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[[Category:Epic Path]][[Category:Character Classes]][[Category:Bard]]
[[Image:Bard.jpg|300px|right|Chamber Music for an adoring audience of one.]]
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For as long as there have been creatures with the Spark of Civility, there has been Song.

Indeed, some philosopher-poets assert, credibly, that the presence of a musical tradition, even the simple ''ability'' to understand, appreciate, and create Music, is one of the fundamental differences between those with the Spark, and those without.

As such, music is one of those things that make the Civilized Races truly different and better than mere monsters. 

Once you understand the foundational importance of Song, of artistry, of the ability to create joy from nothing, you begin to understand why the bard is easily the most powerful class in existence. 

That said, even if you leave aside the considerable physical might of a capable bard, having a bard in your band of adventurers makes every battle easier in a hundred ways.  Nobody is as good as a bard at raising morale, steeling the spirit, and screwing up courage to the veritable 'sticking point'. Never doubt that bards win many battles without ever lifting a finger.

Plus, having a bard means an endless river of entertainment is there for the taking. Bards can be funny or somber, joyful or morose, a laughing presence or a steel-eyed poet-warrior, but they are also ''always'' entertaining.  They may entertain in a thousand different and surprising ways, but you will certainly never suffer ennui in the presence of a bard.

'''Role:''' Bards have a wide variety of attacks. They are able to cast surprisingly potent spells, affect enemies directly through song and verse, and even dance with a sword to lethal effect. But a Bard's greatest contribution to a party is their uncanny ability to strengthen their allies, both directly and subtly.  A bard multiplies the power of everyone around them, and impairs the efficiency of their enemies.

'''Alignment:''' Any

'''Hit Die:''' d6

'''Starting Wealth:''' 250 gp

=====Recommended Ability Score Priority:=====
:* '''''Charisma:''''' primary; used for spells, social skills, harmony and staccato damage.
:* '''''Dexterity:''''' secondary; used for ranged to-hit, AC, and dex-based skills.
:* '''''Intelligence:''''' tertiary; used for skill points, and knowledge skills.
:* '''''Constitution:''''' low priority.
:* '''''Strength:''''' low priority.
:* '''''Wisdom:''''' low priority.

=====Base To-Hit:=====
:A bard's base to-hit numbers are calculated normally.  They do not receive any bonus ability modifiers to their melee or ranged to-hit rolls.

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:* '''Melee To-Hit:''' Base Attack Bonus (BAB) + Strength Modifier
:* '''Ranged To-Hit:''' Base Attack Bonus (BAB) + Dexterity Modifier
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=====Base Weapon Damage:=====
:A bard's base weapon damage numbers are calculated normally.  They do not receive any bonus ability modifiers to their melee or ranged damage rolls.

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:* '''Melee Damage:''' Base Weapon Damage + Strength Modifier
:* '''Thrown Weapon Damage:''' Base Weapon Damage + Strength Modifier
:* '''Projectile Weapon Damage:''' Base Weapon Damage ''(may add Strength Modifier <small>only if the weapon has the [[Mighty (Quality)|Mighty]] quality)''</small>
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=====Base Armor Class:=====
:A bard's base armor class is 9.

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:* '''Armor Class:''' 9 + Armor bonus + Adjusted Dexterity Modifier + Shield Bonus <small>''(if any)''</small> + Racial Size Modifier <small>''(if any)''</small>
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=====Maneuver Defense:=====
:A bard's maneuver defense is calculated normally.

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:* '''Maneuver Defense:''' 10 + &frac12; Character Level <small>''(round down)''</small> + Strength Modifier + Dexterity Modifier + Shield Bonus <small>''(if any)''</small> + Size Modifier
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=====Skills:=====
: Bards get <span style="color:#734f96">'''''7 + Int modifier'''''</span> skill ranks per Bard [[class level]].

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:* '''Bailiwick Skill:''' [[Spellcraft]]
:: Your bailiwick skill is always considered a [[Natural Talent]] skill, which means you can choose which of your ability modifiers are mapped to it.  Furthermore, Natural Talent skills never suffer from an Armor Check Penalty, even if you map them to Strength or Dexterity.

:* '''Linked Skill:''' [[Knowledge (Arcana)]]
:: You automatically gain skill ranks in your linked skill equal to the number of ranks you place in your Bailiwick skill.  Remember that you can never place more skill ranks into a skill than your [[character level]]. Your Linked skill, as a [[Knowledge]] skill, is always mapped to your Intelligence modifier unless you choose it as your Natural Talent skill.

:* '''Natural Talent:'''
:: You may choose one skill (in addition to your Bailiwick skill) to be a [[Natural Talent]] at 1st level, which means you can choose which of your ability modifiers are mapped to it.  Furthermore, Natural Talent skills never suffer from an Armor Check Penalty, even if you map them to Strength or Dexterity.

:: All characters receive an additional ''natural talent'' skill at character (not class) levels 11, 21, and 31.  Additional ''natural talents'' may also be gained through [[Between Adventures#Gain_Natural_Talent_in_a_Skill|Self-Improvement]]. Because ''natural talents'' are gained at particular character levels, dual-classed and multi-classed characters receive the same number of ''natural talent'' skills (and at the same levels) as a single-classed character.

:* '''Suggested Skills:'''
:: The following skills may be somewhat more applicable or useful to this class than others.  This list is by no means intended to limit which skills you choose for your character.  Unless a particular skill has a note stating that it is important for this class, your character will likely function just fine without any of these skills. If you have a vision for how your character should be, follow that, instead.  These are ''just'' suggestions.
:::* [[Perform]] (at least one Perform subskill (e.g. Acting, Musical Instruments, etc.) is '''''strongly recommended''''') 
:::* [[Diplomacy]]
:::* [[Bluff]]
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== Favored Class: Bard ==
If the Bard class is your [[Favored Class]], you gain the following benefits at level 1. This is in addition to those benefits and class features listed for the [[#Courageous_Bard_.28Levels_1_-_5.29|Courageous Bard (Levels 1 - 5)]] class tier table, below.

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| &emsp; +0 || &emsp; -5 || &emsp; n/a || &emsp; n/a || &emsp; +0 || &emsp; +2 || &emsp; +2 || &emsp; 9 || [[#Spellsong_.28Su.29|Spellsong]]
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=== Spellsong (Su) ===
If Bard is your favored class, you gain the [[Spellsong (Feat)|Spellsong]] feat as a bonus feat.  With this feat, you can incorporate the casting of a bard spell with the action of initiating a Bardic Performance. To do this, you increase the action required to initiate the Bardic Performance as described in the bulleted list below, and choose a spell with a casting time of no greater than a [[Standard Action]].  By doing so, you initiate the Bardic Performance and cast the spell at the same time.

* If your Bardic Performance requires a [[Standard Action]] to initiate, activating Spellsong requires a [[Full Attack Action]] (a standard action + a move action).
* If your Bardic Performance requires a [[Move Action]] to initiate (when you have at least 6 levels of the Bard class), activating Spellsong requires a [[Standard Action]] (or the ''first'' attack in a full attack action).
* If your Bardic Performance requires a [[Swift Action]] to initiate (when you have at least 11 levels of the Bard class), activating Spellsong requires an [[Attack Action]] (a standard action, or ''any'' attack in a full attack action).

Spellsong can only be used when you first initiate a Bardic Performance. It cannot be used with a performance you are sustaining from a previous round.

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== Courageous Bard (Levels 1 - 5) ==
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!	align="center" |	1st	
|	&emsp;	 +0		||	&emsp;	 -5		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	 +0		||	&emsp;	+2		||	&emsp;	+2		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Bard_Spells_.28Sp.29|Level 1 Spells]], [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Su.29|Implement Bonus]], [[#Bardic_Performance_I_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance I]], [[#Harmony_.28Sp.29|Harmony]], [[#Song_of_Courage_.28Su.29|Song of Courage]]
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|	&emsp;	+1	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	 -4	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	 +0		||	&emsp;	+3	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+3	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Versatile_Performance_I_.28Ex.29|Versatile Performance I]]
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!	align="center" |	3rd	
|	&emsp;	+1		||	&emsp;	 -4		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+1	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+3		||	&emsp;	+3		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Song_of_Steel_.28Su.29|Song of Steel]]
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!	align="center" |	4th	
|	&emsp;	+2	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	 -3	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+1		||	&emsp;	+4	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+4	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Bard_Spells_.28Sp.29|Level 2 Spells]], [[#Bardic_Knowledge_I_.28Ex.29|Bardic Knowledge I]]
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!	align="center" |	5th	
|	&emsp;	+2		||	&emsp;	 -3		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+1		||	&emsp;	+4		||	&emsp;	+4		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Versatile_Performance_II_.28Ex.29|Versatile Performance II]]
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{{ClassProficiency|Bard}}

=== Bard Spells (Sp) ===
* Bards are '''''Charisma-Based Arcane''''' casters, that can '''''spontaneously cast''''' any spell they know, if they have spell slots remaining of that spell level.

Beginning at 1st level, a bard is able to cast arcane [[spells]] drawn from the [[Bard Spells]] list.  Unlike a wizard or a cleric, a bard need not prepare their spells in advance. They can cast any spell they know at any time, assuming they have not yet used up their spells per day for that spell level.  To learn or cast a spell, a bard must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level.

* [[Bard Spells]]

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==== Spells Known ====
A bard's selection of spells is extremely limited. A bard begins play knowing four 0-level spells and two 1st-level spells of their choice. At each new bard level, they gain one or more new spells, as indicated on the table below. (Unlike 'spells castable per day', the number of spells a bard ''knows'' cannot be improved by having a high Charisma score.) These new spells can be common spells chosen from the bard spell list, or they can be unusual spells that the bard has gained some understanding of through study.

Upon reaching 5th level, and at every third bard level after that (i.e., 8th, 11th, and so on), a bard can choose to learn a new spell in place of one they already know. In effect, the bard loses the old spell in exchange for the new one. The new spell's level must be the same as that of the spell being exchanged. A bard may swap only a single spell at any given level, and must choose whether or not to swap the spell at the same time that they gain new spells known for the level.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').

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! align="center" |	1st	
| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+4'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+2'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
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! align="center" |	2nd	
| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
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! align="center" |	3rd	
| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
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! align="center" |	4th	
| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+2'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
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! align="center" |	5th	
| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
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==== Spells Castable Per Day ====
Like other spellcasters, a bard can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day.  Higher level bards have greater access to the power stored within their aura, or perhaps their aura becomes more efficient at absorbing and storing the mana that suffuses the world.  This allows them to produce more magic each day before they require rest to restore themselves.  This potential magic is referred to as 'spell slots', and a bard has a limited number of spell slots of each spell level that they can cast each day.   

The bard's base daily allotment of spell slots is given in the table below. In addition, they receive bonus spells per day if they have a high Charisma score (see [[Ability_Scores#Bonus_Spell_Slots_per_Day|Table: Bonus Spell Slots Per Day]]).  The spells castable per day can be reset to these base values by taking a [[Full Night's Rest]], and doing so also restores any bonus slots provided by having a high caster ability score.  Unused spell slots from previous days cannot be saved up and used later.  Any spell slots that the bard fails to use before the end of their next full night's rest, or before 24 hours pass (whichever comes first), are lost.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').

