Bard enhancements (history)

	History
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Bard
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Bards have two enhancement lines available as of Update 19: Spellsinger and Warchanter.

• Bard Enhancements
  • Spellsinger
  • Warchanter

Everything beyond this point is for Update 18, and is no longer relevant to the current game!

Update 18 Information:

Note that enhancements do not stack with other enhancements from the same series. Each element of a series requires everything previous in that series before it can be taken.

Level Progression

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Bard Charisma

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Bard Extra Song

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Bard Inspired Attack

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Bard Inspired Bravery

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Bard Inspired Damage

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Bard Lingering Song

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Bard Music of the Dead

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Bard Music of Makers

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Bard Energy of the Music

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Bard Improved Spell Penetration

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Bard Wand Heightening

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Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery

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Bard Lyric of Incredible Song

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Bard Lyric of Song

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Bard Song Magic

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Bard Spellsinger

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Bard Virtuoso

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Bard Warchanter

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Bard Musical Prodigy

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Class Enhancements

	Bard Charisma I: Grants a +1 increase to Charisma score.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 2	Progression: 2	No requirements
	Bard Charisma II: Grants a +2 increase to Charisma score.
	AP Cost: 4	Level: 6	Progression: 16	Requires: Bard Charisma I
	Bard Charisma III: Grants a +3 increase to Charisma score.
	AP Cost: 6	Level: 10	Progression: 30	Requires: Bard Charisma II

	Bard Extra Song I: You gain the ability to perform 1 additional bard song before resting.
	AP Cost: 1	Level: 1	Progression: 0	No requirements
	Bard Extra Song II: You gain the ability to perform 1 additional bard song before resting, bringing the total increase to 2.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 4	Progression: 10	Requires: Bard Extra Song I
	Bard Extra Song III: You gain the ability to perform 1 additional bard song before resting, bringing the total increase to 3.
	AP Cost: 3	Level: 7	Progression: 21	Requires: Bard Extra Song II
	Bard Extra Song IV: You gain the ability to perform 1 additional bard song before resting, bringing the total increase to 4.
	AP Cost: 4	Level: 10	Progression: 32	Requires: Bard Extra Song III

	Bard Inspired Attack I: The use of your Inspire Courage ability grants an additional +1 attack bonus.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 3	Progression: 6	No requirements
	Bard Inspired Attack II: The use of your Inspire Courage ability grants an additional +2 attack bonus.
	AP Cost: 4	Level: 8	Progression: 24	Requires: Bard Inspired Attack I
	Bard Inspired Attack III: The use of your Inspire Courage ability grants an additional +3 attack bonus.
	AP Cost: 6	Level: 13	Progression: 42	Requires: Bard Inspired Attack II

	Bard Inspired Bravery I: The use of your Inspire Courage ability grants an additional +1 bonus to fear saves.
	AP Cost: 1	Level: 1	Progression: 0	No requirements
	Bard Inspired Bravery II: The use of your Inspire Courage ability grants an additional +2 bonus to fear saves.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 5	Progression: 14	Requires: Bard Inspired Bravery I
	Bard Inspired Bravery III: The use of your Inspire Courage ability grants an additional +3 bonus to fear saves.
	AP Cost: 3	Level: 9	Progression: 29	Requires: Bard Inspired Bravery II

	Bard Inspired Damage I: The use of your Inspire Courage ability grants an additional +1 damage bonus.
	AP Cost: 1	Level: 2	Progression: 3	No requirements
	Bard Inspired Damage II: The use of your Inspire Courage ability grants an additional +2 damage bonus.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 7	Progression: 22	Requires: Bard Inspired Damage I
	Bard Inspired Damage III: The use of your Inspire Courage ability grants an additional +3 damage bonus.
	AP Cost: 3	Level: 12	Progression: 41	Requires: Bard Inspired Damage II

