My current D&D group’s party is lacking in the mage department. While I started creating a new character for the group, the idea of a non-seducing, slightly clumsy bard came into mind. I may not play Bernard Bedinard the Bumbling Bard in a campaign any time soon, but I’m adding him to my roster.
Bernard Bedinard
Male Half-Elf Bard
Level: 1
Alignment: Lawful Good
Deity: Oghma
Age: 23
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 172 lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Dark Brown
History
Bernard Bedinard was always a musical child. He was the third son of two inn-keepers who maintained their public house along a trade route. His family wasn’t rich, but they did well enough to afford to send Bernard to barding college.
Though adept at writing and performing songs, the young half-elf was never particularly dextrous and would often accidentally slide down the stairs or drop his books. He rapidly acquired the nickname of “the bumbling bard.” Bernard didn’t mind the epitaph, so long as it was used as a sort of endearment or playful, good-natured ribbing.
Unlike many of his bard contemporaries, Bernard isn’t much of a seducer. He is attractive but has little interest in sexual conquests. While his voice is smooth when performing as a singer or storyteller, his natural patter contains a number of verbal ticks as he think of phrasing. The bard tends to pepper his sentences with “ums,” “ahs,” and “hmmms.” Thanks to his pleasant nature, few find his utterances annoying or unpleasant; most find it charming.
Bernard Bedinard’s speech patterns resemble the easily flustered types of characters often portrayed by Hugh Grant or Colin Firth.
The Bumbling Bard is empathetic and prefers to seek common ground rather than starting conflict. He believes many of the so-called “monstrous” sapient races to simply have different cultures or be misunderstood. After all, many of these beings make music. And the fact that they have music makes them more than mindless beasts.
Abilities
STR: 10 (+0)
DEX: 09 (-1)
CON: 13 (+1)
INT: 15 (+2)
WIS: 12 (+1)
CHA: 17 (+3)
Stats
HP: 9/9
AC: 9
Initiative: -1
Speed: 30 ft
Languages: Common, Elvish, Gnomish
Skills
| Name | Total | Prof |
|---|---|---|
| Acrobatics | +1 | +2 |
| Animal Handling | +1 | – |
| Arcana | +4 | +2 |
| Athletics | +0 | – |
| Deception | +3 | – |
| History | +4 | +2 |
| Insight | +3 | +2 |
| Intimidation | +3 | – |
| Investigation | +2 | – |
| Medicine | +1 | – |
| Nature | +2 | – |
| Perception | +3 | +2 |
| Performance | +5 | +2 |
| Persuasion | +3 | – |
| Religion | +2 | – |
| Sleight of Hand | +1 | +2 |
| Stealth | -1 | – |
| Survival | +1 | – |
| Passive Perception | +3 | – |
Passive Perception: 12
Other Proficiencies
Tools: Disguise Kit (+2); Drum (+2); Dulcimer (+2); Lute (+2); Lyre (+2)
Weapons: Simple weapons; Crossbow, hand; Longsword; Rapier; Shortsword
Armor: Light armor
Special Abilities
Bardic Inspiration (d6, 3/long rest)
Darkvision (60 feet)
Fey Ancestry
Background Feature: By Popular Demand
Spells & Powers
Cantrips: dancing lights, minor illusion
1st: charm person, comprehend languages, cure wounds, identify
Background: Entertainer
Routines: Instrumentalist; Singer; Storyteller
Personality Trait: I know a story relevant ot almost every situation
Ideal: People — I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That’s all that matters.
Bond: I idolize a hero of the old tales and measure my deeds against taht person’s.
Flaw: Despite my best efforts, I am unreliable to my friends.
Weapons
Crossbow, hand
Ranged: +1, 1d6-1 piercing
Rng: 30 ft./120 ft.
Ammunition, Light, Loading
Shortsword
Main hand: +2, 1d6 piercing
Finesse, Light
Armor
Leather
+1
Gear
Total Weight Carried: 59/150 lbs Current Cash: 15 gp
Clothes, traveler’s
Crossbow, hand
Leather armor
Lute
Shortsword
Waterskin
Backpack
- Bedroll
- Candle x5
- Clothes, costume x2
- Disguise kit (+2)
- Rations x5
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