![]() ![]() When the bard smashes a barrel early in the game, the barrel maker comes out and chastises him for smashing his barrels. This was the plot of the original 1985 Bard's Tale. Continuity Nod: In a conversation early in the game the Bard proclaims that he's had enough adventures, involving, among other things, cities locked in eternal winter.And after you come across them, some trow come out and sing about it! The Chosen Zero: Not only is the Bard an unlikely hero (and has this pointed out to him), there are many other "Chosen Ones" (people who think the are, anyway ) who end up dead or worse. ![]() Throughout your quest, you will encounter many other chosen ones, most of whom are either dead or arrested. Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: Jacques and Jean, a pair of French guys, who give you the run around after offering a tune, will accept your challenge to a fight, then surrender as soon as you draw your weapons.Bottomless Magazines: No limit to those arrows!.Blatant Lies: The Narrator loves to engage in these, to the chagrin of The Bard.Back From the Dead: The dog as a zombie.As it turns out, The Bard doesn't make to be any sort of hero or villain at all, and the undead apparently make great bar buddies. Though the same could be said for the neutral ending, wherein the Bard leaves and gets drunk with some zombies.The Bard has no particular stake in saving the world, so siding with Caleigh really is the best choice for him. Anti-Hero: Deconstructed in the Evil ending.All Men Are Perverts: How did Caleigh get the bard to go on the quest when lures of money and power weren't enough? She offered sex.Added Alliterative Appeal: Fnarf loves to talk like this.Has nothing to do with the games of The Bards Tale Trilogy (the first game being titled The Bard's Tale ), although it does have a few shout outs to it (and some editions include the earlier games as an extra). On the way to complete his quest, the not so valiant anti-hero will have to overcome the truly terrifying challenges of three monstrous guardians, break-dancing corpses, spontaneously melodious goblins and a giant, fire-breathing rat. As a result of this, the Bard finds himself being attacked by an assortment of fanatics from a Druid-like cult, sent to dispatch him by a being called Fionnaoch. The Bard, after getting burned by and subsequently slaying a giant, fire-breathing rat, ends up being recruited by an old man to help free a princess named Caleigh. Then have his quest narrated by a mocking, biased man who cannot stand him. The Bard (who is never identified by a specific name) is not interested in saving the world, his humble motivations are strictly "coin and cleavage". Take your standard Heroic Fantasy, except replace that hero with an Anti-Hero Jerkass, "a sardonic and opportunistic musician and adventurer, driven by carnal rather than noble pursuits". PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted.Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so. Before making a single edit, Tropedia EXPECTS our site policy and manual of style to be followed.
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