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HERE is my Remaster Paizo-format PbP Template, if anyone wants it.
I accidentally overwrote my 2.3, which is a little cleaner, but I need to update to Remaster anyhow.
This is the better plan, yes? Better is relative. :) If you want to be a Bard, then being a Bard probably is the better path. All Bards get Courageous Anthem, so Maestro is not strictly necessary. Lingering Composition lets you squeeze in a few more actions each round if you want to be more "attack-y" or more "cast-y." Bards can be stretched thin with all the things you might want a Bard to do. There are some good, readable Bard guides (check here, I like Tarondor's guide style myself, but check out the others too) that give you some ideas for stat arrays. The best you can hope for in Dexterity is 16, so your AC is going to attract critical hits. You won't have the boosts to spare for your Intelligence to be the "know-it-all" Bards are known for in other editions/games unless you go full caster. Spellcasting is tilted a bit differently in PF2, also. Casters rely heavily on their cantrips and use their spells for more significant occasions.
@rdknight Since you're brand new to 2e, here are some general details and Bard Multiclass Archetype-specific details to consider. I don't know how much you do or don't know, so I'll start pretty basic. Multiclassing in PF2 is done in the form of Class feats called Archetype feats. You would spend one of your appropriate level Class feats to gain an Archetype feat. You generally gain a Class feat every even level (martial classes generally also get a 1st level Class feat, and humans have a feat that could score you a Class feat at 1st level). The required entry feat for a Multiclass Archetype is 2nd level, though (there's an elf heritage and a rogue racket--eldritch trickster--that break that rule). Then for each Multiclass feat you would want after that, you spend the appropriate level or higher Class feat to gain that feat. So, to be a Rogue with the Bard Multiclass Archetype Dedication feat at 2nd level, you would need a +2 in CHA. That feat grants you training in Occultism and Performance (or a different skill if you're already trained in any of those) and the ability to cast 2 occult cantrips. You choose a Muse but gain no benefit from it. While you could take Lingering Performance at 4th, it would not provide you any benefit. Courageous Anthem (inspire courage) is an 8th level Archetype feat. You could take Healing Hymn, Song of Strength, or Uplifting Overture at 4th with Basic Muse's Whispers 4th level Archetype feat and then take Lingering Performance at 6th with Advanced Muse's Whispers Archetype feat. However, I didn't get that that's what you were envisioning. You might enjoy Rogue with Eldritch Trickster racket and take Bard as your spellcasting Multiclass Dedication Archetype feat.
Basic technical details: Monk, Human, Eager Scofflaw, Role: bruiser (backup lock picker/trapper) Your two paragraphs about your character. "Now look here!" Bashalde exclaims after ducking under the stool swung at his head while struggling to keep his beer inside his mug. "I really don't understand why you're so upset." Bashalde could never figure out how he ended up in these situations. All he wanted to do was spend his days resting, drinking, and smiling at the pretty girls. Unfortunately, the drinking part requires money, so some of the days had to be spent working. The speed at which the money he earned disappeared also perplexed him, but that is beside the point. For now. It will be critical later in the story. Inevitably, it seemed, that when Bashalde was trying to mind his own business, someone would do something that one really should not do. That's not to say that Bashalde was innocent of the occasional--fine, more than occasional--misstep with the law. However, he treated people politely, and bullying was just one thing he felt needed to be called out. The ones getting called out usually did not appreciate it. Then the next thing he knew, someone was throwing a punch--or a stool--at his jaw. The other man swung the stool again. This time it glanced against Bashalde's arm and knocked loose the mug from his grip. Bashalde watched as his beer spilled across the floor, and his face turned red. "Oh. That was so unnecessary!" Your degree of experience with PF2E and PbP. Extensive. If you've played PbP before, link me two gameplay posts you've made that you're proud of or think are you playing at your best.
Do you agree to keep up with the minimum 1 post per day described above, and acknowledge that if you can't maintain that you'll be replaced? Yes. With the proviso that this is a lot longer than an Organized Play Scenario, so vacations and illnesses are likely to occur over the course of the game and sometimes that will preclude posting. I'll announce anything planned ahead of time, and I'll have a BOT profile with dice expressions for use if necessary. Anything else I should know about you or your character? As a monk, my character will be dependent on specific gear (handwraps, armor runes/bracers of armor). I think that'll be OK from the Player's Guide. In case it wasn't obvious, this is the Drunken Brawler and Accidental Hero tropes. However, I do have a more grim (not broody) monk character idea if this personality doesn't mesh with other characters/story themes.
"Certainly, we could do that," Bashalde says, "As long as it is not a dragon, giant, or some other beast beyond our skill. Do you mind if I take a look at that city?" Bashalde points at the carved diorama. If given permission:: Bashalde removes his pack, armor, and boots. He pulls out a candle and his flint and steel, wrapping it in a cloth. He then swims to the stone rise. Climbing onto the edge of the city, he unwraps the candle and lights it in the center of the city. He also whispers a brief history of the Lepidstadt University into the minature streets.
"I am sorry, good gillman," Bashalde apologizes, "While you speak Taldane very well, it appears that you are deaf--at least above the water, I do not know much about gillmen--and cannot understand the answers that we have given. It is a shame, since we came to learn what draws the gillmen to these caves on a full moon." He bows to the gillman and speaks to the others, "It appears that we will not be able to communicate with him. Let us investigate the miniature city."
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