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| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
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! align="center" |	2nd	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
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! align="center" |	3rd	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
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! align="center" |	4th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	3		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
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! align="center" |	5th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
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==== Cantrips ====
Zeroth-level bard spells are called cantrips.  Cantrips are weaker magic spells that are easily cast, often providing useful tricks to make life simpler for the magic user.  A bard knows a limited number of cantrips, as shown on the [[#Spells Known|Spells Known]] table (above), but can cast these spells as frequently as they wish, without limit.  Unlike spells of level 1 or higher, cantrips do not use up spell slots for the day.
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=== Implement Bonus (Su) ===
{{:Implement Bonus}}

Bards may use their musical instruments in place of a rod, staff, or wand, as long as they are carrying the instrument in their hands.  Bards that use a [[perform]] skill which does not require a physical instrument (such as Acting, Dance, Oration, or Comedy) must wield a rod, staff, or wand as described above to gain this bonus.

=== Bardic Performance I (Su) ===
Beginning at 1st level, a bard is trained to use the [[Perform]] skill to create magical effects on those around them, including themselves, if desired. To initiate one of their performances, they enter a [[Stance]], which follows the rules for stances, except as described below. Each round, the bard can produce any one of the Songs that they have mastered, as indicated by their level.

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==== Initiating a Bardic Performance ====
Entering the stance of a bardic performance is a [[standard action]], but it can be sustained each round as a [[free action]]. Entering a stance does not provoke attacks of opportunity. A bardic performance requires the bard to be standing, wielding an Instrument (see below), occupies both hands, and requires the bard to have all their actions available each round to maintain the stance.

==== Ending a Performance ====
Ending a bardic performance requires an [[immediate action]] (or a [[swift action]] if done during the bard's turn) and can trigger a finale (see below). A performance cannot be ended the same round it was begun, and the same performance cannot be ended and then re-started in the same round. However, a bard can end one performance and begin a different one in the same round, assuming they have enough actions to do so. A bardic performance is disrupted if the bard is knocked out of their stance (see [[Stance]] rules). If the performance stance is disrupted, the bard must use another standard action to re-initiate the stance (unless they have the higher level abilities that reduce this to lesser action types). A disrupted performance does not trigger the performance's finale (see below).

==== Additional Performance Rules ====
As with all stances, a bard cannot have more than one bardic performance in effect at one time.  While in the bardic performance stance, the bardic class features [[#Harmony_.28Sp.29|Harmony]] or [[#Staccato_.28Su.29|Staccato]] may be used, as long as the bard has adequate actions to do so.

Allies must be within the range of the performance (typically 30 feet, but some Bard class features expand this) in order for the bard to select them to gain the benefits of the performance. Furthermore, any allies the bard wishes to affect with a performance must be capable of perceiving the performance.  The specific sense required depends on which Perform skill the bard is using: if the bard is using Dance, for example, their allies must be able to see them; if the bard is using a stringed instrument, their allies must be able to hear them; if the bard is using Acting, their allies must be able to both see and hear them.  Similarly, if the performance is targeting an enemy creature, that creature must possess the appropriate sense (and not be [[blind]] to that sense) in order to be affected by the performance.

A bard that is [[Blind]] to any of their senses suffers a 20% chance to fail when attempting to use a bardic performance that includes the affected sense. This check is made at the beginning of their turn each round, and is not an action. If they fail this check, the performance grants no benefits or effects until a successful check is made on a subsequent round.

==== Bard Instruments ====
In order to use their Perform skill and initiate a bardic performance stance, a bard must wield an instrument with both hands.  This may be a traditional instrument such as a lute, violin, or flute, or it may be any other instrument which the bard uses to focus their performance.  It can be an item of clothing such as a signature hat which is manipulated about the body, as used by Fred Astaire; it can be an artifact such as Yorick's Skull to which the bard declaims dramatically; it can be a scarf which is held and manipulated to emphasize the performance, or anything else the player wishes.

You can, if you wish, play as a martially-oriented bard that uses a sword and shield (for example) in place of their instrument, assuming your perform skill doesn't require a specific instrument (for example, if your Perform skill is focused on Oratory).  However, doing this has two major drawbacks: 
* First, when you are using your sword and shield as your bardic instrument to maintain a stance, you '''''cannot''''' also use it as a weapon and shield. You do not threaten enemies with the sword, and you do not gain any armor class bonus from the shield during any round in which you initiate, sustain, or end a performance during your turn.  
* Second, a bard that chooses to wield a sword and shield does not get an implement bonus from these items, since they are not musical instruments.  Just as a bard who chose Comedy as their Perform focus must wield a wand, rod, or staff to gain an implement bonus, so too must a bard who chooses to employ instruments of war over instruments of song.

==== Finales ====
During combat, as an [[immediate action]] (or as a [[swift action]] if performed during their turn), the bard may end their performance in order to gain a Finale effect. Note that 'ending a performance' is not the same as having the performance disrupted, and disrupted performances do not allow the bard to gain a Finale effect. The Finale may not be used in same round that the performance is started. A new performance may begin the same round a Finale is used, but it must be a different performance than the one that was just ended.  The bard is never obligated to use the finale when ending a performance, though voluntarily ending a performance always costs an immediate or swift action. Finales may only be used during combat (while there is an initiative order).

==== Bardic Performances Known (Courageous Tier) ====
The bard learns two bardic performances at this experience tier: Song of Courage at 1st level, and Song of Steel at 3rd level.

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===== Song of Courage (Su) =====
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{{:Song of Courage (Performance)|transcludesection=Opening}}  {{#ifeq:{{:Song_of_Courage (Performance)|transcludesection=Self-Only}}|Y||Each round that the bard sustains this performance, they may choose a number of their allies (including themselves) to affect with this performance, based on their current Bard level, as described below:
:* At Bard levels 1 - 10, the bard may affect up to 3 allies.
:* At Bard levels 11 - 20, the bard may affect up to 4 allies.
:* At bard levels above 21, the bard may affect up to 5 allies.

All allies chosen to be affected must be within range of the performance (typically within 30 feet of the bard), and must be able to perceive the performance.}}

{{:Song_of_Courage (Performance)|transcludesection=Description}}

No creature may be under the effects of more than one performance, even if they are being performed by different bards.

: '''Finale:''' {{:Song_of_Courage (Performance)|transcludesection=Finale}}
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===== Song of Steel (Su) =====
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{{:Song of Steel (Performance)|transcludesection=Opening}}  {{#ifeq:{{:Song of Steel (Performance)|transcludesection=Self-Only}}|Y||Each round that the bard sustains this performance, they may choose a number of their allies (including themselves) to affect with this performance, based on their current Bard level, as described below:
:* At Bard levels 1 - 10, the bard may affect up to 3 allies.
:* At Bard levels 11 - 20, the bard may affect up to 4 allies.
:* At bard levels above 21, the bard may affect up to 5 allies.

All allies chosen to be affected must be within range of the performance (typically within 30 feet of the bard), and must be able to perceive the performance.}}

{{:Song of Steel (Performance)|transcludesection=Description}}

No creature may be under the effects of more than one performance, even if they are being performed by different bards.

: '''Finale:''' {{:Song of Steel (Performance)|transcludesection=Finale}}
}}
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=== Harmony (Sp) ===
Starting at 1st level, any time during combat that the bard is maintaining a Bardic Performance stance (including surprise rounds), a bard may magically strike at their enemies with illusory shadows of their performance as an [[attack action]]. Attacking with Harmony does not interrupt the bard's Bardic Performance.  The range of ''Harmony's'' attack is Close (25 ft + 5 ft/two levels (round down)) and it is a [[Ranged Touch Attack]] that follows all the rules of [[Spells#Effect|ray attacks]].  

''Harmony'' may be boosted by the bard's [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Su.29|implement bonus]] if the bard is wielding a musical instrument, a rod, a staff, or a wand in their hands when the ability is used.  

Targets of ''Harmony'' must have a mind to affect (i.e. an INT score of at least 1), though the bard need not share a language with the target.  Harmony is a spell-like ability that provokes attacks of opportunity from threatening enemies unless the bard makes a [[Caster Check]] (a [[Spellcraft]] check) is made to defensively cast.  The DC of the Caster Check is 10 + double the Bard's character level (not class level).  Harmony is treated as though it belongs to the illusion school of spells, even though it is not a spell, for purposes of feats like [[Spell Focus]]. Harmony is also subject to [[Spell Resistance]] if the target creature has it.  

Unlike most spell-like abilities, Harmony only requires an Attack Action to perform.  This means it can be used once per round as a standard action, or once per attack during a full attack action.  Furthermore, any bonus attacks the bard might have, such as that granted by the [[Haste (Sorcerer/Wizard Spell)|Haste]] spell or similar effects, can also be used to attack with Harmony.

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==== Harmony Damage (Courageous Tier) ====
If the target is successfully struck by Harmony, the Bard may first [[Slide]] the target 1 square as [[forced movement]].  As with all forced movement, this ignores difficult terrain, never provokes attacks of opportunity, and may be negated if the target elects to fall [[Prone]].  In addition to the slide, Harmony inflicts an amount of {{dmg|Psychic}} damage based on the bard's current level, as described in the table below:

:{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" | Level || width="175" | Harmony Damage
|-
! 1st
| 1d6 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 2nd
| 1d6+1 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 3rd
| 2d6 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 4th
| 2d6+1 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 5th
| 3d6 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|}
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=== Versatile Performance I (Ex) ===
{{Versatile Performance|2nd}}

=== Bardic Knowledge I (Ex) ===
Beginning at 4th level, the bard adds a +1 [[training bonus]] to all [[Knowledge]] skill checks.  This bonus stacks with the bonus provided by other Bardic Knowledge class features from other experience tiers of the Bard class the bard may possess.  It does not stack with training bonuses from any other sources except those provided by the Bardic Knowledge class features.

=== Versatile Performance II (Ex) ===
{{Versatile Performance|5th}}

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== Intrepid Bard (Levels 6 - 10) ==
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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! align="center" width="30" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Level || align="center" width="240" colspan="4" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Full Attack BAB || align="center" width="180" colspan="3" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Saving Throws || align="center" width="60" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Base AC || align="center" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Class Features
|- style="{{linear-gradient|bottom|#FF8040, #FCDFFF}}; color: #000000;"
! align="center" width="60" | 1st Atk || align="center" width="60" | 2nd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 3rd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 4th Atk || align="center" width="60" | Fort || align="center" width="60" | Refl || align="center" width="60" | Will 
|-
!	align="center" |	6th	
|	&emsp;	+3	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	 -2	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+2	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+5	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+5	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	<small>''[[#Bard_Spells_.28Intrepid_Tier.29|Bard Spells]], [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Intrepid_Tier.29|Implement Bonus]], [[#Harmony_.28Intrepid_Tier.29|Harmony]]''</small>, [[#Bardic_Performance_II_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance II]], [[#Staccato_.28Ex.29|Staccato]], [[#Song_of_Heroism_.28Su.29|Song of Heroism]]
|-
!	align="center" |	7th	
|	&emsp;	+3		||	&emsp;	 -2		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+2		||	&emsp;	+5		||	&emsp;	+5		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Bard_Spells_.28Intrepid_Tier.29|Level 3 Spells]], [[#Versatile_Performance_III_.28Ex.29|Versatile Performance III]]
|-
!	align="center" |	8th	
|	&emsp;	+4	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	 -1	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+2		||	&emsp;	+6	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+6	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Mana_Burning_.28Sp.29|Mana Burning]], [[#Song_of_Focus_.28Su.29|Song of Focus]]
|-
!	align="center" |	9th	
|	&emsp;	+4		||	&emsp;	 -1		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+3	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+6		||	&emsp;	+6		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Sound_Eclipse_.28Ex.29|Sound Eclipse]]
|-
!	align="center" |	10th	
|	&emsp;	+5	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	 +0	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+3		||	&emsp;	+7	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+7	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Bard_Spells_.28Intrepid_Tier.29|Level 4 Spells]], [[#Versatile_Performance_IV_.28Ex.29|Versatile Performance IV]]
|}

{{ClassProficiency|Bard}}

=== Bard Spells (Intrepid Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Bard Spells class feature, you gain it at 6th level. See [[#Bard_Spells_.28Sp.29|Bard Spells]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' gain the 'Spells Known' or 'Spells Castable Per Day' amounts listed in previous tiers of the Bard class unless you actually took those previous tiers.

