Some informative posts I read before rolling my bard. Not sure if there are summaries of the posts but maybe you can add some sort of forum index for helpful posts?
http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=14926
-Bard Guide for p99, part I
http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...highlight=bard
-Bard Guide for p99, part II
http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...highlight=bard
-Guide to AoE Bard Kiting, here on P99.