Battle SingerSkald Archetype |
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![]() Fortitude High |
![]() Will High |
![]() Reflex Low |
![]() Base Attack Bonus Average |
![]() HP per level 5/ Level |
![]() HP 8 |
![]() Max level of Spells 6 |
![]() Caster ability Charisma |
![]() Caster type Casting Spontaneously |
Class Initial Features |
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Class Skills |
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Battle Singer is a class in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Battle Singers can use both melee and ranged weapons. They can specialize on a specific type of enemy providing with additional damage against it.
"Battle singer's songs are powerful enough to damage the enemies with the sheer power of their vocal cords. "
Battle Singer Information
Stats
- Alignment Requirement: Any
- Hit Die: +5
- Skill Points per Level: 4
- Level 1 Base Attack Bonus: +0
Skills
- Persuasion
- Mobility
- Athletics
- Knowledge (World)
- Knowledge (Arcana)
- Lore (Nature)
- Lore (Religion)
- Use Magic Device
Battle Singer Features
- Bardic knowledge
- Inspired Rage
- Bonus Feat
- Skald Talent
- A skald is proficient with all simple and martial weapons, light and medium armor, and shields (except tower shields). A skald can cast skald spells while wearing light or medium armor and even using a shield without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. This does not affect the arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from other classes. Like other arcane spellcasters, a skald wearing heavy armor incurs a chance of arcane spell failure if the spell in question has somatic components.
Battle Singer Progression
Level |
Base Attack Bonus |
Fort |
Ref |
Will |
Special |
Level 1 | +0 | +2 | 0 | 2 | Bardic knowledge, Inspired Rage, Bonus Feat |
Level 2 | +1 | +3 | 0 | 3 | Skald Talent, Well-versed |
Level 3 | +2 | +3 | 1 | 3 | Battle Song - First Verse |
Level 4 | +3 | +4 | 1 | 4 | Uncanny Dodge |
Level 5 | +3 | +4 | 1 | 4 | Spell Kenning |
Level 6 | +4 | +5 | 2 | 5 | Rage Powers, Song of Strength |
Level 7 | +5 | +5 | 2 | 5 | Skald Talent, Lore Master |
Level 8 | +6/+1 | +6 | 2 | 6 | Improved uncanny dodge |
Level 9 | +6/+1 | +6 | 3 | 6 | Damage Reduction, Battle Song - Second Verse |
Level 10 | +7/+2 | +7 | 3 | 7 | Dirge of doom |
Level 11 | +8/+3 | +7 | 3 | 7 | Spell Kenning |
Level 12 | +9/+4 | +8 | 4 | 8 | Skald Talent, Rage Powers |
Level 13 | +9/+4 | +8 | 4 | 8 | |
Level 14 | +10/+5 | +9 | 4 | 9 | Damage Reduction, Song of the Fallen |
Level 15 | +11/+6/+1 | +9 | 5 | 9 | Battle Song - Final Verse |
Level 16 | +12/+7/+2 | +10 | 5 | 10 | |
Level 17 | +12/+7/+2 | +10 | 5 | 10 | Skald Talent, Spell Kenning |
Level 18 | +13/+8/+3 | +11 | 6 | 11 | Rage Powers |
Level 19 | +14/+9/+4 | +11 | 6 | 11 | Damage Reduction |
Level 20 | +15/+10/+5 | +12 | 6 | 12 | Master Skald |
Battle Singer Abilities
Bardic knowledge
A Skald adds half his class level (minimum 1) to all Knowledge and Lore skill checks.
Well-versed
At 2nd level, the Skald becomes resistant to sonic effects. The Skald gains a +4 bonus on saving throws made against bardic performance, as well as all sonic or language-dependent effects
Battle Song - First Verse
As a Standard Action, Battle Singer can spend 1 round of Skald performance to damage all enemies in a 15 feet cone, dealing 1d6 Sonic Damage per 2 levels of skald (Fortitude save halves). If an enemy fails its saving throw, it is also staggered for 1 round.
Uncanny Dodge
The character can react to danger before his senses would normally allow him to do so. He cannot be caught Flat-Footed, nor does he lose his Dexterity bonus to AC if the attacker is invisible. He still loses his Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized. A character with this ability can still lose his Dexterity bonus to AC if an opponent successfully uses the feint action against him.
If a character already has unccany dodge from a different class, he automatically gains improved uncanny dodge instead.
Song of Strength
At 6th level, a Skald can use raging song to inspire his allies to superhuman feats of Strength. While the Skald uses this performance, allies within 50 feet who can hear the Skald may add 1/2 the Skald's level to all Strength-based Skill Checks.
Lore Master
At 7th level, the Skald becomes a master of many different types of lore, and can choose to take 10 on any Knowledge skill check that he has ranks in.
Improved Uncanny Dodge
The character can no longer be Flanked.