Remember that you do receive [[Ability_Scores#Table:_Ability_Modifiers_and_Bonus_Spells|bonus spells per day]] if you have a high Charisma score, in the same way a wizard receives bonus spells per day. 

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==== Spells Known (Intrepid Tier) ====
The bard continues to learn new spells as they gain levels, albeit at a much slower pace than wizards and other dedicated caster classes.  The table below shows the additional spells that bards can add to their spellbooks at each new class level.  Note that having a high Charisma score does '''''not''''' increase the number of spells a bard knows.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th
|- 
! align="center" |	6th	
| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|- 
! align="center" |	7th	
| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+2'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|- 
! align="center" |	8th	
| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|- 
! align="center" |	9th	
| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|- 
! align="center" |	10th	
| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+2'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|}

==== Spells Castable Per Day (Intrepid Tier) ====
The following table shows how many spells the bard can actually cast each day from levels 6 through 10.  Higher level bards have greater access to the power stored within their aura, or perhaps their aura becomes more efficient at absorbing and storing the mana that suffuses the world.  This allows them to produce more magic each day before they require rest to restore themselves.  This potential magic is referred to as 'spell slots', and a bard has a limited number of spell slots of each spell level that they can cast each day.  

The bard's base daily allotment of spell slots is given in the table below. In addition, they receive bonus spells per day if they have a high Charisma score (see [[Ability_Scores#Bonus_Spell_Slots_per_Day|Table: Bonus Spell Slots Per Day]]).  The spells castable per day can be reset to these base values by taking a [[Full Night's Rest]], and doing so also restores any bonus slots provided by having a high caster ability score.  Unused spell slots from previous days cannot be saved up and used later.  Any spell slots that the bard fails to use before the end of their next full night's rest, or before 24 hours pass (whichever comes first), are lost.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th || width="50" align="center" | 7th || width="50" align="center" | 8th || width="50" align="center" | 9th || width="50" align="center" | 10th || width="50" align="center" | 11th || width="50" align="center" | 12th
|-
! align="center" |	6th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	7th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	8th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	9th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	10th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		
|}
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=== Implement Bonus (Intrepid Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Implement Bonus class feature, you gain it at 6th level. See [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Su.29|Implement Bonus]] for details on how this works.

=== Harmony (Intrepid Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Harmony class feature, you gain it at 6th level.  See [[#Harmony_.28Sp.29|Harmony]] for details on how this works.

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==== Harmony Damage (Intrepid Tier) ====
Harmony deals damage as listed for '''''this''''' tier, regardless of whether you took any previous tiers of the Bard class. Harmony deals an amount of {{dmg|Psychic}} damage as detailed on the table below:

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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="150" align="center" | Harmony Damage
|-
! 6th	
| 3d6+2 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 7th	
| 4d6 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 8th	
| 4d6+3 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 9th	
| 5d6+1 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 10th	
| 5d6+3 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|}
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=== Bardic Performance II (Su) ===
If you do not already have the Bardic Performance I class feature, you gain it at 6th level. See [[#Bardic_Performance_I_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance I]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' gain the 'Bardic Performances Known' of any experience tier in the bard class you do not possess &mdash; if you don't take that tier, you can't learn those songs.

If this is at least the second experience tier of the Bard class you possess (i.e., you have at least six levels of the Bard class), you can now initiate a Bardic Performance as a [[Move Action]] instead of a [[Standard Action]].

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==== Bardic Performances Known (Intrepid Tier) ====
The bard learns two bardic performances at this experience tier: Song of Heroism at 6th level, and Song of Focus at 8th level.

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===== Song of Heroism (Su) =====
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{{:Song of Heroism (Performance)|transcludesection=Opening}}  {{#ifeq:{{:Song of Heroism (Performance)|transcludesection=Self-Only}}|Y||Each round that the bard sustains this performance, they may choose a number of their allies (including themselves) to affect with this performance, based on their current Bard level, as described below:
:* At Bard levels 1 - 10, the bard may affect up to 3 allies.
:* At Bard levels 11 - 20, the bard may affect up to 4 allies.
:* At bard levels above 21, the bard may affect up to 5 allies.

All allies chosen to be affected must be within range of the performance (typically within 30 feet of the bard), and must be able to perceive the performance.}}

{{:Song of Heroism (Performance)|transcludesection=Description}}

No creature may be under the effects of more than one performance, even if they are being performed by different bards.

: '''Finale:''' {{:Song of Heroism (Performance)|transcludesection=Finale}}
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===== Song of Focus (Su) =====
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{{:Song of Focus (Performance)|transcludesection=Opening}}  {{#ifeq:{{:Song of Focus (Performance)|transcludesection=Self-Only}}|Y||Each round that the bard sustains this performance, they may choose a number of their allies (including themselves) to affect with this performance, based on their current Bard level, as described below:
:* At Bard levels 1 - 10, the bard may affect up to 3 allies.
:* At Bard levels 11 - 20, the bard may affect up to 4 allies.
:* At bard levels above 21, the bard may affect up to 5 allies.

All allies chosen to be affected must be within range of the performance (typically within 30 feet of the bard), and must be able to perceive the performance.}}

{{:Song of Focus (Performance)|transcludesection=Description}}

No creature may be under the effects of more than one performance, even if they are being performed by different bards.

: '''Finale:''' {{:Song of Focus (Performance)|transcludesection=Finale}}
}}
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=== Staccato (Ex) ===
Starting at 6th level, the bard may use ''Staccato'' to strike at their enemies with sound, using either a standard action or a full attack action.  ''Staccato'' may be a loud shout, a piercing scream, a shattering clap of the hands, a snap of the fingers, or anything else the bard desires.  The bard does not need to be in a Bardic Performance stance, wielding an instrument or implement, or even in combat to use ''Staccato''.

If performed as a [[Standard Action]], ''Staccato'' affects a single 5-foot square within a 15-foot cone (a 3x3 square area with one corner or edge adjacent to the bard's space).  All creatures and objects in the designated square are targeted by ''Staccato's'' effects, but the rest of the 15-foot cone is unaffected.  ''Staccato'' is an area of effect, and thus does increased damage to creatures vulnerable to such effects, like swarms.

If performed as a [[Full Attack Action]], ''Staccato'' affects a number of 5-foot squares within its 15-foot cone area equal to the number of attacks the bard has (or wishes to use) in their full attack action, including any bonus attacks they may have from effects such as the [[Haste (Sorcerer/Wizard Spell)|Haste]] spell.

Targets in the chosen squares suffer {{dmg|Sonic}} damage, as described in the 'Staccato Damage' section below.

Alternatively, ''Staccato'' can also be used to make a [[Combat_Maneuvers#Sunder|Sunder check]] against a single worn, wielded, or unattended object in the chosen square (or squares), instead of dealing damage. If the bard attempts to sunder a worn or wielded object, the bard must succeed on a [[Caster Check]], versus a DC of the wielder's [[Maneuver Defense]].  If the bard attempts to sunder an unattended object, they must overcome the object's Sunder DC.  If the bard chooses to perform a [[Sunder]], they cannot also deal damage with the same Staccato attack.

''Staccato'' is treated as though it belongs to the conjuration school of spells, even though it is not a spell, for purposes of feats like [[Spell Focus]].  ''Staccato'' is not subject to Spell Resistance. Because ''Staccato'' is an extraordinary ability, using it does not provoke attacks of opportunity from threatening enemies.  Since ''Staccato'' is capable of damaging objects, it is also capable of damaging mindless undead, even though they are not normally subject to effects that grant a Fortitude saving throw.

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==== Staccato Damage (Intrepid Tier) ====
''Staccato'' inflicts the same amount of damage as [[#Harmony_Damage_.28Intrepid_Tier.29|Harmony]] (see above), based on the bard's current level, except that it inflicts {{dmg|Sonic}} damage (instead of Psychic), and instead of a to-hit roll, targets of ''Staccato'' are allowed a Fort save, DC 10 + half the Bard's level + CHA mod, for half damage.

Note that no single creature can take damage from a ''Staccato'' more than once per ''Staccato'' attack.  That is, a size large creature, despite taking up multiple squares, can only take a single ''Staccato's'' damage one time, even if two or more squares of its effect are placed in different squares of the large creature's space.
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=== Versatile Performance III (Ex) ===
{{Versatile Performance|7th}}

=== Mana Burning (Sp) ===
{{:Mana Burning|8th|bard}}

=== Sound Eclipse (Ex) ===
Beginning at 9th level, the bard gains Energy Resistance (ER) versus {{Dmg|Sonic}} damage equal to 5 + their Bard [[class level]].  This ER can only stack with other sources of ER if they are of the same type (i.e. also vs. Sonic).  ER of different types, such as ER x/Common or ER x/- do not stack; instead, only the highest available value that is resistant to the damage being inflicted can be used.

Dragons may have loud roars, but bards can find three notes that harmonize with that roar, and turn it into something beautiful, if only in their own heads.

=== Versatile Performance IV ===
{{Versatile Performance|10th}}

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== Heroic Bard (Levels 11 - 15) ==
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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! align="center" width="30" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Level || align="center" width="240" colspan="4" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Full Attack BAB || align="center" width="180" colspan="3" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Saving Throws || align="center" width="60" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Base AC || align="center" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Class Features
|- style="{{linear-gradient|bottom|#FF8040, #FCDFFF}}; color: #000000;"
! align="center" width="60" | 1st Atk || align="center" width="60" | 2nd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 3rd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 4th Atk || align="center" width="60" | Fort || align="center" width="60" | Refl || align="center" width="60" | Will 
|-
!	align="center" |	11th	
|	&emsp;	+5		||	&emsp;	 +0		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+3		||	&emsp;	+7		||	&emsp;	+7		||	&emsp;	9		||	<small>''[[#Bard_Spells_.28Heroic_Tier.29|Bard Spells]], [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Heroic_Tier.29|Implement Bonus]], [[#Mana_Burning_.28Heroic_Tier.29|Mana Burning]], [[#Harmony_.28Heroic_Tier.29|Harmony]]''</small>, [[#Bardic_Performance_III_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance III]], [[#Song_of_Bracing_.28Su.29|Song of Bracing]]
|-
!	align="center" |	12th	
|	&emsp;	+6	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+1	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+4	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+8	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+8	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Versatile_Performance_V_.28Ex.29|Versatile Performance V]], [[#Lore_Master_I_.28Ex.29|Lore Master I]]
|-
!	align="center" |	13th	
|	&emsp;	+6		||	&emsp;	+1		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+4		||	&emsp;	+8		||	&emsp;	+8		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Bard_Spells_.28Heroic_Tier.29|Level 5 Spells]], [[#Song_of_Soothing_.28Su.29|Song of Soothing]]
|-
!	align="center" |	14th	
|	&emsp;	+7	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+2	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+4		||	&emsp;	+9	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+9	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Fortissimo_I_.28Su.29|Fortissimo I]], [[#Bardic_Knowledge_II_.28Ex.29|Bardic Knowledge II]]
|-
!	align="center" |	15th	
|	&emsp;	+7		||	&emsp;	+2		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+5	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+9		||	&emsp;	+9		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Versatile_Performance_VI_.28Ex.29|Versatile Performance VI]], [[#Pianissimo_I_.28Su.29|Pianissimo I]]
|}

{{ClassProficiency|Bard}}

=== Bard Spells (Heroic Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Bard Spells class feature, you gain it at 11th level. See [[#Bard_Spells_.28Sp.29|Bard Spells]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' gain the 'Spells Known' or 'Spells Castable Per Day' amounts listed in previous tiers of the Bard class unless you actually took those previous tiers.

