Quote Originally Posted by noob View Post
A bard with 9 charisma literally can not cast bard spells.
Also I have never seen a rule saying adventurers practice their craft in their down time: can you show the rule text?
A warlock could still use their abilities fine with a _ in int, con, dex, str and 1 wisdom and 1 charisma so it is arguably way easier to do invocations than bardic spellcasting.
offset by the fact that you need to find a demon that doesnt splatter you on sight. thats harder than getting a scholarship for a wizard apprenticeship.

rule text is somewhere i dont know. its background activity. i think its in the same place that says wizards need to experiment with spells everyday with random minor material components as background activity.