History Main / HornyBard

** "Roll to Seduce" features Antrius seducing The Marquis, a (male) crime lord NPC who wants to kill the party. The DM makes him roll twice (the first time at Disadvantage for being Hostile, though Evandra and Nixie help out to cancel the Disadvantage) before getting to the actual seduction roll. Antrius succeeds with three Natural [=20s=] in a row.[[note]]The group seems to be playing under a popular misinterpretation that a Natural 20 on ''any'' roll is a "critical success," which is not accurate to the rules-as-written.[[/note]] While Antrius' amazing success saves the party, it does [[GoneHorriblyRight have an unfortunate consequence for him]], since he lacks Disease Resistance.

* The art of Fredrik K. T. Andersson has a lot of InterspeciesRomance, with plenty of hybrids, half-human or otherwise, resulting. "The Bard" character of his is the most infamous, having bred with a dragon, a werewolf, a minotaur, a naga, a scorpion woman, a centaur, a ''rock'', and possibly some more. The rock case is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d. [[http://www.naorhy.com/art/freddy/elfwood/cross_couples/family_gathering_colored.jpg Here]] are six of his girlfriends with children (NSFW for scorpion breasts).

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': [[UsefulNotes/D20System Third-party supplements]] focusing on mature-themed games, such as the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsThirdEdition 3.5 Edition]] ''Book of Erotic Fantasy'', ''The Book of Passion'' for ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', and ''Rolling for Seduction'' for [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition 5th Edition]] tend to have Bard specialties wholly dedicated to playing a Horny Bard. Some will go so far as to make Bards little more than erotic entertainers (i.e. strippers). More rounded approaches will see such a Bard equally useful whether clothes are coming off or not.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': While {{Averted|Trope}} in the case of Gamzee Makara (the Bard of Rage), this trope is played straight with the Bard of Hope, Cronus Ampora. Cronus's flirt with everyone around him remains unrequited, though, since he is a complete {{Jerkass}}.

->'''Elan the Bard''': Haley, why are you mad at me?\\
'''Haley Starshine the Rogue''': Oh I don't know, because you were all over this evil sorceress tramp?!\\
'''Elan the Bard''': But it's my solemn duty to seduce female bad guys! It's like in the bard's charter or something.
-->-- ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0160.html "The Jello Pit Wasn't Available"]]

Ah...what's a motley band of fantasy adventurers without their WanderingMinstrel? They are there to sing tales of their exploits, be TheFace of any social encounter, and...basically [[ExtremeOmnisexual bang anything they encounter]].

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': [[UsefulNotes/D20System Third-party supplements]] focusing on mature-themed games, such as the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsThirdEdition 3.5 Edition]] ''Book of Erotic Fantasy'', ''The Book of Passion'' for ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', and ''Rolling For Seduction'' for [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition 5th Edition]] tend to have Bard specialties wholly dedicated to playing a Horny Bard. Some will go so far as to make Bards little more than erotic entertainers (i.e. strippers). More rounded approaches will see such a Bard equally useful whether clothes are coming off or not.

* In a [[WebAnimation/JoCat "Crap Guide to [=DnD=]"]], WebAnimation/JoCat frequently [[DiscussedTrope jokes about]] how the Bard is automatically presumed to be the shameless flirt. [[SubvertedTrope Ironically]], the character that he uses to represent the Bard --a tiefling named Felicia that Jo confirmed to be pansexual -- [[SingleTargetSexuality is only shown ever having eyes for Sasha the Paladin]].
-->''By playing [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons DnD]], you automatically sign an unwritten contract that forces you to write your character to fall under the purest stereotype of whatever class you pick. Everybody knows you have to follow that contract or else [[Creator/MatthewMercer Matt Mercer]] will sneak into your house and throw foam noodles at you from the corner of your living room. [[PlanetOfHats All wizards are smartass eggheads, all rogues are kleptomaniacs, and bards are lust-compelled sex deviants]]. It's just the rules, I don't make them.''

* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'': While {{Averted|Trope}} in the case of Gamzee Makara (the Bard of Rage), this trope is played straight with the Bard of Hope, Cronus Ampora. Cronus's flirt with everyone around him remains unrequited, though, since he is a complete {{Jerkass}}.

* ''WebVideo/OneForAll'' Has the Bard Antrius the Great (played by Antonio), who likes trying to flirt. . . usually unsuccessfully.

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It is a common TabletopRPG stereotype that Bard players (or a similarly-themed character) are adventuring just to hit the tavern and seduce whatever attractive members of their preferred gender happen to be there. Their high charisma and usual role as TheFace are easily applied to seduction, and their nomadic adventuring means they disappear before trouble catches them, leaving behind broken hearts and a lecherous reputation. Depending on how charming their dulcet tones are, they'll either be ThePornomancer or the CasanovaWannabe. This is typically a male trope, but in recent years gender on both ends has been an open door, with female bards crossing over with HeroicSeductress or TheVamp depending on their alignment. More often than not they're way more of TheDandy compared to the rest of the party, so expect them to be a NonActionGuy when a fight breaks out and for their more combat-capable friends to be protecting them.

Ah...what's a motley band of fantasy adventurers without their WanderingMinstrel? They are there to sing tales of their exploits, be TheFace of any social encounter, and...basically bang AnythingThatMoves.

* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'': While {{Averted|Trope}} in the case of Gamzee Makara (the Bard of Rage), this trope is played straight with the Bard of Hope, Cronus Ampora. Cronus's flirt with everyone around him remain unrequited, though, since he is a complete {{Jerkass}}.

-->''By playing [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons DnD]], you automatically sign an unwritten contract that forces you to write your character to fall under the purest stereotype of whatever class you pick. Everybody knows you have to follow that contract or else [[Creator/MatthewMercer Matt Mercer]] will sneak into your house and throw foam noodles at you from the corner of your living room. All wizards are smartass eggheads, all rogues are kleptomaniacs, and bards are lust-compelled sex deviants. It's just the rules, I don't make them.''

-->''By playing [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons DnD]], you automatically sign an unwritten contract that forces you to write your character to fall under the purest stereotype of whatever class you pick. Everybody knows you have to follow that contract or else Creator/MattMercer will sneak into your house and throw foam noodles at you from the corner of your living room. All wizards are smartass eggheads, all rogues are kleptomaniacs, and bards are lust-compelled sex deviants. It's just the rules, I don't make them.''

* In a [[WebAnimation/JoCat "Crap Guide to [=DnD=]"]], WebAnimation/JoCat frequently includes gags featuring the Bard being horny, particularly for the Paladin. In the Bard installment he jokes:
-->''By playing [=DnD=] you automatically sign an unwritten contract that forces you to write your character to fall under the purest stereotype of whatever class you pick. Everybody knows you have to follow that contract or else Matt Mercer will sneak into your house and throw foam noodles at you from the corner of your living room. All wizards are smartass eggheads, all rogues are kleptomaniacs, and bards are lust-compelled sex deviants. It's just the rules, I don't make them.''

* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'': While {{Averted|Trope}} in the case of Gamzee Makara (the Bard of Rage), this trope is played straight whith the Bard of Hope, Cronus Ampora. Cronus's flirt with everyone around him remain unrequited, though, since he is a complete {{Jerkass}}.

* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'': While {{Averted|Trope}} in the case of Gamzee Makara (the Bard of Rage), this trope is played straight whith the Bard of Hope, Cronus Ampora. Cronos's flirt with everyone around him remain unrequited, though, since he is a complete {{Jerkass}}.

* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'': While {{Averted|Trope}} in the case of Gamzee Makara (the Bard of Rage), this trope is played straight whith the Bard of Hope, Cronus Ampora. Kronos's flirt with everyone around him remain unrequited, though, since he is a complete {{Jerkass}}.

