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July 25th, 2019, 01:52 #11
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July 25th, 2019, 12:57 #12
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July 25th, 2019, 15:40 #13
EDIT: The total number of payments cannot exceed 200 in actual payments? This is a massive pain in the ***. I don't know what is realistic or feasible. I should peruse other avenues.
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I would like to bring this back to the original purpose of the thread.
So has anyone here played Ravenloft Stone Prophet? If so, how much do you think it fudges the rules?
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(another edit)
Additionally what are yall's opinion(s) on Bards in AD&D vs 3.x vs 4e vs 5e?
Anyone played a Bard as your main Char in Baldur's Gate 1-2? What's your opinion on their effectiveness / niches?Last edited by Yehudah; July 25th, 2019 at 16:19. Reason: edit around 11:20 AM
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July 25th, 2019, 17:29 #14For support with any of my extensions, visit my #mattekure-stuff channel on Rob2e's discord https://discord.gg/rob2e
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July 25th, 2019, 18:11 #15
yeah I got that. I have not had a job since I was 17. (and that was mostly a family friend hiring me anyway). this is red tape and I can't take risks. I'm gonna have to work out private arrangements for work with people directly if this is gonna work. Would it be okay to redirect this thread back to my original intent?
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July 26th, 2019, 01:42 #16
What are you guys' opinions on Bard(s) in the tabletop versions of D&D in the thread title, but also crpgs, both Beamdog remastered ones and other ones.
It's rather difficult for me to justify using Bard characters in the D&D computer games (and probably tabletop too) considering it's a low number of party members generally. It makes me think almost like Bard's and Thieves should be a unified class. Or at least a Thief subclass which removes a Bard's more limited Arcane abilities but keeps their other skills.
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July 26th, 2019, 02:58 #17
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I think this has been misunderstood. The way this is written, 200 payments all by itself wouldn't exceed the 1099 tripwire. You would also have to exceed $20K in the same calendar year. Sorry to resurrect this part, but I think this is an important point that would let the OP make a few beer/game bucks.
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July 26th, 2019, 03:07 #18
I understand that now. Thank you. Unfortunately I'm nowhere near qualified to produce prepackaged original content. Tha'ts not quite what I had in mind. I had contract writing stories and settings for campaigns in mind for table top campaigns. I am not skilled enough yet to design a complete original D&D campaign and if I become skilled enough it's not anytime soon. I'ts a struggle for what I'm doing now trying to put something together which may end up being played by my group of friends in a year or longer.
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July 26th, 2019, 05:08 #19
I've played or had players play bards a few times in previous versions. They never really fit or performed well. Some versions they were just... weak and extremely situational. In general they have never really appealed to me.
In 5E, they are much better. Not sure if they appeal to me, but they have a place in almost any party and are competitive if you worry about that.
As for CRPGs, wouldn't be qualified to comment.
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July 26th, 2019, 05:12 #20
I play a bard in 3.5e (the kobold bard of my profile picture ) and they can perform there really well (they have a buff there which grant them +30 bluff...). But as LordEntrails said, a bard might not work well depending on how one skills them. A bard (in 3.5e) is therefore not a class I would suggest for a new player, it takes some knowledge to play them. When one knows how to play them, then they can be really fun to play (e.g. there are builds to make them very strong in melee combat)
EDIT: and in a good group one can have nice combinations of actions. Like using fascinate just to give the rogue an opportunity to backstab the NPC. The bard can also be really useful in many other roleplaying aspects and supportive waysLast edited by Kelrugem; July 26th, 2019 at 16:09.
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