Depends how do you plan to play it ...

As Oboro say ... if you are going to cast spells, then Charisma is your best friend ... on the other hand if you want to play it as a Fighter, wich occasional magical help, i would go for Strength.

Originally Posted by Oboro
PS : Normally to cast a spell you need an instrument in hand for the somatic part and a free hand for the gestural part. Fortunately here without any feat or arcane focus you can cast spells so take advantage of it.
This is interesting point ...
Feel free to corect me any musician around, but as far as i know, most (if not all) instruments in game (and i mean tabletop included, even tho i just googled and there is some isntruments that really can be played with one hand) require both hands to play ...

So i somehow cant really imagine how are Bards suppose to cast. O_o

I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. frown
Lets us play Githyanki as racist as they trully are! frown