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.

Alignment Restrictions: Any non-lawful

Hit Die: d6

Proficiencies: Armor (Light, Medium), Shields, Weapons (Simple)

Skill Points: (Int mod * 4 at 1st level) 4 + Int Mod

Skills: Appraise, Bluff, Concentration, Craft Armour, Craft Trap, Craft Weapon, Discipline, Heal, Hide, Listen, Lore, Move Silently, Parry, Perform, Persuade, Pick pocket, Spellcraft, Taunt, Tumble, Use Magic Device

Selectable Class Feats: Ambidexterity, Arcane Defense, Brew Potion, Craft Wand, Curse Song, Deflect Arrows, Extra Music, Greater Spell Penetration], Lingering Song, Quicken Spell, Scribe Scroll, Skill Focus, Spell Focus, Two Weapon Fighting, Weapon Proficiency Exotic, Weapon Proficiency Martial

Primary Saving Throw(s): Reflex, Will

Spellcasting: Arcane (Charisma-based, no spell preparation, spell failure from armor is a factor). Bards begin the game knowing four cantrips. Must have a Charisma score of 10 + the spell’s level to cast a spell.

Special Abilities & Feats

• Level 1 Bardic Knowledge, Bard Song

Spells

Bards draw their power from an invisible vortex of energy that permeates the entire world, called the Vortex of Mortal Magic. By channeling small amounts of energy from this vortex into their own bodies and shaping it, they are able to cast spells.

Cantrips	1st Level	2nd Level	3rd Level
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 Blur Bull's Strength Cat's Grace Clarity Cloud of Bewilderment Cure Moderate Wounds Curse of Impending Blades Darkness Eagle's Splendor Fox's Cunning Ghostly Visage Glitterdust Heroism 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 Legion's Curse of Impending Blades Magic Circle Against Alignment Remove Curse Remove Disease Slow Summon Creature III Wounding Whispers
4th Level	5th Level	6th Level
Cure Critical Wounds Dimension Door Dismissal Dominate Person Hold Monster Improved Invisibility Legend Lore Mass Ultravision Neutralize Poison Summon Creature IV War Cry	Ethereal Visage Greater Dispelling Greater Heroism Healing Circle Mind Fog Summon Creature V Wall of Greater Dispel Magic	Dirge Energy Buffer Ice Storm Mass Haste Summon Creature VI

Spells per Day

Class Level	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
2	3	0	*	*	*	*	*
3	3	1	*	*	*	*	*
4	3	2	0	*	*	*	*
5	3	3	1	*	*	*	*
6	3	3	2	*	*	*	*
7	3	3	2	0	*	*	*
8	3	3	3	1	*	*	*
9	3	3	3	2	*	*	*
10	3	3	3	2	0	*	*
11	3	3	3	3	1	*	*
12	3	3	3	3	2	*	*
13	3	3	3	3	2	0	*
14	4	3	3	3	3	1	*
15	4	4	3	3	3	2	*
16	4	4	4	3	3	2	0
17	4	4	4	4	3	3	1
18	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
19	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
20	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Known Spells

Class Level	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
2	5	2	*	*	*	*	*
3	5	3	*	*	*	*	*
4	5	3	2	*	*	*	*
5	5	4	3	*	*	*	*
6	5	4	3	*	*	*	*
7	5	4	4	2	*	*	*
8	5	4	4	3	*	*	*
9	5	4	4	3	*	*	*
10	5	4	4	4	2	*	*
11	5	4	4	4	3	*	*
12	5	4	4	4	3	*	*
13	5	4	4	4	4	2	*
14	5	4	4	4	4	3	*
15	5	4	4	4	4	3	*
16	5	5	4	4	4	4	2
17	5	5	5	4	4	4	3
18	5	5	5	4	4	4	3
19	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
20	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

Epic Bard

Epic Bard

Skill Points: 4 + Int mod

Bonus Feats: 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38

Epic Bonus Feats: Arcane Defense, Curse Song, Epic Skill Focus (all but Animal Empathy), Epic Spell Focus, Epic Will, Extra Music, Great Charisma, Great Dexterity, Greater Spell Focus, Improved Combat Casting, Lasting Inspiration, Lingering Song

Epic Selectable Class Feats: Automatic Quicken Spell I - III, Automatic Silent Spell I - III, Automatic Still Spell I - III, Blinding Speed, Epic Spell Penetration

Notes

• Avlis UMD gives a bonus to NON-ARTIFICED casting items. These include amulets, unique items, rings, etc. Bonus is +1 to caster level/Spell DC per 5 base ranks (not including modifiers, skill focuses, etc.) in the Use Magic Device Skill.

See also

Avlis Private Discussion: Bards, a private class discussion forum.

On Avlis

An IC description of Avlissian Bards was written by Kered Rose: