Talk:Bard/@comment-81.104.204.181-20171227202845/@comment-81.104.204.181-20180302170057

ah... but now I realise that they may at least wear bracers. Although in practice I found having a magic using bard means that you are likely to avoid melee anyway. It was the melee bards that suffered the most, as I never quite realised how much bonus AC against missiles they miss out on, being only able to have bucklers (no defence against missles) and a single point in sword/shield style. This meant even kobolds, the single lowest rated opponent above squirrels and rats, were a legitimate threat