-bard game right now! Our premise is that we put on a show that rocked so hard that we accidentally created a portal to the Elemental Plane of Metal, fell through, and now have to find our way home.

[@z3phyrus14]

That’s so ducking cool

[@mitchg5809]

Super dope!

[@EstelonAgarwaen]

We played a whole campaign with five bards as the party. The power metal band "wyvernforce" was taking on the underdark during their shenanigans, defeating xanathar in an epic final battle (which ended rather anticlimactically, just as out reinforcements arrived)

[@nathanialwoods8281]

The creation bard has to be the roady being able to make new instruments when they get broken or forgotten and at higher levels being able to really take the show on the road.

[@jemm113]

Could also double as the special effects technician barring the presence or in addition to the Glam bard on keys!

[@WilliamTythas]

I was thinking they can just Hire the muscle they don't have .. the Roadies (mercenaries)

[@adiksaff]

Are you hinting at the Dancing Object being able to carry the band to take the show on the road? That would be awesome!

[@nathanialwoods8281]

@@adiksaff I was thinking about the capstone that lets them make anything regardless of cost. Because the most common problem any band has is never enough money for anything.

[@VinceValentine]

Performance check, 1, 2, performance check, 1, 2

[@Immudzen]

You made me think of a tv show my sister watched when she was little. You can have a gem and the holograms party.

[@SymbioteMullet]

If you ever take warlock levels, Synergy is the patron.

[@Amia_the_Smol]

Outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous

[@stevenphilpott4294]

They even mention that! Great minds think alike

[@CurlyCross]

You two do such a great job at this when Monty was excited to talk about a rival band he did such a good job of waiting until Kelly finished talking to add that in. So underrated.

[@sandmanlives3]

With Expertise, Jack of All Traits, Song of Rest, Bardic Inspiration, Magical Secrets, a reasonably diverse spell list, and multiple skill proficiencies - the dice and rules of D&D overall swing so heavily in this party’s favor that I would argue that they are the top of the S tier.

[@zacmanc62451]

In my most recent campaign, I’m playing a dwarf lore bard named Alfric, and we had just finished a siege where my character was in charge of operating the siege engines, and throughout that combat, we had accidentally discovered an amazing band name: Alfric and the Siege Engines

[@derrickgregoire9124]

Another good option might be "Engines of War".

[@jordanlindsey4299]

Another good one could be "... and the Siege Machines"

[@EstelonAgarwaen]

My beardless dwarf bard drelrik was searching for a drawfless bard beard while shenanigansing with his band wyvernforce.

[@raistlin_dourden]

I imagine a party of bards being Dethklock. Fighting trolls that the accidentally summoned and an evil corporation ran by the Devil 🤘

[@tompadfoot3065]

I had a Bardlock that was trying to move from being a roadie to a front man, and he made a deal with an Eldritch Producer (Great Old Ones Pact) for a chance at fame

[@matthewhelmers1426]

You beat me to this comment!

[@immortalmonk2891]

Currently running a game: The party has a bard, and the other characters all took instruments. They call the group, "Lute, Flute and Lyre." They travel around, doing quests, building renown, and playing in the local taverns. They have now started an adventures guild, LFL LLC. They are quickly amassing a large following and now I have plenty of ammo as a DM to have their rivals attack.

[@Cstik]

My regular group did this for a one shot. We built a real life rockstar and we tied the spells we took to the artists songs. It was a great deal of fun.

[@nicholasmcmahan-watson9405]

As a dm my all bard party would immediately be playing through Tenacious D

[@HRXK-pd5hz]

@@nicholasmcmahan-watson9405 As the sun sets across the barren horizon, our travel is cut short. All of a sudden, there shines a shiny demon. in the middle. Of the road.

[@Tomyironmane]

You need to tell us more. We have a MIGHTY NEED to hear about this. Can David Bowie cast Glitterdust/Faerie Fire at will?

