Zoophonia Bards Anyone?


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Greetings all!

I'm making an awakened animal (spaniel!) bard for Pathfinder Society and just wondering if anyone has experience with the Zoophonia Muse. I'd still like to lean into support and would try to use the summons mostly for support utility when possible.

Thanks!

Izzy

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It has multiple issues:
- Summons scale badly, you are mainly looking for utility, and animals offer not much of that. Skunks are okay for the first levels.
- you can learn other summon spells as a bard without needing a subclass
- summoning spells cost three actions and you can't do your bard thing (support with a composition) at the same time till lvl 14
- Zoophonic Composition, your cool lvl 4 feat, is 1/day - not even focus point based
- being a gnome with Animal Elocutionist exists - but talking to animals is not common, unless your GM puts it in just for you (which they totally should, but pathfinder society does not offer that)
- Songbird's call, your unique composition at lvl 8, does 1d6 damage (to everybody but you) and makes everybody concealed - it is just bad.

It is still totally playable, you are a bard after all, just bad compared to other muses.

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