Path of Bards

Abilities

Level Ability
1 Echo, Magical Poetry
2
3 In Rhythm
4
5 Resonance
6
7 Duet
8
9
10 Fade Out

Medium Base Health

Your base health is 70.

Echo

Choose a creature within 3 meters at the start of your turn. This creature can take one action this turn instead of you.

You are still able to use your rapid action or prepared action normally.

Magical Poetry

You can upkeep your magical songs and poems to affect their allies or foes. Poems can be started with a rapid action, but you can keep them up freely as long as you have enough energy.

You can only have one poem active at any time. If your target gets out of range or you become unable to sing in any way, your poem immediately ends. You can also end a poem freely at any time.

Some poems apply status effects. These status effects last as long as you are upkeeping the poem. If these status effects are removed in any way, you reapply them at the start of your turns.

In Rhythm

By spending 2 energy during your turn, you can use both a rapid action and a prepared action.

Resonance

When you start a new poem, you can choose to apply regeneration for 2 rounds.

Duet

When you are singing a poem for an ally, this ally can pay half of the energy cost at the start of your turns.

Fade Out

If you are upkeeping a poem, you can swap it with another poem without using a rapid action.


Techniques

Poem of Beauty

Category: Utility
Execution Time: Rapid action
Cost: 1 energy per hour
Range: (2 + C/2) meters
Duration: Special
Effect
Choose a creature. This creature's appearance is improved, gaining a +1 bonus to its next social skill roll or meeting roll.

Poem of Brutishness

Category: Defense
Against: Warding
Execution Time: Rapid action
Cost: 3 energy per round
Range: (2 + C/2) meters
Effect
Choose a creature. This creature can only use weapon attacks with their actions.

Poem of Humility

Category: Defense
Against: Warding
Execution Time: Rapid action
Cost: 2 energy per round
Range: (2 + C/2) meters
Effect
Choose a creature. It becomes agitated by your words and motions of slander, and becomes disoriented. Whenever this creature fails a precision roll, it takes 5 magical damage. Potency bonus to this technique's damage is halved.

Poem of Fury

Category: Offense
Execution Time: Rapid action
Cost: 2 energy per round
Range: (2 + C/2) meters
Effect
Choose a creature. Your magical poetry induces fury, might and courage within it; increasing its potency by 2.

Poem of Freedom

Category: Utility
Execution Time: Rapid action
Cost: 2 energy per round
Range: (2 + C/2) meters
Effect
Choose a creature. This creature is unaffected by immobilized, slowed and stunned status effects.

Poem of Mastery

Category: Offense
Execution Time: Rapid action
Cost: 2 energy per round
Range: (2 + C/2) meters
Effect
Choose a creature. Your poem makes this creature become more proficient in its abilities, increasing its control by 2.

Poem of Travellers

Category: Offense
Execution Time: Rapid action
Cost: 2 energy per round
Range: (2 + C/2) meters
Effect
Choose a creature. This creature becomes quickened.