Remember that you do receive [[Ability_Scores#Table:_Ability_Modifiers_and_Bonus_Spells|bonus spells per day]] if you have a high Charisma score, in the same way a wizard receives bonus spells per day. 

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==== Spells Known (Heroic Tier) ====
The bard continues to learn new spells as they gain levels, albeit at a much slower pace than wizards and other dedicated caster classes.  The table below shows the additional spells that bards can add to their spellbooks at each new class level.  Note that having a high Charisma score does '''''not''''' increase the number of spells a bard knows.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th
|- 
! align="center" |	11th	
| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|- 
! align="center" |	12th	
| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|- 
! align="center" |	13th	
| &emsp;	7	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+2'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-	
|- 
! align="center" |	14th	
| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-	
|- 
! align="center" |	15th	
| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-	
|}

==== Spells Castable Per Day (Heroic Tier) ====
The following table shows how many spells the bard can actually cast each day from levels 11 through 15.  Higher level bards have greater access to the power stored within their aura, or perhaps their aura becomes more efficient at absorbing and storing the mana that suffuses the world.  This allows them to produce more magic each day before they require rest to restore themselves.  This potential magic is referred to as 'spell slots', and a bard has a limited number of spell slots of each spell level that they can cast each day.  

The bard's base daily allotment of spell slots is given in the table below. In addition, they receive bonus spells per day if they have a high Charisma score (see [[Ability_Scores#Bonus_Spell_Slots_per_Day|Table: Bonus Spell Slots Per Day]]).  The spells castable per day can be reset to these base values by taking a [[Full Night's Rest]], and doing so also restores any bonus slots provided by having a high caster ability score.  Unused spell slots from previous days cannot be saved up and used later.  Any spell slots that the bard fails to use before the end of their next full night's rest, or before 24 hours pass (whichever comes first), are lost.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th || width="50" align="center" | 7th || width="50" align="center" | 8th || width="50" align="center" | 9th || width="50" align="center" | 10th || width="50" align="center" | 11th || width="50" align="center" | 12th
|-
! align="center" |	11th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	12th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	13th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	14th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	15th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		
|}
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=== Implement Bonus (Heroic Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Implement Bonus class feature, you gain it at 11th level. See [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Su.29|Implement Bonus]] for details on how this works.

=== Mana Burning (Heroic Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Mana Burning class feature, you gain it at 11th level.  See [[#Mana_Burning_.28Sp.29|Mana Burning]] for details on how this works.

=== Harmony (Heroic Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Harmony class feature, you gain it at 11th level.  See [[#Harmony_.28Sp.29|Harmony]] for details on how this works.

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==== Harmony Damage (Heroic Tier) ====
Harmony deals damage as listed for '''''this''''' tier, regardless of whether you took any previous tiers of the Bard class. Harmony deals an amount of {{dmg|Psychic}} damage as detailed on the table below:

:{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="150" align="center" | Harmony Damage
|-
! 11th	
| 6d6+1 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 12th	
| 6d6+4 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 13th	
| 7d6+2 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 14th	
| 7d6+5 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 15th	
| 8d6+3 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|}
</div>

=== Bardic Performance III (Su) ===
If you do not already have the Bardic Performance I class feature, you gain it at 11th level. See [[#Bardic_Performance_I_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance I]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' gain the 'Bardic Performances Known' of any experience tier in the bard class you do not possess &mdash; if you don't take that tier, you can't learn those songs.

If this is the second experience tier of the Bard class you possess (i.e., you have six levels of the Bard class), you can now initiate a Bardic Performance as a [[Move Action]] instead of a [[Standard Action]].

If this is at least the third experience tier of the Bard class you possess (i.e., you have at least eleven levels of the Bard class), you can now initiate a Bardic Performance as a [[Swift Action]] instead of a [[Move Action]].

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==== Bardic Performances Known (Heroic Tier) ====
The bard learns two bardic performances at this experience tier: Song of Bracing at 11th level, and Song of Soothing at 13th level.

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==== Song of Bracing (Su) ====
{{Template:Boxtext|titlebackground={{linear-gradient|top|#FF8040, #FCDFFF}}|titleforeground=#000000|background=#FFFBE6|title=Song of Bracing <small>(Su)</small>|
{{:Song of Bracing (Performance)|transcludesection=Opening}}  {{#ifeq:{{:Song of Bracing (Performance)|transcludesection=Self-Only}}|Y||Each round that the bard sustains this performance, they may choose a number of their allies (including themselves) to affect with this performance, based on their current Bard level, as described below:
:* At Bard levels 1 - 10, the bard may affect up to 3 allies.
:* At Bard levels 11 - 20, the bard may affect up to 4 allies.
:* At bard levels above 21, the bard may affect up to 5 allies.

All allies chosen to be affected must be within range of the performance (typically within 30 feet of the bard), and must be able to perceive the performance.}}

{{:Song of Bracing (Performance)|transcludesection=Description}}

No creature may be under the effects of more than one performance, even if they are being performed by different bards.

: '''Finale:''' {{:Song of Bracing (Performance)|transcludesection=Finale}}
}}

==== Song of Soothing (Su) ====
{{Template:Boxtext|titlebackground={{linear-gradient|top|#FF8040, #FCDFFF}}|titleforeground=#000000|background=#FFFBE6|title=Song of Soothing <small>(Su)</small>|
{{:Song of Soothing (Performance)|transcludesection=Opening}}  {{#ifeq:{{:Song of Soothing (Performance)|transcludesection=Self-Only}}|Y||Each round that the bard sustains this performance, they may choose a number of their allies (including themselves) to affect with this performance, based on their current Bard level, as described below:
:* At Bard levels 1 - 10, the bard may affect up to 3 allies.
:* At Bard levels 11 - 20, the bard may affect up to 4 allies.
:* At bard levels above 21, the bard may affect up to 5 allies.

All allies chosen to be affected must be within range of the performance (typically within 30 feet of the bard), and must be able to perceive the performance.}}

{{:Song of Soothing (Performance)|transcludesection=Description}}

No creature may be under the effects of more than one performance, even if they are being performed by different bards.

: '''Finale:''' {{:Song of Soothing (Performance)|transcludesection=Finale}}
}}
</div></div>

=== Versatile Performance V (Ex) ===
{{Versatile Performance|12th}}

=== Lore Master I (Ex) ===
Beginning at 12th level, the bard gains the ability to Take 10 on any knowledge skill they have at least 1 skill rank in.

In addition, once per day, the bard may spend a [[Standard Action]] to Take 20 on any one knowledge skill they have at least 1 skill rank in.  If the bard gains the Lore Master class feature from other experience tiers of the Bard class, the number of times per day it can be used stacks with each of those, to a maximum of 5 times per day if you have all five of the Bard tiers in which it appears: Heroic Tier (11-15), Undaunted Tier (16-20), Valorous Tier (21-25), Mythic Tier (26-30), and Legendary Tier (31-35).

=== Fortissimo I (Su) ===
Beginning at 14th level, the range of the bard's Bardic Performance increases by +5 feet.  This increase in the range of Bardic Performance stacks with every other instance of the ''Fortissimo'' class feature the bard might have from other experience tiers of the Bard class.

=== Bardic Knowledge II (Ex) ===
Beginning at 14th level, the bard adds a +1 [[training bonus]] to all [[Knowledge]] skill checks.  This bonus stacks with the bonus provided by other Bardic Knowledge class features from other experience tiers of the Bard class the bard may possess.  It does not stack with training bonuses from any other sources except those provided by the Bardic Knowledge class features.

=== Versatile Performance VI (Ex) ===
{{Versatile Performance|15th}}

=== Pianissimo I (Su) ===
Beginning at 15th level, the bard may choose one [[#Bardic_Performance_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance]] song that they know and alter it such that any affected allies (including the bard themselves) may initiate [[Stealth]] while under the effects of that song, if they wish.  

While normally the fact that Bardic Performance is a [[Stance]] would preclude the bard from entering a [[Stealth]] stance at the same time, this class feature allows the bard to break that rule, with regards to the one song they have picked.

If the bard has this class feature from another experience tier of the Bard class, they simply pick a different song each time the class feature is acquired. Picking the same song more than once does not provide any additional benefits.

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== Undaunted Bard (Levels 16 - 20) ==
{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;" width="100%"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! align="center" width="30" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Level || align="center" width="240" colspan="4" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Full Attack BAB || align="center" width="180" colspan="3" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Saving Throws || align="center" width="60" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Base AC || align="center" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Class Features
|- style="{{linear-gradient|bottom|#FF8040, #FCDFFF}}; color: #000000;"
! align="center" width="60" | 1st Atk || align="center" width="60" | 2nd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 3rd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 4th Atk || align="center" width="60" | Fort || align="center" width="60" | Refl || align="center" width="60" | Will 
|-
!	align="center" |	16th	
|	&emsp;	+8	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+3	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+5		||	&emsp;	+10	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+10	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	<small>''[[#Bard_Spells_.28Undaunted_Tier.29|Bard Spells]], [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Undaunted_Tier.29|Implement Bonus]], [[#Bardic_Performance_.28Undaunted_Tier.29|Bardic Performance]], [[#Mana_Burning_.28Undaunted_Tier.29|Mana Burning]], [[#Harmony_.28Undaunted_Tier.29|Harmony]], [[#Staccato_.28Undaunted_Tier.29|Staccato]]''</small>, [[#Bard_Spells_.28Undaunted_Tier.29|Level 6 Spells]], [[#Song_of_Warding_.28Su.29|Song of Warding]]
|-
!	align="center" |	17th	
|	&emsp;	+8		||	&emsp;	+3		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+5		||	&emsp;	+10		||	&emsp;	+10		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Versatile_Performance_VII_.28Ex.29|Versatile Performance VII]], [[#Lore_Master_II_.28Ex.29|Lore Master II]]
|-
!	align="center" |	18th	
|	&emsp;	+9	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+4	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+6	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+11	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+11	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Reprise_I_.28Su.29|Reprise I]], [[#Song_of_Defiance_.28Su.29|Song of Defiance]]
|-
!	align="center" |	19th	
|	&emsp;	+9		||	&emsp;	+4		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+6		||	&emsp;	+11		||	&emsp;	+11		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Bard_Spells_.28Undaunted_Tier.29|Level 7 Spells]], [[#Fortissimo_II_.28Su.29|Fortissimo II]]
|-
!	align="center" |	20th	
|	&emsp;	+10	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+5	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+6		||	&emsp;	+12	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+12	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Versatile_Performance_VIII_.28Ex.29|Versatile Performance VIII]], [[#Pianissimo_II_.28Su.29|Pianissimo II]]
|}

{{ClassProficiency|Bard}}

=== Bard Spells (Undaunted Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Bard Spells class feature, you gain it at 16th level. See [[#Bard_Spells_.28Sp.29|Bard Spells]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' gain the 'Spells Known' or 'Spells Castable Per Day' amounts listed in previous tiers of the Bard class unless you actually took those previous tiers.

Remember that you do receive [[Ability_Scores#Table:_Ability_Modifiers_and_Bonus_Spells|bonus spells per day]] if you have a high Charisma score, in the same way a wizard receives bonus spells per day. 

