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People throwing on bard song on a party to just watch them leave is in bad form and I would argue is while not explicitly breaking the rules is very obviously exploiting the game like nature of NwN and TDN. Much as we are not allowed to exploit the AI or pathing. Bard song being a throw down...

I have heard that the weapon focus feats in particular are a lot of mind-numbing, tedious work that is super finnicky and not at all rewarding to do. I think in this particular case its more no one wants to subject themselves to this particular work.

I think the reason why shields are feeling comparatively bad is because we are using baseline shields and don't have access to more powerful equipment. Keep in mind that simple bonuses like +1 damage proportionally increase the damage of a 1 handed weapon more than a two handed so if anything...

The basic bard song is explicitly not magical, so most of what a bard does is mundane

The +3 AC is really strong, and as you said only slightly nerfed by it being the most common AC bonus so it doesn't stack with a hell of a lot. That being said it still requires 14 full levels of bard to be better than its +1 form and only reaches the +3 at a full 18 levels of pure bard...

Mages also have a far wider spell selection and do more than just throw fireballs, they can offer supportive magic much the same way bards do, I think functionally bards have the same spell list but smaller with the exception of three of so heal spells, so in terms of pure spellcasting, bards...

Some buffs lasting that long is a design choice, having a handful of buffs that don't 'run down the clock' encourages them to have a place in the toolkit that might otherwise not be used, Bulls strength as an example functionally is a +1, while of course good, has the wind taken out of by the...

A wizard or sorcerer running down their spell circles will do a hell of a lot more than 9d4 per round. Yes curse song is powerful but it still costs charges and requires a feat. Its also worth considering that who would actually want to burn all their song charges for a single 'nuke', again...

I think while strong bard song is the central ability of what is functionally a caster class, and costing them 3 full high level spell circles to compensate. The core strength of bard is bardsong and for it to be as powerful as you say requires a full 18 level investment and -25- ranks in...

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