This defense denies another rogue the ability to sneak attack the character by flanking him. unless the attacker has at least four more Rogue levels than the target does.
Battle Song - Second Verse
As a Standard Action, Battle Singer can spend 2 rounds of Skald performance to damage all enemies in 50 feet radius around skald, dealing 1d6 Sonic damage per 2 levels of Skald (Fortitude save halves). If an enemy fails its saving throw, it is also stunned for 1 round, and then staggered for 1 round.
If Second Verse is cast within 2 rounds of first verse, it costs only 1 round of Skald performance and is empowered.
Dirge of Doom (Skald)
At 10th level, a Skald can create a sense of growing dread in his Enemies, causing them to become shaken. This only affects Enemies that are within 50 feet and able to hear the Skald's performance. The effect persists for as long as the enemy is within 50 feet and the Skald continues his performance. This cannot cause a creature to become frightened or panicked, even if the targets are already shaken from another effect. This is a sonic mind-affecting fear effect, and relies on audible components.
Raging Song (Swift Action)
At 13th level, a Skald can start a raging song as a Swift Action instead of a Standard Action.
Song of the Fallen
At 14th level, a Skald can temporarily revive dead allies to continue fighting, with the same limitations as raise dead. The Skald brings all allies within 50 feet back to life. The revived allies are alive but staggered. Each round, the Skald may expend another 1 round of raging song to keep them alive for another round. The allies automatically die if the Skald ends this performance or is interrupted.
Battle Song - Final Verse
As a Standard Action, Battle Singer can spend 2 round of skald performance to damage one enemy, dealing 1d8 Sonic Damage per level of Skald (Fortitude save halves). If an enemy fails its saving throw, it is also stunned for 1 round, and staggered for 1d4+1 rounds. If the saving throw was successful, the target is staggered for 1 round.
If Final Verse is cast within 2 rounds of First Verse, it costs 1 round of skald performance less, is empowered and the DC increases by 2.
If Final Verse is cast within 2 rounds of Second Verse, it costs 1 round of Skald performance less, is maximized and the DC increases by 2.
Master Skald
At 20th level, Skald's inspired rage no longer gives allies a penalty to AC, nor limits what skills or abilities they can use. Additionally, they act as if under a haste effect
Rage Powers
At 3th level and every 3 levels thereafter, a Skald learns a rage power that affects the Skald and any allies under the influence of his inspired rage.
If a rage power requires another rage power (such as disruptive, which requires superstition), the Skald cannot grant that rage power to allies unless he can also grant that power's prerequisite. He may add multiple rage powers to an inspired rage at the same time using this ability (such as granting superstition and disruptive simultaneously).
If a rage power can only be used a certain number of times per day or per rage (such as renewed vigor), each ally affected by the inspired rage song is subject to that limit (with once per rage abilities limited to once per inspired rage).
If the Skald has rage powers from another source, he can use those rage powers during an inspired rage.
If the Skald has the ability to rage from another source, he can use his skald rage powers during that rage as well.
Skald Talent
As a Skald gains experience, he learns a number of talents that aid him and confound his foes. At 2nd level, a Skald gains a Rogue talent, as the rogue class feature of the same name. At 7th level and every 5 levels thereafter, the Skald gains an additional rogue talent. A Skald cannot select a rogue talent that modifies the Sneak Attack ability.
Damage Reduction (Skald)
At 9th level, a Skald gains Damage Reduction. Subtract 1 from the damage the Skald takes each time he is dealt damage from a Weapon or a Natural Attack. At 14th and 19th levels, this damage reduction increases by 1. Damage Reduction can reduce damage to 0, but not below 0. Additionally, the Skald grants this DR to all allies affected by his inspired rage.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency (Skald)
A Skald is proficient with all Simple and Martial Weapons, light and medium armor, and Shields (Except tower shields). A Skald can cast Skald Spells while wearing light and medium armor and even using a Shield without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. This does not affect the arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from other classes. Like other arcane spellcasters, a Skald wearing heavy armor incrus a chance of arcane spell failure if the spell in question has somatic components.
Raging Song (Move Action)
At 7th level, a Skald can start a Raging Song as a Move Action instead of a Standard Action.
Inspired Rage
At 1st level, affected allies gain a +1 bonus to melee attacks and damage rolls and a +1 bonus on Will saving throws, but also take a -1 penalty to AC. While under the effects of Inspired Rage, allies other than the Skald cannot use any ability that requires patience or concentration. At 4th level and every 4 levels thereafter, the song's bonuses on Will saves increasy by 1; the penalty to AC doesn't change. At 8th and 16th levels, the song's bonuses to attack and damage increasy by 1. (Unlike the barbarian's rage ability, those affected are not fatigued after the song ends.)
Bonus Feat (Skald)
At 1st level, Skald gets a bonus feat from the list.
Scribe Scrolls
Allows you to craft scrolls during camping.
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