Dave Setty wrote:
pauljathome wrote:
The Core Bard is substantially weaker than the Regular bard for inspire courage. For PFS it essentially maxes out at +2 (yes, +3 at level 11). While +2 is nice its no +5 ( flagbearer and banner).
Inspire Courage plus good hope accomplishes the same thing.
I agree that its not at all a bad substitute but:
1) Only comes online at all at level 7 (flagbearer comes online at level 1 for a buffer bard)
2) +2 is less than +3
3) 3rd level spell slots are fairly valuable. Core buffer bard probably has to reserve all or nearly all for buff spells. Regular bard can use some for combat fun.
4) Its a standard action to cast. Admittedly, at caster or twice caster level minutes it lasts a long time (lesser extend metamagic rods are cheap).
My Core buffer bard is only level 4 so I don't have experience as to how much weaker it "feels" in actual play at level 7 (or even 5). But at levels 1-4 it feels weaker. Losing that +1 from flagbearer hurts.
