The 5th edition bard receives only a few spells unique to themselves or the flavor of a storyteller or musician. Besides vicious mockery, there’s little uniqueness to the bard’s spellcasting ability. Even one among their class features is to steal spells from a wizard; while which will be interesting, if there’s a wizard already within the party, it makes little use for spicing up encounters in interesting ways.
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