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Prestige Bard

(Unearthed Arcana, page 69, DnD 3.5)


The prestige bard is a jack-of-all-trades, master of none.

Requirements

Alignment: Any nonlawful

Base Attack Bonus: +3

Skills required: Knowledge (any one) 4 ranks, Perform (any one) 8 ranks

Special: Ability to cast at least one 1st-level arcane spell from each of the divination, enchantment, and illusion schools.

Hit die

d6

Skill points

Skillpoints per level: 6 + intelligence modifier.

Class features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: As the standard bard in the Player's Handbook. A prestige bard can cast any arcane spells in light armor without the normal arcane spell failure chance.

Spellcasting: When a new prestige bard level is gained (except at 1st, 3rd, 7th, and 13th level), the character gains new spells per day (and spells known, if applicable) as if she had also gained a level in whatever arcane spellcasting class she belonged to before she added the prestige class.

A prestige bard casts arcane spells from the schools of divination, enchantment, and illusion at +2 caster level. She casts arcane spells from the schools of evocation and necromancy at —2 caster level.

Bardic Knowledge (Ex): As the standard bard ability of the same name.

Bardic Music: As the standard bard ability of the same name, except that the minimum number of ranks in Perform required is increased by 5 (8 ranks for countersong, fascinate, or inspire courage; 11 ranks for inspire competence, and so forth).

Class Advancement

Level BAB Fort Ref Will Special Spells per Day
1st +0 +0 +2 +2 Bardic music (countersong, fascinate, inspire courage +1), bardic knowledge
2nd +1 +0 +3 +3 +1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class
3rd +2 +1 +3 +3 Inspire competence
4th +3 +1 +4 +4 +1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class
5th +3 +1 +4 +4 Inspire courage +2 +1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class
6th +4 +2 +5 +5 +1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class
7th +5 +2 +5 +5 Inspire greatness
8th +6 +2 +6 +6 +1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class
9th +6 +3 +6 +6 Song of freedom +1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class
10th +7 +3 +7 +7 Inspire courage +3 +1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class
11th +8 +3 +7 +7 Inspire heroics +1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class
12th +9 +4 +8 +8 +1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class
13th +9 +4 +8 +8 Mass suggestion
14th +10 +4 +9 +9 +1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class
15th +11 +5 +9 +9 Inspire courage +4 +1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class

Class Skills

Skill nameUntrained?Key Ability
AppraiseYesINT
BalanceYesDEX*
JumpYesSTR*
BluffYesCHA
ClimbYesSTR*
ConcentrationYesCON
CraftYesINT
Decipher ScriptNoINT
DiplomacyYesCHA
DisguiseYesCHA
Escape ArtistYesDEX*
Gather InformationYesCHA
HideYesDEX*
ListenYesWIS
Move SilentlyYesDEX*
PerformYesCHA
ProfessionNoWIS
Sense MotiveYesWIS
Sleight of HandNoDEX*
Speak LanguageNoNone
SpellcraftNoINT
SwimYesSTR*
TumbleNoDEX*
Use Magic DeviceNoCHA
KnowledgeNoInt