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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 4047285" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>The Song of the White Raven feat lets you both activate inspire courage as a swift action while in a White Raven Stance, and lets your crusader and warblade levels stack with your bard levels to determine the bonus granted by your inspire courage ability. That will be a key feat for this build.</p><p></p><p>Song of the Heart feat will be next on the list for feats. It's from the Eberron Campaign Setting, pg. 60. Prereq: Bardic music class feature, inspire competence ability, Perform 6 ranks; Benefit: When you use inspire courage, inspire competence, inspire greatness, or inspire heroics, any bonus granted by your music increases by +1 (unnamed bonus).</p><p></p><p>For spells, you will want the first level Inspirational Boost Spell (Spell Compendium, pg. 124).</p><p>It's a swift action spell that increases the morale bonus granted by your inspire courage bardic music increases by 1 (increases morale bonus).</p><p></p><p>For items, you will want the inexpensive Badge of Valor (Magic Item Compendium pg. 208). Price (Item Level): 1400 gp (5th), Body Slot: Throat. Caster Level: 5th, Aura: Moderate (DC 17) abjuration, Activation: Immediate (mental), Weight: --. When you activate the badge of valor, you and all allies within 60 feet gain a +2 bonus on the next save you or they make against a charm or fear effect before the start of your next turn. If you have the bardic music ability to inspire courage, you can activate the Badge of Valor to increase the bonus granted by that ability by 1 for the duration of its effect (unnamed bonus). A Badge of Valor functions three times per day. Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, remove fear, possession of a piece of the set. Cost to Create: 700 go, 56 XP, 2 days.</p><p></p><p>If you can afford it, a Vest of Legends item (DMG II, pg. 272) would be useful. It gives a +5 comp. bonus on Diplomacy and Perform checks, plus Bard level treated as five higher for purpose of determining the effects of inspire courage (stacks)...Price: 16,000 gp.</p><p></p><p>If you have more bard levels than Crusader or Warblade leves, then a Crystal Echoblade would be worth the money. See <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=185372&page=1&pp=50" target="_blank">Inspire Courage Optimization Thread</a> for more details on that.</p><p></p><p>Overall, if you follow this build (and I think you need at least 3 bard levels, though maybe it is 5) your inspire courage bonus will be quite high, and you will be able to use it while using your maneuvers. As an ally, you help a party a lot. Even alone however, particularly with the Echoblade, you will be pretty devastating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 4047285, member: 2525"] The Song of the White Raven feat lets you both activate inspire courage as a swift action while in a White Raven Stance, and lets your crusader and warblade levels stack with your bard levels to determine the bonus granted by your inspire courage ability. That will be a key feat for this build. Song of the Heart feat will be next on the list for feats. It's from the Eberron Campaign Setting, pg. 60. Prereq: Bardic music class feature, inspire competence ability, Perform 6 ranks; Benefit: When you use inspire courage, inspire competence, inspire greatness, or inspire heroics, any bonus granted by your music increases by +1 (unnamed bonus). For spells, you will want the first level Inspirational Boost Spell (Spell Compendium, pg. 124). It's a swift action spell that increases the morale bonus granted by your inspire courage bardic music increases by 1 (increases morale bonus). For items, you will want the inexpensive Badge of Valor (Magic Item Compendium pg. 208). Price (Item Level): 1400 gp (5th), Body Slot: Throat. Caster Level: 5th, Aura: Moderate (DC 17) abjuration, Activation: Immediate (mental), Weight: --. When you activate the badge of valor, you and all allies within 60 feet gain a +2 bonus on the next save you or they make against a charm or fear effect before the start of your next turn. If you have the bardic music ability to inspire courage, you can activate the Badge of Valor to increase the bonus granted by that ability by 1 for the duration of its effect (unnamed bonus). A Badge of Valor functions three times per day. Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, remove fear, possession of a piece of the set. Cost to Create: 700 go, 56 XP, 2 days. If you can afford it, a Vest of Legends item (DMG II, pg. 272) would be useful. It gives a +5 comp. bonus on Diplomacy and Perform checks, plus Bard level treated as five higher for purpose of determining the effects of inspire courage (stacks)...Price: 16,000 gp. If you have more bard levels than Crusader or Warblade leves, then a Crystal Echoblade would be worth the money. See [URL=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=185372&page=1&pp=50]Inspire Courage Optimization Thread[/URL] for more details on that. Overall, if you follow this build (and I think you need at least 3 bard levels, though maybe it is 5) your inspire courage bonus will be quite high, and you will be able to use it while using your maneuvers. As an ally, you help a party a lot. Even alone however, particularly with the Echoblade, you will be pretty devastating. [/QUOTE]
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