For what it's worth, a long time ago this trope had to be given an examplectomy as it was decided to repair the thread to focus specifically just on Bards alone. Before, it used to be any example from any type of video game that fit the description of the trope (such as the Pipe Runners from Advance Wars) but was used to basically just list Joke Character types or characters that had extremely limited and quirky uses.
I guess what I'm getting at is, the trope is now about bards, but now it's time to clean up the definition as to just exactly what kind of bard fits the bill for this trope.
edited 14th Apr '12 5:54:18 PM by DRCEQ
Gentleman Troper!
I made a definition crowner here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/PageAction/SpoonyBard
Ravenous Sophovore
Bumping for votes.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
Ravenous Sophovore
Calling crowner in favor of splitting trope into "quirky tagalong bard" and "mechanically useless class".
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
Think of the mooks!
I take it that Spoony Bard will be the one to cover actual bards, then?
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Perpetually Confused
It seems like the good idea.
edited 18th Jun '12 1:46:07 PM by Ghilz
Perpetually Confused
YKTTW'd a draft for the "Class with a gimmick often called BardÂ" split off trope
Ravenous Sophovore
Waiting on the YKTTW, it seems.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
Any progress here?
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Is the YKTTW dead for long enough that it's Up For Grabs? I can keep it moving if needed.
It already has an Up For Grabs tag.
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Captain of USS Bajor
I'm gonna launch Mechanically Unusual Class when I get home in an hour.
EDIT: And done.
edited 5th Feb '13 5:41:01 PM by StarSword
Hi
Looks good as a start. I made some formatting tweaks.
Captain of USS Bajor
What else needs to happen to finish Spoony Bard?
The other trope mentioned in the crowner.
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Captain of USS Bajor
I mean, what do we do with it? Are we keeping the Spoony Bard name for the character type and splitting off the Mechanically Unusual Class examples, or what?
Keep Spoony Bard for the character type.
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Sharknado Warning
I'd avoid keeping the name. A) The crowner doesn't mention what fate should befall the name so saying we must keep it is kinda jumping the gun. and B) the name seems responsible for alot of the issues. It's bound to attract more "Character X is a Bard" examples.
Spoony Character would at least avoid any needless association with bards.
Hell, the Trope Namer isn't even an example of a Quirky Tagalong Character - besides being a romantic, he's not particularly more quirky than the rest of the party.
edited 7th Feb '13 7:40:40 AM by CobraPrime
Yeah. Shall we get a Single Proposition crowner going to get this renamed?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Captain of USS Bajor
Somebody made one already here. I suggest we just retool it, come up with some names that aren't Mechanically Unusual Class, and paste it.
I've already added Bards Are Weirdos as a possible name.
edited 10th Feb '13 2:42:57 PM by StarSword
That crowner is more than two years old. And we still need the rename crowner before.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Captain of USS Bajor
Sorry, this is my first time doing any kind of serious work in the TRS. Starting the rename crowner.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/SingleProposition/SpoonyBard
edited 10th Feb '13 2:46:47 PM by StarSword
To wiz, the rename procedure is on When To Rename A Trope.
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Crown Description:
We're determining the definition of the trope "Spoony Bard", which is fundamentally about character classes in an RPG (be it tabletop RPG, video game RPG, or story about an RPG). The various options are mutually compatible. You can vote up or down any combination.
Fiddly Bard, spitballing some ideas:
To qualify as a Fiddly Bard, the character should have all three of the following four key characteristics:
Tropes commonly associated with the Spoony Bard:
edited 14th Apr '12 5:09:40 PM by pawsplay