D&D (2024) What is the 2024 Bard Power Source?

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UngeheuerLich

Legend

• Thursday at 9:15 PM

• #21

Scribe said:

I look at it as

Bard - Secrets that not everyone can access, learn, understand.
Warlock - Its not their power anyway, stolen.

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I love that you can create Finder Wyvernspur in 5e.

 

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lall

Explorer

• Thursday at 9:18 PM

• #22

Wrong thread sorry.

 

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UngeheuerLich

Legend

• Thursday at 9:23 PM

• #23

lall said:

Wrong thread sorry.

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That is a funny power source.

This rather sounds like wild magic sorcery though.

 

MarkB

Legend

• Thursday at 9:24 PM

• #24

Scribe said:

Warlock - Its not their power anyway, stolen.

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Bartered for.

 

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NotAYakk

Legend

• Thursday at 9:27 PM

• #25

Henadic Theologian said:

What is the 2024 Bard Power Source?

Expanded spell list plus the ability to cherry pick from Wizard, Cleric, and Druid lists at level 10, its no longer clear what power source Bards use, especially in light of the UA that allowed them to choose whichever one they wanted.

Arcane because the 2014 Bard was Arcane in 2014, with possible dabbling in others?

Divine because they use the Words of Creation, the same thing used by the Gods? (First mentioned in the famous Book of Exalted Deeds).

Primal, is Primal still a thing in 2024 PHB?

Or your choice?

Or all of the above?

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Puns.

 

Veltharis ap Rylix

Legend

• Thursday at 9:29 PM

• #26

Henadic Theologian said:

What is the 2024 Bard Power Source?

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Logos - the Words of Creation.

 

Scribe

Legend

• Thursday at 9:40 PM

• #27

MarkB said:

Bartered for.

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Eh, there's no crunch around it anyway, best I not get into it.

 

MarkB

Legend

• Thursday at 10:02 PM

• #28

Scribe said:

Eh, there's no crunch around it anyway, best I not get into it.

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Fair - it could go either way for individual characters.

 

Maxperson

Morkus from Orkus

• Thursday at 10:52 PM

• #29

Power sources in 5e/5.5e are fluff, so I'd keep bards arcane. That said, instead of drawing their power from the weave in the same manner as wizards, they'd do it through the power of the song of creation/first song.

 

Marandahir

Crown-Forester (he/him)

• Thursday at 11:02 PM

• #30

Power Source is a think in the lore; Crawford discusses Arcane / Divine / Primal magic in the video.

Bards have Bardic Magic, which is your own thing. In 5e they've long been a bit sequestered from the 4 "Arcane Casters" who got the Arcane Weapon spells as soon as they were added.

Bardic Magic is the magic of the words of creation itself. And as a result, it can be understood through Arcane, Divine, Primal, Psionic, or other means.

I highly suspect that if we ever get a Psion class with its own Psionic Spell List, Bards will be able to tap into that spell list as well. Though I doubt it would be errata'd into Magic Initiate, but instead be a Psionic feat.