What instruments do bards play?

Bards (and minstrels) often played the lute. The lute was a popular medieval and renaissance plucked string instrument. Medieval lutes generally had 4 or 5 strings and were plucked with a quill. During the Renaissance the lute had up to 10 strings, and was typically plucked with the fingers.
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What instruments would Bards play?

With your Regular Ol' Bard, you get proficiencies in a lot of Musical Instruments: A Viol, a Shawm, the Pan Flute, a Horn, a Lyre, a Lute, a Flute, a Dulcimer, a Drum and my personal favourite: The Bagpipes! But there's other Musical Instruments too!
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Can a bard play any instruments?

While bards have the advertised feature of being ABLE to use musical instruments as their spellcasting focus, they don't actually HAVE to. They would, however, need some kind of object to serve as an Arcane Focus...an amulet, item, or something otherwise on their person, which helps to "focus" their spellcasting.
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What does a bard play?

A bard is traditionally defined as "a poet, especially one who writes impassioned, lyrical, or epic verse." In the fantasy tabletop role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons, bards are a playable class centered on the idea of accessing magic through some form of artistic expression.
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Which instrument of the Bards is best?

The most powerful of the instruments is the Legendary Ollamh harp, which can cast Confusion, Control Weather, and Fire Storm.
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How many Instruments of the bards are there?

The Instruments of the Bards are the legacy of the seven legendary bard colleges named after them: Anstruth harp, Canaith mandolin, Cli lyre, Doss lute, Fochlucan bandore, Mac-Fuirmidh cittern, and Ollamh harp.
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What magic do Bards use?

The bard's power comes from song and poetry. It is generally considered a form of arcane magic, but many bardic abilities blur this distinction, such as the ability to cast spells which heal. A bard's magic, like their music, comes from the heart.
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Do Bards play harps?

The lightest of the bardic harps was the welsh Telyn Rawn (harp of the horse-hair). It was the most respected musical instrument of the Irish and Welsh bards through the 15th century.
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What is a female bard called?

poetess. (Derogatory) A woman who is a writer of poems. 3. 1.
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Can bards just sing?

Bards don't have to be singers - they could be dancers, or actors, or mimes, or whatever. Any kind of "performer". 2.
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Are bards only musicians?

A bard can be poet. He needn't be musical. It is assumed they can only use instruments due to the wording of the Spellcasting focus for Bards. It only states that the bard can use a musical instrument as a spell casting focus.
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Do bards sing?

Bards were originally Celtic composers of eulogy and satire; the word came to mean more generally a tribal poet-singer gifted in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds. As early as the 1st century ad, the Latin author Lucan referred to bards as the national poets or minstrels of Gaul and Britain.
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Can a bard have a guitar?

An electric guitar instrument will be added to Bard Performance in 5.55 and will be available as a housing item. : r/ffxiv.
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What DND instrument is closest to a guitar?

Dulcimers come in many shapes and sizes, but consist of a hollow wooden slab with strings running along the body, much like a guitar or violin.
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What kind of songs do bards sing?

Bard poetry may be roughly classified into two main genres: tourist song and political song, although some other subgenres are also recognized, such as outlaw song and pirate song.
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What did bards sing?

Bards (who are not the same as the Irish filidh or fili) were those who sang the songs recalling the tribal warriors' deeds of bravery as well as the genealogies and family histories of the ruling strata among Celtic societies.
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What weapons do bards use?

Armor and Weapon Proficiency: A bard is proficient with all simple weapons, pistols, the longsword, rapier, sap, short sword, shortbow, and whip.
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What do Bards do Lost Ark?

Mage. Virtuosos of the Liane harp, bards can evoke soothing serenades to heal their team—or unleash a chorus of pain on their unfortunate foes. Their attack power is rather low, but their ability to support allies makes them a harmonious part of any team.
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Do Bards heal in Lost Ark?

Bard is one of the few support classes in Lost Ark. They're focused on short duration but strong buffs for healing, shielding, and damage increasing. Although they don't do much damage themselves, the damage increase they give to their team as well as the utility they provide is more than worth the difference.
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Do bards need a deity?

Bards were drawn most often to the worship of gods of magic, such as Corellon, Selûne, or others. Good bards sometimes worshiped Bahamut or Moradin. Less moralistic bards were instead sometimes drawn to the worship of Lolth, Tiamat, or Zehir.
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What armor do bards wear?

Bards are proficient with light armor and shields (except tower shields). A bard can cast bard spells while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance.
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Are bards good in D&D?

Playful, suave, and often seductive, Bards are a wildly enjoyable class to play in D&D. Not only can they charm their way out of any situation, they can also sling some tasty DnD spells across the battlefield, and support their allies by giving them helpful buffs (sometimes even healing, too).
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What is a Glaur?

Definition of glaur

chiefly Scottish. : soft slimy mud : mire.
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