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==== Spells Known (Undaunted Tier) ====
The bard continues to learn new spells as they gain levels, albeit at a much slower pace than wizards and other dedicated caster classes.  The table below shows the additional spells that bards can add to their spellbooks at each new class level.  Note that having a high Charisma score does '''''not''''' increase the number of spells a bard knows.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th
|- 
! align="center" |	16th	
| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+2'')</sup>
|- 
! align="center" |	17th	
| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>
|- 
! align="center" |	18th	
| &emsp;	8	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>
|- 
! align="center" |	19th	
| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4	
|- 
! align="center" |	20th	
| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>
|}

==== Spells Castable Per Day (Undaunted Tier) ====
The following table shows how many spells the bard can actually cast each day from levels 16 through 20.  Higher level bards have greater access to the power stored within their aura, or perhaps their aura becomes more efficient at absorbing and storing the mana that suffuses the world.  This allows them to produce more magic each day before they require rest to restore themselves.  This potential magic is referred to as 'spell slots', and a bard has a limited number of spell slots of each spell level that they can cast each day.  

The bard's base daily allotment of spell slots is given in the table below. In addition, they receive bonus spells per day if they have a high Charisma score (see [[Ability_Scores#Bonus_Spell_Slots_per_Day|Table: Bonus Spell Slots Per Day]]).  The spells castable per day can be reset to these base values by taking a [[Full Night's Rest]], and doing so also restores any bonus slots provided by having a high caster ability score.  Unused spell slots from previous days cannot be saved up and used later.  Any spell slots that the bard fails to use before the end of their next full night's rest, or before 24 hours pass (whichever comes first), are lost.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th || width="50" align="center" | 7th || width="50" align="center" | 8th || width="50" align="center" | 9th || width="50" align="center" | 10th || width="50" align="center" | 11th || width="50" align="center" | 12th
|-
! align="center" |	16th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	17th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	18th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	19th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	20th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		
|}
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=== Implement Bonus (Undaunted Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Implement Bonus class feature, you gain it at 16th level. See [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Su.29|Implement Bonus]] for details on how this works.

=== Bardic Performance (Undaunted Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Bardic Performance I class feature, you gain it at 16th level. See [[#Bardic_Performance_I_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance I]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' gain the 'Bardic Performances Known' of any experience tier in the bard class you do not possess &mdash; if you don't take that tier, you can't learn those songs.

If this is the second experience tier of the Bard class you possess (i.e., you have six levels of the Bard class), you can now initiate a Bardic Performance as a [[Move Action]] instead of a [[Standard Action]].

If this is the third experience tier of the Bard class you possess (i.e., you have at least eleven levels of the Bard class), you can now initiate a Bardic Performance as a [[Swift Action]] instead of a [[Move Action]].

If you possess four or more experience tiers of the Bard class (i.e., you have at least sixteen levels of the bard class), bardic performance no longer improves, other than to grant you additional songs at this experience tier.

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==== Bardic Performances Known (Undaunted Tier) ====
The bard learns two bardic performances at this experience tier: Song of Warding at 16th level, and Song of Defiance at 18th level.

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===== Song of Warding (Su) =====
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{{:Song of Warding (Performance)|transcludesection=Opening}}  {{#ifeq:{{:Song of Warding (Performance)|transcludesection=Self-Only}}|Y||Each round that the bard sustains this performance, they may choose a number of their allies (including themselves) to affect with this performance, based on their current Bard level, as described below:
:* At Bard levels 1 - 10, the bard may affect up to 3 allies.
:* At Bard levels 11 - 20, the bard may affect up to 4 allies.
:* At bard levels above 21, the bard may affect up to 5 allies.

All allies chosen to be affected must be within range of the performance (typically within 30 feet of the bard), and must be able to perceive the performance.}}

{{:Song of Warding (Performance)|transcludesection=Description}}

No creature may be under the effects of more than one performance, even if they are being performed by different bards.

: '''Finale:''' {{:Song of Warding (Performance)|transcludesection=Finale}}
}}

===== Song of Defiance (Su) =====
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{{:Song of Defiance (Performance)|transcludesection=Opening}}  {{#ifeq:{{:Song of Defiance (Performance)|transcludesection=Self-Only}}|Y||Each round that the bard sustains this performance, they may choose a number of their allies (including themselves) to affect with this performance, based on their current Bard level, as described below:
:* At Bard levels 1 - 10, the bard may affect up to 3 allies.
:* At Bard levels 11 - 20, the bard may affect up to 4 allies.
:* At bard levels above 21, the bard may affect up to 5 allies.

All allies chosen to be affected must be within range of the performance (typically within 30 feet of the bard), and must be able to perceive the performance.}}

{{:Song of Defiance (Performance)|transcludesection=Description}}

No creature may be under the effects of more than one performance, even if they are being performed by different bards.

: '''Finale:''' {{:Song of Defiance (Performance)|transcludesection=Finale}}
}}
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=== Mana Burning (Undaunted Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Mana Burning class feature, you gain it at 16th level.  See [[#Mana_Burning_.28Sp.29|Mana Burning]] for details on how this works.

=== Harmony (Undaunted Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Harmony class feature, you gain it at 16th level.  See [[#Harmony_.28Sp.29|Harmony]] for details on how this works.

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==== Harmony Damage (Undaunted Tier) ====
Harmony deals damage as listed for '''''this''''' tier, regardless of whether you took any previous tiers of the Bard class. Harmony deals an amount of {{dmg|Psychic}} damage as detailed on the table below:

:{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="150" align="center" | Harmony Damage
|-
! 16th	
| 8d6+5 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 17th	
| 9d6+3 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 18th	
| 9d6+6 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 19th	
| 10d6+4 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 20th	
| 10d6+7 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|}
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=== Staccato (Undaunted Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Staccato class feature, you gain it at 16th level.  See [[#Staccato_.28Sp.29|Staccato]] for details on how this works.

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==== Staccato Damage (Undaunted Tier) ====
''Staccato'' inflicts the same amount of damage as [[#Harmony_Damage_.28Undaunted_Tier.29|Harmony]] (see above), based on the damage as listed for '''''this''''' tier, regardless of whether you took any previous tiers of the Bard class.  Targets of ''Staccato'' are allowed a Fort save, DC 10 + half the Bard's level + CHA mod, for half damage.
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=== Versatile Performance VII (Ex) ===
{{Versatile Performance|17th}}

=== Lore Master II (Ex) ===
Beginning at 17th level, the bard gains the ability to Take 10 on any knowledge skill they have at least 1 skill rank in.

In addition, once per day, the bard may spend a [[Standard Action]] to Take 20 on any one knowledge skill they have at least 1 skill rank in.  If the bard gains the Lore Master class feature from other experience tiers of the Bard class, the number of times per day it can be used stacks with each of those, to a maximum of 5 times per day if you have all five of the Bard tiers in which it appears: Heroic Tier (11-15), Undaunted Tier (16-20), Valorous Tier (21-25), Mythic Tier (26-30), and Legendary Tier (31-35).

=== Reprise I (Su) ===
Beginning at 18th level, the bard becomes more adept at twisting the various melodies of their [[#Bardic_Performance_.28Su.29|Bardic Performances]] together into a complex, storied whole.  Any time the bard has been performing a song for at least a full round (i.e. they began it in their previous turn, or some time prior to that), they may attempt to blend a second song into the music of the first.

To do so, the bard must spend the action necessary to initiate a new performance, and then succeed on a [[Perform]] skill check, versus a [[Skill DC|Hard DC]] based on the CR of the encounter.  If they succeed, they are able to begin the second performance without ending the first, allowing them to grant the benefits of both songs at the same time.  Note, however, that no one creature may ever be the target of more than one Bardic Performance at the same time.  This means that the bard must choose who will be affected by each song, and there can be no overlap.

If the Perform check fails, the bard is unable to sustain both performances and must choose which performance they wish to run (as well as which targets will be affected by the remaining performance).  If the Perform check fails by 5 or more, or if the bard rolls a natural 1 on the check, both performances abruptly end, and the action to initiate the second performance is wasted.

If Reprise is used, the finales of both songs become unavailable.  No matter when or how the songs are ended, they will not grant their Finale effects if they are used with Reprise (even if the Reprise was unsuccessful).

Once a second song has been successfully played over the first, it is only a single free action to sustain both songs.  If the bard wishes to end one of the songs and start a different one, they must spend the action to end the song (an [[Immediate Action|Immediate]] or [[Swift Action|Swift]] action), and then spend the action to begin a new performance, and then make a new Perform skill check.

Under no circumstances can the bard ever perform more than two songs at the same time with Reprise.

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'''Example:''' In the first round of an encounter, the bard spends the action to begin performing their [[#Song_of_Courage_.28Su.29|Song of Courage]], affecting four allies (but not themselves).  In the second round, they spend the action to begin performing [[#Song_of_Steel_.28Su.29|Song of Steel]], which can only affect the bard.  The bard rolls their Perform check, and successfully exceeds the target DC for the encounter's CR.  Now both songs can be sustained each round as a free action.
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=== Fortissimo II (Su) ===
Beginning at 19th level, the range of the bard's Bardic Performance increases by +5 feet.  This increase in the range of Bardic Performance stacks with every other instance of the ''Fortissimo'' class feature the bard might have from other experience tiers of the Bard class.

In addition, the area of effect of [[#Staccato_.28Ex.29|Staccato]] expands by 15 feet (improving from a 15-foot cone to a 30-foot cone (a 6x6 square area adjacent to a corner or edge of the bard's space)).  This stacks with the increased area of effect granted by [[#Fortissimo_IV_.28Su.29|Fortissimo IV]] if the bard also has that class feature (expanding the area of effect to a 45-foot cone (a 9x9 square area adjacent to a corner or edge of the bard's space)).

=== Versatile Performance VIII (Ex) ===
{{Versatile Performance|20th}}

=== Pianissimo II (Su) ===
Beginning at 20th level, the bard may choose one [[#Bardic_Performance_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance]] song that they know and alter it such that any affected allies (including the bard themselves) may initiate [[Stealth]] while under the effects of that song, if they wish.  

While normally the fact that Bardic Performance is a [[Stance]] would preclude the bard from entering a [[Stealth]] stance at the same time, this class feature allows the bard to break that rule, with regards to the one song they have picked.

If the bard has this class feature from another experience tier of the Bard class, they simply pick a different song each time the class feature is acquired. Picking the same song more than once does not provide any additional benefits.

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== Valorous Bard (Levels 21 - 25) ==
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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! align="center" width="30" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Level || align="center" width="240" colspan="4" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Full Attack BAB || align="center" width="180" colspan="3" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Saving Throws || align="center" width="60" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Base AC || align="center" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Class Features
|- style="{{linear-gradient|bottom|#FF8040, #FCDFFF}}; color: #000000;"
! align="center" width="60" | 1st Atk || align="center" width="60" | 2nd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 3rd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 4th Atk || align="center" width="60" | Fort || align="center" width="60" | Refl || align="center" width="60" | Will 
|-
!	align="center" |	21st	
|	&emsp;	+11	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+6	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+7	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+13	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+13	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	<small>''[[#Bard_Spells_.28Valorous_Tier.29|Bard Spells]], [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Valorous_Tier.29|Implement Bonus]], [[#Bardic_Performance_.28Valorous_Tier.29|Bardic Performance]], [[#Mana_Burning_.28Valorous_Tier.29|Mana Burning]], [[#Harmony_.28Valorous_Tier.29|Harmony]], [[#Staccato_.28Valorous_Tier.29|Staccato]]''</small>, [[#Song_of_Surging_.28Su.29|Song of Surging]]
|-
!	align="center" |	22nd	
|	&emsp;	+11		||	&emsp;	+6		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+7		||	&emsp;	+13		||	&emsp;	+13		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Bard_Spells_.28Valorous_Tier.29|Level 7 Spells]], [[#Lore_Master_III_.28Ex.29|Lore Master III]]
|-
!	align="center" |	23rd	
|	&emsp;	+12	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+7	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+8	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+14	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+14	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Reprise_II_.28Su.29|Reprise II]], [[#Song_of_Mayhem_.28Su.29|Song of Mayhem]]
|-
!	align="center" |	24th	
|	&emsp;	+12		||	&emsp;	+7		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+8		||	&emsp;	+14		||	&emsp;	+14		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Fortissimo_III_.28Su.29|Fortissimo III]], [[#Bardic_Knowledge_III_.28Ex.29|Bardic Knowledge III]]
|-
!	align="center" |	25th	
|	&emsp;	+13	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+8	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+9	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+15	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+15	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Bard_Spells_.28Valorous_Tier.29|Level 9 Spells]], [[#Pianissimo_III_.28Su.29|Pianissimo III]]
|}

{{ClassProficiency|Bard}}

=== Bard Spells (Valorous Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Bard Spells class feature, you gain it at 21st level. See [[#Bard_Spells_.28Sp.29|Bard Spells]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' gain the 'Spells Known' or 'Spells Castable Per Day' amounts listed in previous tiers of the Bard class unless you actually took those previous tiers.

