Eh. Bard has a 40% penalty, and an iksar monk is about that also. They won't be leveling very much faster than a 60+% penalty on a large-race SK.
Besides, the bard can just catch up anyone who needs it by playing for 1 extra hour and doing an AE kite in OT. At level 30+ you can pull 100 mobs in 20-30 minutes, kill them in another 10-20 minutes, and have earned two whole levels if the bard is solo.
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