[@Cstik]

No one was David Bowie, The bards were based on Axl Rose, Ringo Star, and John Williams. But yes, yes he can.@@Tomyironmane

[@AdamScott-k3d]

Sounds like an interesting trip. Maybe a wild journey. Or maybe even a ... bizarre adventure? 🪕✴😜

[@piedpiper1185]

You guys mentioned 'running social encounters like a heist' and that makes me think this would be a fantastic group to run a party of Ocean's Eleven/Now You See Me style ne'er-do-wells. Have everyone's performances be running a con on their mark(s).

[@HippoEnjoyer]

There’s those official heist modules that came out last year, so you could even use those.

[@silverjohn6037]

As an alternative go full Scooby Doo and have the bard group invited to attend a high class party at a spooky mansion and having to solve a mystery (murder or even just a theft as not everything has to be about saving the world) as the unbiased outsiders;).

[@hemmelgarndesigns]

Yes! I’m a creation bard in Ravnica and part of an all Dimir party. We are super secret spies learning the secrets of the city, heisting, and lying out way through so many social encounters😂

[@leeteague8126]

A plus to the bard party in combat, their ability to recruit hirelings (roadies) or attract followers (groupies) that can act as cannon fodder

[@jemm113]

The creation bard would be the main roadie/technician/manager that sets up the big special effects that can’t be done mid-performance on stage by the others! Valor can either be the head of security or the second vocalist and guitarist or bassist. Then put glamor on keys and secondary special effects!

[@martinpat94]

Weirdly enough I think the Creation Bard might be like the ultimate Roadie and/or band manager that works mostly behind the scene or fill in gaps that the others might lack.

[@greedowins]

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[@alphaamino]

Creation bard: We're on a mission from god Eloquence bard: We're getting the band back together

[@FarothFuin]

Nah, creation bard is the backstage guy, he got all the props ready

[@piedpiper1185]

I want to get somebody that will run a pair of bards with 1 level of celestial warlock with me. Be the Blues Brothers on a mission from God.

[@silverjohn6037]

More like a Rogue and Artificer that multiclass into Bard;). Artificer/Bard: The wagon has guard horse with 440 cubic inch legs, guard wheels, guard harness and was built before fifth edition so it runs good on regular grass. Rogue/Bard: Fix the flint and steel?

[@gortab]

6:45 Instead of fully multiclassing into warlock they could just have some feats like Eldritch Adept for one warlock invocation. Being able to cast Speak With Animals or Disguise Self at will through an invocation could make for a fun character in a bard group.

[@HippoEnjoyer]

If I were the DM and that was the story we were going with, I’d just give them the feat at the start of the game without them having to take it.

[@muriomoira]

I like to think that bards are one of the most "hero like" archetypes bc being a bard is about being a magicaly inspiring presence. An all bard group should feel like those bigger than life personas that break The world's reality with Pure and raw emotions and passion

[@tovekauppi1616]

Surely the paladins are the most hero like? At least hero in the traditional sense?

[@Crowsinger]

Dethklok? 😂

[@martiansoon9092]

Are jesters and jokers heroes? Cmon.

[@muriomoira]

@@tovekauppi1616 idk if id call them "THE most heroic" bc I dont think there actually is a "most heroic" class, but I totally agree that paladin surely is one of the most heroic classes! I also find it really interesting how the bard and the paladin charisma casting manifest in diferent ways. As I see it, a paladin charisma casting is focused internaly, they become stronger the more conviction they have on themselves and their beliefs, while a bards charisma casting manifests outwards by externalizing passion, their Magic comes from weaving the world's Magic with raw emotional bursts and inspirations while The paladin's Magic comes from canalizing confidence and transmuting into Power. But thats Just my own interpretation.

