/5eg/ Fifth Edition General:

Any advice for playing a lore bard? What spells should I be taking? How do I best use my bardic inspiration?

Wondering if I could get feedback on my homebrew class. It's basically Gish, the class. There are a lot of options already for gishes in 5e, but people keep asking for more, or at least something different. This is my attempt to provide what I believe to be what people want from a gish. A solid melee fighter, with magic to provide combat options and enhancements.

Firstly, it uses spell points instead of slots. While more flexible, they only get around 75% of the spell points a full caster would. This is to pull back some of the power gained from the spell point system. This also allows them to use more of their weaker spells if need be, which I feel adds the feeling of getting a lot more spells out, another thing I believe people want from a gish.

Secondly their spell list is very sparse. They get few spells that have application outside of combat. They also get around 20 known spells, some coming from their archetype, which provides spells they would not usually get to add variety. Each archetype also provides variety, changing the class to be a tank, anti-mage, red mage or utility character.

At least this is how I've tried to design it. If you have any ideas on improvements or balancing, I'd love to discuss it. Please ignore the empty space, I'm still looking for art if I decide to put it on the DMsG.

Not 100% on spells other than counter spell being really useful and just having one healing can really help the party out in a pinch. As for inspiration the lore bard I played with would normally save it for bigger damage dealers in tough fights or in situations where someone had to succeed on a check. It's really up to you on how you use it.

You are part of a merchant caravan that intruded on the secret grounds of a monastery.
The school masters have ordered for your death.

Enjoy having your players get PTSD from not!Vietnam.

What is /5eg/ opinion on a goblin shadow monk

>inb4 monk is bad meme

Is it just me, or can literally every concept (except for druids) be built better as a bard?

They're jacks of all trades

Sounds retarded, I'm in.

Now how about multiclassing it into assasin rouge?

The term "Jack of all trades, master of none" doesn't really work if they're "masters of all" as well