Remember that you do receive [[Ability_Scores#Table:_Ability_Modifiers_and_Bonus_Spells|bonus spells per day]] if you have a high Charisma score, in the same way a wizard receives bonus spells per day. 

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==== Spells Known (Valorous Tier) ====
The bard continues to learn new spells as they gain levels, albeit at a much slower pace than wizards and other dedicated caster classes.  The table below shows the additional spells that bards can add to their spellbooks at each new class level.  Note that having a high Charisma score does '''''not''''' increase the number of spells a bard knows.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th
|- 
! align="center" |	21st	
| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	
|- 
! align="center" |	22nd	
| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	
|- 
! align="center" |	23rd	
| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5	
|- 
! align="center" |	24th	
| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>
|- 
! align="center" |	25th	
| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	
|}

==== Spells Castable Per Day (Valorous Tier) ====
The following table shows how many spells the bard can actually cast each day from levels 21 through 25.  Higher level bards have greater access to the power stored within their aura, or perhaps their aura becomes more efficient at absorbing and storing the mana that suffuses the world.  This allows them to produce more magic each day before they require rest to restore themselves.  This potential magic is referred to as 'spell slots', and a bard has a limited number of spell slots of each spell level that they can cast each day.  

The bard's base daily allotment of spell slots is given in the table below. In addition, they receive bonus spells per day if they have a high Charisma score (see [[Ability_Scores#Bonus_Spell_Slots_per_Day|Table: Bonus Spell Slots Per Day]]).  The spells castable per day can be reset to these base values by taking a [[Full Night's Rest]], and doing so also restores any bonus slots provided by having a high caster ability score.  Unused spell slots from previous days cannot be saved up and used later.  Any spell slots that the bard fails to use before the end of their next full night's rest, or before 24 hours pass (whichever comes first), are lost.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th || width="50" align="center" | 7th || width="50" align="center" | 8th || width="50" align="center" | 9th || width="50" align="center" | 10th || width="50" align="center" | 11th || width="50" align="center" | 12th
|-
! align="center" |	21st	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	22nd	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	23rd	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	24th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	25th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		
|}
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=== Implement Bonus (Valorous Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Implement Bonus class feature, you gain it at 21st level. See [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Su.29|Implement Bonus]] for details on how this works.

=== Bardic Performance (Valorous Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Bardic Performance I class feature, you gain it at 21st level. See [[#Bardic_Performance_I_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance I]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' gain the 'Bardic Performances Known' of any experience tier in the bard class you do not possess &mdash; if you don't take that tier, you can't learn those songs.

If this is the second experience tier of the Bard class you possess (i.e., you have six levels of the Bard class), you can now initiate a Bardic Performance as a [[Move Action]] instead of a [[Standard Action]].

If this is the third experience tier of the Bard class you possess (i.e., you have at least eleven levels of the Bard class), you can now initiate a Bardic Performance as a [[Swift Action]] instead of a [[Move Action]].

If you possess four or more experience tiers of the Bard class (i.e., you have at least sixteen levels of the bard class), bardic performance no longer improves, other than to grant you additional songs at this experience tier.

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==== Bardic Performances Known (Valorous Tier) ====
The bard learns two bardic performances at this experience tier: Song of Surging at 21st level, and Song of Mayhem at 23rd level.

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===== Song of Surging (Su) =====
{{Template:Boxtext|titlebackground={{linear-gradient|top|#FF8040, #FCDFFF}}|titleforeground=#000000|background=#FFFBE6|title=Song of Surging <small>(Su)</small>|
{{:Song of Surging (Performance)|transcludesection=Opening}}  {{#ifeq:{{:Song of Surging (Performance)|transcludesection=Self-Only}}|Y||Each round that the bard sustains this performance, they may choose a number of their allies (including themselves) to affect with this performance, based on their current Bard level, as described below:
:* At Bard levels 1 - 10, the bard may affect up to 3 allies.
:* At Bard levels 11 - 20, the bard may affect up to 4 allies.
:* At bard levels above 21, the bard may affect up to 5 allies.

All allies chosen to be affected must be within range of the performance (typically within 30 feet of the bard), and must be able to perceive the performance.}}

{{:Song of Surging (Performance)|transcludesection=Description}}

No creature may be under the effects of more than one performance, even if they are being performed by different bards.

: '''Finale:''' {{:Song of Surging (Performance)|transcludesection=Finale}}
}}

===== Song of Mayhem (Su) =====
{{Template:Boxtext|titlebackground={{linear-gradient|top|#FF8040, #FCDFFF}}|titleforeground=#000000|background=#FFFBE6|title=Song of Mayhem <small>(Su)</small>|
{{:Song of Mayhem (Performance)|transcludesection=Opening}}  {{#ifeq:{{:Song of Mayhem (Performance)|transcludesection=Self-Only}}|Y||Each round that the bard sustains this performance, they may choose a number of their allies (including themselves) to affect with this performance, based on their current Bard level, as described below:
:* At Bard levels 1 - 10, the bard may affect up to 3 allies.
:* At Bard levels 11 - 20, the bard may affect up to 4 allies.
:* At bard levels above 21, the bard may affect up to 5 allies.

All allies chosen to be affected must be within range of the performance (typically within 30 feet of the bard), and must be able to perceive the performance.}}

{{:Song of Mayhem (Performance)|transcludesection=Description}}

No creature may be under the effects of more than one performance, even if they are being performed by different bards.

: '''Finale:''' {{:Song of Mayhem (Performance)|transcludesection=Finale}}
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=== Mana Burning (Valorous Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Mana Burning class feature, you gain it at 21st level.  See [[#Mana_Burning_.28Sp.29|Mana Burning]] for details on how this works.

=== Harmony (Valorous Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Harmony class feature, you gain it at 21st level.  See [[#Harmony_.28Sp.29|Harmony]] for details on how this works.

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==== Harmony Damage (Valorous Tier) ====
Harmony deals damage as listed for '''''this''''' tier, regardless of whether you took any previous tiers of the Bard class. Harmony deals an amount of {{dmg|Psychic}} damage as detailed on the table below:

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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="150" align="center" | Harmony Damage
|-
! 21st
| 11d6+5 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 22nd	
| 11d6+7 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 23rd	
| 12d6+5 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 24th	
| 12d6+8 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 25th	
| 13d6+6 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|}
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=== Staccato (Valorous Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Staccato class feature, you gain it at 21st level.  See [[#Staccato_.28Sp.29|Staccato]] for details on how this works.

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==== Staccato Damage (Valorous Tier) ====
''Staccato'' inflicts the same amount of damage as [[#Harmony_Damage_.28Valorous_Tier.29|Harmony]] (see above), based on the damage as listed for '''''this''''' tier, regardless of whether you took any previous tiers of the Bard class.  Targets of ''Staccato'' are allowed a Fort save, DC 10 + half the Bard's level + CHA mod, for half damage.
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=== Lore Master III (Ex) ===
Beginning at 22nd level, the bard gains the ability to Take 10 on any knowledge skill they have at least 1 skill rank in.

In addition, once per day, the bard may spend a [[Standard Action]] to Take 20 on any one knowledge skill they have at least 1 skill rank in.  If the bard gains the Lore Master class feature from other experience tiers of the Bard class, the number of times per day it can be used stacks with each of those, to a maximum of 5 times per day if you have all five of the Bard tiers in which it appears: Heroic Tier (11-15), Undaunted Tier (16-20), Valorous Tier (21-25), Mythic Tier (26-30), and Legendary Tier (31-35).

=== Reprise II (Su) ===
If you do not already have the ''Reprise I'' class feature, you gain it at 23rd level.  See [[#Reprise_I_.28Su.29|Reprise I]] for details on how this works.

If you already have the ''Reprise I'' class feature, it improves upon reaching 23rd level.  You no longer have to make a [[Perform]] check to attempt to initiate a second song over top of an existing song.  You must still have started the first song at least 1 round prior to starting the second song.  You still cannot benefit from the [[#Finales|Finale]] of either song if the are used with Reprise.  

Remember that no one creature may ever be the target of more than one Bardic Performance at the same time. This means that you must choose who will be affected by each song, and there can be no overlap.

=== Fortissimo III (Su) ===
Beginning at 24th level, the range of the bard's Bardic Performance increases by +5 feet.  This increase in the range of Bardic Performance stacks with every other instance of the ''Fortissimo'' class feature the bard might have from other experience tiers of the Bard class.

In addition, the range of the bard's [[#Harmony_.28Sp.29|Harmony]] class feature improves to Medium (100 feet + 10 feet per Bard class level) instead of Close.

=== Bardic Knowledge III (Ex) ===
Beginning at 24th level, the bard adds a +1 [[training bonus]] to all [[Knowledge]] skill checks.  This bonus stacks with the bonus provided by other Bardic Knowledge class features from other experience tiers of the Bard class the bard may possess.  It does not stack with training bonuses from any other sources except those provided by the Bardic Knowledge class features.

=== Pianissimo III (Su) ===
Beginning at 25th level, the bard may choose one [[#Bardic_Performance_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance]] song that they know and alter it such that any affected allies (including the bard themselves) may initiate [[Stealth]] while under the effects of that song, if they wish.  

While normally the fact that Bardic Performance is a [[Stance]] would preclude the bard from entering a [[Stealth]] stance at the same time, this class feature allows the bard to break that rule, with regards to the one song they have picked.

If the bard has this class feature from another experience tier of the Bard class, they simply pick a different song each time the class feature is acquired. Picking the same song more than once does not provide any additional benefits.

