[UA] Possibility of a Bard character?

[Jason Feldstein]

Also, if he wants to be a jack of all trades, perhaps you could let him
trade in a certain number of his skill points for attribute points. That
way, he could make a significant check against nearly any skill, but he'd
not be so good with major checks... which is exactly what a jack of all
trades is - a master of none.

Jason

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Tim Groth <tim.groth at gmail.com> wrote:

> If he's look for Bard in terms of has performing skills that have emotional
> impact, I think UA can cover that. A Soul skill for music that mentions its
> emotional tone and another sort of magic-ish skill that does some emotional
> effects (shares your Passions perhaps, but you have to lay them out there
> via music) would be appropriate.
>
> If he's looking for Bard in terms of a jack of all trades, that's a bit
> trickier—you can be a dabbler with the right descriptions and whatnot, but
> there isn't really the sort of buffet of effects to build from to create a
> mechanical jack of all trades.
>
> Really, the key is what is he going for when he says bard? Have him lay
> that out in terms of concept, personality, passions, and obsessions. From
> there the skills can follow nicely, and don't be afraid to give custom one
> off abilities in skills. I generally find something about as powerful as a
> single potent minor formula spell or weaker significant formula spell can
> work without breaking the game.
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:45 AM, kundalini kat <kundalini8kat at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> One of my players is totally bent for playing bard characters. I'm not
>> very familiar with other RPGs, like Dungeons and Dragons which apparently
>> has roles for these things. There's hints in the corebook about a 'play the
>> blues' Soul skill... there's the ravey 0100101011001 group and Oneiromancy,
>> but not quite what he's looking at. Has anyone tackled this conversion
>> before?
>>
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