[@muriomoira]

@@martiansoon9092 lemme guess, you're the type of guy whose mind defaults to jaskien when you think about the class, right? Take your time to read about the game's own lore on what is a bard and how bardic magic works, I guess :|

[@JesReally]

I played in an all bard campaign, we were a rock band 😂❤ so much fun. I think having group spell/ group inspiration mechanics makes sense for an all bard group

[@BogWitchTV]

I love the circus troupe bards. Eloquence is the ringmaster, valor can be the strongman, creation could be a clown pulling stuff out of nowhere, mastermind can be a master of disguise, lore is a magician, and swords can be an acrobat

[@emmasilver2332]

Mastermind is a rogue subclass

[@ДюсековИльяс]

@@emmasilver2332he snuck in to the bards!

[@everythingknife8763]

Swords is the knife thrower... duh

[@twicedeadmage]

I have hope for an all Fighter Party, bards is nice. Edit: I've done the Guitarrist with a Deal as a Warlock, a Fey Tome Warlock that had rituals as songs. He was fun to play

[@tovekauppi1616]

The all fighter party will be good at low level fighting, mid at mid level and kind of bad at high levels. For everything else, they’ll be at most a B and probably more likely C regardless of level.

[@twicedeadmage]

@@tovekauppi1616 Bad at high levels, yeah, but just imagine 32 attacks in one round and all those feats, good god.

[@Ferretic]

A bard party is just gonna be this really wholesome group of pals who just absolutely have each others' backs and just love and support each other.

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

For the campine concept I imagine the party traveling around solving mysteries

[@jdl3408]

Just started an all bard campaign. The idea came from this series and bard was the class we all thought would be the most fun to play. We had a blast building the back story of our band and it has been some of the most fun RP I’ve experienced so far in my short dnd career.

[@Volti666]

This is so amazing! Love the video. The whole "everyone plays X class" series is so much fun. Against the Bard group I can see a Villain that abuses the Silence Spell or even tried to bring silence to the world.

[@MarkoSeldo]

Buffy episode - "Hush". There's your villain. :)

[@andscifi]

I enjoy the idea that the bard band keeps running into other bards who used to be part of the band and left. That way you could have the other bard subclasses represented and give them contacts and rivals who are connected to the entire group.

[@antonlowe5370]

Wizard party: he does everything I do. Bard party: except better, with martial proficiencies, more skills, armor proficiency, and more HP ... and healing magic.

[@joshuadefriese1907]

LOVING the new studio setup!!

[@ShadowDragonXXI]

When you invite the guys over to play Rock Band, but all you have is D&D.

[@jaykowalewski9947]

I love this! I have been wanting to do an all bard campaign that revolved around students at a bardic college. Then have all the players be from different disciplines like one musician, a beat poet and an interpretive dancer. This makes it sound like it could be a ton of fun.

[@coffeeproblems5780]

Kinda wish this went in the same order as the multiclass series, so you could watch them both together back to back. And I'll be very happy to do that once they all come out.

[@judemiller]

Honestly, if I was the Lore Bard in this party, I would take Conjure Animals at Level 6 to give us that missing front line.

[@HealingSwordsman]

Everything seems so much clearer in the video! Maybe it's the lighting it looks good!

[@eviyonwygant3325]

I'm the bard in my DND group. And I always sing the praises of bards to my dms dismay. I'm glad you are showing them love

[@knavesquill9198]

i've wanted to run an all-Bard party in a short game that is basically the fantasy equivalent of Footloose.

[@EdrickBluebeard]

Also, as a bassist, you nailed it with the spirit bard- often multiclassed from barbarian. (Yeah. We're MAD as hell.)

[@NotreDanish]

Multi class version of the party: Singer: Eloquence Bard/Fey Warlock; Drummer Swords Bard/Battle Master (Action Surge to increase Tempo, Superiority Dice for direct contests); Guitarist: Lore Bard/Sorcerer or Wizard; Bassist: Spirits Bard/Paladin (Devotion or Ancients?) That’s what I came up with and I think most of those options are really cool and probably pretty good in some cases

[@adamgordon1259]

Thank you Kelly and Monty for another great video. An all Bard party is AMAZING!!! For three years I have been running a high level one called "Oops, All Bards" that is an ongoing Christmas campaign and my 6 amazingly theatrical players include multiple performances every year. I would recommend it to anyone, so much fun!

