Archetypes

A bard who masters a single performance — inspire competence — and stretches it further than any rival.

ReplacesDirge of Doom, Frightening Tune, Inspire Competence +3

Combining performance with stealth, trickery, and guile, the sandman uses cleverness to keep others off-balance.

ReplacesInspire courage, Suggestion, Inspire greatness +7

Far from civilization, furious tribes have their own war-singers, work-chanters, and lore-keepers, savaging enemies with song and sword alike.

ReplacesFascinate, Suggestion, Jack-of-All-Trades +2

The sea singer calls the blue waters his home, and is much in demand among sea captains wishing good fortune for their crew and hull as they ply the tradewinds far and wide.

ReplacesCountersong, Inspire competence, Suggestion +4

A bard devoted to purity, wielding silver instruments to break curses and ward off the unholy.

ReplacesInspire Greatness, Mass Suggestion, Suggestion +1

A healing-focused bard who tends wounded minds and bodies with performance and the Heal skill.

ReplacesBardic Knowledge, Jack-of-All-Trades, Lore Master +2

Words can harm, but they also heal.

ReplacesVersatile performance, Frightening tune, Deadly performance

They say that words can cut deeper than any blade, and the sound striker proves this true.

ReplacesInspire competence, Suggestion

A bard whose performance resonates through stone itself, felt rather than heard by allies underground.

ReplacesCountersong, Dirge Of Doom

Whether acrobat, troubadour, or thespian, the street performer mixes with the masses, singing for his supper.

ReplacesInspire courage, Inspire competence, Inspire greatness +4

A scholarly bard who draws on scrolls and spellbooks beyond his own list to cast borrowed magic.

ReplacesDeadly Performance, Dirge Of Doom, Distraction +3

A bard who channels storms, unleashing thunderclaps and calling down lightning through performance.

ReplacesBardic Knowledge, Inspire Competence, Suggestion +3

A bard who trades typical bardic knowledge for druidic and ranger magic and primal animal aspects.

ReplacesBardic Knowledge, Countersong, Jack-of-All-Trades +2

A quick-tongued bard built for verbal duels, wounding with cutting remarks as readily as with words.

ReplacesBardic Knowledge, Countersong, Inspire Competence +5