| FLanasaurasRex |
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The system will punish you for not boosting your saves at every opportunity. The only realistic stat build a bard has is cha/dex/con/wis. Also, given that any skill you don't take to legendary is effectively worthless, bardic lore is among the least useful things in the game. If you want to be the all-in-one knowledge guy, Thaumaturge is your only real option.
The reason everyone says maestro is the best is because of how impactful buffs and debuffs can be. Lingering dirge in particular is a 3-4 round AoE no-save fear which is extremely good in the context of pf2e.
For performance, you haven't missed anything. Unless you're maestro or polymath, you'll have little mechanical use for it. It's always a fun flavor skill though.
Why do you think skills not raised to legendary are effectively worthless? I understand as game progresses rolls this is needed to keep making rolls but surely at the lower levels this is still useful? If so at what point does trained skill become too underpowered?