The Bard in my DND Group is terribly weak in combat /u/boettgerc DnD: Roll for Initiative!

Hi everyone,

One of the players in my dnd group is playing a college of lore bard. The power difference in combat is quite significant compared to the other players. Every player is pretty new to dnd and none of the characters are min maxed or something.

Do you have any tips or suggestions on how to make the bard more powerful? I would even consider giving her a powerful magic item or something. Because I as the player would not have fun in combat at all. Most of her attacks with her bow miss due to her low atk bonus – what is no fun at all. Usually her turns are vicious mockery and bardic inspiration. If Vicious mockery doesn’t get saved it is quite useful on larger enemies because of the disadvantage on their next atk roll.

Any help is appreciated 🙂

Hi everyone,

One of the players in my dnd group is playing a college of lore bard. The power difference in combat is quite significant compared to the other players. Every player is pretty new to dnd and none of the characters are min maxed or something.

Do you have any tips or suggestions on how to make the bard more powerful? I would even consider giving her a powerful magic item or something. Because I as the player would not have fun in combat at all. Most of her attacks with her bow miss due to her low atk bonus – what is no fun at all. Usually her turns are vicious mockery and bardic inspiration. If Vicious mockery doesn’t get saved it is quite useful on larger enemies because of the disadvantage on their next atk roll.

Any help is appreciated 🙂