Bard Gambit should do Mana swap not HP

I very much liked the Gambit ability of the Bard, primarily because it is so thematically appropriate and non-linear.
But many felt that it dose two things, makes it possible for Bards to too easily kill their team mates either accidently or intentionally, and secondarily that it intrudes too much on the domain of Clerics to be the ones who 'rescue' dying team mates. I agree with both critques to a degree and have a simple solution.

Make Gambit swap Mana supplies with the target, this both reduces the potential for getting someone killed (beeing OOM can still ultimatly get you killed), and BEST of all it is more thematic as the classic conception of a Bard is of them encouraging/exciting their team mates in spirit and emotion rather then health. Conversly the Bard taking Mana can be seen as them reciving inspiration from other for their own performances and stories.

Lastly it leads to an obvious Augmentation path. A Bard/Cleric can augment Gambit BACK into a the HP swap we were originally show, which is perfectly fitting with the healing focus and Cleric like behavior we would expect from such a class.

Find more posts tagged with

Comments

Xeph

nanfoodle wrote: »

I agree and I don't. I think it should be an augment that changes it from hp to mana.

Augment or skill path—I totally agree. It shouldn't be the default, and this approach would create more build diversity. Additionally, when facing a Bard in PvP, you'd need to account for the possibility of both, which would greatly increase the skill ceiling.

Child Item