[@clint4951]

Bardy Pardy. So much Charisma, they fight with pants down, balls out, and music them to death.

[@Pacific-NW-Native]

I love this idea! My prediction pre watching, a swords, lore, whispers and eloquence for a full party of fun. Now if we're doing a simple 2-3 lvl dip, Hexblade + Swords, Life cleric + Lore, Paladin + Eloquence, and Thief + Whispers.

[@rayindc2074]

Dudes: The Swords bard just HAS to dual wield. They can press a button on their drumsticks and two blades pop out so now they've got short swords!

[@rayindc2074]

To strengthen your front line you could also have 2 Swords bards: the drummer and the lead guitarist whose guitar could be a literal axe (a greataxe, proficiency for which could be gained via a weapon swap).

[@alexandrejesus8709]

A team full of orc bards the ORChestra

[@kezothehappylurker787]

Speaking as a guitarist, I consider the bassist and drummer to be the literal heart and soul of the band, as I *bass* ⇐ _(Pun intended)_ my entire music on them and cannot play without them, so my hat's off to you guys, and you get a thumbs up and a sub on that fact alone!

[@richardchisenhall387]

I'm looking forward to the "oops all artificers" episode and hoping for an "everybody multiclasses" episode

[@BassRacerx]

everyone multiclasses is just normal dnd these days

[@richardchisenhall387]

@@BassRacerx yeah but I wanna see their optimized ideas for it still and all the nice flavorful but less optional choices in between

[@saparapatepete]

It's mad science time!!!!! XD

[@Camthalion666]

I strongly recommend the book Kings of the Wyld. It's obviously set in a very D&D-ish setting, but all adventuring parties are viewed as rock stars. So they go on tours instead of adventures, and the core concept is an old band of legendary adventurers getting the Band back together for one last gig. None of the "band" members play music, but in every other way they talk and behave like they are a band of old rockers on tour. A fun twist on the fantasy trope.

[@atingley0913]

Love the new recording background Dudes!

[@alicecarter9672]

My current character is a lore bard who has temporarily stopped being a librarian (he still does poetry for fun) to peruse being an adventurer. His dad is still upset he chose to become a bard and not a wizard 'you have a wizard tower in your backyard, why not use it?' Love the new background!

[@SilverFoxR]

Honestly can't wait to see the all-Artificer party, because it's really funny how each of the 4 subclasses fill a solid party role. =p

[@joatandimas3098]

HAHAHA seeing monty going nuts when Tenacious D is mentioned. Thank you for this video

[@lanceward5904]

This gives me “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” vibes, with the guitarist as the fourth who’s only there every once in a while. Running away from combats, or failing badly every time they don’t.

[@baristus]

Great video! I would say the only pick you guys slept on was Creation Bard. All the unique utility of the animating performance to get a summon at level 6 when the only other way is to use a lore bard’s magical secrets is huge. The summon helps with the frontline, gives concentration-free flight, and can work like telekinesis. So, I would have put one in the mix for the summon and utility, but as you mentioned almost any mix of subclasses could be strong!

[@andrewmcdonald3607]

100% the dancing item should be a flying piano

[@RyanTreadaway]

Bards are amazing damage dealers. - animate objects - spiritual weapon (magical secrets) - pick up Eldritch blast through one of many methods or use viscous mockery to sacrifice damage for debuff.

[@WolfHreda]

I actually had a bit of inspiration for a Bard recently. I was playing Dark and Darker, and the Bard in that game carries four instruments on them at all times. They also get a rapier, but it's noteworthy that at least two of their instruments have combat functions. The lute can be swung as a two-handed bludgeoning weapon, and the flute can be held up to deflect attacks like a staff. There's even a perk you can choose that increases the damage your instruments do.

