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Master

Performerers

Sourcebook for Bards, Rogues and Assassins

Written By Richard Farrese

Master

Performerers

Sourcebook for Bards, Rogues and Assassins

Written by

Richard Farrese

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Benefit: A character with this bardic music song and 9 or more

ranks in a Perform skill can use his music or poetics to help an

ally succeed at almost any task. The ally must be within 30 feet

and able to see and hear the performance. The performer must

also be able to see his target. The targeted ally gets one free re-

roll on any one skill check with a skill of the performer’s

choosing. The target can decide if and when to use the re-roll,

but he must do so before the result of a previously rolled skill

check takes effect, as he continues to hear the character’s music.

Certain uses of this ability are infeasible. The effect lasts as long

as the performer concentrates, up to a maximum of 1 minute. A

character cannot bestow luck in himself. This bardic song is a

mind-affecting ability.

Introduction

This sourcebook presents all kinds of new and unusual types of

artists and performers. While many of the prestige classes

described therein focus on a character’s ability to deliver

masterful performances in a variety of arenas — from reciting

poetry and dancing to singing and playing a musical instrument

— some members of these classes use their uncanny abilities to

perform as simple guises, while others consider their art to be

their sole interest and indeed their only true passion.

Using a combination of charm, guile, and a myriad of talents,

the members of the fifteen prestige classes presented in this

sourcebook are extremely gifted and versatile characters. While

Bards, Rogues, and Assassins are naturally more attracted to

these prestige classes, anyone who meets the requirements can

become a member of any of these classes. Some of these pres-

tige classes, in fact, are especially well suited for characters

hailing from other professions, such as warriors and spellcasters.

Special: This feat bestows a new bardic music option to the

character. It does not provide him with the ability to use addi-

tional bardic music songs each day.

BARDIC MUSIC: DAZE (GENERAL)

You can use your bardic music ability to temporarily daze a

certain amount of creatures.

New Feats

What follows is a list of new feats especially interesting for

Bards, Rogues, and other characters relying on stealth, agility,

and cunning. These feats are available to all characters who meet

the listed prerequisites ( if any ).

Prerequisites: Ability to use bardic music and Perform 3 ranks.

Benefit: A character with this bardic music ability and at least 3

ranks in a Perform skill can use songs or poetics to cause one or

more creatures to become dazed. Each creature to be affected

must be within 30 feet and able to see and hear the character.

The character must also be able to see the target. For every five

levels a character attains in a class with the bardic music ability

( such as the Bard class ), he can target one additional creature

with a single use of daze ( thus a 5th level Bard could target two

creatures with this ability, while a 15th level Bard could target

up to four ). To use this bardic music ability, the character makes

a Perform check. His check result is the DC for each affected

creature’s Will save against the effect. If a creature’s saving

throw succeeds, the character cannot attempt to daze that crea-

ture again for 24 hours. If its saving throw fails, the target takes

no action during the following round. Creatures with more Hit

Dice than the character using this bardic music ability are not

affect by it. Daze is a mind-affecting spell-like ability.

ACADEMIC (GENERAL)

You were schooled at a prestigious academy of learning. Your

higher education allows you to acquire knowledge skills easier

than most other characters.

Benefit: For the remainder of your career, all Knowledge skills

are considered class skills for you, regardless of the character

class in which you advance. You also gain 1 rank in any two

Knowledge skills of your choice.

Special: You must take this feat as a 1st level character. At the

discretion of the Game Master, you may take time to study at an

institution offering higher education at a later time in your career

( typically between adventures ) and thus acquire this feat.

Special: This feat bestows a new bardic music option to the

character. It does not provide him with the ability to use addi-

tional bardic music songs each day.

ARTISTIC ABILITY (GENERAL)

You have innate talents towards the arts.

BARDIC MUSIC: DEMORALIZE (GENERAL)

With your bardic music, you can demoralize one of your foes.

Benefit: You get a +1 bonus on any two Perform skills of your

choosing. Furthermore, Perform is always considered a class

skill for you, even if you progress in a character class that does

not list Perform as a class skill.

Prerequisites: Ability to use bardic music and Perform 6 ranks.

Benefit: A character with this bardic music song and with 6 or

more ranks in a Perform skill can use songs or poetics to demor-

alize one of his foes, instilling doubt and fear into his heart. To

be affected, an enemy must be able to hear the performer sing.

The effect lasts for as long as the foe hears the performance and

for 5 rounds thereafter. An affected creature receives a –4

penalty on saving throws against charm and fear effects as well

as a –2 morale bonus on all attack rolls. Demoralize is a mind-

affecting ability.

