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The bard is a master of music and magic. Exploring the power of music, the bard can inspire his allies or fasinate his opponents. A bard must decide whether to follow the path of the sword or the path of magic, although few have the gift required. '''Hit points at 1st level:''' Constitution+4. '''Hit points at each additional level:''' 2+constitution modifier. '''Action points per level:''' 4+charisma modifier. '''Skill points:''' 6. {|border=1px !Level!!BAB!! BDB!! MDB!! Special!! Mana multiplier |- |1|| +0|| +0|| +0|| Bardric knowledge, bardric music, bardric path||1 |- |2|| +1|| +1|| +1||| Magic|| 2 |- |3|| +2|| +2|| +2|| New song||2 |- |4|| +3|| +3|| +3|| || 2 |- |5|| +3|| +3|| +3|| || 3 |- |6|| +4|| +4|| +4|| New song|| 3 |- |7|| +5|| +5|| +5|| || 3 |- |8|| +6|| +6|| +6|| || 4 |- |9|| +6|| +6|| +6|| New song|| 4 |- |10|| +7|| +7|| +7|| || 4 |- |11|| +8|| +8|| +8|| || 5 |- |12|| +9|| +9|| +9|| New song|| 5 |- |13|| +9|| +9|| +9|| || 5 |- |14|| +10|| +10|| +10|| || 6 |- |15|| +11|| +11|| +11|| New song|| 6 |- |16|| +12|| +12|| +12|| || 6 |- |17|| +12|| +12|| +12|| || 7 |- |18|| +13|| +13|| +13|| New song|| 7 |- ||19|| +14|| +14|| +14|| || 7 |- ||20|| +15|| +15|| +15|| Masterful songs|| 8 |} '''Weapon and armour proficiency:''' a bard is proficient with all simple weapons, as well as light armour and with shields (but not tower shields). Warrior bards are proficient with the longsword, rapier, sap, shortsword, shortbow and whip, as well as medium armour. '''Bardic Knowledge:''' A bard may make a special bardic knowledge check with a bonus equal to his bard level + his Intelligence modifier to see whether he knows some relevant information about local notable people, legendary items, or noteworthy places. (If the bard has 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (history), he gains a +2 bonus on this check.) A successful bardic knowledge check will not reveal the powers of a magic item but may give a hint as to its general function. A bard may not take 10 or take 20 on this check; this sort of knowledge is essentially random. {|border=2px !DC!! Type of Knowledge |- |10|| Common, known by at least a substantial minority of the local population. |- |20|| Uncommon but available, known by only a few people legends. |- |25|| Obscure, known by few, hard to come by. |- |30|| Extremely obscure, known by very few, possibly forgotten by most who once knew it, possibly known only by those who don’t understand the significance of the knowledge. |} '''Bardic Music:''' Once per day per bard level, a bard can use his song or poetics to produce magical effects on those around him (usually including himself, if desired). While these abilities fall under the category of bardic music and the descriptions discuss singing or playing instruments, they can all be activated by reciting poetry, chanting, singing lyrical songs, singing melodies, whistling, playing an instrument, or playing an instrument in combination with some spoken performance. Each ability requires a minimum number of ranks in the Perform skill to qualify; if a bard does not have the required number of ranks in at least one Perform skill, he cannot select the music ability. Starting a bardic music effect is a standard action. Some bardic music abilities require concentration, which means the bard must take a standard action each round to maintain the ability. Even while using bardic music that doesn’t require concentration, a bard cannot cast spells, activate magic items by spell completion (such as scrolls), spell trigger (such as wands), or command word. Just as for casting a spell with a verbal component, a deaf bard has a 20% chance to fail when attempting to use bardic music. If he fails, the attempt still counts against his daily