	Bard Lingering Song I: Your beneficial songs last 20% longer than normal.
	AP Cost: 1	Level: 2	Progression: 3	No requirements
	Bard Lingering Song II: Your beneficial songs last 40% longer than normal.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 6	Progression: 18	Requires: Bard Lingering Song I
	Bard Lingering Song III: Your beneficial songs last 60% longer than normal.
	AP Cost: 3	Level: 10	Progression: 33	Requires: Bard Lingering Song II
	Bard Lingering Song IV: Your beneficial songs last 80% longer than normal.
	AP Cost: 4	Level: 14	Progression: 48	Requires: Bard Lingering Song III

	Music of the Dead: Your Fascinate gains the power to mesmerize Undead. They stop acting and behave like they have been fascinated. Unlike truly fascinated creatures, however, they are not susceptible to suggestion.
	AP Cost: 1	Ranks: 1	Progression: 10	Requires: Bard Level 6, Music of the Sewers

Music of the Dead (history)

• Level: Bard 6
• Cost: 2 Action Points
• Requires: 18 SP spent and One of following: Bard Extra Song IV, Bard Virtuoso I, Wizard Pale Master I
• Target: All nearby undead enemies not immune to mind-affecting effects
• Base Duration: 24 seconds + 6 seconds per bard level
• Saving Throw: Will negates, DC = Perform skill + 1d20
• Song Description: This song fascinates all nearby undead enemies not immune to mind-affecting effects, causing them to cease their activities until they're damaged or the effect ends. Unlike truly fascinated creatures, they are not susceptible to suggestion.
• Notes:
  • This song takes about three seconds of playing before the effect applies, and it affects enemies near the Bard at that time, not necessarily those that were close when the song started.

	Music of the Makers: Your Fascinate gains the power to mesmerize Constructs. They stop acting and behave like they have been fascinated. Unlike truly fascinated creatures, however, they are not susceptible to suggestion.
	AP Cost: 1	Ranks: 1	Progression: 20	Requires: Bard Level 12, Music of the Dead

Bard Music of Makers (history)

• Level: Bard 9
• Cost: 2 Action Points
• Requires: 30 AP spent and One of following: Warforged Construct Thinking III, Bard Extra Song IV, Bard Virtuoso I, Lesser Dragonmark of Making
• Target: All nearby constructs and living constructs not immune to mind-affecting effects
• Base Duration: 24 seconds plus 6 seconds per bard level
• Saving Throw: Will negates, DC = Perform skill + 1d20
• Song Description: This song fascinates all nearby constructs and living constructs not immune to mind-affecting effects, causing them to cease their activities until they're damaged or the effect ends. Unlike truly fascinated creatures, they are not susceptible to suggestion.
• Notes:
  • This song takes about three seconds of playing before the effect applies, and it affects enemies near the Bard at that time, not necessarily those that were close when the song started.

Spell Enhancements

	Bard Energy of the Music I: Grants an additional 20 spell points.
	AP Cost: 1	Level: 1	Progression: 0	No requirements
	Bard Energy of the Music II: Grants an additional 20 spell points, bringing your total increase to 40 points.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 5	Progression: 14	Requires: Bard Energy of the Music I, Bard level 5
	Bard Energy of the Music III: Grants an additional 20 spell points, bringing your total increase to 60 points.
	AP Cost: 3	Level: 9	Progression: 29	Requires: Bard Energy of the Music II
	Bard Energy of the Music IV: Grants an additional 20 spell points, bringing your total increase to 80 points.
	AP Cost: 4	Level: 13	Progression: 44	Requires: Bard Energy of the Music III

	Bard Improved Spell Penetration I: You add +1 to your level to overcome an enemy's SR.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 5	Progression: 14	No requirements
	Bard Improved Spell Penetration II: You add +2 to your level to overcome an enemy's SR.
	AP Cost: 4	Level: 9	Progression: 28	Requires: Bard Improved Spell Penetration I
	Bard Improved Spell Penetration III: You add +3 to your level to overcome an enemy's SR.
	AP Cost: 6	Level: 13	Progression: 42	Requires: Bard Improved Spell Penetration II

