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Greetings all, I've been enamored with the idea of building a Mute Musician bard, and roleplaying it as a Sweet-talker.
The big problem i see, is when i join a table with my "bard" they'll expect a knowledge monkey- but since the Mute Musican lose Bardic Knowledge, i feel like getting a Sage Familiar to supplement that- the the only common familiar that speaks, is the Raven. Even progressing to obtain an Improved familiar.
I'm contemplating an Elven Sweet-talker, as I don't have an Elf character.
Stat-wise: 10 Str/14 Dex/11 Con/15 Int/12 Wis/16 Cha
I don't like dumping stats unnecessarily- so i want to keep Strength at 10 to carry all the instruments i'm going to be carrying. I'd like a somewhat positive con to survive various AoE's that's bound to be my doom.
Since the Mute Musician gets some bonus Conjuration spells from the Wizard/Sorcerer list, i was considering being a more-conjuration focused caster.
I am also contemplating possibly a prestige class, as the Mute Musician doesn't get much else at later levels that would be terrible useful, especially within the confines of Organized Play.
Also looking for an obscure elven god to be devout to...
TL:DR- Elf Bard "Mute Musician" with Raven familiar and a a focus towards Conjuration spells. Not to mention, MASTERPIECES.
1> Arcane Bond
2> -
3> Spell Focus (Conjuration) or Augmented Summoning
4> -
5> ?
This character is far from being fleshed out and played [i've other characters]; but these are the key features i'd like to keep.
ONE MORE THING- might consider multiclassing with Invigorator Paladin.
Just tell people you're a dumb bard that doesn't knowledge.
I had a bard, I introduced them as a selfish bard so that people knew he wasn't going to be handing out inspire courage.
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I recall sitting down at a table once with a bard and a skald in addition to my own bard. I was a buffing bard, the other bard was a de-buffing bard, and the skald was a Spell Warrior.
...man, was that a thing of beauty....
Let the table know how you're contributing and be honest, and it will be decent enough as far as players go, usually.
As far as mechanics? *enh* I'm not one to stare long and hard at them?
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How are you getting Arcane Bond at Lvl 1? Duetist gets one, but also trades Bardic Knowledge for it. Familiar Bond gets close, but has Iron Will as a pre req, so no elf/half elf for whatever elf thing your looking for. Pretty sure you would need Iron Will, FB, Imp FB and then you could get improved familiar. The concept is there, just not sure how you are going to build it. Even if you dip a level of Sorc to get a familiar you would need to Boon Companion it and then it will still max out fairly fast and make Improved Familiar hard to get.
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If this is the plan, though, the House of Green Mothers Pupil trait will let you take Familiar Bond at 1st. ^_^
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Just tell people you're a dumb bard that doesn't knowledge.
I had a bard, I introduced them as a selfish bard so that people knew he wasn't going to be handing out inspire courage.
it's hard to tell anyone when the bard can't speak. :p
If this is the plan, though, the House of Green Mothers Pupil trait will let you take Familiar Bond at 1st. ^_^
Thanks, that may actually be worthwhile, as i do plan on taking Improved Familiar and obtaining a Pooka.
My question is, mainly, how to proceed with this build? What can/could the bard do, aside from Inspire Courage- especially with the bonus spells this archetype gets access to?
would it be worthwhile to look into a Prestige class, as this archetype doesn't have much to offer in later levels.
I don't want this character to one-trick pony, and atleast try to contribute outside of combat- when they can't TALK being a "face" character.
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Mulling this build over, trying to figure out what this character could do, I've been considering a Prestige class.
Looking over the list of PFS legal Prestige Class, i come across the FeySworn. Seems very fitting for this character.
Bard [Mute Musician]
Traits: House of GMP, Maestro of the Society
1> Familiar Bond
2> -
3> Fey Obedience
4> -
5> Lingering Performance
6> -
7> Improved Familiar
8> First level of Feysworn
9> ?
Taking the Prestige class at 8th, allows the Mute Musician to get some bonus spells at 6th, and access to 3rd lvl spells at 7th. Any earlier, and my spell selection would be slowed.
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well, apparently, i need to get Improved Familiar Bond before i can get an Improved Familiar... so my options is to commit to the whole Pooka endeavor, or abandon the whole familiar deal and try to find another schtick for this character.
looking through, and comparing spells lists between Bards and Wizards, trying to figure out which spells to steal.
I figure Protection from Evil and Resist Energy are two low level spells worth getting; still debating if proceeding to 6th get more spells, unless someone helps flesh out this build.
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i picked up the First World: Realm of the Fey and decided I may be a follower of the Eldest Ng.
Question becomes how soon should i delve into this prestige class? granted, the earlier i drop into this prestige class, the less Bard stuff i get.
Five lvls of Bard gets me some extra spells from the archetype and Inspired Courage +2, three lvls of his prestige class gets me the first Obedience boon and "feyskinned", then back into bard?
Still looking for advice and direction for this build... i don't mind changing from a bard to something else...
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After GM'ing at a local convention, i've gotten some floating GM credit, so i'm drudging up this build for further review and critique and possible other directions.
I have a notion of making a Wizard go into the Feysworn, but i still like the idea of Mute Musician bard with Sage Pooka at later levels.
so ideas how to build such a character, is why i'm drudging this build back up.
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After GM'ing at a local convention, i've gotten some floating GM credit, so i'm drudging up this build for further review and critique and possible other directions.
I have a notion of making a Wizard go into the Feysworn, but i still like the idea of Mute Musician bard with Sage Pooka at later levels.
so ideas how to build such a character, is why i'm drudging this build back up.
Looking at your older posts, I'm still not entirely sure what you're going for. Do you want the be a skillmonkey even though you don't have bardic knowledge? That is totally doable. Dip 1 level dual cursed oracle, take the lore revelation to make all your knowledge checks scale off of charisma, then add a circlet of pursuasion. The misfortune revelation lets your allies reroll things if needed so that's another way to be useful.
On that subject - You ask for a way to be useful outside of casting and buffing. To be fair though, casting and buffing is kind of what a bard is all about. You can make a good archer out of one but not if you can't talk and will need both your hands to use musical instruments, unless you can convince the GM perform (dance) works while wielding a bow. You can make a blaster bard with the thundercaller archetype or somewhat of a healer with arcane healer/songstress, but this archetype doesn't seem to help any of those.