I treat Y'raja's songs as what are essentially very long incantations with melodies. She has lyrics she wrote herself for each type of song, and typically sings them aloud throughout a battle. Playing a harp to accompany said singing is mostly for flavor/to add to atmosphere for the sake of morale.
As for the physical abilities, I agree with what's already been said by others. My character likely does a mix of both. A couple of skills are actually her flipping about like a crazy acrobat and flinging off arrows. Others are purely magical in nature. For an example, my FC once had an event where our characters needed to sneak into a warehouse. When I wanted Y'raja to use the equivalent of Flaming Arrow to create a distraction, I played it as a regular arrow she shoots at a desired location that bursts into a ring of flames upon singing a short incantation.
Of course, if you wanted to, perhaps your character can't do most of what BRDs are capable of in-game. Maybe they're lazy. Maybe they're a terrible singer/instrument player. Maybe they're only a bard in terms of morale boosting/musical ability, but in battle they use [insert weapon other than a bow here].
tl;dr: Get creative and have fun with it!
As for the physical abilities, I agree with what's already been said by others. My character likely does a mix of both. A couple of skills are actually her flipping about like a crazy acrobat and flinging off arrows. Others are purely magical in nature. For an example, my FC once had an event where our characters needed to sneak into a warehouse. When I wanted Y'raja to use the equivalent of Flaming Arrow to create a distraction, I played it as a regular arrow she shoots at a desired location that bursts into a ring of flames upon singing a short incantation.
Of course, if you wanted to, perhaps your character can't do most of what BRDs are capable of in-game. Maybe they're lazy. Maybe they're a terrible singer/instrument player. Maybe they're only a bard in terms of morale boosting/musical ability, but in battle they use [insert weapon other than a bow here].
tl;dr: Get creative and have fun with it!
