lylsyly
2022-04-23, 11:40 AM
One of the players in our group has always expressed interest in a Bard/Ranger hybrid. I have some time to kill presently so I figured I would drum something up. It’s really just a quickie, if I pursue it I’ll have to do full tables and a much better write up.
I would love to hear opinions, questions, comments, and critiques.
The Wandering Minstrel Prestige Class
A lot of Bards are wanderers. While always willing to entertain for their transport it often occurs that no one is going their way. This leads to having to learn some wilderness skills along the way. Many of these wanderers spend enough time doing it that the begin to learn the ways of a Ranger.
Requirements: Bardic Music, Inspire Courage +1, Animal Companion, Ability to cast 1st level Arcane Spells and 1st level Divine Spells, Knowledge: Arcana 5, Knowledge: Nature 5.
Example 32 point buy = STR 10 DEX 12 CON 14 INT 12 WIS 14, CHA 16
Easiest Entry = Bard 2 (CHA min. 12), Ranger 4 (WIS min. 12)
HD d8Skill Points 6, Full BAB, All Good Saves
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Bard levels for determining the number of Bardic Music uses per day.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Bard levels for determining the Inspire Courage Bonus.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Bard levels for determining the types of Bardic Music that you can use provided that you meet the perform skill requirements.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Bard levels for determining the number of Bard Spells Known.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Ranger levels for determining Animal Companion Bonuses.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Ranger levels for determining Favored Enemy Attainment and bonuses.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Ranger levels for determining the attainment of the Combat Style Bonus Feats.
Each level of the Wandering Minstrel Prestige Class grants +1 level of Bard Spellcasting and +1 Level of Ranger Spellcasting
The Wandering Minstrel Prestige Class would be 14 levels long.
Yeah, it’s about one step short of just playing a gestalt Bard/Ranger but you do miss out on some things:
4 levels of Bard casting (and unless your charisma is high enough to have bonus 6th level spells you're not going to have any), 2 levels of Ranger casting, Mass Suggestion and Inspire Courage +4. On the Ranger side you lose all the class features except favored enemy (you do lose the 5th favored enemy), animal companion and combat style feats.
It is in no way overpowered. I mean it’s a Bard and Ranger after all ;-)
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I would love to hear opinions, questions, comments, and critiques.
The Wandering Minstrel Prestige Class
A lot of Bards are wanderers. While always willing to entertain for their transport it often occurs that no one is going their way. This leads to having to learn some wilderness skills along the way. Many of these wanderers spend enough time doing it that the begin to learn the ways of a Ranger.
Requirements: Bardic Music, Inspire Courage +1, Animal Companion, Ability to cast 1st level Arcane Spells and 1st level Divine Spells, Knowledge: Arcana 5, Knowledge: Nature 5.
Example 32 point buy = STR 10 DEX 12 CON 14 INT 12 WIS 14, CHA 16
Easiest Entry = Bard 2 (CHA min. 12), Ranger 4 (WIS min. 12)
HD d8Skill Points 6, Full BAB, All Good Saves
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Bard levels for determining the number of Bardic Music uses per day.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Bard levels for determining the Inspire Courage Bonus.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Bard levels for determining the types of Bardic Music that you can use provided that you meet the perform skill requirements.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Bard levels for determining the number of Bard Spells Known.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Ranger levels for determining Animal Companion Bonuses.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Ranger levels for determining Favored Enemy Attainment and bonuses.
Wandering Minstrel levels stack with Ranger levels for determining the attainment of the Combat Style Bonus Feats.
Each level of the Wandering Minstrel Prestige Class grants +1 level of Bard Spellcasting and +1 Level of Ranger Spellcasting
The Wandering Minstrel Prestige Class would be 14 levels long.
Yeah, it’s about one step short of just playing a gestalt Bard/Ranger but you do miss out on some things:
4 levels of Bard casting (and unless your charisma is high enough to have bonus 6th level spells you're not going to have any), 2 levels of Ranger casting, Mass Suggestion and Inspire Courage +4. On the Ranger side you lose all the class features except favored enemy (you do lose the 5th favored enemy), animal companion and combat style feats.
It is in no way overpowered. I mean it’s a Bard and Ranger after all ;-)
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