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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 489502" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>WAR BEATER</p><p> Orcish drummers who encourage their kin in battle, war beaters are almost always audible miles away. Their tremendous drumming builds the confidence of the troops they strike a beat for.</p><p> Hit Die: d8</p><p> Prerequisites: Base attack +5. Cha 15+. Perform (drumming) (8 ranks). Inspire Fear, Soldier’s March. Bardic music ability.</p><p> Class Skills: Bluff (cha), Climb (str), Concentration (con), Craft (int), Decipher Script (int), Diplomacy (cha), Disguise (cha), Forgery (int), Gather Information (cha), Handle Animal (cha), Heal (wis), Intimidate (cha), Intuit Direction (wis), Perform (cha), Ride (dex), Spot (wis), Use Rope (dex). Skill points per level: 4 + int bonus.</p><p> Base Attack: Good (as fighter)</p><p> Good Saves: Fort</p><p> Poor Saves: Ref and Will</p><p> </p><p>Level Special Abilities</p><p>1 Deafening Drumming</p><p>2 Rally</p><p>3 +1 bardic music/day</p><p>4</p><p>5 Inspire Rage</p><p>6 +1 bardic music/day</p><p>7</p><p>8 Name Champion</p><p>9 +1 bardic music/day</p><p>10 Doubletime</p><p></p><p>CLASS FEATURES</p><p> Weapon and Armor Proficiency: War beaters are proficient in all simple and martial weapons, as well as light and medium armor.</p><p> Bardic Music (Ex, Su or Sp): The war beater continues to gain uses of bardic music per day, albeit at a slower rate than a true bard.</p><p> Deafening Drumming (Su): The war beater can create a cone of thunderous sound to short range (25’+5’/2 levels). The cone lasts for one full round, during which time the war beater cannot move. All creatures that pass into or through the cone must make Fort saves (DC 15 + cha bonus) or be deafened for 2d4 minutes. This ability counts as one use of bardic music for the day and is often used to wreak havoc on a battlefield by disrupting the enemy’s communications.</p><p> Rally (Ex): If the war beater’s unit’s morale should break, his tremendous drumming can rally them to him. He makes a Perform check with a base DC of 20, modified as follows:</p><p> Outnumbered: +2; if more than 2:1, DC is increased by 4 instead.</p><p> Impossible to harm foes (high DR, no ranged attacks against flyers, etc): +5</p><p> Enemy is other than humanoid, animal, vermin or beast: +2</p><p> Fear effect on at least 25% of unit: +2</p><p> Numerical superiority: -2; if more than 2:1, DC decreases 4 instead.</p><p> Hated enemy (racial, religious, enemy state, etc): -4</p><p>If the war beater’s Perform check succeeds, the unit rallies and is brought back under the control of their commander. This is a mind-affecting sonic language-dependant ability that counts as one use of bardic music for the day.</p><p> Inspire Rage (Ex): The war beater can cause all his allies within a 20’ spread to fly into a barbarian rage that lasts for 1 round plus each character’s (newly enhanced) con bonus. Allies unwilling to rage are allowed a Will save (DC 15 + cha bonus) to resist. This is a sonic, mind-affecting compulsion that counts as two uses of bardic music for the day.</p><p> Name Champion (Su): The war beater’s exhortations can single out one individual to act as a champion for his unity, encouraging him to greater feats of glory. The creature must hear the war beater orate and drum for a full round, then gains a +2 enhancement bonus to str, con, attacks, weapon damage and reflex saves. These bonuses last for as long as the war beater continues to drum and rant. Once a unit has a champion named, it cannot have a different champion named until the first one leaves the unit or dies. This is a sonic, mind-affecting, language-dependant ability that counts as one bardic music use for the day.</p><p> Doubletime (Su): This sonic ability allows the war beater to set a marching beat that gives all his allies within a 100’ spread an extra move-equivalent action each round. This ability lasts 1 round/war beater level; it is a sonic effect that counts as two uses of bardic music for the day.