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Alright, so I had been planning on running a group of four level nine characters through the Tomb of Horrors for the purposes of a playtest. One one of my players however, was so interested in his character build that he asked if we could do a solo adventure just to test him out before hand. I ended up running him through the Entombed with the Pharaohs as a result.
He was playing a level 9 Skald themed after Ronnie James Dio. Over the course of the module, the Skald proved to be an incredibly resourceful class. Having access to the Bard Spell List gave a huge amount of magical versatility. He was able to deal with undead, swarms, outsiders, and constructs simply by making going over his spell list. Throw in Spell Kenning and he always had a spell for any situation, even if he didn't need it.
Ragesong worked quite well. It was able to give him a much needed boost to his combat ability when he didn't have the spell for the job.
Mechanically, within the realms of this small playtest, the Skald looks to be a fairly versatile class capable of dealing with numerous situations whilst alone or with a group. I'll have data on the group playtest within a couple weeks but it does seem like he will synergize fairly well with melee combatants of both the Tank and DPS variety. We'll see.
Thanks for your playtest feedback, William! \m/ \m/