Voice of the Wild Spells


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The Voice of the Wild Bard archetype can be considered a suboptimal build choice. Giving up Versatile Performance is a big deal.

To make it worth its while it needs to maximise its spells known more than ever, particularly with access to Ranger and Druid spells.

My question today is, what spells?


Unfortunately, you can only get one spell at 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th, and 16th levels.

1st

- Lead Blades
- Gravity Bow
- Resist Energy (Ranger)

2nd

- Flame Blade
- Barkskin
-

3rd

4th

5th

- Air Walk, Communal
- Wall of Fire
- Wall of Thorns


My VotW Bard was only after Flame Blade. Lol.

Took Noble Scion of War to put Initiative on Charisma, Desna's Shooting Star, had Flame Blade Dervish by 5, and was on track to have Dimensional Savant at 17.

VotW Bard and Fey Trickster Mesmerist make great Flame Blade Dervish builds because they are Charisma-casters.

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Minigiant wrote:

Unfortunately, you can only get one spell at 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th, and 16th levels.

1st

- Lead Blades
- Gravity Bow
- Resist Energy (Ranger)

2nd

- Flame Blade
- Barkskin
-

3rd

4th

5th

- Air Walk, Communal
- Wall of Fire
- Wall of Thorns

what are you doing that requires both gravity bow AND lead blades on a regular enough basis to need to know both, as opposed to using UMD and a wand/scroll? those are both personal range spells, and it seems like a waste.

I'd go with longstrider instead of one of those

maybe grab lesser restoration too


Name Violation wrote:


what are you doing that requires both gravity bow AND lead blades on a regular enough basis to need to know both, as opposed to using UMD and a wand/scroll?

I am just compiling a list of potentially beneficial spells to grab. Spells that can be built around.

Aspect of the Falcon is another one but you can get an item for that


VoodistMonk wrote:

My VotW Bard was only after Flame Blade. Lol.

Took Noble Scion of War to put Initiative on Charisma, Desna's Shooting Star, had Flame Blade Dervish by 5, and was on track to have Dimensional Savant at 17.

I didn't think Dervish Dance worked with Flame Blade, and why Desna Fighting Technique when that applies to Starknives?


Noble Scion of War to put Initiative on Charisma.

Desna's Shooting Star to put attack and damage [with Starknives] on Charisma.

Flame Blade Dervish adds Charisma to damage [for the Flame Blade spell].

As a Bard, Charisma is already important... I just chose to really focus on that by keying as much as I could off of that one stat. It's easy, and there's an elogance to its simplicity.


VoodistMonk wrote:


Flame Blade Dervish adds Charisma to damage [for the Flame Blade spell].

I did not know that feat even existed. I thought you were talking about Dervish Dancing the Flame Blade.


Adding your Charisma modifier to damage isn't especially awesome for the classes that normally get access to the Flame Blade spell... so getting that spell on a Charisma-based caster [like VotW Bard or Fey Trickster Mesmerist] makes Flame Blade Dervish all the better.

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