Well, yeah. Halfling Lore Bard is my favorite pick. Bard just completely dominates all dialogue, College of Lore even more so, and Halfling only doubles down on the Bards strengths. And Lore Bard is maybe not as OP as Swords Bard, but still very good.
I dont get why TWO levels of Knowledge Cleric. The second level gives nothing of value to a Lore Bard. You can have all important skills as Expertise and most of the rest as Proficiency at that point, and the remainder still gets half Proficiency. Other than that you get one spell slot, but lose a Bard spell and access to level 6 Bard spells. Awful deal.
If at all, I would maybe consider Lore Bard 10 / Knowledge Cleric 1 / Storm Sorcerer 1. The Cleric level would be the 7th character level and the Sorcerer would be 8th character level, so the Bard gets Counterspell at level 6 from Magical Secrets.
Taking a Sorcerer level after taking the Cleric level gives a lot more extras and most importantly would make sure that scrolls and items and feats work on Charisma, not on Wisdom as the spellcasting stat again. Also I can get Shield and Magic Missle as two solid spells not usually available to Bard, and four Sorcerer Cantrips, and a short range flight after every spell cast. Overall certainly MUCH better than a second Cleric level.
P.s.: I should probably mention that the powergamer variant is probably two levels of Warlock, which is enough to get a fully upgraded Eldritch Blast.
Last edited by Halycon Styxland; 07/10/24 06:15 AM.
