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Rolling Echo's size after an AP?
See the Voice of Thunder PP here.
Rolling Echo allows you to repeat the attack the following round. If you use an AP to make the Rolling Echo attack, it goes from Close Burst 2 to Close Burst 3.
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Are 3.5 Bards mechanically weak?
People frequently seem to think that Bards are mechanically weaker than other classes, and I was wondering if this was true?
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Which fey beast companion is best for a kalashtar Prescient bard? [closed]
Which fey beast companion is best for a kalashtar Prescient bard with the Fey Beast Master theme? The party is:
gnome rogue
vampire volokia
goliath cleric
dragonborn sorcerer
human ?
human monk
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Do powers/feats/features that buff a character's healing work with Skald's Aura?
Skald's Aura: [...] you or any ally in the aura can use a minor action to spend a healing surge
and regain 1 d6 additional hit points. Alternatively, you or any ally
can use a minor action to ...
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Are there any free resources for Bards that focus on stories to be told?
I am playing a Bard in a Pathfinder game and I have his perform skills focused in oratory and comedy. The game is played online via Play-by-Post. I was wondering if anyone knew of free resources that ...
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Battle Song Expertise - what bonus do I get?
The feat Battle Song Expertise states that
"you gain a +1 feat bonus to attack rolls you make with any weapon or
wondrous item that has a property allowing you to use it as an
implement for ...
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Pathfinder: Arcane Duelist melee build
I've finally decided to make an Arcane Duelist (bard archetype). It'd like to enhance my own melee part as well the party ones.
I can use the "Core Rulebook" and the "Advanced Player's Guide" only.
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What are the literary influences of the D&D Bard?
Can anyone tell me what sources, in literature, film, etc. inspired the Bard class for Dungeons & Dragons? I'm familiar with the Celtic Bards of history and legend, but the modern D&D Bard ...
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Which instruments can a 4e Bard use as an implement?
I have a player who is starting a Bard in a new 4e game. He (and I) were wondering which musical instruments could be used in place of a wand. I found this passage:
Songblades and some magic ...
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Can an enemy missed by Bard's Compulsion still charge?
From the Bard's 5th level Daily power:
Miss: ...and it cannot take move actions on its next turn.
Can an enemy affected by this power still charge on its turn?
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Do Majestic Word and Song of Rest stack?
I'm playing a 2nd level Bard with Charisma 18 and I'm wondering if, taking the necessary time, I am allowed to apply the Song of Rest benefit (+ Charisma modifier to the hit points regained by ...
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What is the meaning of the “bardic lore” skill?
The bardic lore skill always left me baffled. I never had clear the terms of such skill. A bard can roll a bard lore throw to know some abstruse information. The fact is that the throw is bound to a ...
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Bard removed from D&D 4.0. Reasons?
Are there any officially stated reasons why the bard was removed from 4.0 main class roster ?
