I am trying to come up with a fun Gnome Voice of the Wild Bard for a new homebrew game.
I am focusing on using a Flame Blade, Riding an Owl, and Whistling as my performance. It was rolled stats
OUTLINE
Race: Gnome
Class: Bard
Archetype: Voice of the Wild
Stats – Rolled
Str: 18-2: 16
Dex: 15
Cons: 13+2: 15
Int: 14
Wis: 13
Cha: 14+2: 16
ATTRIBUTE INCREASES
4, 8,12,16 - STR
20 - CON/DEX/WIS
TRAITS
Beast Bond (Social)
Reactionary (Combat)
FEATS
Level 1 - Bard - Level - Nature's Soul
Level 3 - Bard - Level - Mounted Combat
Level 5 - Bard - Level - Animal Ally
Level 7 - Bard - Level - Ride By Attack
Level 9 - Bard - Level - Flame Blade Dervish Combat
Level 11 - Bard - Level - Discordant Voice
Level 13 - Bard - Level - Trick Riding
Level 15 - Bard - Level - Mounted Skirmisher
NATURE MAGIC
1 - Resist Energy (Ranger)
4 - Flame Blade
7 -
10 -
13 - Stoneskin?
16 -
So I realised that the key to Nature Magic is coinciding it with the Bards Spell Known advancement.
NATURE MAGIC
1 - Resist Energy (Ranger)
4 - Flame Blade
7 - Carry Companion
10 - Barkskin
13 - Stoneskin
16 - Sirocco
I also thought maybe at level 11 instead of Discordant Voice picking up Monstrous Companion and getting the Magical Beast Giant Owl
I like the build, but have to ask... why VotW Bard?
You have sank all your feats into getting this owl companion, so it is obviously essential to the idea driving this character. Given how you have put priority into getting the companion at the expense of feats supporting the Bard class, why not be a class with access to such a companion from the start?
It seems you could just VMC Bard if you want Inspire Courage that badly. Half your feats for VMC is probably still cheaper than all your feats for a companion on a VotW Bard.
I like the build, but have to ask... why VotW Bard?
You have sank all your feats into getting this owl companion, so it is obviously essential to the idea driving this character. Given how you have put priority into getting the companion at the expense of feats supporting the Bard class, why not be a class with access to such a companion from the start?
It seems you could just VMC Bard if you want Inspire Courage that badly. Half your feats for VMC is probably still cheaper than all your feats for a companion on a VotW Bard.
I also wanted Flame Blade on a Charisma based character
Monstrous Companion is almost always a trap.
Your choice of Giant Owl isn't bad... Giant Owls are only CR+3, which is actually really cheap for something with flight. Most options with flight are at least CR+4, some are CR+6... Dragons are CR+8.
The Giant Owl has an Effevtive Cohort Level of 8, meaning you cannot take Monstrous Mount to get a Giant Owl until you have an Effective Druid Level of 13, or higher. No matter what, you aren't trading Discordant Voice at level 11 for Monstrous Mount and getting a Giant Owl. Regardless of what level you take Monstrous Mount, your Giant Owl would only ever get 4 class levels by the time you hit level 20.
And it's sad.