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2021-04-16, 11:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bardic music without a bard level?
Is there another way to gain the bardic music ability without taking a level in bard? The prestige classes I have found have bardic music as a requirement and I don’t know if any base classes aside from bard that grant bardic music.
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2021-04-17, 03:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2009
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Re: Bardic music without a bard level?
Arguably, by RAW, Initiate of Milil. "Your paladin, cleric, and bard levels stack for determining what kinds of bardic music you can use." Which is bootstrap levitation I admit, but anyway.
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2021-04-17, 03:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2013
Re: Bardic music without a bard level?
Virtuoso 1, ecl 8, Complete Adventurer
Fochlucan Lyrist 1, ecl 11, Complete Adventurer
Dragonsong Lyrist 1, ecl 8, Draconomicon, functions like bardic music but different name, does not stack
Warrior Skald 1, ecl 6, Races of Faerun
Spellsinger 1, ecl 6, Races of Faerun
Troubadour of Stars 1, ecl ?, Book of Exalted Deeds
From the lists of stuff.
Harmonious Knight (Paladin ACF) grants inspire courage only.
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2021-04-17, 03:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2010
Re: Bardic music without a bard level?
Heartfire Fanner is fun.
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2021-04-17, 06:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bardic music without a bard level?
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2021-04-17, 06:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2019
Re: Bardic music without a bard level?
I don't know of a way.
Edit: misunderstood, thought you meant without any class levels. There are several PRCs that grant it as people have pointed out.
That doesn't grant you the actual class feature though unless you take bard, so funny as it would be I don't think it works.
Seems pretty clear -- would fulfill inspire courage req but not bardic music.Last edited by Elves; 2021-04-19 at 12:18 PM.
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2021-04-17, 06:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2015
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Re: Bardic music without a bard level?
If you're not too picky, technically Pathfinder Chronicler prestige class (from 3.5 era Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting) can be ported into just about any setting
It grants you Bardic Music starting from 3rd level, exactly as the bard feature, at your PrC level -2, eventually reaching effective bard level 8 in regards to what you can do with Bardic Music (inspire courage +2 for example).Last edited by Arkhios; 2021-04-17 at 11:05 AM.
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2021-04-19, 10:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2019
Re: Bardic music without a bard level?
The soundweaver archetype of the kineticist in pathfinder. It's a 3rd party, produced by Legendary.
It's become my favorite thing to use in place of bard. Gets really good ways if reducing burn.Railak Sventar
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