I was pondering what I wanted to see for us bards and found my mind kept getting stuck on why am I a bard instead, so, I am starting this subject to see what others have to say.

I have to say, after getting my feet wet in the realms as an empath, I began to get bored with the mechanics of things and sought a different outlook in life. I rarely heard people speak of wanting to join the bard guild which got me very curious. As I looked into the guild, I realized the guild more closely match my soul's personality. She's pretty much involved in just about anything. In her life, she's played instruments, she's written poetry and has on occassion taken the stage. She has painted and created things constantly and always has her ears opened for any tidbit of information that should be passed on or killed in it's tracks.

Low and behold, the bard guild offered a little bit of a lot of things. Hunting was scarey at first but soon became a drive as I got more comfortable and just a little to daring to try new area's. <coughs and mutters I'll have those expert ranks in dying soon, I swear!> I was a little disappointed to find that only traders could get decent at embrodery and that rangers the tops at crafting a bow. The guild does seem to lack the ablity to create things with our hands which doesn't make sense to me since our Ratha guildleader is such a skilled painter. Nor can we grow things like our guildleader in Haven.

Well, guess I have to say that I crave the ablity to make something with my hands! As the years have passed, there have been rough times to stick with it all as things got so repeatative just as any guild has. But then, I found the new ablity to throw my voice and suddenly, joking and playing around had me not caring about repeative tasks. Still though, as a Jill of all trades, I get bored way easy and so does my soul.

So, in reflection, I crave variety, creating things, and a feeling of being appreciated for my skills as a huntress and magic weilder. I also crave and wish I had some way of communicating to others in the game through letters and messages and maybe a voice on the wind in seeking to find someone. I stick with the profession because it is so unique and does give me means to express myself in ways other guilds can only dream of. They really have no idea what they are missing in my book. Some of us timid and quiet, others brassy and bold, and occassionally you find a few that are a little of both. So many creative voices can sometimes be overwhelming just like my soul often finds, yet that usually produces the greatest results.

Well, enough of me rambling. Anyone else?


~Eoworfinia~
A scowling snow goblin glares in your direction. It then turns, bends over, and lifts a white fur tunic to reveal its bare posterior to you.

Hm. I like this post topic. Yay, Eow!

Why did I become a bard... wow, there was just no other choice for me.
I came into DR solely to see what my brother was talking about all the time -he was then a GM, but left soon after I arrived so I don't think I'm letting any huge secrets out. He was a minor GM at that, but got to write up some rooms and verbs and stuff, so in order to see them I had to roll up a character. Once he explained the choices, there was no other choice for me. I was one of the annoying novices who sing practically the second they walk through the portal ; )
Anyway. That's why I joined. Why did I stay? I did create a few other characters, and none of them found the "home" in their guilds that Kate had found in her bard guild. I really think we have one of the friendliest guilds where the focus is camaraderie (why does that always look wrong??) instead of competition. yay for us. We may not be the power players or the ones that are desperately called for on the gweth when someone dies, but we are the guild to go to for fun. And to me, that's what the game's about, right?
And I agree with Eow- there's a little bit of a lot of things. I like the proposed reqs, too, even though I'm still catching up on one more skill I think (magic-power perceive) because it makes us even more well rounded with more magic and more survival in the past. We are the renaissance men and women of the realms! Even if very few non-bards appreciate it, I do. And I think that's what matters, right? :D


McKatelee

~~So always keep your favors filled, and come and join the Bard Guild.~~