Kit Subsections

Specialty: That kit's entertainment form.

Qualifications: Qualifications will limit or extend allowed race, alignment, and ability scores for the particular kit.

Introduction: This section presents a colorful, first-person example of the kit. Listen to the NPC as he chats with you about himself and his kind.

Description: This section describes the kit and distinguishes this particular type of bard from the others.

Role: Role explains the role that this type of bard plays within a party and in society as a whole.

Secondary Skills: Secondary skills is an optional rule found in Chapter 5 of the Player's Handbook. If this rule is used, only skills listed in this subsection of the kit can be selected by characters who adopt this kit.

Weapon Proficiencies: A character can become proficient only in the weapons listed in this subsection.

Nonweapon Proficiencies: Although nonweapon proficiencies are an optional rule, it is strongly recommended that they be used if bard kits are allowed into the game. They have been carefully selected to give each kit a unique feel.

Bonuses: Each bard kit has four bonus proficiencies. These proficiencies are gained without expending any proficiency slots. It is strongly suggested that at least half of a bard's proficiency slots be spent in one of three ways: gaining proficiencies from among those on the "Suggested" list, gaining additional topics (see the chapter on proficiencies) to proficiencies on the Bonus or Suggested lists, or in improving proficiencies on either list.

Armor/Equipment: Armor restrictions or extensions are listed here. Sometimes special comments will be made about equipment, such as typical dress, identifying colors, special tools, and so on.

Special Benefits: Each bard kit has four special benefits. These benefits set the kit off from all other character classes and kits. The character should take on a different role-playing feel because of the kit's descriptive information.

Special Hindrances: Special hindrances or limitations are placed on certain kits. Hindrances are listed here only if they do not fall into any subsection listed earlier.

Notes: On rare occasions, this subsection is used to list special notes that don't fit into any of the earlier subsections.

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