limit. A 1st level bard begins play knowing any three songs he can qualify for. A bard gains a new song at 3rd level and every three levels thereafter. Bardric path: at 1st level a bard must decide which path he will follow: that of the warrior bard or that of the bardric sage. A warrior bard gains full BAB and proficiency with the listed weapons. However, a bardric sage is a more powerful caster, gaining a caster level equal to the bards class level, is able to memorize an extra spell of their highest spell level, and gains extra mana. A bardric sage gains an amount of extra mana per day equal to the cost of the highest level spell they can cast, up to 10 extra points for 4th level spells. A bardric sage can also cast spells at 1st level. '''Magic:''' a 2nd level (1st for bardric sages) a bard unlocks the secrets of magic. A bard casts arcane spells, the same kind of spells cast by the wizard and sorcerer. Unlike most arcane casters a bard can cast in light armour (warrior bards can cast in medium armour). A bard can cast spells spontaneously, but must memorize a certian number of spells each day to become their list of spells known. A bards caster level is equal to 3/4 their class level. {|{|border="1" !Level!!1!! 2!! 3!! 4 |- |1|| 0|| -|| -|| - |- |2|| 1|| -|| -|| - |- |3|| 2|| -|| -|| - |- |4|| 2|| -|| -|| - |- |5|| 3|| 1|| -|| - |- |6|| 3|| 2|| -|| - |- |7|| 3|| 2|| -|| - |- |8|| 4|| 3|| 1|| - |- |9|| 4|| 3|| 2|| - |- |10|| 4|| 3|| 2|| - |- |11|| 4|| 4|| 3|| 1 |- |12|| 5|| 4|| 3|| 2 |- |13|| 5|| 4|| 3|| 2 |- |14|| 5|| 4|| 4|| 3 |- |15|| 5|| 5|| 4|| 3 |- |16|| 5|| 5|| 4|| 3 |- |17|| 6|| 5|| 4|| 4 |- |18|| 6|| 5|| 4|| 4 |- |19|| 6|| 5|| 5|| 4 |- |20|| 6|| 6|| 5|| 4 |} A bard gains a spellbook as a wizard. =Bardric Songs= The following are the avalible songs to bard, from common songs (3.5 PHB songs), to uncommon (new songs), to rare (songs that have the same kind of effects as bardric music feats). New ideas for songs please (need about 3-7 more uncommon songs). '''Chord of distraction (rare):''' 6 ranks. As a standard action, you can play a short peice. You can try to distract one humanoid or monstarous humanoid within 30ft of you. If you succeed on a perform check opposed against the targets sense motive, they are treated as flat footed until they are attacked or until the start of your next turn, whichever is first. '''Countersong:''' 3 ranks. '''Epic of lost deeds (rare):''' 6 ranks. as a move action, you can expend one use of bardric music to remove fatigue from an ally withing 30ft each round you sing. If you spend three uses you may remove exhaustion. '''Fascinate:''' 3 ranks. '''Inspire competence:''' 6 ranks. '''Inspire courage:''' 3 ranks. '''Inspire greatness:''' 12 ranks. '''Inspire heroics:''' 18 ranks. '''Mass suggestion:''' 21 ranks. '''Moving song (uncommon):''' 12 ranks. As long as the bard continues to sing he can make a number iof creatures equal to 1/4 his class level take an extra five foot step each round. '''Song of freedom:''' 15 ranks. '''Song of iron will (uncommon):''' 9 ranks. As long as you continue to sing allies within 30ft of you gain an extra +2 compatance bonus to will saves. '''Song of the long road (rare):''' 6 ranks. by giving a 1 minute performance you can give all allies within 60ft avoid taking nonlethal damage for hustling for one hour. '''Sound of silence (rare):''' 9 ranks. by expending three uses of bardric music you can deafen a single target for as long as they would be able to hear you sing. A will save rolled against a perform check negates the effect, but you only lose one use. '''Sugestion:''' 9 ranks. '''Warning shout (uncommon):''' 9 ranks. As long as you continue to sing allies within 30ft of you gain an extra +2 compatance bonus to reflex saves.
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