![]() Virtuoso (Song and Silence) – Automatically gives you all of the (core) bardic music effects. ![]() For extra fun, take a couple levels in Sublime Chord followed by levels in prestige classes that advance casting “as if you’d gained a level,” choosing Sublime Chord as your previous class to advance. By taking levels in Sublime Chord, you can gain spells all the way up to Level 9. ![]() Sublime Chord (Complete Arcane) – Sublime Chord also advances casting, but not along the usual “as if you’d gained a level in an arcane caster class you already had” way. ![]() Lyric Thaumaturge (Complete Mage) – This class advances casting, expands your spells known list AND progresses bardic music uses (but not bardic music known!), so this can be a good choice, especially for magic-oriented bards. I will, however, give you a brief list of some of the best prestige classes for a bard: Because this article is more oriented toward optimization, I won’t discuss the characteristics that would lead a character to one prestige class or another. With so many supplemental books and web enhancements and magazines out there, it can be tough to pick the right prestige class for your character. (NOTE: Such dipping and wild variance can present roleplaying challenges, so be prepared to think this out before making your choices.) In order to get the most out of your character, you’ll want to mix and match prestige classes, dipping in to pick up some of the better class features, then moving along to the next prestige for more goodies. Unless your DM is limiting you to core books (Player’s Handbook, Dungeonmaster’s Guide, Monster Manual), you should probably “prestige out” of bard before 10th level. ![]() (For lower-level players, that’s 6d6 damage at 9th level.) However, music optimization has less to do with feat selection - though those three are incredibly helpful - and more to do with class levels. "Hah?! What's that?" "WORDS OF CREATION, FOO."Ī 20th level bard with these three feats adds 10d6 energy damage to his and his allies’ weapons. ![]()
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