[@mardshima2070]

My all Bard party idea: Sword Bard. The dancer, later can summon Spirit Guardian as background dancer. The most charming at the stage but a bit shy outside the stage. Valor Bard. Harp player, and also a stoic archer. Literally FF14 Bard or Tristan from Fate/Grand Order. Lore Bard. Piano player, most likely also the leader of the trope. Can do lot of stuffs. Eloquence Bard. Violin player, the opposite of the Sword Bard, blend together at the stage but surprisingly very charming when you talk to them. I think with Valor Bard as range DPS who can take Swift Quiver, this party can solve the damage problem.

[@Leosql]

About damage: Never forget the potence of Swift Quiver + Sharpshooter.

[@VioletMoonfox]

Creation is so good. There's so much you can do with the creations if you're creative.

[@mwlordmason]

I don’t know if anyone has thought of this(havnt read the comments on this video), but it’d be cool if a group of people tested these parties out in BG3. There’s be some obvious differences but it’d still be interesting to see the results.

[@SymbioteMullet]

The ultimate all bard party: Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo. They're sure to leave their marx on the world!

[@silverjohn6037]

Carrying around the piano for Chico to play might be an issue though;). kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJymmoWJebV8sM0

[@arbyaenax]

I was so sure that at least one of you was going to choose Valor for bass Bard, I was surprised but understandable, I think that almost any combination of subclasses can make a good composition for a Bard campaign

[@theodrax9958]

Gotta have a creation bard so they can animate the stage.

[@agilemind6241]

They're the Roadie with Expertise in Athletics.

[@derrickgregoire9124]

Not that there is anything wrong with Creation Bards, but you only need the Silent Illusion spell to animate the stage.

[@theodrax9958]

With a creation bard you can actually bring part of the stage to life and have it fly around with band members on it.

[@hakkesho12]

The image of a hottie vocalist for Eloquence, a himbo drummer for Swords, and hipster bassist for Spirits is giving me life 😂. Giving Lore to the main composer/songwriter is so smart! In a five-man band, I could see Creation working for the lead guitarist and Whispers for the keyboardist 👏🏾.

[@dylankelly3563]

With all the bonuses to skill checks being thrown around, it made me think of one of the Bards dropping a level into Peace Cleric in order to get Emboldening Bond on top of everything else. And then I realised that a Bard with a level in Peace Cleric could 100% work as the sort of 60's Hippie Musician archetype.

[@nicolasboyerbeaulieu8772]

This is basically what my group did for a 2 shots once! Mischief Mayhem the metal band rocking it all!

[@raivo1768]

We had a band called Naga Slayers. Dragonborn pally chanting hymns to Tempus on vocals, and me, a half-orc fighter, on hand drums. The songs I remember were Eyes of the Serpent Queen and Wolves Unleashed!

[@shilohbane2957]

Dark Sun had a weapon set called Singing Sticks. Fighting sticks made from extremely hard wood carved with holes that when swung, made musical notes. Skilled users could make music while breaking skulls in the arena. Damage either 1d4 or 1d6...been a long time

[@davidlewis8814]

In our all-Bard party, I played the bass, as I do in real life. My weapon was an axe, that when it was time to play music, I would stretch catgut from the blade to the hilt and get ta thumpin, looking like Gene Simmons from KISS. My race was Custom Lineage, and I went with part Tabaxi and part Yuan-Ti: killer hair, and a long forked tongue. Named Zungenkuss, which is sorta close to German for tongue-kiss. It was so fun!!!

[@SniperYanda]

I like the idea of the Creation Bard being the roadie-turned-musician like Jack Black in Brutal Legend. Like even beyond making instruments, you can make fullblown vehicles, and every bard party ought to be traveling in style like that instead of hoofing it.

