Path of Bards

Abilities

Level Ability
1 Echo, Magical Poetry
3 In Rhythm
5 Resonance, Insert Lyrics
7 Duet
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 minor action normally.

Magical Poetry

You can upkeep your magical songs and poems to affect allies or foes. Songs and poems can be started with a speak special action used with an action or a rapid action and you can keep them up freely as long as you keep speaking each round in your turns.

Some songs and poems require precision rolls. In this case, you only need to roll once per creature unless they were unable to hear your performance at any point. In this case, you need to roll for that creature again.

You can only have one song or poem active at any time and you are unable to speak while singing. If your target gets out of range or you become unable to sing in any way, your upkeep ends. You can also end your song or poem freely at any time.

In Rhythm

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

Resonance

When you start a new song or poem, you can spend 1 energy to apply regeneration to affected creatures for 1 round.

Insert Lyrics

By spending 1 energy during your turns, you can say a few words as part of a speak special action used for starting or upkeeping a song or a poem. You can't whisper when using this ability.

Duet

An ally assists you with your singing. When you start singing a new song or a poem, an ally who can hear you can pay half the energy cost of that technique.

Fade Out

By spending 1 energy at the start of your turn, you can use the speak special action for upkeeping your singing freely without needing an action or a rapid action. Using this ability ends your upkeep next turn.


Techniques

Song of Beauty

Category: Utility
Execution Time: Special
Cost: 6 energy
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Effect
Subjects of your song are perceived better-looking. Allies gain a +1 bonus to their social skill rolls and meeting rolls.

Song of Marching

Category: Utility
Execution Time: Special
Cost: 8 energy
Duration: Up to 1 day of travel
Effect
Allies hearing your song gain a +10 kilometers of bonus to their daily travel speed.

Poem of Fury

Category: Offense
Execution Time: Special
Cost: 4 energy
Duration: Up to (3 + C/4) rounds
Effect
Your poem induces might and courage within allies, increasing their potencies by 2.

Poem of Freedom

Category: Defense
Execution Time: Special
Cost: 4 energy
Duration: Up to (3 + C/4) rounds
Effect
Allies hearing you are unaffected by immobilized and slowed status effects.

Poem of Heroism

Category: Offense
Execution Time: Special
Cost: 4 energy
Duration: Up to (2 + C/4) rounds
Effect
You start singing an encouraging poem. At the end of your turns, apply inspired to allies who can hear you for 1 round.

Poem of Love

Category: Utility
Against: Warding
Execution Time: Special
Cost: 6 energy
Duration: Up to 3 rounds
Effect
Hostile creatures become charmed with your poetry. While you continue performing, affected creatures gain different status effects each round, starting the round you begin the poem:
1. disoriented for 1 round
2. disoriented and weakened defenses for 1 round
3. stunned for 1 round
If you stop performing, the poem ends and no further status effects are applied.

Poem of Mockery

Category: Offense
Against: Warding
Execution Time: Special
Cost: 4 energy
Duration: Up to (3 + C/4) rounds
Effect
Whenever an affected hostile creature misses a precision roll, they take 5 magical damage.