Qualifications

Generating ability scores high enough to qualify for the bard class is difficult. In fact, it is unlikely unless your DM allows one of the alternative dice-rolling methods described in Chapter 1 of the Player's Handbook. A complete discussion on generating bard player characters (along with pre-generated bards) using all six dice-rolling methods is presented at the end of this section.

To be a bard or not to be a bard, these are the qualifications (see Table 2).

Table 2: CLASS QUALIFICATIONS

Ability Requirements:

Dexterity 12

Intelligence 13

Charisma 15

Prime Requisites*: Dexterity, Charisma

Races Allowed: Human, Half-elf

Alignments Allowed: Any Neutral

(LN, NG, N, NE, CN)

*Bards with a 16 or better in both Dexterity and Charisma gain a 10% bonus to their awarded experience points.

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