Hi All,
I've taken to try and run a dark-elven bard for my own masochistic pleasure of an early uphill battle...Part of my schtick is opening up the unremarkable cave and trying IF there are downward stairs close by AND I have decent starting skill (in which case I go get the little dog adventure and then start in the easy cave above it). What I'm looking for is usually either Healing or Herbalism and at least one ranged like Archery or Concentration...I like detect traps and detect item status. If you were rolling a bard what would you be hoping for in terms of skillset?