Bard

Explore the Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Bard class. Learn about its primary attribute, spellcasting, proficiencies, and unique abilities like Inspire Courage and Fascinate.

The Bard in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is a versatile full arcane caster with a focus on Charisma. They possess a medium (3/4) Attack Bonus (BAB) progression, full caster level progression, and can cast arcane spells up to 6th level spontaneously. Bards have 6 HP per level, high Reflex and Will saving throws, and low Fortitude saving throws. They also gain 4 skill points per level and have all skills as class skills.

Key Bard Characteristics:

• Primary Attribute: Charisma
• BAB Progression: Medium (3/4)
• Caster Level: Full
• Spellcasting: Arcane, up to 6th-level, spontaneous
• Hit Points: 6 per level
• Saving Throws: High Reflex and Will, Low Fortitude
• Skill Points: 4 per level
• Class Skills: All

The following tables detail the Bard's progression in Attack Bonus (AB), saving throws, spells per day, and known spells per level.

BAB, Saves, and Spells Per Day

Lvl	AB	Fort	Reflex	Will	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	+0	+0	+2	+2	1	-	-	-	-	-
2	+1	+0	+3	+3	2	-	-	-	-	-
3	+2	+1	+3	+3	3	-	-	-	-	-
4	+3	+1	+4	+4	3	1	-	-	-	-
5	+3	+1	+4	+4	4	2	-	-	-	-
6	+4	+2	+5	+5	4	3	-	-	-	-
7	+5	+2	+5	+5	4	3	1	-	-	-
8	+6 / +1	+2	+6	+6	4	4	2	-	-	-
9	+6 / +1	+3	+6	+6	5	4	3	-	-	-
10	+7 / +2	+3	+7	+7	5	4	3	1	-	-
11	+8 / +3	+3	+7	+7	5	4	4	2	-	-
12	+9 / +4	+4	+8	+8	5	5	4	3	-	-
13	+9 / +4	+4	+8	+8	5	5	4	3	1	-
14	+10 / +5	+4	+9	+9	5	5	5	4	2	-
15	+11 / +6 / +1	+5	+9	+9	5	5	5	4	3	-
16	+12 / +7 / +2	+5	+10	+10	5	5	5	4	3	1
17	+12 / +7 / +2	+5	+10	+10	5	5	5	4	4	2
18	+13 / +8 / +3	+6	+11	+11	5	5	5	5	4	3
19	+14 / +9 / +4	+6	+11	+11	5	5	5	5	5	4
20	+15 / +10 / +5	+6	+12	+12	5	5	5	5	5	5

Spells Known Per Level

Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	2	-	-	-	-	-
2	3	-	-	-	-	-
3	4	-	-	-	-	-
4	4	2	-	-	-	-
5	4	3	-	-	-	-
6	4	4	-	-	-	-
7	5	4	2	-	-	-
8	5	4	3	-	-	-
9	5	4	4	-	-	-
10	5	5	4	2	-	-
11	6	5	4	3	-	-
12	6	5	4	4	-	-
13	6	5	5	4	2	-
14	6	6	5	4	3	-
15	6	6	5	4	4	-
16	6	6	5	5	4	2
17	6	6	6	5	4	3
18	6	6	6	5	4	4
19	6	6	6	5	5	4
20	6	6	6	6	5	5

Level Progression and Special Abilities

Lvl	Feat	Special 1	Special 2
0	-	Bard Proficiencies	-
1	Feat	Inspire Courage	Bardic Knowledge
2	-	Well Versed	Bard Talent
3	Feat	Inspire Competence	-
4	-	-	-
5	Feat	Lore Master	-
6	-	Fascinate	Bard Talent
7	Feat	Bardic Performance (Move Action)	-
8	-	Dirge of Doom	-
9	Feat	Inspire Greatness	-
10	-	Jack of All Trades	Bard Talent
11	Feat	-	-
12	-	Soothing Performance	-
13	Feat	Bardic Performance (Swift Action)	-
14	-	Frightening Tune	Bard Talent
15	Feat	Inspire Heroics	-
16	-	-	-
17	Feat	-	-
18	-	-	Bard Talent
19	Feat	-	-
20	-	Deadly Performance	-

Bard Proficiencies

Bards are proficient with simple weapons, plus the longsword, rapier, short sword, and shortbow. They are also proficient with light armor and shields.

Bardic Performance

The bard can sing for a total of 4 rounds plus their Charisma modifier per day. They can sing for an additional 2 rounds per class level.

Bardic Knowledge

At level 1, a bard adds half their class level to all Knowledge and Lore checks.

Inspire Courage

A bard uses their performance to inspire allies, granting them a +1 morale bonus to saves against charm and fear effects, and a +1 competence bonus to attack and damage rolls. This bonus increases to +2 at 5th level, +3 at 11th level, and +4 at 17th level.

Well Versed

At 2nd level, the bard gains a +4 bonus on saves against bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects.

Inspire Competence

At 3rd level, the bard's performance grants all allies within 30 feet a +2 competence bonus on all skill checks. This bonus increases to +3 at 7th level, +4 at 11th, +5 at 15th, and +6 at 19th.

Lore Master

At 5th level, a Bard can choose to take 10 on any Knowledge or Lore check for which they have ranks.

Fascinate

At 6th level, the bard can cause creatures within 30 feet to become fascinated and unable to move if they fail a Will Save (DC 10 + half class level + Charisma modifier). If the save succeeds, the performance has no further effect. Any damage to a fascinated target breaks the effect.

Bardic Performance (Move Action)

At 7th level, a bard can start a performance as a move action instead of a standard action.

Dirge of Doom

At 8th level, the Fascinate ability also inflicts the shaken status on failed saves.

Inspire Greatness

At 9th level, the bard can inspire greatness, granting allies 2d10 temporary hit points, a +2 competence bonus on attacks, and a +1 competence bonus to Fortitude saves.

Jack of All Trades

At 10th level, the bard gains a +1 bonus on all skill checks.

Soothing Performance

At 12th level, the bard can spend 4 rounds of performance to cast a Mass Cure Serious Wounds effect while removing the fatigued, sickened, and shaken conditions from allies.

Bardic Performance (Swift Action)

At 13th level, a bard can start a performance as a swift action.

Frightening Tune

At 14th level, the Fascinate ability inflicts fear on failed saves (DC 10 + half class level + Charisma modifier).

Inspire Heroics

At 15th level, the bard can inspire heroism, granting allies a +4 morale bonus to saves and a +4 dodge bonus to AC.

Deadly Performance

At 20th level, any enemy within 30 feet can be targeted. If they hear the bard's performance for 1 round, they must make a Will Save (DC 20 + Charisma modifier) or die. If the save succeeds, the target is instead shaken.