EDIT: Heh, ninja'ed by Taril (who wrote it better, too!)
No worries; the triangulation helps. I think I've been treating "Sorcery points" as a resource to hoard except in dire need. That, and my brain kept treating metamagics as "always on" passives. Both big mistakes, looking back on it.
A "Skaldic" bard could be fun, eventually, but I have a brain block there too. Given the "jack of all trades" nature of the class, I get mildly and irrationally angry that its spell progression is as extensive as Wizards. It feels like it should be more like Paladins or Rangers in that regard. Granted, I also get irrationally angry that 5e doesn't offer a non-spell Ranger variant, but that's a different issue altogether...