BARDIC MUSIC: BESTOW LUCK

(GENERAL)

You can use your bardic music ability to provide good fortune to

a target of your choice.

Prerequisites: Ability to use bardic music and Perform 9 ranks.

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Special: This feat bestows a new bardic music option to the

character. It does not provide him with the ability to use addi-

tional bardic music songs each day.

BARDIC MUSIC: INSTILL RAGE

(GENERAL)

You can use your music or poetics to instill powerful and devas-

tating fits of rage in your allies’ hearts.

BARDIC MUSIC: ENERGETIC DEFENSE

(GENERAL)

You can bestow great courage and defensive capabilities to one

of your allies with your bardic music ability.

Prerequisites: Ability to use bardic music and Perform 15 ranks.

Benefit: A character with this bardic music ability and with 15

or more ranks in a Perform skill can use song or poetics to instill

rage in one of his allies ( including himself ). To be affected, an

ally must be able to hear the performer sing or recite poetry. The

effect lasts for a number of rounds equaling 1 + the Charisma

modifier of the character triggering the effect. An affected ally

temporarily gains a +4 bonus to Strength, a +4 bonus to

Constitution, and a +2 morale bonus on Will saves, but he also

takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class. The increase in Constitution

increases the target’s hit points by 2 points per character level,

but these hit points go away at the end of the rage when his

Constitution score drops back to normal ( these extra hit points

are not lost first the way temporary hit points are ). While raging,

a character cannot use any Charisma-, Dexterity-, or

Intelligence-based skills ( except for Balance, Escape Artist,

Intimidate, and Ride ), the Concentration skill, or any ability that

requires patience or concentration, nor can he cast spells or acti-

vate magic items that require a command word, a spell trigger

( such as a wand ), or spell completion ( such as a scroll ) to func-

tion. He can use any feat he has except Combat Expertise, item

creation feats, and metamagic feats. At the end of the rage, the

target loses the ability modifiers and restrictions and becomes

fatigued ( he takes a –2 penalty to Strength, a –2 penalty to

Dexterity, and loses to ability to charge or run ) for the duration

of the current encounter. Instill rage is a supernatural mind-

affecting ability

Prerequisites: Ability to use bardic music and Perform 12

ranks.

Benefit: A character with this bardic music ability and with 12

or more ranks in a Perform skill can use songs or poetics to

inspire one of his allies ( including himself ) to adopt a bold

defensive posture. To be affected, an ally must be able to hear

the bard sing or perform poetics. The effect of this song lasts for

a number of rounds equaling 1 + the Charisma modifier of the

character triggering it. The target gains a +4 enhancement bonus

to Constitution, a +2 resistance bonus on all saving throws, and

a +2 dodge bonus to Armor Class. The increase in Constitution

augments the targets’s hit points by 2 points per character level,

but these hit points go away when the Constitution score drops

back to normal ( these extra hit points are not lost first the way

temporary hit points are ). While this bardic music song is in

effect, the target cannot use skills or abilities that would require

him to shift his position. If he chooses to move, he may try to

break the effect with a Will save ( DC equal to the Perform skill

check of the character who triggered the energetic defense ).

When the effects of this ability end, the target is winded and

takes a –2 penalty to Strength for the duration of that encounter.

Energetic defense is a supernatural mind-affecting ability.

Special: This feat bestows a new bardic music option to the

character. It does not provide him with the ability to use addi-

tional bardic music songs each day.

Special: This feat bestows a new bardic music option to the

character. It does not provide him with the ability to use addi-

tional bardic music songs each day.

BARDIC MUSIC: HYMN OF FREE

MOTION (GENERAL)

You can use your music or poetics make one target ignore

effects that would normally restrict his movement.

BARDIC MUSIC SPECIALIST (GENERAL)

You are an expert at using a specific bardic music ability and can

use this special song one more time each day.

Prerequisites: Ability to use bardic music, Perform 6 ranks

Prerequisites: Ability to use bardic music and Perform 15

ranks.

Benefit: When you select this feat, you choose one bardic music

ability that you already know. The first time you use this bardic

music ability on any given day, it does not count toward the

number of times you can use your bardic music talent each day.

Benefit: A character with 15 or more ranks in a Perform skill

who is familiar with this bardic music ability can use songs or

poetics to create an effect equivalent to the Freedom of

Movement spell ( caster level equals the character’s level ).

Using this ability requires 1 minute of uninterrupted concentra-

tion and music, and it functions on a single target within 30 feet.

