Bard (Baldur's Gate)

This page is specifically made for bards in Baldur's Gate (game). See Bard for the page for Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition.

Bards are jack-of-all-trades because they travel much to get inspiration for their songs, learn about local legends&tales and have learned many different abilities during their travels. They are able to cast wizard spells, are able to pick pockets and have a decent selection of armor and weapons, but their broad range of skills comes at the price of not being specialised in most of them, expect for interaction with people. Bards are neutral characters, they come and go when they want, and are usually not bound by obligations, countries and organisations. There aren't many bards who are either good or evil aligned.

Character abilities
Note: For the information of this table the human race was used, because they have no character bonunes/penalties related to race and therefore act like a 'neutral'. For half-elves this is slightly different. See Character Abilities and Thieving Abilities for more information on the effect of character abilities..

Battle song
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Pick pockets
A bard can steal items from characters. The chance to steal an item depends on the percentage.

Wizard spellbook
Bards are able to cast wizard spells when they reach class level 2. In Baldur's Gate, this is limited up to level 3 and lvl 4 with Tales of the Sword Coast. For the complete list of spells, see Spells (Baldur's Gate)]] or if you want a list with only wizard spells, see Wizard Spellbook (Baldur's Gate).