Bard Songs

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The ability that sets the Bard class apart from all others is their songs. Bards gain a number of different songs as they advance in levels. Some songs allow the bard to buff herself or her companions while others enable the bard to control mobs. [Bard Songs|This page] provides a summary of all bard songs along with song count, duration and song enhancement information.

Song	Bard Level	Perform Ranks	Description
Fascinate	1	3	Mezmerizes all mobs within a small radius, causing them to stand still and stare into space for the duration or until attacked.
Inspire Courage	1	3	Gives morale bonuses to attacks and damage and to fear saves to yourself and all allies within range. The bonuses start at +1 attack, +1 damage, +1 save vs. fear, and increase by +1 at 8th level and each 6 levels thereafter.
	8
	14
	20
Inspire Compentence	3	6	Gives +2 competence bonus to skills for a single ally.
Suggestion	6	9	Charms an already fascinated mob for a short time.
Inspire Greatness	9	12	Gives a compentence bonuses of +2 to attack, and +1 on Fortitude saves in addition to granting 20 temporary hitpoints to yourself and all allies within range.
Song of Freedom	12	15	Acts as a Break Enchantment spell on a single ally.
Inspire Heroics	15	18	Gives a +4 morale bonus to all saves and a +4 dodge bonus to AC to a yourself or a single ally.
Spellsong Trance	6	9	This song is only granted if the Bard selects the Spellsinger specialty enhancement. It gives a +1 morale bonus to spell DCs and a +10% morale discount on spell point cost of spells for yourself and all allies within range.
Ironskin Chant	6	9	This song is only granted if the Bard selects the Warchanter specialty enhancement. It gives 5/- damage reduction for yourself and all allies within range.
Enthrall	6	9	This song is only granted if the Bard selects the Virtuoso specialty enhancment. It behaves as Fascinate but also gives mobs a -2 penalty to attack rolls and Will saves even if the fascination is broken.

It is important to note that each bard song has a required number of ranks of the Perform skill in order to be able to use it. It is actually the number of skill ranks taken when levelling, not the total Perform skill (i.e., items/enhancements which increase Perform skill have no effect on this.) Basically, if each time you attain a level where a new song is granted you ensure that you have the maximum number of ranks allowed in Perform, then you will always meet this requirement.

The sections below provide additional details about bard songs including the number available, durations, and the bard enhancements that can effect them.

Songs Per Day

This table shows the number of Bard songs a bard gets each day. This number is determined by:

Bards get one song per level
Extra Song (I-IV) bard enhancments (grants an addition 1, 2, 3, or 4 songs respectively)
Virtuoso bard specialty (grants an additional 3 songs)

	Number of Songs per Day			Song Count Enhancements
Level	Base Progression	with Enhancements	with Virtuoso	Enhancement taken	Cumulative AP Cost
1	1	2	-	Bard Extra Song I	1
2	2	3	-		1
3	3	4	-		1
4	4	6	-	Bard Extra Song II	3
5	5	7	-		3
6	6	8	11	[Virtuoso]	3 [7]
7	7	10	13	Bard Extra Song III	6 [10]
8	8	11	14		6 [10]
9	9	12	15		6 [10]
10	10	14	17	Bard Extra Song IV	10 [14]
11	11	15	18
12	12	16	19
13	13	17	20
14	14	18	21
15	15	19	22
16	16	20	23
17	17	21	24
18	18	22	25
19	19	23	26
20	20	24	27

Song Durations

These tables shows the duration of the various Bard songs. There are 3 classes of bard song:

Inspire songs (i.e., Inspire Courage, Inspire Competence, Inspire Greatness, Inspire Heroics)
Fascinate
Specialty songs granted via Bard specialization enhancements (i.e., Spellsong Trance, Ironskin Chant, and Enthrall)

Inspire songs last for a base 240 seconds.
Fascinate lasts for a base 30 seconds + (6 seconds per level)
Specialty songs last for a base 90 seconds + (6 seconds per level)

All songs may have their duration increased via:

Lingering Song (I-IV) bard enhancements (songs extended by 20%, 40%, 60%, or 80% respectively)
Virtuoso bard specialty (songs extended by an additional 10%)

