The Bard faction is kinda disappointing

[rossa35]

Big missed opportunity to let you choose an instrument and improve your skills on it in The Sims style.

You should be able to put it out and play it at anytime just like the bards do on the taverns.

If there was a mechanic for you to hunt and learn new songs from books or something, it would have been even better 

[UnEvenSteven]

You didn't search, there's a few bard-related mods out there.

 

Become a Bard - The OG

Skyrim's Got Talent - Improve As a Bard

 

Bards Reborn Student of Song Become a Bard and Bards College Expansion

Skyrim's Got Talent - Bards Reborn Patch - Integrates Skyrim's Got Talent in to Bards Reborn

 

The Dragon Bard Ultimate - New Playable Instruments - Haven't tried this one yet

 

There's also Bards College Expansion but it's a paid mod. Haven't tried it yet either but seems to make the college in to a proper faction. I don't believe this would be compatible with the aforementioned mods.

 

Either use all those mods together or Bards College Expansion in it's own.

[Grey Cloud]

On 4/27/2026 at 11:29 AM, rossa35 said:

Big missed opportunity to let you choose an instrument and improve your skills on it in The Sims style.

If an opportunity was missed, it was missed over fourteen years ago.