Path of Bards

Abilities

Level Ability
1 In Rhythm, Instrument Training
2
3 Resonance
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Medium Base Health

Your base health is 70.

In Rhythm

By spending 1 energy during your turns, you can use a rapid action instead of your action.

Instrument Training

You are proficient in one instrument, which you start with in your inventory, receiving a permanent (1+C/4) bonus to skill rolls involving that instrument.

Resonance

Whenever you successfully perform a technique that targets only one creature, you gain resonance for 1 minute. You can spend your resonance as a rapid action to deal 5 magical damage to a creature you can touch.

Resonance does not stack, and you can only gain it once per round. Upkeeping poems does not count as a technique, only the initial application is considered one.


Techniques

Echo

Category: Offense
Execution Time: Action
Cost: 3 energy
Range: 5 meters
Duration: (1 + C/3) rounds
Effect
For the duration of this technique, your target can use a rapid action and a prepared action in the same round. This technique does not stack.

Improve Appearance

Category: Utility
Execution Time: 5 minutes
Cost: 2 energy
Range: 5 meters
Duration: (10 + C) minutes
Effect
Grant your target a +1 bonus to the next social skill roll or meeting roll.

Poem of Humility

Category: Defense
Execution Time: Rapid action
Cost: 2 energy per round
Range: (2 + C/2) meters
Duration: Special
Effect
Choose a creature. It becomes agitated by your words and motions of slander, and receives a -1 penalty to precision rolls. Whenever this creature fails a precision roll, it takes 5 magical damage. Potency bonus to this technique's damage is halved.
If your target gets out of range, this technique immediately ends, and you can end it freely at any time.
You can only have one poem active at any time.

Poem of Fury

Category: Offense
Execution Time: Rapid action
Cost: 2 energy per round
Range: (2 + C/2) meters
Duration: Special
Effect
Choose a creature. Your magical poetry induces fury, might and courage within it; increasing its potency by 2.
If your target gets out of range, this technique immediately ends, and you can end it freely at any time.
You can only have one poem active at any time.

Poem of Freedom

Category: Utility
Execution Time: Rapid action
Cost: 2 energy per round
Range: (2 + C/2) meters
Duration: Special
Effect
Choose a creature. This creature is unaffected by immobilized, slowed and stunned status effects.
If your target gets out of range, this technique immediately ends, and you can end it freely at any time.
You can only have one poem active at any time.

Rejuvenating

Category: Utility
Execution Time: Action
Cost: Special
Range: 3 meters
Duration: (1 + C/2) rounds
Effect
Choose an ally. You play a rejuvenating song for them. Next time this ally uses an ability that costs energy, you spend the energy cost in their stead.