Who knew again?

[Si Civa]

You can always eat them. Cannibalism for victory.

[Viridis]

I'm going with the answer I had before: Cannon fodder/taking shots meant for the real characters.


In this movie, the Bard dies so quickly in combat that they keep letting him roll new characters every time it happens. He has a pile of pre-made character sheets for this purpose. The bard exploits this pretty well, constantly throwing his character in front of attacks and having a new version of himself pop up to do the same. In one fight, it happens so often that there's a giant pile of Bard corpses that actually becomes a plot point when the other characters dive behind it for cover.

Bard: [as one dies] There's thirty-seven more of me, asshole!

[Sir Pinkleton]

Originally Posted by Si Civa

You can always eat them. Cannibalism for victory.

But then you shift towards evil, and they don't have that much meat on them anyways.

Originally Posted by Seil

For making boogie time!

I can only imagine the bard trying to sing karaoke, and trying to get his friends to join him in dancing while they're slaying a dragon. so hilarious, but perhaps not practical. xD

Originally Posted by BardTheFifthLightWarrior

For initiating search montages. Thats potential time control right there.

The potential for Time Control is a very nice thought.... If only.

Originally Posted by TARDIS

increasing your speed to the point that your ATB bars fill up instantly in FF5.

I would probably like this one more if I had played FF5 before. I haven't, so I can only imagine. it does sound pretty wonderful though.

Originally Posted by Archbio

In other words: bards are best to fuck themselves.

This one actually had a specific story to go along with it, unlike nearly everyone else. It gets bonus points.

Originally Posted by McTahr

Making up bullshit stories to drive the DM and the other players mad.

"This...hill...is the ancient burial ground of the great frost giant king, Jon'Kim Ill! He had tons of frost giant honeys that to this day defend his grave as spectres of the enormous beauties they once were."

"This...cave in a lake...is actually the entrance to the mines of Edwardo Fyngwyllfen the third! This is a discovery beyond your comprehension! He was the first elven dwarf!"

The worst part was the character actually wrote them down and kept going. He was going to turn them in to the historical society if they ever found one and quote unquote: "Cash in and get me some fine elf honeys and a big boat with lots of wine."

(And yes, reasons like this are why no one plays D&D with me anymore. 80% of my characters are justifiably insane.)

Pretty creative use of a Bard, yes. However, you misspelled my name, and was overly rude to TARDIS! >:o
Not actually I just liked this one better:

Originally Posted by Viridis

I'm going with the answer I had before: Cannon fodder/taking shots meant for the real characters.


In this movie, the Bard dies so quickly in combat that they keep letting him roll new characters every time it happens. He has a pile of pre-made character sheets for this purpose. The bard exploits this pretty well, constantly throwing his character in front of attacks and having a new version of himself pop up to do the same. In one fight, it happens so often that there's a giant pile of Bard corpses that actually becomes a plot point when the other characters dive behind it for cover.

Bard: [as one dies] There's thirty-seven more of me, asshole!

That's a pretty epic use of a Bard, and better even if that could work in a real game.

Winner is Viridis! Take it away!

[TARDIS]

I still think I made a good point to them actually being USEFUL by mentioning what they could do with ATB bars in FF5.

[McTahr]

Patience, young spazzy one, Pinklekins calls it at 24 hours or whenever he feels like it, as the host of this topic.

(Rules are in the very first post of this thread. It's a forum game if you were unaware.)

[Viridis]

Gah, forgot I won this somehow.

Most improbable plot twist, any media.

[Archbio]

Pussy Galore changing her ethical stance about murder and switching sides to help a secret agent as a direct consequence of that same secret agent pretty much forcing his "love making" upon her.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Yammy being the 0th Espada in Bleach.

[Si Civa]

Fried chicken

[McTahr]

Robert Heinlein's short story "All You Zombies--."

Where Jane is effectively, through a series of time travel hijinx, her mother, father, son, and daughter. (And mentor!)