You can block almost any attack from any angle with any of your weapons (except an instrument), but you can only block for a second or two, so timing when to block is critical. Each has an advantage of some kind: But it's best to only focus on two weapons. The weapons he can wield include a sword and shield, a 2-handed sword, a bow and a flail (and shield), as well as a dirk for dual-wielding. We'll get enough Talents to learn all the skills for up to three different weapons. Talents are useful skills that typically increase the Bard's proficiency in combat - Some weapons require you to have learned a Talent, and others give you special moves, like area attacks or retaliating right after blocking. He's not on a quest to save the world, he's on a quest for coin and cleavage.Įvery second time we level up, we get a Talent. We play The Bard (he has no other name), a traveling musician and scoundrel. This is an action RPG played from the third-person top-down perspective. Swoon and Schizoguy for making the emoticons). Lines spoken by the Narrator and Bard will usually be preceded with the Book emoticon ( ) and Bard Icon ( ) respectively. My out-of-character comments will be in italics, but those will probably be rare, unless people request more information. I'll also occasionally make up some entirely non-existent scenes in the game for narrative purposes. I'll be doing this LP in-character as the Narrator, and I'll also add lines by the Bard and some of his companions from time-to time. It's a comedic game that parodies many common elements of RPG games, although it itself follows the conventions it mocks at times. This is an LP of the 2005 release, starring Cary Elwes as The Bard, and Tony Jay as the Narrator. This is not an LP of any of those games, Suzbotq is doing those. Hello, I'm Stabbey the Clown, and welcome to the LP of 'The Bard's Tale.' I'm sure some of you immediately saw the title 'The Bard's Tale' and jumped in expecting to see an LP of one of your favorite classics from the 1980's.

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