[@sirbagelsworth9463]

So basically Brutal Legend DnD

[@DarkVeghetta]

In the first DnD campaign I've ever played in, we had two Bards in the party that couldn't be further apart from one another, both personality-wise and in combat. I played a Valor Bard that eventually multiclassed into Paladin (of Sharess) and was both the tank and the healer of the party, with an AC well over 30 by lvl 6 and resistance to every damage type, as long as I was willing to expended spell slots for that encounter. The other bard in our party was a Lore Bard that eventually multiclassed into Warlock, nuking things from the back via Eldrich Blast and throwing all sorts of CC at our enemies. Even personality-wise, we were polar opposites - my character was Lawful Neutral and acted very much like a noble knight (the idealized medieval version, that is - basically a more sensible classic Paladin), with a pinch of vanity thrown in for good measure, while our Lore Bard was a Chaotic Good dashing womanizer/jester that got drunk at every given opportunity to mask his pain due to an anguish-filled backstory. An entire party of multiclassed Bards would be eminently effective - both in and out of combat.

[@jarrodbryant3242]

I was at a concert one evening imagining this one opening band as a band of all bards of different colleges, but they get together and travel the kingdoms doing “Battles of Ye Bands” which is them touring from place to place, using their music to cast actual magic from their magical instruments. As they tour, they encounter traditional party stuff but they also have to run around and solve mysteries a la the Scooby Gang while playing side gigs and battle other bard groups in order to get to the Excalibur Guantlet. And I’m imagining the spells they learn are actually from the songs they are writing on magical scrolls and they don’t know that they’re going to summon stuff and blow things up for real.

[@russelljacob7955]

"Just go in hurling insults" I am imagining the scene from Monty Python: Quest for the Holy Grail with the french in the castle and King Arthur.

[@voltron37]

The glamour bard is the bard who was a part of the band and left to achieve things on their own. He is their most fiercest rival and sometimes ally

[@muffin2007]

As someone that didn’t get a majority of your references because of my religious nightmare upbringing I still really enjoyed you guys getting into this so much

[@albertwestbrook4813]

Renaissance Italy had "gangs" of rival mathematicians. Two of these had a knife fight over the solution to cubic equations. These gangs also gave public demonstrations of their abilities. The weirdest bards ever.

[@elliekitabjian2069]

I am DMing an “Oops all bards” campaign and it’s an absolute delight. They are way more powerful than I anticipated so far in low level combat. I highly recommend

[@Ruspanic]

I had the idea of making the Musicians of Bremen as an all-bard group in D&D. In the original story they're a rooster, a cat, a dog, and a donkey. So in D&D terms that could be an Aarakocra, tabaxi, shifter/ werewolf, and centaur

[@benin8or]

This is awesome! I cannot wait for how bad the Oops! All Monks party! 😆

[@volts6286]

comedia dell'arte was the last thing I expected to hear in this video lol

[@VisceralAshes]

Ha ha, this is my favorite of the What if everyone... series. There really is a lot of potential for fun. Also, Monty you reference Rock n Rule whenever you feel the need, it is a fun film and is a great inspiration for an all bard adventure.

[@christopherpurches2774]

For me, a four-bard party would be: Eloquence - Vocals/Violin Lore - Lead Guitar/Synth Valor - Rhythm/Bass Swords - Drum The reason for Valor over Whispers or Spirits is because it helps shore up frontline potential. They can gain guidance and something else through magic initiate. I would get Swords dual-wielding scimitars with drumstick-style handles, and just transfer the movements over. Let them use their bonus action for offhand attacks and spells since they'll mostly expend inspiration on themselves.

[@greatazuredragon]

The party is a band on a tour, and the BBEG is a crazy stalker fan.

[@PoftSarade]

I ran an all-bards game once. It was a battle of the bands, which the players won! ...by finding the opposing band members' mothers, sleeping with them, and loudly announcing it on stage. With their moms in the crowd.

