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Bards and experience

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I really like the bard writeup for BFRPG; it's very well written. However, I feel they would level up too quickly given their experience point requirements, at least for my tastes. I know the XP table matches that of OD&D, so I can see why the level progression is written up that way.

Would it unbalance the class if I had bards use the same XP table as thieves? Maybe I could add some of the thief skills like they do in AD&D 2e.

Edit: Looking at the thief skills available to bards in 2e, I'd remove Pick Pockets and give them Move Silently instead.
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Which one of all the Bards available on the forum are you referring to?
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I was thinking of the writeup by R. Kevin Smoot. That's the version I know of.
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You mean the Bardic Characters Supplement?
They have an xp requirement of 1750, higher than a Thief (1250) and a Cleric (1500).
If you mean the QC (also by Smoot), with 1000xp, they won't earn levels faster than a thief due to how QC work.
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Probably the latter, but I'm unfamiliar with QC. What does that mean?
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Quasi Classes, there is also the Bard Supplement made by Solo and Smoot, working similarly to a Quasi Class, but allowing for single class Bards, but Solo mentioned that single class just suck, so my recommendations:
Use the Bardic Characters Supplement
Use the Bard Supplement but w/out the Single Class Option
Use the Bard from Quasi Classes Supplement
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Okay thanks. I do have the Quasi Classes supplement. I also have one supplement that has the bard as its own class but allows humans to combine it with other classes. It has the same experience as the bard quasi-class. It's listed as Revision 2, so maybe the one with 1750 xp is a later one.

I am talking about the one in the original post here: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2339
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Yes, that the one by Solo and Smoot, the one Solomoriah commented on single class bards not being really useful.
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Thanks for letting me know about the Bardic Characters document. I just downloaded it and will take a closer look. And thanks for answering my questions.
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Dimirag wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 6:07 pm Yes, that the one by Solo and Smoot, the one Solomoriah commented on single class bards not being really useful.
You mean like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2dCzFZ9qcM

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