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== Mythic Bard (Levels 26 - 30) ==
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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! align="center" width="30" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Level || align="center" width="240" colspan="4" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Full Attack BAB || align="center" width="180" colspan="3" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Saving Throws || align="center" width="60" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Base AC || align="center" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Class Features
|- style="{{linear-gradient|bottom|#FF8040, #FCDFFF}}; color: #000000;"
! align="center" width="60" | 1st Atk || align="center" width="60" | 2nd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 3rd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 4th Atk || align="center" width="60" | Fort || align="center" width="60" | Refl || align="center" width="60" | Will 
|-
!	align="center" |	26th	
|	&emsp;	+13		||	&emsp;	+8		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+9		||	&emsp;	+15		||	&emsp;	+15		||	&emsp;	9		||	<small>''[[#Bard_Spells_.28Mythic_Tier.29|Bard Spells]], [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Mythic_Tier.29|Implement Bonus]], [[#Bardic_Performance_.28Mythic_Tier.29|Bardic Performance III]], [[#Mana_Burning_.28Mythic_Tier.29|Mana Burning]], [[#Harmony_.28Mythic_Tier.29|Harmony]], [[#Staccato_.28Mythic_Tier.29|Staccato]]''</small>, [[#Melodic_Weave_I_.28Su.29|Melodic Weave I]]
|-
!	align="center" |	27th	
|	&emsp;	+14	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+9	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+10	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+16	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+16	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Lore_Master_IV_.28Ex.29|Lore Master IV]]
|-
!	align="center" |	28th	
|	&emsp;	+14		||	&emsp;	+9		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+10		||	&emsp;	+16		||	&emsp;	+16		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Bard_Spells_.28Mythic_Tier.29|Level 10 Spells]], [[#Reprise_III_.28Su.29|Reprise III]]
|-
!	align="center" |	29th	
|	&emsp;	+15	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+10	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+11	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+17	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+17	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Fortissimo_IV_.28Su.29|Fortissimo IV]], [[#Bardic_Knowledge_IV_.28Ex.29|Bardic Knowledge IV]]
|-
!	align="center" |	30th	
|	&emsp;	+15		||	&emsp;	+10		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+11		||	&emsp;	+17		||	&emsp;	+17		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Pianissimo_IV_.28Su.29|Pianissimo IV]]
|}

{{ClassProficiency|Bard}}

=== Bard Spells (Mythic Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Bard Spells class feature, you gain it at 26th level. See [[#Bard_Spells_.28Sp.29|Bard Spells]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' gain the 'Spells Known' or 'Spells Castable Per Day' amounts listed in previous tiers of the Bard class unless you actually took those previous tiers.

Remember that you do receive [[Ability_Scores#Table:_Ability_Modifiers_and_Bonus_Spells|bonus spells per day]] if you have a high Charisma score, in the same way a wizard receives bonus spells per day. 

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==== Spells Known (Mythic Tier) ====
The bard continues to learn new spells as they gain levels, albeit at a much slower pace than wizards and other dedicated caster classes.  The table below shows the additional spells that bards can add to their spellbooks at each new class level.  Note that having a high Charisma score does '''''not''''' increase the number of spells a bard knows.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th
|- 
! align="center" |	26th	
| &emsp;	9	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	
|- 
! align="center" |	27th	
| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	
|- 
! align="center" |	28th	
| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	6	
|- 
! align="center" |	29th	
| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	9	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>
|- 
! align="center" |	30th	
| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7	
|}

==== Spells Castable Per Day (Mythic Tier) ====
The following table shows how many spells the bard can actually cast each day from levels 26 through 30.  Higher level bards have greater access to the power stored within their aura, or perhaps their aura becomes more efficient at absorbing and storing the mana that suffuses the world.  This allows them to produce more magic each day before they require rest to restore themselves.  This potential magic is referred to as 'spell slots', and a bard has a limited number of spell slots of each spell level that they can cast each day.  

The bard's base daily allotment of spell slots is given in the table below. In addition, they receive bonus spells per day if they have a high Charisma score (see [[Ability_Scores#Bonus_Spell_Slots_per_Day|Table: Bonus Spell Slots Per Day]]).  The spells castable per day can be reset to these base values by taking a [[Full Night's Rest]], and doing so also restores any bonus slots provided by having a high caster ability score.  Unused spell slots from previous days cannot be saved up and used later.  Any spell slots that the bard fails to use before the end of their next full night's rest, or before 24 hours pass (whichever comes first), are lost.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th || width="50" align="center" | 7th || width="50" align="center" | 8th || width="50" align="center" | 9th || width="50" align="center" | 10th || width="50" align="center" | 11th || width="50" align="center" | 12th
|-
! align="center" |	26th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	27th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	28th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	29th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	30th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-		|| &emsp;	-	
|}
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=== Implement Bonus (Mythic Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Implement Bonus class feature, you gain it at 26th level. See [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Su.29|Implement Bonus]] for details on how this works.

=== Bardic Performance (Mythic Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Bardic Performance I class feature, you gain it at 26th level. See [[#Bardic_Performance_I_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance I]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' automatically gain the 'Bardic Performances Known' of any experience tier in the bard class you do not possess.

If this is the second experience tier of the Bard class you possess (i.e., you have six levels of the Bard class), you can now initiate a Bardic Performance as a [[Move Action]] instead of a [[Standard Action]]. 

If this is the third experience tier of the Bard class you possess (i.e., you have at least eleven levels of the Bard class), you can now initiate a Bardic Performance as a [[Swift Action]] instead of a [[Move Action]].

If you possess four or more experience tiers of the Bard class (i.e., you have at least sixteen levels of the bard class), bardic performance no longer improves at this experience tier.

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==== Bardic Performances Known (Mythic Tier) ====
At 26th level, if you do not already know all 10 of the bardic performance songs, you may choose any one of those songs that you do not already know from any experience tier.
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=== Mana Burning (Mythic Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Mana Burning class feature, you gain it at 26th level.  See [[#Mana_Burning_.28Sp.29|Mana Burning]] for details on how this works.

=== Harmony (Mythic Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Harmony class feature, you gain it at 26th level.  See [[#Harmony_.28Sp.29|Harmony]] for details on how this works.

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==== Harmony Damage (Mythic Tier) ====
Harmony deals damage as listed for '''''this''''' tier, regardless of whether you took any previous tiers of the Bard class. Harmony deals an amount of {{dmg|Psychic}} damage as detailed on the table below:

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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="150" align="center" | Harmony Damage
|-
! 26th
| 13d6+35 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 27th
| 14d6+37 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 28th
| 14d6+39 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 29th
| 15d6+41 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 30th
| 15d6+43 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|}
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=== Staccato (Mythic Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Staccato class feature, you gain it at 26th level.  See [[#Staccato_.28Sp.29|Staccato]] for details on how this works.

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==== Staccato Damage (Mythic Tier) ====
''Staccato'' inflicts the same amount of damage as [[#Harmony_Damage_.28Mythic_Tier.29|Harmony]] (see above), based on the damage as listed for '''''this''''' tier, regardless of whether you took any previous tiers of the Bard class.  Targets of ''Staccato'' are allowed a Fort save, DC 10 + half the Bard's level + CHA mod, for half damage.
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=== Melodic Weave I (Su) ===
Once per round, you may choose one enemy you have damaged this round with any of your abilities.  That creature may not make attacks of opportunity against you until the start of your next turn.  Melodic Weave may never affect more than one creature per round.  Creatures with roles, such as Threats and Heavies, do not treat this effect as a condition, and therefore are affected normally.

=== Lore Master IV (Ex) ===
Beginning at 27th level, the bard gains the ability to Take 10 on any knowledge skill they have at least 1 skill rank in.

In addition, once per day, the bard may spend a [[Standard Action]] to Take 20 on any one knowledge skill they have at least 1 skill rank in.  If the bard gains the Lore Master class feature from other experience tiers of the Bard class, the number of times per day it can be used stacks with each of those, to a maximum of 5 times per day if you have all five of the Bard tiers in which it appears: Heroic Tier (11-15), Undaunted Tier (16-20), Valorous Tier (21-25), Mythic Tier (26-30), and Legendary Tier (31-35).

=== Reprise III (Su) ===
If you do not already have the ''Reprise I'' class feature, you gain it at 28th level.  See [[#Reprise_I_.28Su.29|Reprise I]] for details on how this works.

If you have the ''Reprise I'' class feature, but do not already have the ''Reprise II'' class feature, you gain it at 28th level.  See [[#Reprise_II_.28Su.29|Reprise II]] for details on how this works.

If you already have both the ''Reprise I'' and ''Reprise II'' class features, your ability to combine two songs improves again at 28th level.  You are now able to trigger the [[#Finales|Finale]] of any songs you use with Reprise.  Triggering a Finale still costs either a [[Swift Action]] or an [[Immediate Action]].  Finales cannot be triggered if your performance is forced to end without your intent (e.g. your stance is disrupted).

Remember that no one creature may ever be the target of more than one Bardic Performance at the same time. This means that you must choose who will be affected by each song, and there can be no overlap.

=== Fortissimo IV (Su) ===
Beginning at 29th level, the range of the bard's Bardic Performance increases by +5 feet.  This increase in the range of Bardic Performance stacks with every other instance of the ''Fortissimo'' class feature the bard might have from other experience tiers of the Bard class.

In addition, the area of effect of [[#Staccato_.28Ex.29|Staccato]] expands by 15 feet (improving from a 15-foot cone to a 30-foot cone (a 6x6 square area adjacent to a corner or edge of the bard's space)).  This stacks with the increased area of effect granted by [[#Fortissimo_II_.28Su.29|Fortissimo II]] if the bard also has that class feature (expanding the area of effect to a 45-foot cone (a 9x9 square area adjacent to a corner or edge of the bard's space)).

=== Bardic Knowledge IV (Ex) ===
Beginning at 29th level, the bard adds a +1 [[training bonus]] to all [[Knowledge]] skill checks.  This bonus stacks with the bonus provided by other Bardic Knowledge class features from other experience tiers of the Bard class the bard may possess.  It does not stack with training bonuses from any other sources except those provided by the Bardic Knowledge class features.

=== Pianissimo IV (Su) ===
Beginning at 30th level, the bard may choose one [[#Bardic_Performance_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance]] song that they know and alter it such that any affected allies (including the bard themselves) may initiate [[Stealth]] while under the effects of that song, if they wish.  

While normally the fact that Bardic Performance is a [[Stance]] would preclude the bard from entering a [[Stealth]] stance at the same time, this class feature allows the bard to break that rule, with regards to the one song they have picked.

If the bard has this class feature from another experience tier of the Bard class, they simply pick a different song each time the class feature is acquired. Picking the same song more than once does not provide any additional benefits.

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== Legendary Bard (Levels 31 - 35) ==
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|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! align="center" width="30" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Level || align="center" width="240" colspan="4" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Full Attack BAB || align="center" width="180" colspan="3" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Saving Throws || align="center" width="60" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Base AC || align="center" rowspan="2" style="{{class-gradient|bard}}" | Class Features
|- style="{{linear-gradient|bottom|#FF8040, #FCDFFF}}; color: #000000;"
! align="center" width="60" | 1st Atk || align="center" width="60" | 2nd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 3rd Atk || align="center" width="60" | 4th Atk || align="center" width="60" | Fort || align="center" width="60" | Refl || align="center" width="60" | Will 
|-
!	align="center" |	31st	
|	&emsp;	+16	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+11	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+12	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+18	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+18	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	<small>''[[#Bard_Spells_.28Legendary_Tier.29|Bard Spells]], [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Legendary_Tier.29|Implement Bonus]], [[#Bardic_Performance_.28Legendary_Tier.29|Bardic Performance]], [[#Mana_Burning_.28Legendary_Tier.29|Mana Burning]], [[#Harmony_.28Legendary_Tier.29|Harmony]], [[#Staccato_.28Legendary_Tier.29|Staccato]]''</small>, [[#Bard_Spells_.28Legendary_Tier.29|Level 11 Spells]], [[#Melodic_Weave_II_.28Su.29|Melodic Weave II]]
|-
!	align="center" |	32nd	
|	&emsp;	+16		||	&emsp;	+11		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+12		||	&emsp;	+18		||	&emsp;	+18		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Lore_Master_V_.28Ex.29|Lore Master V]]
|-
!	align="center" |	33rd	
|	&emsp;	+17	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+12	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+13	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+19	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+19	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Reprise_IV_.28Su.29|Reprise IV]]
|-
!	align="center" |	34th	
|	&emsp;	+17		||	&emsp;	+12		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+13		||	&emsp;	+19		||	&emsp;	+19		||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Bard_Spells_.28Legendary_Tier.29|Level 12 Spells]], [[#Fortissimo_V_.28Su.29|Fortissimo V]], [[#Bardic_Knowledge_V_.28Ex.29|Bardic Knowledge V]]
|-
!	align="center" |	35th	
|	&emsp;	+18	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+13	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	-		||	&emsp;	+14	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+20	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	+20	 <sup>''(+1)''</sup>	||	&emsp;	9		||	[[#Pianissimo_V_.28Su.29|Pianissimo V]]
|}

{{ClassProficiency|Bard}}

=== Bard Spells (Legendary Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Bard Spells class feature, you gain it at 31st level. See [[#Bard_Spells_.28Sp.29|Bard Spells]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' gain the 'Spells Known' or 'Spells Castable Per Day' amounts listed in previous tiers of the Bard class unless you actually took those previous tiers.

