So once you become a bard, how do you benefit from that? I was hoping you could interact with instruments but that's obvliously not something you gain. Does anyone know the answer to my question: What is the benefit of joining the bard's college?

[I know that you can get trained in speechcraft and such.

I'm hoping for something like Actor in Charge, to allow me to use idles, and also use instruments. I'm sure a bard mod will come out at some point. I'd stake my immaculate reputation on it. *gleaming smile*

sing a song homie :intergalactic:

I'm a consoler so what I see is what I get... :/

you got a mic and a computer with internet access?

Oh no, a dragon! I unsheath my deadly...mandolin?

You're a lyre!


*ahem*

You get to have a Burning Man festival every week.

Grab a 6-pack of Mead, your Skooma pipe and chillax watching that effigy burn.

I was also very disappointed that you can't actually become a Bard. Considering that there's instruments everywhere, they probably planned on making this a feature and simply ran out of time.

would be nice if
a) speechcraf had the same impact as in fallout new vegas so that it was actually viable and good for rping
B) you got unique bard equipment (for example a flute that can calm or something like that)
c) possbile a unique bard / illusion related ability like a courage song or so...
i mean the illusion ability is all there, simply use it

i really hope they improve that whole personality related gameplay part for the next series...i would also like if you got unique abilities for a faction you join (or items) BUT could potentially not join other factions...

I haven't try yet, but I guess you are saying that after you go there and do their quests that's it? Nothing else to do or title?

Dang.

Bards are pretty smart. Probably the smartest faction in the land.

Viamo: "Hey guys, the guy in heavy armour and glowing sword wants to be a bard."
Pantea: "What the hell.. can he play an instrument? Write poetry, does he know any songs?"
Viamo: "Nope, from what I can tell.. he pretty much just stabs and burns things"
Pantea: "Riiight.. what do you think guys?"
Viamo: "Would it be fair to abuse him?"
Pantea: "Whaddya Mean?"
Viamo: "Well, clap him on the back, tell him, well done, you're a bard! Then tell him that he looks awfully adventurous and his role is to wander the world and bring us treasure."
Pantea: "Come on.. who's gonna fall for that..."
Viamo: "You wanna bet?! 100 septims says I can make him fight through an undead army just to get a book I was planning to forge anyway."
Pantea: "You're on!"

You can do that without joining the Bard Collage, just go to the guy with the sleeping hat thing lol.

Oh Dexter's Laboratory...

It would have been interesting if they had let you pull out an instrument and battle dragons with music punctuated by Shouts, Od to Dragonrend, but really I think that would be a whole other game.

No, no, you'd want the heavy artillery here, so accordion, I think.

haha that should be canon! That would totally make the bards so more interesting in a dark ..treacherous sort of way..
Should make a mod with a "Viamo's journal" that says something like that and have it hidden in an end table by his bed

Ahh-ha dragon, I shall polka ye to death!

Flinn: ? Dear dragon friends, dear dragon friends, please hear my song. ?

Dragons: YOOL!!!

Flinn: *dies*

Instead of DB brotherhood with obvious Evil^[tm] doors, the bards guild would have made a great cover for prospective assassins don't you think?

Haven't you guys ever lead vocal in something? You have to project from your diaphragm, so a greater audience can hear you. It's basically like Dragonborn (innate dragon shout skillz Xbox gamer) > Bard > Nord > others.

I'd LOVE LOVE to join a BARDS COLLEGE STEAM GROUP and hear from people with great voices. Not the tinny voices of the gamers who can levelup the skills ; ; Unless you have a tinny voice and need vocal training.

(I'm tenor~soprano, usually keep my guitar next to my PC). www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7HRYeVcmw This is to scare you into a deeper voice looking up . Actually a musician, or roleplaying on Skyrim? 'cause I think on Skyrim all you can do is get the blonde boys (or dark elf lady) to pull out a dagger and battle. Haven't tried it out.

Um....what?

It would be so cool to have an instrument that could lull the enemies to sleep during combat. Or boost the skills of nearby allies.

I was really hoping to be able to use one of the three instruments in the game when I did this but I was wonderfully dissapointed when I couldn't <_<

This is an exact description of the bard faction, and it's the only explanation that results in everything making sense at the end...