	No Enhancements			with LS4 & Virtuoso (max possible)
Level	Inspire *	Fascinate	Specialty	Inspire *	Fascinate	Specialty
1	240	30	-	-	-	-
2	240	36	-	-	-	-
3	240	42	-	-	-	-
4	240	48	-	-	-	-
5	240	54	-	-	-	-
6	240	60	96	456	114	182
7	240	66	102	456	125	194
8	240	72	108	456	137	205
9	240	78	114	456	148	217
10	240	84	120	456	160	228
11	240	90	126	456	171	239
12	240	96	132	456	182	251
13	240	102	138	456	194	262
14	240	108	144	456	205	274
15	240	114	150	456	217	285
16	240	120	156	456	228	296
17	240	126	162	456	239	308
18	240	132	168	456	251	319
19	240	138	174	456	262	331
20	240	144	180	456	274	342

	Lingering Song I			Lingering Song II			Lingering Song III			Lingering Song IV
Level	Inspire *	Fascinate	Specialty	Inspire *	Fascinate	Specialty	Inspire *	Fascinate	Specialty	Inspire *	Fascinate	Specialty
1	288	36	-	336	42	-	384	48	-	432	54	-
2	288	43	-	336	50	-	384	58	-	432	65	-
3	288	50	-	336	59	-	384	67	-	432	76	-
4	288	58	-	336	67	-	384	77	-	432	86	-
5	288	65	-	336	76	-	384	86	-	432	97	-
6	288	72	115	336	84	134	384	96	154	432	108	173
7	288	79	122	336	92	143	384	106	163	432	119	184
8	288	86	130	336	101	151	384	115	173	432	130	194
9	288	94	137	336	109	160	384	125	182	432	140	205
10	288	101	144	336	118	168	384	134	192	432	151	216
11	288	108	151	336	126	176	384	144	202	432	162	227
12	288	115	158	336	134	185	384	154	211	432	173	238
13	288	122	166	336	143	193	384	163	221	432	184	248
14	288	130	173	336	151	202	384	173	230	432	194	259
15	288	137	180	336	160	210	384	182	240	432	205	270
16	288	144	187	336	168	218	384	192	250	432	216	281
17	288	151	194	336	176	227	384	202	259	432	227	292
18	288	158	202	336	185	235	384	211	269	432	238	302
19	288	166	209	336	193	244	384	221	278	432	248	313
20	288	173	216	336	202	252	384	230	288	432	259	324

Song Enhancements

This table shows the bard enhancements available which affect bard songs.

Song Enhancements	AP Cost	Level	Effect
Inspired Bravery I	1	1	Adds +1 to Fear save bonus of Inspire Courage
Inspired Bravery II	2	5	Adds +2 to Fear save bonus of Inspire Courage
Inspired Bravery III	3	9	Adds +3 to Fear save bonus of Inspire Courage
Inspired Damage I	1	2	Adds +1 to Damage bonus of Inspire Courage
Inspired Damage II	2	7	Adds +2 to Damage bonus of Inspire Courage
Inspired Damage III	3	12	Adds +3 to Damage bonus of Inspire Courage
Inspired Attack I	2	3	Adds +1 to Attack bonus of Inspire Courage
Inspired Attack II	4	8	Adds +2 to Attack bonus of Inspire Courage
Inspired Attack III	6	13	Adds +3 to Attack bonus of Inspire Courage
Lingering Song I	1	2	Lengthens songs by 20%
Lingering Song II	2	6	Lengthens songs by a total of 40%
Lingering Song III	3	10	Lengthens songs by a total of 60%
Lingering Song IV	4	14	Lengthens songs by a total of 80%
Bard Extra Song I	1	1	Grants one extra song per day
Bard Extra Song II	2	4	Grants a total of two extra songs per day
Bard Extra Song III	3	7	Grants a total of three extra songs per day
Bard Extra Song IV	4	10	Grants a total of four extra songs per day
Bard Virtuoso	4	6	Lengthens songs by (an additional) 10%, plus 3 additional songs per day, grants Enthrall song
Bard Warchanter	4	6	Adds +1 to Attack Bonus, +2 to Damage Bonus, and +1 to Fear save bonus of Inspire Courage, grants Ironskin chant
Bard Spellsinger	4	6	Grants Spellsong Trance

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