The Complete Bard's Handbook (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition, Player's Handbook Rules supplemenT/Phbr8)

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Summary: ANOTHER DISAPOINTMENT FROM THE 2ND EDITION OF D&D
Review: The complete handbook serie has to be one of the most disappointing serie to be put out by the folk at D&D. The lack of concision and the overall usefulness of those books are extremly disappointing. Let me first tell you what you won't find in the bard handbook : good illustrations, usefull charts, interesting new skills, or magic items worth mentionning. The reason for this is quite simple, there was no real reason to put out the book in the first place. All you need to know to play your bard caracter, can be found in the 2nd edition player's handbook and the few interesting novelty of this book should have been added there. I'm trying very hard to find something positive or new to mention about this book but there is nothing to find here, just 124 pages of things I already knew or would have rather ignored. If you really feel like you need to know more about how to play a bard character in your campaign, I suggest you look for historic books about bards rather then try to make sense of this one...

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Summary: This Book Rules!
Review: This book definitly gives New meaning to the oft quoted saying Jack of all Trades, when refering to Bards. Most people who play bards (Like myself.) would be out of their minds not to buy this book. One of my Favorite parts are the New Spells created for Bards which show people that bards are not just thieves with spells...

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Summary: Gotta Love It
Review: This book is probably the most useful book out of the ..... handbooks. If you were to create a Bard, which I would prefer, this book tells you about amazing kits, out of this world special abilities with magical weapons, spells, and more. I hope this would be of good use to you.

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Summary: A must for all role players
Review: This book not only has great kits, it also has some very helpful charts in it concerning the off-combat role playing of the Bard. There is a table for legend lore rolls, money made playing in taverns, reputation and what kind of followers you can have. The kits are astounding and they really explore how far the rules let you go with the Bard. I am a musician in real life and playing the Bard with this book in hand makes D & D so much fun. I recommend this book to DM and player alike.

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Summary: A must for all role players
Review: This book not only has great kits, it also has some very helpful charts in it concerning the off-combat role playing of the Bard. There is a table for legend lore rolls, money made playing in taverns, reputation and what kind of followers you can have. The kits are astounding and they really explore how far the rules let you go with the Bard. I am a musician in real life and playing the Bard with this book in hand makes D & D so much fun. I recommend this book to DM and player alike.

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Summary: Must have!
Review: This is a great book that really fleshes out the abilities of the many different kinds of bards you can play. As a player and a DM, I fully recommend it to anyone considering playing a bard.

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Summary: Probably the best Complete Class handbook out there!
Review: This was a super class handbook. The kits (and modification of the original PHB bard class) make all the difference in this class. Using this book, the bard almost becomes a top-level class with a range of sub-classes (almost) that makes for some of the most interesting role-playing possibilities around. I'm almost sorry I didn't get this book earlier, before I created my most recent character, because some of the kits look to be so much fun. Definately a book to buy if you like to role-play and personalities are as important to you as (or more important to you than) hack 'n slash adventuring.