#YALL THESE ARE HIGHEST TIER CHARACTERS??? whoever wrote this statblocks was JOKING

[pagesofkenna]

this is a bit of a D&D movie spoiler and I get that it's the lowest stakes take possible, but I think it's silly they tried to give Chris Pine's character a Bard NPC statblock when he's clearly a Mastermind Rogue

'there's already a rogue in the party, edgin plays the lute' yeah yeah I get it, we're clearly supposed to think he's a Bard walking into this movie, but he's got no magic to speak of, which is actually kind of a relevant and noteworthy plot detail. he's not actually casting Charm Person or Friends or anything, because those are actual spells with spell components we never see him use. He's just got a high Charisma score and the Master of Tactics class trait

Edgin Darvis should be a Mastermind Rogue with the Entertainer background and probably the Inspiring Leader feat

like, he definitely seems to have some of the non-spellcasting abilities of a Bard (is that Bardic Inspiration or the Mastermind's bonus action Help we see?) and obviously I recognize this is probably intended to be a bit of a rules fudge to showcase how not everyone has easy access to magic in this setting... but a nonmagical bard is a rogue!

plus, reading him as a Rogue means his Lute Bash is adding sneak attack damage and that's why that's his only utility in combat and yet it works