Bard or Sorc

[oldgamermike]

what do you all think is a better MC Lore bard or drac sorc
so far party is Shadowheart and Karlach if that changes things

[Dragon Master]

Well, depends on whether you want to be a skill monkey or just born special.

[Clegane]

Bard are clowns to me. Never played bards.

[Mad Max]

I think Bard would be a better MC since they are great at conversation and are a Jack of all Trades and can fill any gap in your party allowing you to have a lot more varied party compositions.

[oldgamermike]

Originally posted by Mad Max:

I think Bard would be a better MC since they are great at conversation and are a Jack of all Trades and can fill any gap in your party allowing you to have a lot more varied party compositions.

can bards pick locks in game or must you have a rouge

[TurboQuest]

I straight up hate how perfect Bard would be for MC, with so many skill proficiencys and being able to cover 3 of the 5 roles you'd need in a party leaving you freedom to have almost any companions you want. But I like Sorc and Warlock more and currently trying to pick between them.

If you're going with Karlach and Shadow, then technically in terms of optimal party you can either make a Bard to cover Dialogue, Utility and help with combat and get Gale for Offensive Caster,
or go with Sorc as the Offensive Caster and Dialogue and get Astarion for Utility or mess around with Shadows spec a bit to make her Support and Utility so you can take whatever 4th companion you want.

[TurboQuest]

Originally posted by oldgamermike:

Originally posted by Mad Max:

I think Bard would be a better MC since they are great at conversation and are a Jack of all Trades and can fill any gap in your party allowing you to have a lot more varied party compositions.

can bards pick locks in game or must you have a rouge

Anyone can pick locks but whoever has proficiency in Sleight of Hand and has Dex bonuses will be better at it, hence why Rogue is considered one of the best for it, though you could turn Shadow into a Dex Cleric and have her heal and pick locks for example

[Zangetsu]

Wild sorc will add an interesting RNG element to the game. Drac sorc you get some defensive stats like free mage armor and some extra HP.

Bards are interesting for their musical aspect and the interactions they wrote with the music

They are both charisma casters but bards focus more on skills with jack of all trades and expertise so ide give the edge to bards for MC.

[Mad Max]

Originally posted by oldgamermike:

Originally posted by Mad Max:

I think Bard would be a better MC since they are great at conversation and are a Jack of all Trades and can fill any gap in your party allowing you to have a lot more varied party compositions.

can bards pick locks in game or must you have a rouge

Bards can indeed pick locks and in my Bard game my MC was the one doing Sleight of Hand stuff.

Put a point in Proficiency and Jack of all Trades gives +1 to every roll makes you pretty decent at picking locks. Obviously not as good as a Rogue but enough to get by.

[iRaged]

Originally posted by oldgamermike:

what do you all think is a better MC Lore bard or drac sorc
so far party is Shadowheart and Karlach if that changes things

Not enough information. You have your frontliner and support so right now you are missing your utility and blaster. Bard is utility and sorc is blaster.

Originally posted by oldgamermike:

Originally posted by Mad Max:

I think Bard would be a better MC since they are great at conversation and are a Jack of all Trades and can fill any gap in your party allowing you to have a lot more varied party compositions.

can bards pick locks in game or must you have a rouge

Bards can do everything in the game but not as good as the specialty class. Bards are a great multiclass character, especially with Cleric.

[oldgamermike]

so i was thinking respecting shadow into a tempest cleric to do some blasting i think
dont know if they have a paladin NPC if they do i want that for 4th

[Foolswalkin]

Bard

[Metallicus]

Bards are usually played by people that don’t take their gaming seriously. If this is you and you are just playing for the lulz then play a bard.

[oldgamermike]

Originally posted by Metallicus:

Bards are usually played by people that don’t take their gaming seriously. If this is you and you are just playing for the lulz then play a bard.

lol far from it but with the way the game looks i feel if i dont have a good well rounded group i will miss a LOT of the game

[belangf]

I will be playing a bard. I might have preferred arcane trickster, but bards get better spells including talk with animals which I absolutely want. I plan to use Karlach, Shadowheart and Gale and I don't want 2 full arcane spellcasters, so no sorcerer.
In a second playthrough I may try a sorcerer and warlock multiclass.

[GrimAtrament]

if you want it based on your character that's up to you, but class wise sorc is kinda the joke among spellcasters in 5e.