Quasi: Song of the Dead

[wnxhalfwingseen]

A Caster Bard with a fetish for Death and Illusion

Requirements: Bard level 10 Pale Master 10, Curse song, Spell Focus Necromancy, Spell focus Illusion Before 22

Benefits:
Lich song is removed and instead Curse Song uses 7/6 Palemaster level+ Bard level for a caster level And scales to the following ( on 10 bard 50 Pale master + Artist )

lvl;per;at;dg;w;f;r;HP;AC;Skill
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61 ;120;7 ;8 ;8;6;6;110;15;20
62 ;121;7 ;8 ;8;7;7;112;15;20
63 ;122;8 ;8 ;8;8;7;114;15;20
64 ;123;8 ;8 ;8;8;8;116;15;20 Required Gsf Necromancy, Illusion
65 ;124;8 ;8 ;8;8;8;118;16;20
66 ;124;8 ;8 ;9;8;8;120;16;22
67 ;124;8 ;8 ;9;9;9;122;17;23 Required Esf Necromancy, Illusion
68 ;124;9 ;9 ;10;9;9;124;17;25
69 ;124;9 ;8 ;8;7;7;126;18;27
70 ;124;10 ;10 ;10;10;10;130;20;30 Required Lsf Necromancy, Illusion

The Song of the Dead also gets the Following Spells modified:

Daze: Treated As Illusion Highest HD affected is CL Instead of Dazing causes the enemy to see copies of its targets Inflicting a CL/2 % chance to miss on top of any conceal No save but respects mind immunity and lasts 10 Rounds

Flare: Treated as Necromancy Fortitude save or d3(Casterlevel/2) Positive Energy Damage is taken (Capped at 34d3) on a Successful save nothing happens DC bonus of 4

Scare: DC bonus of 4 Affect HD is CL On Failed save Enemy is immobilized (same as turn) Ignores mind Immunity

Sleep: Single target. Considered Illusion The enemy takes the final sleep on a failed Will save Killing instantly respecting Mind Immunity and Death Immunity

Darkness: Necromancy Creates an Aura around the Song of the Death any enemy entering the area must make a Fortitude Save or have its Ab Dropped by 10.

Confusion: Treateted as Illusion Inflicts a CL/2+6% Chance to miss on top of any conceal No save but respects mind immunity and lasts 10 rounds

Fear Dc bonus of 4 On failed save enemy is immobilized (same as turn) ignores mind immunity

Mind Fog: Illusion Upon Entering on a failed Will save the enemies take d4(Casterlevel) Magic damage and every round after thattakes d4(Casterlevel/4) Magic damage until leaving

Dirge: Necromancy The ultimate spell of the Song of Death this spell turns into a spell that causes the enemy to lose 15 Levels ignoring Level drain immunity on a failed Fortitude Save Per round until succeeding on a successful save.

Ice Storm: Illusion The Ultimate Illusionary Spell
This spell deals 1d6 cold damage per caster level and 1d4 Bludgeoning Damage per level capping at 68d6+68d4 a Will save must be made or you will believe you have been knocked down by the ice and will remain as such for 2 rounds. DC bonus of 3 the knockdown effect respects mind immunity

All Offensive spells also deal 10d12 Negetive energy damage if the effects of the spell are applied Unless undead.

Weaknesses:
Limited spell list
Choice between the powerful curse song or full access to spells
Limitied Multiclassing

[wnxhalfwingseen]

Fixed typos in the curse song listing

[nicnik]

wnxhalfwingseen said:

Benefits:
Lich song is removed and instead Curse Song uses 7/6 Palemaster level+ Bard level for a caster level And scales to the following ( on 10 bard 50 Pale master + Artist )

Choice between the powerful curse song or full access to spells

I think you get a powerful curse regardless, as you wil be more bard less pm for more spells. Might want to edit the song so it depends on PM levels only.

i assume this quassi will be restricted to no EV and live on AC. So auto still is required to have.
I personally think the csong is too strong. 10 levels higher than a pure bard is a bit too much. Unless of course you are proposing the "normal" song just uses bard levels. But then this quassi cannot replace a normal bard.

[FunkySwerve]

Not an unusual class combination. See bard/pm/rdd builds.
Funky

[bort]

funkyswerve said:

See bard/pm/rdd builds.
Funky

That's pretty much a pointless combo now though, as you don't get the extra AC you used to get (tumble ac cap), nor critical immunity (available to many melee classes now), nor the bonuses any of the other melee classes get... (such as 4 base attacks per round, added damage, innate physical DI etc)

Might as well go 50 Rdd or caster PM... a caster druid could easily have higher AC than my Bard Rdd Pm now and still have Parry as a class skill

[FunkySwerve]

That's true, I spose. I didn't really give it much thought, as there are other problems with the quasi. We can't really extend bard song much futher, as the mod has been balanced with current song in mind. And requiring necro focus for PM is like requiring Dodge for WM.
Funky

[wnxhalfwingseen]

funkyswerve said:

Not an unusual class combination. See bard/pm/rdd builds.
Funky

I think its quite unusual for a caster bard to dump away 10+ song levels into PM Just as its ususual to dump 10 RDD levels into a Caster Sorcerer. this is a caster bard and only as caster bard. You could NOT make a viable tank or melee or ranged character with this combo as your BAB would be 11 at most ( 1 fighter 10 bard 10 PM ) which is 3 attacks a round barely but 28 BAB+ +25 ( assuming you manage 60 into dex or str ) +20 for weapons and +6 for feats thats 79 AB. which is NOT good also as such you would have your AC cut in half from PM.

Well yes I also figured that well to get the higher curse songs ( anything above 65 ) you need CC PM which means no bard epics and typically not all of yur spells to keep lvl 6 spells and get the best possible curse song you need 16/24 Bard/PM which gives you 66 Curse song ( with artist )

Also yea PM levels ONLY count to Curse song not to Bard song meaning 10 Bard/30 PM ( best curse song) has a lvl 10 Bard song and level 68 Curse Song
and a Level 30 bard/10 PM has a level 50 Bard song and a level 61 Curse song

Well yes I also figured that well to get the higher curse songs ( anything above 65 ) you need CC PM which means no bard epics and typically not all of yur spells to keep lvl 6 spells and get the best possible curse song you need 16/24 Bard/PM which gives you 66 Curse song ( with artist )

Funky i get your point about the Spell focus Necromancy. But truth be told there are 3 Necromancy songs in the bard book so its not often you would hran spell focus unless your going for the epic.

I dont think its that common for a CASTER bard to grab PM levels. however if this was a fighting bard i would agree its not original.