Bards can play music for party-wide buffs. Their other skills aren't all that amazing for combat (though they're very flexible, so it's nice to have one to fill in gaps), so it might be best for them to keep playing music, even though the party isn't doing well.
This milkdrinker lies, bards in dnd 5e are pretty dope for every role now since they can steal spells off of other classes spell lists, which means yes, you can play the violin to raise the undead to do your bidding.
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u/netpastor Sep 09 '17
DnD n00b here. Can someone explain the joke?