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Let me know what you think- the Jester has some formatting issues when I cut and paste it from Word, so it's gonna take a little work. I'll post my feats and the spells I've done up for bards at some point too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 489502, member: 1210"] WAR BEATER Orcish drummers who encourage their kin in battle, war beaters are almost always audible miles away. Their tremendous drumming builds the confidence of the troops they strike a beat for. Hit Die: d8 Prerequisites: Base attack +5. Cha 15+. Perform (drumming) (8 ranks). Inspire Fear, Soldier’s March. Bardic music ability. Class Skills: Bluff (cha), Climb (str), Concentration (con), Craft (int), Decipher Script (int), Diplomacy (cha), Disguise (cha), Forgery (int), Gather Information (cha), Handle Animal (cha), Heal (wis), Intimidate (cha), Intuit Direction (wis), Perform (cha), Ride (dex), Spot (wis), Use Rope (dex). Skill points per level: 4 + int bonus. Base Attack: Good (as fighter) Good Saves: Fort Poor Saves: Ref and Will Level Special Abilities 1 Deafening Drumming 2 Rally 3 +1 bardic music/day 4 5 Inspire Rage 6 +1 bardic music/day 7 8 Name Champion 9 +1 bardic music/day 10 Doubletime CLASS FEATURES Weapon and Armor Proficiency: War beaters are proficient in all simple and martial weapons, as well as light and medium armor. Bardic Music (Ex, Su or Sp): The war beater continues to gain uses of bardic music per day, albeit at a slower rate than a true bard. Deafening Drumming (Su): The war beater can create a cone of thunderous sound to short range (25’+5’/2 levels). The cone lasts for one full round, during which time the war beater cannot move. All creatures that pass into or through the cone must make Fort saves (DC 15 + cha bonus) or be deafened for 2d4 minutes. This ability counts as one use of bardic music for the day and is often used to wreak havoc on a battlefield by disrupting the enemy’s communications. Rally (Ex): If the war beater’s unit’s morale should break, his tremendous drumming can rally them to him. He makes a Perform check with a base DC of 20, modified as follows: Outnumbered: +2; if more than 2:1, DC is increased by 4 instead. Impossible to harm foes (high DR, no ranged attacks against flyers, etc): +5 Enemy is other than humanoid, animal, vermin or beast: +2 Fear effect on at least 25% of unit: +2 Numerical superiority: -2; if more than 2:1, DC decreases 4 instead. Hated enemy (racial, religious, enemy state, etc): -4 If the war beater’s Perform check succeeds, the unit rallies and is brought back under the control of their commander. This is a mind-affecting sonic language-dependant ability that counts as one use of bardic music for the day. Inspire Rage (Ex): The war beater can cause all his allies within a 20’ spread to fly into a barbarian rage that lasts for 1 round plus each character’s (newly enhanced) con bonus. Allies unwilling to rage are allowed a Will save (DC 15 + cha bonus) to resist. This is a sonic, mind-affecting compulsion that counts as two uses of bardic music for the day. Name Champion (Su): The war beater’s exhortations can single out one individual to act as a champion for his unity, encouraging him to greater feats of glory. The creature must hear the war beater orate and drum for a full round, then gains a +2 enhancement bonus to str, con, attacks, weapon damage and reflex saves. These bonuses last for as long as the war beater continues to drum and rant. Once a unit has a champion named, it cannot have a different champion named until the first one leaves the unit or dies. This is a sonic, mind-affecting, language-dependant ability that counts as one bardic music use for the day. Doubletime (Su): This sonic ability allows the war beater to set a marching beat that gives all his allies within a 100’ spread an extra move-equivalent action each round. This ability lasts 1 round/war beater level; it is a sonic effect that counts as two uses of bardic music for the day. Let me know what you think- the Jester has some formatting issues when I cut and paste it from Word, so it's gonna take a little work. I'll post my feats and the spells I've done up for bards at some point too. [/QUOTE]
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