Bard

Hit die: d6

Proficiencies: armor (light, medium), shields, weapons (heavy, martial, simple)

Skill points: 4 + int modifier ( (4 + int modifer) * 4 at 1st level)

Skills: concentration, discipline, heal, hide, listen, move silently, perform, taunt

Primary saving throw(s): fortitude, reflex

Base attack bonus: +1/level

Epic Bonus Feats: 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 40

Epic Bonus Feats List: epic skill focus, epic will, great spell focus, epic spell penetration, arcan defense, great charisma, great dexterity, combat casting, improved combat casting, weapon (exotic), extra music, lingering song

Notes

• Red dragon disciple levels counts as Bard's caster levels vs Dispel.
• If bard has 110+ perform:
  • Gain +3 to dispel attack bonus.
  • War Cry applies AB for all caster's party in cast range.
  • Gain bard_bonus to Balagarn's iron horn, bard_bonus is calculated as (bard_lvl + archmage_lvl + harperscout_lvl/2 - 25)/5 with maximum +3.

• Additional concentration bonus = (Bard_lvl + Cleric_lvl + Druid_lvl + Sorcerer + Archmage_lvl + Harper Scout_lvl)/8
• Additional taunt bonus = (Bard_lvl + BG_lvl + Archmage_lvl + Harper Scout_lvl)/4. The target receives an AC penalty equal to the difference in throws and a spell failure of 10% + (Bard_lvl + Harper Scout_lvl + Archmage_lvl)/2% for 5 rounds.

Restrictions

• Class restricted by fame.
• Feats Expertise and Improved Expertise are not allowed in builds where the bard is the main class.
• Build with 21+ casterlevel takes a slot of faction support classes. Each faction has only 4 support slots.

Level Progression

Lvl	Feats
1	Bard Song, Curse Song
4	Still Spell
6	Heroic Power
12	Automatic Still Spell I
14	Automatic Still Spell II
20	Automatic Quicken Spell I
21	Lasting Inspiration
38	Epic Bard

Special Abilities (only with melee weapon or gloves)

Heroic Power
Target	Self
Base duration	Main_ability_mod +10 rounds
CoolDown	none
Effect1	Max(Bard_LVL, Fight_LVL, Rogue_LVL, ASS_LVL, Slayer_LVL, WM_LVL)/6 AB
Effect2	If RDD is main class +(RDD_LVL-10)/5 AB