While classically speaking TheBard is a minstrel or poet that kept records and praise of their patron, this trope is when said bard is also a shameless sex machine who takes advantage of the idea that GirlsLikeMusicians. These are the bards who are willing to seduce the dragon, hit on every barmaid in the tavern, and woo anybody with a song and a one-night stand. Depending on how the rest of the party operates they can be the comic relief they need to boost morale or the horndog that gets them into trouble due to their libido. If this bard is especially shameless, expect them to have a BawdySong ready for any occasion.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Third-party supplements focusing on mature-themed games, such as the 3.5 ''Book of Erotic Fantasy'', ''The Book of Passion'' for ''Pathfinder'', and ''Rolling For Seduction'' for [=5e=] tend to have Bard specialties wholly dedicated to playing a Horny Bard. Some will go so far as to make Bards little more than erotic entertainers (i.e. strippers). More rounded approaches will see such a Bard equally useful whether clothes are coming off or not.

** The SpearCounterpart of "The Lusty Argonian Maid", a porn character, is "The Sultry Argonian Bard".

* The art of Fredrik K. T. Andersson has a lot of InterspeciesRomance, with plenty of hybrids, half-human or otherwise, resulting. "The Bard" character of his is the most infamous, having bred with a dragon, a werewolf, a minotaur, a naga, a scorpion woman, a centaur, a ''rock'', and possibly some more. The rock case is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d.
** [[http://www.naorhy.com/art/freddy/elfwood/cross_couples/family_gathering_colored.jpg Here]] are six of his girlfriends with children (NSFW for scorpion breasts).

** "Roll to Seduce" features Antrius seducing The Marquis, a (male) crime lord NPC who wants to kill the party. The DM makes him roll twice (the first time at Disadvantage for being Hostile, though Evandra and Nixie help out to cancel the Disadvantage) before getting to the actual seduction roll. Antrius succeeds with three Natural [=20s=] in a row[[note]] the group seems to be playing under a popular misinterpretation that a Natural 20 on ''any'' roll is a "critical success," which is not accurate to the rules-as-written[[/note]]. While Antrius' amazing success saves the party, it does have an unfortunate consequence for him, since he lacks Disease Resistance.
** "Shopping Episode" opens with a comment Antrius failed to seduce an ''Owlbear'', though Nixie assures him he'll get the next one.

* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'': The WanderingMinstrel Jaskier uses his fame and popularity to meet women in all walks of life, with [[ReallyGetsAround extensive success]]. One sidequest has you search for him by interviewing the multi-page list of his ''recent'' lovers [[AGirlInEveryPort in various towns]]. In another, he has a chance to go to bed with a {{succub|iAndIncubi}}us.

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* Lampshaded in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', before marrying Donnovan, Miranda did a divination spell to determine if he had any illegitimate children running around because he was a bard and they have a bit of a reputation.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': While Elan is escaping from a bandit camp he overhears two guards mentioning that the bandit leader is a gorgeous woman, so he [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0156.html sneaks back in]] with flowers and candy. When his team comes to rescue him and find him locked in a passionate embrace with the leader, he claims that seducing female bad guys is his solemn duty as a bard.
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->''By playing [=DnD=] you automatically sign an unwritten contract that forces you to write your character to fall under the purest stereotype of whatever class you pick. Everybody knows you have to follow that contract or else Matt Mercer will sneak into your house and throw foam noodles at you from the corner of your living room. All wizards are smartass eggheads, all rogues are kleptomaniacs, and bards are lust-compelled sex deviants. It's just the rules, I don't make them.''

* WebVideo/CriticalRole: Scanlan Shorthalt, the [[TheBard gnome bard]] of Vox Machina. When he's not making music, he's either flirting with a random NPC or looking to bed someone at the nearest brothel. Sam Reigel has even admitted he custom-made Scanlan to be "the worst" and will always indulge in raunchy antics whenever possible.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': While Elan is escaping from a bandit camp he overhears two guards mentioning that the bandit leader is a gorgeous woman, so he [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0156.html sneaks back in with flowers and candy.]] When his team comes to rescue him and find him locked in a passionate embrace with the leader, he claims that seducing female bad guys is his solemn duty as a bard.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': We are introduced to Scanlan Shorthalt wooing his latest sexual conquest with his lute and a song. And while his antics are toned down compared to the source material, he's still a shameless flirt who will pounce on debauchery when given the chance.

