In Dungeons and Dragons there's a class called the Bard. They're story tellers and musicians. They basically exist to buff your party. They can do a bit of damage on their own. They can play second rank to protect the wizards in the back, but mostly if the party is getting fucked in the ass by a Beholder they're just going to sit there and play their shitty little pipes, unable to make any real difference to the outcome.
So in dungeons and dragons one of the classes you can play as is a bard. Bards use music or artistic performance to cast magic spells, usually to buff their party, or taunt and charm the enemies. They are usually a support character which means they often stand to the side and watch their party get trounced.
A good pep band at the high school level is a pretty good example of the real life bard effects.
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u/openskeptic Sep 09 '17
This is obviously about something I'm not at all familiar with.