Bard

The Bard class of Unforgotten Realms Live is notable for being a support and utility caster with the ability to deceive or manipulate enemies. Whether controlling with Charm or amplifying spells with Double Down, the Bard is living proof that actions can be louder than words, or in the Bard's case, lyrics.

Abilities

Name / Description							Stamina Cost	Image
Starting Gear and Passives							+6	File:Bard Starting Gear and Passives.png
Bards start with a Lute, Flute or Leather Boot. Bards start with 2000 gold. Bards may use non limited abilities of adjacent team mates.
Bolster Spirits	Yes	Yes					3	File:Bard Bolster Spirits.png
Help an unconscious ally to their feat with a clever pun and a magical touch, giving half of your current stamina to them. The GM may give you bonus stamina based on the quality of this pun.
Charm			5			Combat	3	File:Bard Charm.png
Take a selfie of yourself and post it to the social media platform of your choice. Once this has been done you may attempt to charm a target. If successful you control their actions on their turn until they break free.
Disguise	Yes						3	File:Bard Disguise.png
Change the voice of your character. You may take on the shape of any creature or race until you stop doing the voice, in which case the magic of the spell breaks and you are returned to normal.
Lullaby				10		Combat	3	File:Bard Lullaby.png
Create an impromptu song to sing to the table that relates to the events currently unfolding. If your song should impress the Game Master, you may put all enemies who hear it to sleep.
Storyteller					Yes		3	File:Bard Storyteller.png
Tell the table a story about your character. If your story amuses the GM, he will share some information about the battle or will reveal the maximum Stamina of a target of your choice.

Notable Bards

• Richard Lored in The Nuren Campaign
• Squinks in the Roamin's Band of Thieves Campaign.
• Jakelad in The Jewel of the Dingo Isles Campaign.
• Darius in The Unseen Rogues Campaign.
• Trusty Neconni in The Silvermine Mountains Campaign.
• Lance Briggs in the Battle of the Bards Campaign.
• Vanessa Squishwitz in the Battle of the Bards Campaign.
• Dob in The Blood Snake Queen Campaign.

Former Abilities

These abilities are either retired, or removed because of special circumstances.

Cheers

Everyone at the table takes a drink. For the next round of combat, players do not have to drink when taking damage

• Later replaced by Charm, this ability was specifically made for the Dank Dungeons and Dragons campaign, when drinks were used in place of stamina drain.

Name / Description							Stamina Cost	Image
Borrow							1	File:Bard Borrow.png
Swap this card with any of your allies cards, and use said ability. If the cost of that ability is more than the cost of Borrow, you must pay that cost as well. When borrowing an ability you must say "Yoink" or said ability will fail.
Double Down					Yes	Round	3	File:Bard Double Down.png
Proclaim that you wish to double something. Damage, size, the effect of a spell. If the host deems this acceptable, roll a die. Should you succeed, said something is doubled. Should you fail, you take 3 damage and are shamed.

Trivia

• There has been a Bard in almost every campaign. Deadbones utilized their abilities in the non-cannon Dank Dungeons and Dragons campaign as well as the Roamin's Band of Thieves campaigns. Jake Kaufman chose this class in The Nuren Campaign. Jakelad was a bard in The Jewel of the Dingo Isles campaign although he was an NPC for the party and therefore was portrayed by Rob. However there was no Bard in the Porc Hunters Campaign.
• Bard is tied with the Warrior class for the most chosen class of URealms Live (Not including the Nuren Campaign)