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Bard

Bard
Bard

Status: Implemented

Tags: Leader, Arcane

Details

Field Value
Role Leader
Power Source Arcane
Key Ability Scores CHA, INT, DEX
Hit Points At First Level 12
Hit Points Per Level 5
Healing Surges Per Day 7
Armor Proficiencies Cloth, Light
Weapon Proficiencies Simple, Dagger

Class Features

  • Instrument Focus: Your Bard powers are performed through an equipped instrument, striking at range with arcane music. You must have an instrument equipped to use instrument powers.
  • Bardic Inspiration: Your attacks that open an enemy let a nearby ally strike with greater accuracy, granting a bonus to that ally's next attack against the target.
  • Virtue of Valor: Once per round, when an ally within 5 squares of you reduces an enemy to 0 hit points or bloodies an enemy, you grant that ally temporary hit points equal to 1 + your Constitution modifier (3 + CON at 11th level, 5 + CON at 21st level).
  • Majestic Word: Minor action, once per round (unlimited). Close burst 5: if target has 2+ AP, they spend 2 AP and heal 25% Max HP + CHA modifier, then slide 1. If target has less than 2 AP (including dying), no AP is consumed and they heal 1d6 + CHA modifier, then slide 1.
  • Weapon Channel: When you channel a power through your instrument, you can draw on compatible magic properties of your equipped weapon, even though you never strike with it.

Powers

Feature

Name Lvl AP Description
Majestic Word 1 2 Inspire an ally: if they have 2+ AP, spend 2 of their AP to heal 25% Max HP + CHA, then slide 1.

At-Will

Name Lvl AP Description
Discordant Note 1 — Channel a painful note through your instrument, damaging and pushing the target.
Rhythmic Verse 1 — Play a sharp rhythmic phrase that harms an enemy and opens it for an ally.
Vicious Mockery 1 — A cutting verse that damages an enemy and saps its strength.

Encounter

Name Lvl AP Description
Dissonant Rebuff 1 2 Release a sharp defensive chord that pushes nearby enemies away.
Cutting Words 3 — A precise verbal barb that shatters a foe's concentration.
Dissonant Shriek 3 — A piercing shriek that cracks an enemy's composure.
Mockery of Fate 3 — A biting taunt that undermines an enemy's footing and pace.

Daily

Name Lvl AP Description
Stirring Shout 1 3 A soaring crescendo channeled through your instrument that batters a single foe.
Arcane Crescendo 5 — A swelling arcane chord that overwhelms nearby enemies.
Dirge of Despair 5 — A haunting dirge that saps an enemy's strength.
Song of Discord 5 — A dissonant burst of arcane music that overwhelms all nearby foes.

Utility

Name Lvl AP Description
Harmonic Ward 2 — Grant target ally temporary HP = 2d4 + CHA modifier.
Rallying Note 2 — A bright musical phrase that patches an ally's wounds, restoring 1d6 + CHA HP.
Words of Valor 2 — A rallying shout that sharpens an ally's next strike.

Source Files

  • content/classes/bard/data/bard.json