Bard

Bard

Description: Bards often serve as negotiators, messengers, scouts, and spies. They love to accompany heroes (and villains) to witness heroic (or villainous) deeds firsthand, since a bard who can tell a story from personal experience earns renown among his fellows. A bard casts arcane spells without any advance preparation, much like a sorcerer. His magic emphasizes charms and illusions, and the bard can also play an inspiring song that strengthens him and his allies. Bards also share some specialized skills with rogues, and their knowledge of item lore is nearly unmatched.

Hit Dice: 1d6

Proficiencies: Armor Proficiency (Light), Armor Proficiency (Medium), Shield Proficiency, Weapon Proficiency (Simple)

Skill Points: 4 + Int mod

Class Skills: Appraise, Bluff, Concentration, Craft armor, Craft trap, Craft weapon, Discipline, Heal, Hide, Listen, Lore, Move silently, Parry, Perform, Persuade, Pick pocket, Spellcraft, Taunt, Tumble, Use magic device

Primary Saving Throw(s): Reflex, Will

Base Attack Bonus: +3/4 levels

Requirements

Alignment: Non-Lawful

Base Attack Bonus: Any

Classes: None

Factions: All

Feats: None

Race: Any

Skills: None

Spellcasting: None

Special Abilities and Feats

Level	Feat(s)
1	Bardic Knowledge Bard Song

Epic Bard

Epic Feat Progression: 3

Epic Feats: Arcane Defense, Curse Song, Epic Skill Focus, Epic Spell Focus, Epic Will, Extra Music, Great Charisma, Great Dexterity, Greater Spell Focus, Greater Spell Penetration Improved Combat Casting, Lasting Inspiration, and Lingering Song.

Notes

• Bard Song and Curse Song have been altered on Neversummer 4.
• Bards (along with Sorcerers) have the ability to become Red Dragon Disciples.
• Bards are the only arcane-casters allowed in the Northern Coalition.
• None of the Sub-Races have Bard as Favored Class.
• Bards may attain Master Artisan in Tailoring
• Bards may attain Artisan in Fletching, Leather Crafting, and Arcane Crafting.
• Having both Lingering Song and Lasting Inspiration feats now causes bard song to last 100 rounds. Normally it lasts 10 rounds, and with just lingering song it lasts 15 rounds, and with just lasting inspiration it lasts 50 rounds.

Spells

Cantrips	1st level spells	2nd level spells	3rd level spells	4th level spells	5th level spells	6th level spells
Cure Minor Wounds Daze Flare Light Resistance	Amplify Balagarn's Iron Horn Charm Person Cure Light Wounds Expeditious Retreat Grease Identify Lesser Dispel Mage Armor Magic Weapon Protection from Alignment Scare Sleep Summon Creature I	Blindness/Deafness Bull's Strength Cat's Grace Clarity Cloud of Bewilderment Cure Moderate Wounds Darkness Eagle's Splendor Fox's Cunning Ghostly Visage Hold Person Invisibility Owl's Wisdom See Invisibility Silence Sound Burst Summon Creature II Tasha's Hideous Laughter Ultravision	Bestow Curse Charm Monster Clairaudience/Clairvoyance Confusion Cure Serious Wounds Dispel Magic Displacement Fear Find Traps Greater Magic Weapon Gust of Wind Haste Invisibility Sphere Keen Edge Magic Circle against Alignment Remove Curse Remove Disease Slow Summon Creature III Wounding Whispers	Cure Critical Wounds Dismissal Dominate Person Hold Monster Improved Invisibility Legend Lore Neutralize Poison Summon Creature IV War Cry	Ethereal Visage Greater Dispelling Healing Circle Mind Fog Summon Creature V	Dirge Energy Buffer Ice Storm Mass Haste Summon Creature VI

Level progression

Lvl	BAB	Saves			Feats		Base spells per day								Known spells
		Fort	Ref	Will			0	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th		0	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1st	+0	+0	+2	+2	Bardic Knowledge, Bard Song	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
2nd	+1	+0	+3	+3		3	0	-	-	-	-	-	5		2	-	-	-	-	-
3rd	+2	+1	+3	+3		3	1	-	-	-	-	-	5		3	-	-	-	-	-
4th	+3	+1	+4	+4		3	2	0	-	-	-	-	5		3	2	-	-	-	-
5th	+3	+1	+4	+4		3	3	1	-	-	-	-	5		4	3	-	-	-	-
6th	+4	+2	+5	+5		3	3	2	-	-	-	-	5		4	3	-	-	-	-
7th	+5	+2	+5	+5		3	3	2	0	-	-	-	5		4	4	2	-	-	-
8th	+6/+1	+2	+6	+6		3	3	3	1	-	-	-	5		4	4	3	-	-	-
9th	+6/+1	+3	+6	+6		3	3	3	2	-	-	-	5		4	4	3	-	-	-
10th	+7/+2	+3	+7	+7		3	3	3	2	0	-	-	5		4	4	4	2	-	-
11th	+8/+3	+3	+7	+7		3	3	3	3	1	-	-	5		4	4	4	3	-	-
12th	+9/+4	+4	+8	+8		3	3	3	3	2	-	-	5		4	4	4	3	-	-
13th	+9/+4	+4	+8	+8		3	3	3	3	2	0	-	5		4	4	4	4	2	-
14th	+10/+5	+4	+9	+9		4	3	3	3	3	1	-	5		4	4	4	4	3	-
15th	+11/+6/+1	+5	+9	+9		4	4	3	3	3	2	-	5		4	4	4	4	3	-
16th	+12/+7/+2	+5	+10	+10		4	4	4	3	3	2	0	5		5	4	4	4	4	2
17th	+12/+7/+2	+5	+10	+10		4	4	4	4	3	3	1	5		5	5	4	4	4	3
18th	+13/+8/+3	+6	+11	+11		4	4	4	4	4	3	2	5		5	5	5	4	4	3
19th	+14/+9/+4	+6	+11	+11		4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5		5	5	5	5	4	4
20th	+15/+10/+5	+6	+12	+12		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5		5	5	5	5	5	4