asking for help with a bard

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it sounds to me like your DM overuses traps or makes them overhard to compensate for using them improperly; traps suck unless your on a time limit!

either that or your rogue isnt being paranoid enough! take 20 on every search check of every 5 foot square until your DM stops using traps.

anyway sublime chord is in complete arcane, see if you can get your DM to houserule in a golem thing.

maybe take a feat and sacrifice a spell slot(s) or spell(s) known of appropriate power for each golem you have animated? iirc sublime chord has a few strong class features; ask if you can sacrifice one or two of them for the ability to craft constructs without the prerequisite spells*

*or just a few extra spells on your list that are golem pre-requisites but not otherwise very useful or that you have to prepare like a wizard/cleric or something.