Call Liam Neeson <| sep |> Price Check Standard . I randomly vaaled one belt that I found because it had a bad base and I think it ended up quite alright . Is it worth something ? <| sep |> My thoughts also . If so . What a scumbag . <| sep |> As a Bard , they are a Jack of All Trades , Master of None . They can do a couple things excellently , and as a Valor Bard there ' s nothing I cannot do decently . But . My AC is one of the lowest of the meleecentered members of the party , and the only reason the Monk is reduced to 0 HP more than I am is because I frivolously use either Polymorph or Greater Invisibility when things get rough . My spells are limited in scope and range , with Sleep as the mostuseful spell I have in terms of damage . My literallymost damaging spell is Shatter , since as Magical Secrets I decided that Misty Step bonusaction movement and Wall of Stone battlefield control were much more useful than raw damage . I ' m literally outdone in AoE DPS and singletarget spell DPS by the Sorcerer ' s simplest Fireball and the Warlock ' s Eldritch Blast . My party has two Clerics , and I can ' t heal as effectively as either of them . Sure , Healing Word is beneficial in a pinch . But I ' m literally the last resort . If I ' m healing anyone , it ' s the Clerics so that they can ensure everyone else lives . The two things I excel at that the other party members don ' t is the outofcombat stuff . Expertise in Persuasion puts me at . rolling actually lost its fun because of how high my Persuasion skill is . I just use social interaction to roleplay my character and speak how she would speak to get the target to ally with her or surrender . Perception and Stealth make me an exceptional scout , better than the Monk and on par with a WildShaped Druid . but at the same time we ' ve kind of drifted from such content . I mean , we are literally marching with an army down a linear mountain passageway . If we abandon our followers by sneaking ahead , they ' ll die ! And we can ' t let Fred and Morticia and Kelly and the other thousands of people just die ! If Kelly dies , who ' s going to bake our victory cakes ? !? And what about Kevin the MeatShield ? He can ' t be a meatshield if he ' s dead ! Though the thought does make me hungry . I wonder if Kelly can make meat pies . Of course I realize that my Bard conglomerating the core abilities of my teammates and specializing in noncombat encounters is only one way to go . I ' ve encountered Bards who almost exclusively buff allies without ever wading into melee range . I ' ve encountered ' SwordandBoard ' Bards who act as makeshift Clerics , tanking in melee and healing the team simultaneously as their primary roles . I ' ve met Bards that are proficient in just about every skill possible , and Bards that actually decided to dump one or two stats for some insane reason that I can ' t grasp . TLDRBards are capable of a little bit of everything , but only having a couple points that they really excel at . For a Bard to have a wide selection of healing spells like a Cleric they must elect to select those spells instead of either damaging spells like a Sorcerer or utility spells like a Wizard . For a Bard to be an expert at say stealth , they must give up being an expert at something else . I mean , can you imagine a HalfOrc Bard Grappler ? They likely won ' t be that good at stealth as my Bard . And not every Bard stings like a swashbuckler . which is noted with the one archetype being the Lore Bard that prefers skills over combat and magic over weapons . It all comes down to balance do a lot of little things , or do a few big things . Bards are the epitome of this dichotomy , so it shines brightest in light of the Bard .