Quote Originally Posted by Kardwill View Post
Even at the begining, he was goofy/stupid, but not that imcompetent. Look at his abduction by the bandits : it's pretty clear he could have escaped any time he wanted to, but went along because no bard would miss an opportunity to be part of an abduction subplot, or to romance a bandit queen.
I think #0030 is a pretty good demonstration of how it works.

Elan's internal monologue: "Mind flayer? Illithid? Psionic Danger?"

What Elan decides to actually say: "Squid thingy!"