Balance advice for 2 new bard songs


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Scarab Sages

I am planning on having the two bards in my game each awarded a unique bardsong as a divine gift for accomplishing a quest given them by an angelic messenger of Sarenrae.

I would appreciate comments and suggestions for appropriate cost, level,and balance for these two abilities.

Hymn of Healing - bardic performance ability that allows Fast healing for allies within hearing range of the song. I was considering FH/5 per round, at a cost of 2 rounds of bardic performance for each round played. Is this out of whack powerwise or costwise?

Cantata of Fire - bardic performance ability that adds flaming weapon attribute to the bards weapon, plus one other character per 4 levels. Cost is 1 round of performance per round.

I would appreciate input and observations. In case it matters, the group composition is 9 characters of 5th lvl currently, with a class makeup of:

barbarian
2 rangers(1 twf, 1 archer)
witch
cleric
2 bards
sorcerer
wizard

Thanks in advance!

Scarab Sages

still hoping for some suggestions, input...


Make the fast healing 2, +2 each 4 bard level. Make it cost 1BM/round and you are fine.


What level are they getting these abilities?

Scarab Sages

They are 5th lvl, close to 6th...

Kaiyanwang wrote:
Make the fast healing 2, +2 each 4 bard level. Make it cost 1BM/round and you are fine.

Thanks for the feedback, I wanted it to be enough to make a noticeable difference, but not unbalance overall threat level of encounters.

I don't know what spells/powers to compare either of these two abilities to to judge the power level of them, so I am not sure how far off I am on capability.

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