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  • I DMed a campaign for several first time players a while back. Early on, they were tasked with retrieving an item from a kobold den. They we expecting a video game style dungeon complete with treasure chests and clearly marked places to rest. They were expecting monsters who charged at them howling and fought to the death.

    They got winding tunnels with choke points that were rigged to cave in and an organized defense focused on retreat and protecting the young. One of the players drew a map of the tunnels and even caught on to the fact that they were collapsed in an intentional order to delay them reaching the nursery chamber until it had been evacuated.




  • I did college of swords with dual hand crossbows and short swords. I also took 3 levels of rogue to get the second bonus action (for 4 attacks per round). Spell slots mostly went to utility stuff.

    Valor is your tank. Strap on a shield and take some defensive spells.

    Lore is your main caster. Mostly debuffs but you can pick up some variety with magical secrets.

    For a full bard party, I’d probably take 2 lore bards for the spell variety and either take a dip into warlock or sorcerer or pick up Spell Sniper with at least one of them for access to better cantrips.

    Doubling up on swords is also a good option since your bardic inspiration recharges on short rest (starting at level 5) and you’ll have 6 short rests per day thanks to Song of Rest.