	Bard Wand Heightening I: You add +1 to the DC of your offensive wands.
	AP Cost: 1	Level: 3	Progression: 7	No requirements
	Bard Wand Heightening II: You add an additional +1 to the DC of your offensive wands, bringing the total increase to 2.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 7	Progression: 22	Requires: Bard Wand Heightening I
	Bard Wand Heightening III: You add an additional +1 to the DC of your offensive wands, bringing the total increase to 3.
	AP Cost: 3	Level: 11	Progression: 37	Requires: Bard Wand Heightening II

	Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery I: Grants a 30% increase to the effectiveness of your wands, scrolls, and other items that cast spells.
	AP Cost: 1	Level: 2	Progression: 3	No requirements
	Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery II: Grants an additional 15% increase to the effectiveness of your wands, scrolls, and other items that cast spells, bringing the total increase to 45%.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 5	Progression: 14	Requires: Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery I
	Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery III: Grants an additional 15% increase to the effectiveness of your wands, scrolls, and other items that cast spells, bringing the total increase to 60%.
	AP Cost: 3	Level: 8	Progression: 25	Requires: Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery II
	Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery IV: Grants an additional 15% increase to the effectiveness of your wands, scrolls, and other items that cast spells, bringing the total increase to 75%.
	AP Cost: 4	Level: 11	Progression: 36	Requires: Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery III

Healing and Sonic Enhancements

	Bard Lyric of Incredible Song I: Your healing and sonic spell critical multipliers are increased by an additional 0.25, bringing your base critical multiplier for these spells to 1.75.
	AP Cost: 1	Level: 5	Progression: 15	Requires: Bard Lyric of Song I
	Bard Lyric of Incredible Song II: Your healing and sonic spell critical multipliers are increased by an additional 0.25, bringing your base critical multiplier for these spells to 2.00.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 9	Progression: 30	Requires: Bard Lyric of Incredible Song I
	Bard Lyric of Incredible Song III: Your healing and sonic spell critical multipliers are increased by an additional 0.25, bringing your base critical multiplier for these spells to 2.25.
	AP Cost: 3	Level: 13	Progression: 45	Requires: Bard Lyric of Incredible Song II

	Bard Lyric of Song I: Grants a 3% chance for healing and sonic spells to generate a critical result.
	AP Cost: 1	Level: 3	Progression: 7	No requirements
	Bard Lyric of Song II: Grants a 6% chance for healing and sonic spells to generate a critical result.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 7	Progression: 22	Requires: Bard Lyric of Song I
	Bard Lyric of Song III: Grants a 9% chance for healing and sonic spells to generate a critical result.
	AP Cost: 3	Level: 11	Progression: 37	Requires: Bard Lyric of Song II

	Bard Song Magic I: Increases Spell Power by 20 when casting positive energy or sonic spell.
	AP Cost: 1	Level: 1	Progression: 0	No requirements
	Bard Song Magic II: Increases Spell Power by 40 when casting positive energy or sonic spell.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 4	Progression: 10	Requires: Bard Song Magic I
	Bard Song Magic III: Increases Spell Power by 60 when casting positive energy or sonic spell.
	AP Cost: 3	Level: 7	Progression: 21	Requires: Bard Song Magic II
	Bard Song Magic IV: Increases Spell Power by 80 when casting positive energy or sonic spell.
	AP Cost: 4	Level: 10	Progression: 32	Requires: Bard Song Magic III

Prestige Enhancements

A character can train only in one Bard Prestige path at a time. Each has both passive benefits and active benefits, which expends one Bard music to get that specialty. All requirements must be taken from Bard class enhancements.

