# D&D Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** gaming\ **Created:** [December 3, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/d-d-discussion/1587 "2018-12-03T16:39:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/d-d-discussion/1587/16 "2018-12-06T13:40:29Z")
Elf is not a class. (Now 2nd edition using the optional weapon speed rules and ± vs armor type was the bomb-diggity. I don’t think kids these days have the dedication to copy out the hit tables onto a character sheet anymore, though I’m sure Orcpub would do it automagically. > [@What Made You Happy Today?](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-made-you-happy-today/490/2978): > > I’ve seen a lot of comments that the 3/3.5 bard was considered near useless, actually. I get this, but I had hit 8th level and was starting to really wreck face. Inspire courage was at +2, and then I picked up a feat to allow my inspire courage to add 1d8 sonic damage to every hit of everyone in range. In addition I had rapid shot and a couple other archery feats and could lay down some direct damage of my own. In addition I took spells that were area control spells instead of save or die and could funnel the enemy around some. Most importantly I never didn’t have something useful to do. In addition I was the face and the knowledge monkey. And all that as a 6’5" buzz cut dude with a bow spitting angry rhetoric at the enemy. I memorized one of the beat poems from So I Married an Axe Murderer once. (We were playing Rise of The Runelords and I’d planned out my face heel turn as well. Greed is the theme and I was going to start to take credit for everything due to my bard song. Between the sonic damage and the courage boost it was plausible and I was going to call us the Rollins Band. With my diplomacy and intimidation skills I could have convinced anyone that it was all me and my supporters helping them.) --- _[View the full topic](https://cog.discourse.group/t/d-d-discussion/1587)._