Bard

With a song in their hearts, bards take an instrument in one hand and a weapon in the other to fight their foe with pure creativity. Whether on a stage or fighting in the field, the bard is skillful and adept with magic, a blade and a silver tongue. Being storytellers, actors, song masters, dancers, and poets, the Thraelian bard uses their gift of lore and natural born skill to entertain the masses found in one realm or another.

The bard uses a combination of spells and throwing weapons offensively and relies on its evasion defensively.

Available Spell Circles

Bards begin with 3 spell circles. An additional circle is available at levels 15, 30, and 40.

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Circle Name

Sphere

Vedic Prime Vedic *This circle is available to Bards, Empaths, and Illusionists.* Shortname Name Cost Description vp01 Mental Intrusion 1 Basic offensive warding spell. You may charge this spell by adding a 1, 2 or 3 modifier when cast (e.g. cast <target> 3) to have it take additional roundtime and do more damage. You may specify the spell's element from the list available to you in abilities info. This spell's offensive and damage quality are improved by focus items. vp02 Kinetic Compression 1 Using only his willpower, the caster can strike out at his foe, causing damage to his enemy's physical self. This spell can be invested with extra effort by adding 1, 2 or 3 modifier when cast (e.g. cast <target> 3). Damage will scale accordingly, as will roundtime. vp02 Kinetic Compression 1 Using only his willpower, the caster can strike out at his foe, causing damage to his enemy's physical self. This spell can be invested with extra effort by adding 1, 2 or 3 modifier when cast (e.g. cast <target> 3). Damage will scale accordingly, as will roundtime. vp03 Foresight 5 This spell will allow the caster to invest the ability to predict what actions may take place, thus improving the ability to defend reflexively. The bonus scales with focus skill. vp05 Glimpse 15 essence, 1 willpower Upon focusing to a single target, this spell will allow the caster to glimpse where he or she is at the present time. vp07 Vedic Mastery 6 Causing the workings of the mind to be clearer, this spell will improve the ability of the caster to focus on his or her vedic spells. The bonus scales with focus skill. vp10 Empowerment 8 This spell grants an increase in strength for purposes of carrying, dragging, lifting, and swinging weapons. The bonus scales with focus skill, and can be cast on oneself, others, or one's group. vp11 Precognition 11 Like foresight, this great vedic exercise will give the caster a great view into the future. Unlike foresight, this spell grants vastly superior ability to dodge incoming assaults dependent on the caster's focus skill. Provides a chance to block physical attacks and bolt spells and grants additional armor resistance against physical damage based on Will and Focus. Armor too heavy for one's profession interferes with this effect. This is a primary defensive ability. vp13 Serenity 4 Reaching into the mind of a target, this spell will render him, her or it in a serene-like state, lacking the motivation to attack. vp15 Repudiation 7 Warding spell that removes spell effects from the targeted person, item, or room. This spell's offensive quality scales with focus quality. vp17 Signature Alter 5 Altering the mental signature of himself or those around him, the vedic blocks scrying attempts upon individuals or upon a room.

Skills

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Skill	Value
Alchemy	Bad
Animal Handling	Normal
Archery	Good
Armor	Very Bad
Channeling	Bad
Conditioning	Good
Enchanting	Very Good
Evasion and Dodging	Good
First Aid	Normal
Fishing	Normal
Focus	Very Good
Foraging	Normal
Gnosis	Good
Kinesis	Very Good
Larceny	Good
Lockpicking	Good
Lore	Very Good
Mechanisms	Normal
Melee Weapons	Normal
Metallurgy	Normal
Observation	Good
Outdoorsman	Good
Parry	Normal
Shields	Bad
Skinning	Normal
Sorcery	Bad
Stealth	Good
Tactics	Good
Thrown Weapons	Very Good
Unarmed Combat	Normal