Did I ever mention how hilarious Bard is? Because Bard is hilarious.
+7-10 total bonus on persuasion at level 2 is pretty nuts. I hit level 3 and picked up Expertise immediately after this.
Used Speak with Animals to talk to the little blue jay in the grove. Very cute Bard exclusive dialogue option. This isn't a new thing, I've observed this (and the Bard dialogue option) being here since Patch 2. Shadowheart approves of this option, by the way.
Oh, and the most infamous roll in the game to save the tiefling child? Pretty trivial as a Bard too. For some reason, the first time I tried this, I didn't get the option to have Shadowheart cast Guidance on me, so I had her pre-cast it beforehand the second time around. That lone + from Jack of All Trades is really a flat +1 bonus. I'm thinking that the reason I'm not getting the option to have Shadowheart cast Guidance on me during the check itself is because my Bard is concentrating on Speak with Animals. That's a bug that needs to be ironed out. As soon as I turned it off, Shadowheart was able to assist during skill checks again.