Magic Items for a bard?

[lud]

What do bard spend their gold on in your game?

The bard in one of my groups didn't find anything interesting to buy, so up to this point he is lending is share to the other characters... they are level 4.

He is usually well out of reach of the melee action and never use a weapon.

He will get an armor potency rune once everyone in the rest of the group has one.

Do you have any suggestion beside wands and staffs?

[Darksol the Painbringer]

If they don't have an improved instrument, that'd be worth the gold. Items that boost his skills, such as Diplomacy, Intimidate, etc. Would also be good investments.

[Timeshadow]

scrolls to boost spells per day several staves some great options wands as well for those 8h duration buffs.

[Delmont91]

My bard is all about that staff and wand life. Plus things like diplomats badge that increase skills and maestro instruments are quite nice. Like your player I'm rarely in the thick of combat and have never, in 6 levels, actually hit anything with my weapon so also not interested in runes.

But there are a lot of other items to make the bard better at their job. Also crafting scrolls of your highest level soothe is nice so you don't have to save spell slots for emergency healing. In general I prefer wands over scrolls due to permanency but scrolls are better than nothing.

[Transcendental]

Persona mask to max out performance.

Hat of Disguise to, well, disguise.

Unmemorable Mantle because fun.

Diplomat's Badge until you can get a Messenger's Ring simply for the diplomacy bonus.

Silvertongue Mutagen if you have a familiar (through some means) who can feed you the potion at the start of battle, and you don't mind spending tons on consumables.