	Bard Spellsinger I: Passive Benefit: your studies into magic have granted you a +2 bonus to your Concentration and Use Magic Device skills, +100 Spell Points. Active Benefit: expend one Bard song to gain the Spellsong Trance song to improve your party's spell DC's and Spell Point costs.
	AP Cost: 4	Level: 6	Progression: 16	Requires: Bard Lyric of Song I, Improved Concentration II, Bard Energy of the Music II, Bard Song Magic II, and one of Empower Spell or Heighten Spell or Magical Training (= Multiclassing to other caster class.) or Maximize Spell or Mental Toughness or Greater Spell Focus: Enchantment or Spell Focus: Enchantment
	Bard Spellsinger II: Passive Benefit: your studies into magic have granted you another +2 bonus to your Concentration and Use Magic Device skills for a total of +4 to each, +100 Spell Points for a total of 200. Any time you finish playing a bard song, you now have a chance to restore a small number of spell points to all nearby allies. (Chance of spell points restoration is based on Perform skill.) Active Benefit: expend one Bard song to gain the Song of Arcane Might song to grant your party's spell DC's a +1 morale bonus to caster level. Expend one Bard song to gain the Spellsong Vigor song to apply an effect to one target that restores spell points over time.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 12	Progression: 42	Requires: Bard Spellsinger I, Bard Energy of Music III, Bard Song Magic III, Bard Lyric of Song II

	Bard Virtuoso I: Passive Benefit: your studies into song have granted you a +2 bonus to your Diplomacy, Listen, and Perform skills, 3 extra uses of Bardic Music per rest, a 10% increase in the duration of your beneficial songs. Active Benefit: expend one Bard song to gain the Enthrallment song to weaken attacks and Will saves of enthralled enemies.
	AP Cost: 4	Level: 6	Progression: 16	Requires: Bard Charisma I, Bard Lingering Song I, Bard Extra Song II, Improved Perform II, and one of Bard Extra Song IV or Negotiator or Skill Focus: Perform
	Bard Virtuoso II: Passive Benefit: your studies into song have granted you another +2 bonus to your Diplomacy, Listen, and Perform skills, for a total of +4 to each. You also gain 2 more extra uses of Bardic Music per rest for a total of 5, and the ability to extend the duration of your beneficial songs by an additional 10% for a total of 20%. Your uses of Bardic Music regenerate over time at a rate of 1 every 5 minutes. Active Benefit: expend one Bard song to gain the Sustaining Song song to apply a temporary fast-healing effect to all nearby allies. Expend one Bard song to gain the Song of Capering song to make a single enemy dance helplessly. A successful Will save negates this effect. (DC Based on Perform check.)
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 12	Progression: 42	Requires: Bard Virtuoso I, Bard Charisma II, Bard Lingering Song II, Bard Extra Song III

	Bard Warchanter I: Passive Benefit: your studies into war have granted you a +2 bonus to your Intimidate skill. Your Inspire Courage song gains an additional +1 to attack rolls, +2 to damage rolls, and +1 to fear saves. If you possess the Barbarian Rage ability, you gain +1 use per rest. Active Benefit: expend one Bard song to gain the Ironskin Chant song, which improves the entire party's Damage Reduction.
	AP Cost: 4	Level: 6	Progression: 16	Requires: Power Attack, Bard Inspired Attack I, Bard Inspired Damage I, Bard Inspired Bravery II, and one of Weapon Focus: Bludgeoning Weapons or Weapon Focus: Piercing Weapons or Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons
	Bard Warchanter II: Passive Benefit: your further studies into war have granted you another +2 bonus to your Intimidate skill, for a total of +4. You have also grown more resilient, gaining +10 maximum hit points, gain medium armor proficiency (And the ability to cast arcane spells in medium armor without arcane spell failure.), and gain access to purchase a single martial weapon proficiency you possess Weapon Focus in for 1 action point. Active Benefit: expend one Bard song to gain the Inspire Recklessness song to grant all nearby allies a 5% to perform a double strike, at the cost of 10% fortification. Expend one Bard song to gain the Song of Heroism song to produce a short duration non-magical mass Greater Heroism effect.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 12	Progression: 42	Requires: Bard WarChanter I, Bard Inspired Attack II, Bard Inspired Damage II, Bard Inspired Bravery III

Capstone

A character can train only in one Bard Capstone at a time.

	Bard Musical Prodigy: You gain +2 Charisma, two additional uses of Bardic Music, as well as +2 to Spell Penetration checks and the DC's of your Enchantment spells. Your beneficial songs last 20% longer.
	AP Cost: 2	Level: 20	Progression: 74	No requirements

Enhancement changes Alpha Testing on Lamannia

• Enhancement Alpha