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I have a player that is in-love with this PrC from 3.0-3.5 so I gave it a shot at updating it for Pathfinder.
The following is an archetype for the Bard. Would love feed back.
Warrior, thief, spy, poet, woodland champion—the Lyricist is a legendary figure who serves as the herald and teacher to great kings, the champion of the common folk, and the keeper of lore long forgotten.Requirements:
Alignment: Any neutralSpells
A lyricist casts arcane spells drawn from the druid spell list, presented in Chapter 10 of the Core Rulebook. A lyricist must prepare her spells ahead of time, but unlike a druid, her spells are not expended when they’re cast. Instead, she can cast any spell that she has prepared, assuming she hasn’t yet used up her spells per day for that level.
To learn, prepare, or cast a spell, the lyricist must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The saving throw DC against a lyricist’s spell is 10 + the spell level + the lyricist’s Charisma modifier. A lyricist can only cast a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on Table The: Bard. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high Charisma score (see Table 1–3 in the Core Rulebook).
A lyricist’s may know any number of spells, but the number she can prepare each day is limited. At 1st level, she can prepare four 0-level spells and two 1st-level spells each day. At each new lyricist level, the number of spells she can prepare each day increases, adding new spell levels as indicated on Table: Spells Prepared. Unlike the number of spells she can cast per day, the number of spells a lyricist can prepare each day is not affected by her Charisma score. Feats and other effects that modify the number of spells known by a spellcaster affect the number of spells the lyricist can prepare.
A lyricist must choose and prepare her spells ahead of time by getting 8 hours of sleep and spending 1 hour studying her Journal. While meditating, the lyricist decides what spells to prepare.
Like a bard, a lyricist can choose to apply a metamagic feat to a prepared spell as she casts it, increasing the casting time as normal. Like a druid, she may prepare a spell with a metamagic feat, casting it using the normal casting time. She cannot combine these options. A spell prepared with a metamagic feat cannot be further modified with another metamagic feat.This ability replaces spells.
Limericks
Lyricist can prepare a number of Limericks, or 0-level spells, each day, as noted on Table: Spells Prepared. These spells are cast like any other spell, but they do not consume spell slots. As with her other spells, these spells are not expended when cast.
This ability replaces cantrips.
Adagio
A lyricist gains uses of bardic music more slowly, at each level after 1st a lyricist can use bardic performance for 1 additional round per day.Bonus Languages
A lyricist's bonus language options include Sylvan, the language of woodland creatures. This choice is in addition to the bonus languages available to the character because of her race.
A lyricist also knows Druidic, a secret language normally known only to druids, which she learns upon becoming a 1st-level lyricist. Druidic is a free language for a her; that is, she knows it in addition to her regular allotment of languages and it doesn't take up a language slot. Druids and lyricists are forbidden to teach this language to outsiders (nondruids and nonlyricists).
Druidic has its own alphabet.Talented and Clever
As a lyricist gains experience, she learns a number of talents that aid her and confound her foes. Starting at 2nd level, a lyricist gains one rogue talent. She gains an additional rogue talent for every 5 levels of lyricist attained after 2nd level. A lyricist cannot select an individual talent more than once, and treats her lyricist's level as rogue levels to qualify for talents.
This ability replaces well-versed.
Nature Bond (Ex)
At 4th level, a lyricist forms a bond with nature. This bond takes the form of a close bond with an animal companion. A lyricist may select any of the animals listed in Animal Choices. This animal is a loyal companion that accompanies the lyricist on her adventures.
This ability functions like the druid animal companion ability (which is part of the Nature Bond class feature), except that the lyricist's effective druid level is equal to her level –3.This ability replaces versatile performance.
Sneak attack (Ex)
At 4th level the lyricist gains a sneak attack this is exactly like the rogue ability of the same name. The extra damage dealt increases by +1d6 every three levels beyond 4th (7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, and 19th). If a lyricist gets a sneak attack bonus from another source, the bonuses on damage stack.
This ability replaces lore master.
Natural Wonder
At 10th level, the lyricist adds half her class level to all non-knowledge skill checks and may make all non-knowledge skill checks untrained. At 15th level, the lyricist may roll twice for any skill check and take the better dice. At 19th level, the lyricist may take a 10 on any skill check even if in immediate danger or distracted.
This ability replaces Jack-of-all-trades.
Journal
A lyricist must study her journal each day to prepare her spells. She can’t prepare any spell not recorded in her journal, except for read magic, which all lyricists can prepare from memory. Her journal is a collection of memories and information recorded in druidic shorthand and only readable by the lyricist that wrote it without aide.
A lyricist begins play with a journal containing all 0-level druid spells plus three 1st-level spells of her choice. The lyricist also selects a number of additional 1st-level spells equal to her Charisma modifier to add to the journal. At each new lyricist level, she gains two new spells of any spell level or levels that she can cast (based on her new lyricist level) for her journal. At any time, a lyricist can also add spells found in other lyricists’ journals to her own or from scrolls containing druid spells. (see Chapter 9 of the Core Rulebook).
When a lyricist reaches 4th level, and at every third level after that (7th, 10th, and so on) she can select one spell from the bard spell list that is of a druid spell level she can cast. She adds this spell to her journal and list of druid spells known as a druid spell of its bard spell level. She can instead select two spells to add in this way, but both must be at least one level lower than the highest-level druid spell she can cast.
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