I still maintain that we bards were never meant to get imbrued armor for the
simple fact imbrued means "stained", as in soaked and stained - I pictured
it as going to SKs, maybe rogues, whereas lambent means shimmering or
radiant, far more appropriate for us goodie-two-shoes bards.

This brings up another minor rant I have... where are the evil bards?
Surely the bad guys have singers of villainy and strife. The lizard men
would be a great concession on that, given we already have their scout
fifes.

Just by way of humor, can you imagine a troll bard? Even better: a troll
bard doing the happy dance? :)