->'''Elan the Bard''': Haley, why are you mad at me?
->'''Haley Starshine the Rogue''': Oh I don't know, because you were all over this evil sorceress tramp?!
->'''Elan the Bard''': But it's my solemn duty to seduce female bad guys! It's like in the bard's charter or something.
-->''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0160.html "The Jello Pit Wasn't Available"]]

It is a common stereotype among [=TTRPGers=] that Bard players (or a similarly-themed character) are adventuring just to hit the tavern and seduce whatever attractive members of their preferred gender happen to be there. Their high charisma and usual role as TheFace are easily applied to seduction, and their nomadic adventuring means they disappear before trouble catches them, leaving behind broken hearts and a lecherous reputation. Depending on how charming their dulcet tones are, they'll either be ThePornomancer or the CasanovaWannabe. This is typically a male trope, but in recent years gender on both ends has been an open door, with female bards crossing over with HeroicSeductress or TheVamp depending on their alignment. More often than not they're way more of TheDandy compared to the rest of the party, so expect them to be a NonActionGuy when a fight breaks out and for their more combat-capable friends to be protecting them.

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-->'''Flynn:''' Hey baby, wanna... tune my mandolin?
-->'''Daphne:''' Please understand, the horny bard does not represent us.

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Ah...what's a motley band of fantasy adventurers without their WanderingMinstrel? He (or she) is there to sing tales of their exploits, be TheFace of any social encounter, and...basically bang AnythingThatMoves.

While classically speaking TheBard is a minstrel or poet that kept records and praise of their patron, this trope is when said bard is also a shameless sex machine who takes advantage of the idea that GirlsLikeMusicians. These are the bards who are willing to seduce the dragon, hit on every barmaid in the tavern, and woo anybody with a song and a one night stand. Depending on how the rest of the party operates they can be the comic relief they need to boost morale or the horndog that gets them into trouble due to their libido. If this bard is especially shameless, expect them to have a BawdySong ready for any occasion.

It is a common stereotype among [=TTRPGers=] that Bard players (or a similarly-themed character) are adventuring just to hit the tavern and seduce whatever attractive members of their preferred gender happen to be there. Their high charisma and usual role as TheFace are easily applied to seduction, and their nomadic adventuring means they disappear before trouble catches them, leaving behind broken hearts and a lecherous reputation. Depending on how charming their dulcet tones are, they'll either be ThePornomancer or the CasanovaWannabe. This is typically a male trope, but in recent years gender on both ends has been an open door, with female bards crossing over with HeroicSeductress or TheVamp depending on their alignment. More often than not they're way more of TheDandy compared to the rest of the party, so expect them to be a NonActionGuy when a fight breaks out and for their more combat capable friends to be protecting them.

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* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': Downplayed with Leliana. "Bard" is a specific career path in Orlais, basically equal parts minstrel, geisha, and spy. It's implied that in Leliana's past she was a more straight example of this, but by the time you meet her she's a lay sister of the Chantry and quite religious and chaste. Depending on your interactions with her, she may loosen up back into something of a Horny Bard (even participating in an up-to-four-way with your Warden, Zevran, Isabella, and herself) or remain more cloistered.

* WebVideo/CriticalRole: Scanlan Shorthalt, the [[TheBard gnome bard]] of Vox Machina. When he's not making music, he's either flirting with a random NPC or looking to bed someone at the nearest brothel. Sam Reigel has even admitted he custom made Scanlan to be "the worst" and will always indulge in raunchy antics whenever possible.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': While Elan is escaping from a bandit camp he overhears two guards mentioning that the bandit leader is a gorgeous woman, so he [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0156.html sneaks back in with flowers and candy.]] When his team comes to rescue him and find him locked in a passionate embrace with the leader he claims that seducing female bad guys is his solemn duty as a bard.

* WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina: We are introduced to Scanlan Shorthalt wooing his latest sexual conquest with his lute and a song. And while his antics are toned down compared to the source material, he's still a shameless flirt who will pounce on debauchery when given the chance.