Remember that you do receive [[Ability_Scores#Table:_Ability_Modifiers_and_Bonus_Spells|bonus spells per day]] if you have a high Charisma score, in the same way a wizard receives bonus spells per day. 

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==== Spells Known (Legendary Tier) ====
The bard continues to learn new spells as they gain levels, albeit at a much slower pace than wizards and other dedicated caster classes.  The table below shows the additional spells that bards can add to their spellbooks at each new class level.  Note that having a high Charisma score does '''''not''''' increase the number of spells a bard knows.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th
|- 
! align="center" |	31st	
| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	9	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	7		|| &emsp;	7	
|- 
! align="center" |	32nd	
| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	7	
|- 
! align="center" |	33rd	
| &emsp;	10	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	7	
|- 
! align="center" |	34th	
| &emsp;	10		|| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	9	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	7	
|- 
! align="center" |	35th	
| &emsp;	10		|| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	9		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8		|| &emsp;	8	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>
|}

==== Spells Castable Per Day (Legendary Tier) ====
The following table shows how many spells the bard can actually cast each day from levels 31 through 35.  Higher level bards have greater access to the power stored within their aura, or perhaps their aura becomes more efficient at absorbing and storing the mana that suffuses the world.  This allows them to produce more magic each day before they require rest to restore themselves.  This potential magic is referred to as 'spell slots', and a bard has a limited number of spell slots of each spell level that they can cast each day.  

The bard's base daily allotment of spell slots is given in the table below. In addition, they receive bonus spells per day if they have a high Charisma score (see [[Ability_Scores#Bonus_Spell_Slots_per_Day|Table: Bonus Spell Slots Per Day]]).  The spells castable per day can be reset to these base values by taking a [[Full Night's Rest]], and doing so also restores any bonus slots provided by having a high caster ability score.  Unused spell slots from previous days cannot be saved up and used later.  Any spell slots that the bard fails to use before the end of their next full night's rest, or before 24 hours pass (whichever comes first), are lost.

The pluses in parentheses after some of the numbers in the table below indicate when the value has increased from the previous level (hereafter referred to as 'delta values').  Characters who are multi-classing '''''only''''' receive the delta values of each spell level, rather than the full amount listed (unless, of course, they are the same).

{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="50" align="center" | 0th || width="50" align="center" | 1st || width="50" align="center" | 2nd || width="50" align="center" | 3rd || width="50" align="center" | 4th || width="50" align="center" | 5th || width="50" align="center" | 6th || width="50" align="center" | 7th || width="50" align="center" | 8th || width="50" align="center" | 9th || width="50" align="center" | 10th || width="50" align="center" | 11th || width="50" align="center" | 12th
|-
! align="center" |	31st	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	32nd	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	33rd	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	-	
|-
! align="center" |	34th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	3		|| &emsp;	1	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>
|-
! align="center" |	35th	
| style="font-size:125%" | &emsp;	&infin;		|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6		|| &emsp;	6	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	5		|| &emsp;	4		|| &emsp;	4	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	|| &emsp;	2	<sup>(''+1'')</sup>	
|}
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=== Implement Bonus (Legendary Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Implement Bonus class feature, you gain it at 31st level. See [[#Implement_Bonus_.28Su.29|Implement Bonus]] for details on how this works.

=== Bardic Performance (Legendary Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Bardic Performance I class feature, you gain it at 31st level. See [[#Bardic_Performance_I_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance I]] for details on how this works.  You do '''''not''''' automatically gain the 'Bardic Performances Known' of any experience tier in the bard class you do not possess.

If this is the second experience tier of the Bard class you possess (i.e., you have six levels of the Bard class), you can now initiate a Bardic Performance as a [[Move Action]] instead of a [[Standard Action]]. 

If this is the third experience tier of the Bard class you possess (i.e., you have at least eleven levels of the Bard class), you can now initiate a Bardic Performance as a [[Swift Action]] instead of a [[Move Action]].

If you possess four or more experience tiers of the Bard class (i.e., you have at least sixteen levels of the bard class), bardic performance no longer improves at this experience tier.

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==== Bardic Performances Known (Legendary Tier) ====
At 31st level, if you do not already know all 10 of the bardic performance songs, you may choose any one of those songs that you do not already know from any experience tier.
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=== Mana Burning (Legendary Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Mana Burning class feature, you gain it at 31st level.  See [[#Mana_Burning_.28Sp.29|Mana Burning]] for details on how this works.

=== Harmony (Legendary Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Harmony class feature, you gain it at 31st level.  See [[#Harmony_.28Sp.29|Harmony]] for details on how this works.

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==== Harmony Damage (Legendary Tier) ====
Harmony deals damage as listed for '''''this''''' tier, regardless of whether you took any previous tiers of the Bard class. Harmony deals an amount of {{dmg|Psychic}} damage as detailed on the table below:

:{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="35" align="center" | Level || width="150" align="center" | Harmony Damage
|-
! 31st
| 16d6+45 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 32nd
| 16d6+47 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 33rd
| 17d6+49 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 34th
| 17d6+51 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|-
! 35th
| 18d6+53 <small>''(+ Cha Mod)''</small>
|}
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=== Staccato (Legendary Tier) ===
If you do not already have the Staccato class feature, you gain it at 31st level.  See [[#Staccato_.28Sp.29|Staccato]] for details on how this works.

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==== Staccato Damage (Legendary Tier) ====
''Staccato'' inflicts the same amount of damage as [[#Harmony_Damage_.28Legendary_Tier.29|Harmony]] (see above), based on the damage as listed for '''''this''''' tier, regardless of whether you took any previous tiers of the Bard class.  Targets of ''Staccato'' are allowed a Fort save, DC 10 + half the Bard's level + CHA mod, for half damage.
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=== Melodic Weave II (Su) ===
If you do not already have the ''Melodic Weave I'' class feature, you gain it at 31st level. See [[#Melodic_Weave_I_.28Su.29|Melodic Weave I]] for details on how this works.

If you already have the ''Melodic Weave I'' class feature, it improves at 31st level.  Once per round, you may choose one creature that you have damaged this round with any of your abilities.  That creature may not target you with any of its attacks, including attacks of opportunity, until the start of your next turn.  It may still include you in attacks that affect an area, but it may not make any to-hit rolls against you. Creatures with roles, such as Threats and Heavies, do not treat this effect as a condition, and therefore are affected normally.

=== Lore Master V (Ex) ===
Beginning at 32nd level, the bard gains the ability to Take 10 on any knowledge skill they have at least 1 skill rank in.

In addition, once per day, the bard may spend a [[Standard Action]] to Take 20 on any one knowledge skill they have at least 1 skill rank in.  If the bard gains the Lore Master class feature from other experience tiers of the Bard class, the number of times per day it can be used stacks with each of those, to a maximum of 5 times per day if you have all five of the Bard tiers in which it appears: Heroic Tier (11-15), Undaunted Tier (16-20), Valorous Tier (21-25), Mythic Tier (26-30), and Legendary Tier (31-35).

=== Reprise IV (Su) ===
If you do not already have the ''Reprise I'' class feature, you gain it at 33rd level.  See [[#Reprise_I_.28Su.29|Reprise I]] for details on how this works.

If you have the ''Reprise I'' class feature, but do not already have the ''Reprise II'' class feature, you gain it at 33rd level.  See [[#Reprise_II_.28Su.29|Reprise II]] for details on how this works.

If you already have both the ''Reprise I'' and ''Reprise II'' class features, but you do not already have the ''Reprise III'' class feature, you gain it at 33rd level.  See [[#Reprise_III_.28Su.29|Reprise III]] for details on how this works.

If you already have the ''Reprise I'', ''Reprise II'', and ''Reprise III'' class features, your ability to combine two songs improves again at 33rd level.  You can now begin the second performance in the same round as you begin the first song, as long as you have enough actions available to start both songs.

Remember that no one creature may ever be the target of more than one Bardic Performance at the same time. This means that you must choose who will be affected by each song, and there can be no overlap.

=== Fortissimo V (Su) ===
Beginning at 34th level, the range of the bard's Bardic Performance increases by +5 feet.  This increase in the range of Bardic Performance stacks with every other instance of the ''Fortissimo'' class feature the bard might have from other experience tiers of the Bard class.

In addition, the bard's [[#Harmony_.28Sp.29|Harmony]] class feature becomes a Supernatural ability, instead of a Spell-Like ability, meaning that it no longer provokes attacks of opportunity from threatening enemies.

=== Bardic Knowledge V (Ex) ===
Beginning at 34th level, the bard adds a +1 [[training bonus]] to all [[Knowledge]] skill checks.  This bonus stacks with the bonus provided by other Bardic Knowledge class features from other experience tiers of the Bard class the bard may possess.  It does not stack with training bonuses from any other sources except those provided by the Bardic Knowledge class features.

=== Pianissimo V (Su) ===
Beginning at 35th level, the bard may choose one [[#Bardic_Performance_.28Su.29|Bardic Performance]] song that they know and alter it such that any affected allies (including the bard themselves) may initiate [[Stealth]] while under the effects of that song, if they wish.  

While normally the fact that Bardic Performance is a [[Stance]] would preclude the bard from entering a [[Stealth]] stance at the same time, this class feature allows the bard to break that rule, with regards to the one song they have picked.

If the bard has this class feature from another experience tier of the Bard class, they simply pick a different song each time the class feature is acquired. Picking the same song more than once does not provide any additional benefits.

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== Apotheotic Bard (Levels 36+) ==
{| class="ep-default2" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;" width="98%"
|- style="{{class-gradient|bard}}"
! width="30" | Level || Class Features
|-
! 36+
| colspan="21" align="left" | [[#Apotheosis!|Apotheosis!]]
|}

=== Apotheosis! ===
Upon reaching level 36, and at every level above that, the character begins to gather their mantle of divinity around themselves.  This can take many forms, but it is the first step to the ascension to godhood.  

Reaching apotheosis is usually signified by a paradigm shift in the campaign.  Traditional adventuring, such as fighting monsters and looting treasure, is largely beneath the dignity and power of such advanced creatures.  Instead, they compete within the powers and intrigues of the Celestial Bureaucracy itself, gathering power, followers, allies, and potens machenvar to seize their places of power.  Apotheotic creatures usually choose a theme around which their powers are centered, and use this theme as a common belief to gather their followers (or worshipers).

GMs are encouraged to completely break the rules, remove limitations and restrictions, and generally experiment with the extreme limits of power that this level of play offers.  Characters are of a power level comparable to the most extreme super-heroes of comics and film, and can perform feats well beyond anything a mortal could ever dream.  GMs are cautioned that games at this level can be very difficult to run, and presenting challenges for apotheotic characters can be a very daunting task.  However, if you can pull it off, it's likely that your players will talk about how insane and awesome your campaign was for years after it ends.