Hey folks. Trying to decide between a couple of bard archetypes for a Skull & Shackles game. It's pretty much between Sea Singer & Watersinger, and I can't decide between the two of them.
So my question is, which of the two would you choose and why?
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I'm making a similar decision but also have Savage Skald in the mix.
I think the key is to answer a few questions:
1) How lenient will your GM be with your use of Wastersong/Wasterstrike. It could either be a very cool and flavorful ability or a waste of a feature.
2) Do you want a familiar instead of Versatile performance (That seems to be the big swap for Sea Singer)
3) Do you want to have a greater impact of buffs while on a ship? (Sea Singer)
We had a Sea Singer as our captain for the entirety of the AP and she was outstanding. I'd like to direct you to the thread in that forum here.
Keep in mind that your familiar opens up the Improved Familiar feat which is all kinds of nice. Also - and this is obviously my personal opinion - making an aquatic/water-breathing character for an AP like this just reeks of cheese.
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We had a Sea Singer as our captain for the entirety of the AP and she was outstanding. I'd like to direct you to the thread in that forum here.
Keep in mind that your familiar opens up the Improved Familiar feat which is all kinds of nice. Also - and this is obviously my personal opinion - making an aquatic/water-breathing character for an AP like this just reeks of cheese.
I was asking that very question (Using Improved Familiar Feat for Sea Singer) in the Rules Thread. The wording of the Sea Singer's Familiar (and specification of the types) seemed to indicate that it wasn't a given you could use that for Improved Familiar.
john
We had a Sea Singer as our captain for the entirety of the AP and she was outstanding. I'd like to direct you to the thread in that forum here.
Keep in mind that your familiar opens up the Improved Familiar feat which is all kinds of nice. Also - and this is obviously my personal opinion - making an aquatic/water-breathing character for an AP like this just reeks of cheese.
I was asking that very question (Using Improved Familiar Feat for Sea Singer) in the Rules Thread. The wording of the Sea Singer's Familiar (and specification of the types) seemed to indicate that it wasn't a given you could use that for Improved Familiar.
john
I could see that argument being made, and with enough RAW/RAI ambiguity that it would fall upon the individual GM to make the call (as it always does anyway).
Also, don't discount the Arcane Bloodline/Eldritch Heritage feats as an option - they suit the Bard characters perfectly and grant you that familiar anyway, one that IS without a doubt suitable for Improved Familiar.