how do i bard?

[Estu]

Not really a huge deal for bards. There are a lot of arguments to be made for which stats are most important and it boils down to no stat being incredibly important. DEX and CHA help with avoiding missed notes (fizzles) when twisting songs. CHA helps with lulls and mezzes (some debate about mezzes using CHA, maybe? not sure). STA gives you HP, but not a lot of HP. STR improves your melee damage but you don't do a lot of melee damage anyway.

Personally I'd go DEX/CHA but I'm sure others would tell you to do it differently.