Quote Originally Posted by Jormengand View Post
Seriously, though, the IT'S CALLED THE BARD DON'T QUESTION IT isn't actually as bad as people think it is. Some of their IT'S CALLED BARDIC MUSIC DON'T QUESTION IT are actually pretty powerful, especially if you play with some of the silly RAW but even if you don't.
Honestly, yes. The only three problems are getting the ridiculous PERFORM (ORATORY) bonuses (or having your DM nerf the DCs), the fact that you don't matter much after about level 12 until level 20, and of course the silly scaling of the PERFORM (ORATORY) DCs.

Quickening a BARDIC MUSIC ABILITY for free every round is way more powerful than people admit, and since there's no saving throw for many of the BARDIC MUSIC ABILITIES and they don't offer spell resistance, boss fights become pretty easy when the boss can't move and is constantly slowed.

Of course I guess a fourth problem would be how useless BARDIC MUSIC ABILITIES become when you can't see your target.