Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24583358-20140803004541/@comment-1883569-20140803131916

You can only pick a class kit for the first class and not for the second class. In classic BG if you took a look at dual-class options for Imoen, you could also pick specialist mage and one of the eight specialisations. Since Shadows of Amn, the specialist mage disappeared and are now eight class kits for mages and there is no expection for mages, I believe.

The problem of a bard is that the class isn't good at being a warrior (lack of specialisation and smaller range of equipable weapons and armor), not at being a good thief (only pickpocketing) and not at being a good wizard (less spellslots and no access to lvl 8 and 9 spells.)