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Originally Posted by restlessgriffin
"Poetic license", he mostly plays a few notes for Concentration, then sings the command to continue the song, resumes with playing the further Concentration in musical notes and sings any further commands. He avoids the alerting "everyone nearby with incantations and gestures"...
One thing I wonder, can Bards suffice only using song and no instrument?
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Yes, they can just sing: Adventurers pg 18 says "Bard-Song abilities require you to sing or play a musical
instrument at skill 14+." Like you, I assume this is what Jag _actually_ does: sings AND plays.
Note that a wizard with Charm-20 is even less conspicuous: no incantations, no gestures, no music, not necessarily even any verbal orders (e.g. could use flash cards to give orders more subtly, or rely on the default "protect me" proclivity). But yeah, Charm costs a lot of FP especially if maintained for more than a minute. Bard Song is clearly better in some ways.
A bard would be a ton of fun as a secret agent on a James Bond-type solo adventure.