A character cannot use hymn of free motion on himself. This is a

spell-like ability.

Normal: Each use of one of your bardic music ability counts

toward your daily bardic music limit.

Special: You can take this feat multiple times. Its effects do not

stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new bardic

music song.

Special: This feat bestows a new bardic music option to the

character. It does not provide him with the ability to use addi-

tional bardic music songs each day.

DILIGENT (GENERAL)

You are attentive and always pay attention to what goes on

around you, even while concentrating on a task.

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Prerequisite: Alertness.

fear effects and a +1 morale bonus on attack and weapon

damage rolls.

Benefit: You get a +4 bonus on any Listen or Spot skill check

made to avoid being surprised.

LINGUIST (GENERAL)

You are naturally adept at speaking, understanding, and deci-

phering languages.

ELOQUENT (GENERAL)

You are naturally eloquent and completely at ease when

speaking to other people.

Benefit: You receive one additional bonus language and gain a

+3 bonus on all Decipher Script skill checks.

Prerequisite: Diplomacy 8 ranks or Perform ( oratory ) 8 ranks.

MAINTAIN BARDIC MUSIC (GENERAL)

You are so talented that when you use your bardic music ability,

the effects of your songs or poetics linger after you end your

performance.

Benefit: Once per day, when making either a Diplomacy or

Perform ( oratory ) skill check, you can decide to re-roll your

check result. Use of this feat can be declared after the result of

the initial check has been revealed, but before it actually takes

effect. You must accept the result of the re-roll, even if it is

worse than the original.

Prerequisites: Bardic music ability, Perform 12 ranks, and

Extend Bardic Music.

EXTEND BARDIC MUSIC (GENERAL)

You are exceptionally gifted at bardic music and have an innate

talent for prolonging the effects of your special songs or poetics.

Benefit: When you trigger a bardic music ability that you can

maintain for a limited number of rounds ( such as countersong or

fascinate ) or which effects continues for a short period after you

stop performing ( such as inspire courage ), the effects of your

bardic music ability is automatically maintained for an additional

number of rounds equal to 1 + your Charisma modifier.

Prerequisites: Bardic music ability and Perform 6 ranks.

Benefit: Any time you use a bardic music ability which effects

you can maintain for a maximum number of rounds ( such as

countersong, which lasts for up to 10 rounds, or fascinate, which

cannot normally be maintained for more than 1 round per Bard

level ), you can maintain the song for an additional amount of

rounds equal to 1 + your Charisma modifier.

Special: When you have this feat, you can willingly choose not

to maintain a bardic music effect after your performance ends

( thus ignoring the normal benefits granted by it ).

MELODIOUS VOICE (GENERAL)

You have honed your voice into a delicate, harmonious, and

touching instrument, which you can use to enhance your bardic

songs or poetics.

FAST-TALK (GENERAL)

You are uncannily gifted at persuading and misleading others.

Prerequisite: Bluff 8 ranks or Intimidate 8 ranks.

Prerequisites: Bardic music ability and Perform 6 ranks.

Benefit: Once per day, when making either a Bluff or Intimidate

skill check, you may choose to re-roll your check result. Use of

this feat can be declared after the result of the check has been

revealed, but before it actually takes effect. You must accept the

result of the re-roll, even if it is worse than the original.

Benefit: Whenever you use a bardic music song that allows one

or more targets a Will saving throw to resist its effects, the

Difficulty Class of the save is augmented by your Charisma

modifier ( a minimum of 1 applies ).

QUICK WIT (GENERAL)

You have sharpened senses, good instincts, and fast reflexes,

which allow you to react quickly to danger.

IMPROVED INSPIRE COURAGE

(GENERAL)

You are especially talented at inspiring others. When you trigger

your inspire courage bardic music ability, you boost the morale

of each of your allies to new heights.

Prerequisite: Alertness

Benefit: You get a +2 bonus on initiative checks as well as a +1

bonus on all Reflex saves.

Prerequisites: Ability to use the inspire courage bardic music

ability and Perform 12 ranks

SHARPENED REFLEXES (GENERAL)

Your reflexes are so well honed that you are uncannily quick to

react to danger.

Benefit: When you use your inspire courage ability, each

affected ally receives a +2 morale bonus on saving throws

against charm and fear effects as well as a +2 morale bonus on

attack and weapon damage rolls.

Prerequisites: Alertness, Quick Wit, and character level 7 or

greater.

Normal: An ally affected by inspire courage normally benefits

from a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and

Benefit: During the initiative round, you roll two d20 to deter-

mine your initiative check. You keep the highest result and

ignore the lowest.

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