Party built around a daredevil bard?

[Douglas Muir 406]

The daredevil bard: instead of giving +1 to hit and damage with inspire courage, she grants +1 to Reflex saves, +2 to Dex skills, and +1 to AC for characters who moved at least 10' this turn. These bonuses accrue to the DD "and any allies who see her", and increase (double at 5th level, triple at 11th level) in the usual bardic manner.

So: could you build a party around this? DD plus a bunch of characters who make a lot of Dex skill checks and move around a lot? Casters don't benefit much from this, unfortunately, but monks and rogues are going to be very happy with this, as will fighters who like to charge or, better yet, use Spring Attack.

The daredevil doesn't seem to get a lot of love, but it really seems like this archetype could be the keystone of a rockin' party. Has anyone tried this?

Doug M.

[Deadmanwalking]

Sadly, no. It does sound like a fun idea though.

What I really want to see is the All Bard party. A Daredevil, a Savage Skald, an Archivist, a Magician, a Sandman, and a Detective, say. All simultaneously beefing the party with their various Performances. It just really sounds like a blast.

Also, they can be a band. Because why not?

[Douglas Muir 406]

You know, looking at this archetype, it really looks dippable. Very, very dippable.

Unlike Inspire Courage, the daredevil's party buff doesn't need a standard action to activate -- it's always on. And the range is "can see", not 30'. Dip a level of this and then go either rogue or dex fighter. I think that would be very playable. You might not be quite as well off as a straight fighter or rogue, but you'd do OK -- and the rest of the party would be very grateful to have you around.

Doug M.

[Deadmanwalking]

Douglas Muir 406 wrote:

Unlike Inspire Courage, the daredevil's party buff doesn't need a standard action to activate -- it's always on.

This isn't true, sadly. Check the basic Bard rules again, it's starting any Performance that's a Standard, not just Inspire Courage, and only Inspire Courage is replaced, so Derring-Do still takes the same to activate.

[Douglas Muir 406]

Deadmanwalking wrote:

Sadly, no. It does sound like a fun idea though.

What I really want to see is the All Bard party. A Daredevil, a Savage Skald, an Archivist, a Magician, a Sandman, and a Detective, say. All simultaneously beefing the party with their various Performances.

Okay, I really like this idea.

A band has three musicians and a drummer. Who do we pick?

Lead Singer / Lead Guitar - Arcane Duelist or Celebrity
Bass - Daredevil
Keyboard - Dirge Bard or Magician
Drums - Savage Skald

Doug M.

[Deadmanwalking]

Douglas Muir 406 wrote:

Okay, I really like this idea.

A band has three musicians and a drummer. Who do we pick?

Lead Singer / Lead Guitar - Arcane Duelist or Celebrity
Bass - Daredevil
Keyboard - Dirge Bard or Magician
Drums - Savage Skald

Doug M.

I'd go with the following (optimized party build in mind):

Court Bard - Lead Singer
Magician - Bass
Daredevil - Lead Guitar
Archivist - Keyboard
Savage Skald - Drums

5 different stacking Performances. All very nasty.