[@Xecryo]

Ok I got it. The party's band is actually a former band that broke up (or possibly they're related to a former member who died or can't play anymore so they take the slot). Years later and into the campaign their music is largely forgotten. But they hear about a battle of the bands concert from their (more successful) rivals and decide to get the band back together and remind the world why they're great. The adventure comes as they search for inspiration as well as some old equipment they left or had to abandon from their adventuring days. It would be an adventure with some strict time keeping as the date for the battle of the bands looms. Every adventure is an advantage they can get in the battle. In fact you can even make a point system to encourage them to do as much as possible before the big day. You can even find a few of your die hard fans to spread the news of the battle. I think there's a lot of potential there.

[@dugget8990]

I have to note that on the damage front, any time an enemy is wearing metal, you can chain four heat metals (which can each trigger at the start of the creatures turn, as they affect separate objects instead of a creature) and deal an easy 8d8 damage per turn

[@jaxlockhart518]

i have been waiting for this for ages! yeah me and my GM having been throwing this idea around for a wile now, thanx for the vid guys

[@aaronlefebre5060]

I just love how they're barely holding in the laughter of describing this whole concept. As soon as they mentioned Tenacious D, I started losing it myself. I immediately thought of some sort of epic combination campaign of Tenacious D, Rock Band, Heavy Metal, and Brutal Legend.

[@nojusticenetwork9309]

Personally, I much prefer to think of an all bard party as a rap group similar to Wu-Tang Clan, NWA, Slaughterhouse, Yung Money etc. Have each represent a different style or genre of rap music. Lore = Battle Rap/Bar Heavy Glamor = Flashy/Saucy style Eloquence = Conscious Rapper Sword = Gangsta Rap Spirits = Alt. Rapper

[@gavinruneblade]

There actually was a livestream campaign for an all-bard team called "Sirens of the Realms" that ran for a couple years. They then did a kickstarter that fell apart brutally (Sirens Battle of the Bards) which was going to feature 30 new bard subclasses. It was very cool.

[@davidchaplain6748]

I've wanted to play an All Bard Party in "Candlekeep." Just a traveling band solving groovy mysteries.

[@fumingbean7931]

"The effects that social media have on mental health are the downfall of the all Bard party" is perhaps the best line i have heard in any youtube video

[@gabrielrockman]

Bane and Synpatic Static both work quite well alongside Vicious Mockery, and both spells are on the Bard spell list. Those spells obviously work better when you've got a high AC tank in the party, which you won't have as an all-Bard party, but those spells are an excellent way to help increase the survivability of the party. Bane is also going to be very helpful whenever an enemy has to make a saving throw against one of the other Bards casting a spell like Hypnotic Pattern or Hold Person.

[@flamefyr]

The best thing for the bard party is a 3 member band and the 4th is the bands lawyer. Still looking forward to the all Rogue party, keep them coming dudes!

[@davehendren4996]

My favorite bard was a half elf lore bard that was a librarian. Her bardic gift came out through story telling. I miss that character, she was so fun to role play. These videos are very enjoyable. I’d love to see how an all barbarian party would work. Or an all warlock party with rival patrons that are constantly trying to one up the others or stab them in the back, but the warlocks who all knew each other from before are resisting. So many ideas! For a bard party name, maybe “Bard from Existence”… if there’s at least one of the bird races you could go with “Bard and Feathered”.

[@the_sigil4340]

You guys were having lots of fun just talking about the possibilities! So jolly

[@meswain1123]

Lol, I called all of the subclasses you went with. I said at the beginning, “Swords, Lore, Eloquence, and either Spirits or Whispers.” Then you guys went and did the same ones in the same order.

[@dalerose86]

Kings of the Wyld book

[@milohobo9186]

Bard party is A tier, the bard party as they tell it, s tier