
Every bard spell has a verbal component (singing, reciting, or music). He can cast any spell he knows without preparing it ahead of time. spellsĪ bard casts arcane spells drawn from the bard spell list. cantripsīard’s learn a number of cantrips, or 0-level spells, as noted on Table: Bard Spells Known under “Spells Known.” These spells are cast like any other spell, but they do not consume any slots and may be used again. bardic knowledgeĪ bard adds half his class level (minimum 1) to all Knowledge skill checks and may make all Knowledge skill checks untrained. This bonus increases to +2 at 5th level, +3 at 11th level, and +4 at 17th level. Like bardic performance, it cannot be maintained at the same time as other performance abilities. Archaeologist’s luck is treated as bardic performance for the purposes of feats, abilities, effects, and the like that affect bardic performance.
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Maintaining this bonus is a free action, but it ends immediately if the archaeologist is killed, paralyzed, stunned, knocked unconscious, or otherwise prevented from taking a free action to maintain it each round.

He can use this ability for a number of rounds per day equal to 4 + his Charisma modifier. As a swift action, an archaeologist can call on fortune’s favor, giving him a +1 luck bonus on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls. Table: Bard (Archeologist) Spells Known Levelįortune favors the archaeologist. Simple, longsword, rapier, sap, shortsword, shortbow, whip Class Features Hit Die d8 Skill Ranks per Level 6 + Int Class SkillsĪcrobatics, Appraise, Bluff, Climb, Craft, Diplomacy, Disguise, Escape Artist, Intimidate, Knowledge, Linguistics, Perception, Perform, Profession, Sense Motive, Sleight of Hand, Spellcraft, Stealth, Use Magic Device Weapon Proficiencies While accomplished with both weapons and magic, the true strength of bards lies outside melee, where they can support their companions and undermine their foes without fear of interruptions to their performances. Role: Bards capably confuse and confound their foes while inspiring their allies to ever-greater daring. Archaeologists sacrifice the bard’s inspirational performance for a smattering of rogue talents. No stodgy researcher, this archaeologist meets his research head-on in the field. For bards, every day brings its own opportunities, adventures, and challenges, and only by bucking the odds, knowing the most, and being the best might they claim the treasures of each. Bards are quick-witted and captivating, and their skills might lead them down many paths, be they gamblers or jacks-of-all-trades, scholars or performers, leaders or scoundrels, or even all of the above. Typically masters of one or many forms of artistry, bards possess an uncanny ability to know more than they should and use what they learn to keep themselves and their allies ever one step ahead of danger. Through cleverness, talent, and magic, these cunning few unravel the wiles of the world, becoming adept in the arts of persuasion, manipulation, and inspiration.

Untold wonders and secrets exist for those skillful enough to discover them.

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