Bard Building Contest!!

[satori01]

I think there are enough Bard enthusiasts of outstanding number crunching merits to build some exceptional builds.

The Victor gets crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

The Rules:

1)Any and all 3.5 Books, lets say Dragon Compendium as you can argue quasi legal.

2) Build either for A-Combat (melee or otherwise)
B- Buffing either via music or spell
C-Jack of all trades or Spellcaster
Points for Style and effectiveness.

I do not think we need full statblocks but class/PrC/Feat/Spell/ Magic item details are crucial.

Have at it gentlefolk!

 

[satori01]

Spell Casting wise A Bard 6/ Lyric Thaumaturge 4/ Sublime Cord 10
Take the Extra Music Feat and Metamagic Song. Add Arcane Thesis, and shake.

fighting wise just look at Spell Compendium, and other recent books for some nice Bard combat spells. Pretty much of late, new spells on the Assassin spell list appear on the bard spell list.

 

[jasin]

How many levels of bard does a character need to qualify as a bard?

 

[Thanee]

Gloura 3rd-level Bard/8th-level Sublime Chord (ECL 20).

With a ridiculously high Dex and Cha, Cha bonus to AC and all saves, plus DR 10/cold iron, survivability should be decent enough, and I'm sure between 8th-level spells and using a bow there should be some way to do something useful in combat as well.

Bye
Thanee

 

[hong]

How many levels of bard does a character need to qualify as a bard?

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind.

 

[FireLance]

How many levels of bard does a character need to qualify as a bard?

All the bard 1/warblade 19 characters with Song of the White Raven, Extra Music and Snowflake Wardance want to know!

 

[satori01]

How many levels of bard does a character need to qualify as a bard?

Lets say 1/2 the levels between Bard & Bardic PrCs.

 

[Sound of Azure]

Lets say 1/2 the levels between Bard & Bardic PrCs.

*Looks at the Bard 1/Rogue 4/Assassin 5/Sublime Chord 2 (CArc)/Arcane Trickster 8 build in front of him*

Bugger.

 

[Arkhandus]

Vezzex of the Reaving Dirge
Neutral Evil Male Xeph
Bard 8/Psychic Warrior 2/War Mind 1/Blackguard 2/Eldritch Knight 3/Dragon Disciple 2/Shadowdancer 2

Advancement of Bard 1, Psychic Warrior 1-2, Bard 2-8, then the rest as shown above.

Starting ability score totals, assuming 32-point buy: Str 13, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 14
20th-level ability score totals: Str 22, Dex 22, Con 20, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 24
Ability score advancement: Improves Charisma at 4th, 8th, 16th, and 20th-level, improves Strength at 12th-level.

Feats: Dodge (L 1), Mobility (L 2), Power Attack (L 3), Cleave (L 3), Spring Attack (L 6), Improved Sunder (L 9), Practiced Manifester (L 12), Combat Reflexes (L 14), Psionic Weapon (L 15), Greater Psionic Weapon (L 18)

HD/HP: 11d6+4d8+3d10+2d12+100, Base Attack +15, Base Fort +16, Base Ref +12, Base Will +10

Total saving throws, before temporary/situational abilities are factored in: Fort +28, Ref +25, Will +18

Notable 20th-level equipment: Keen +2 adamantine scimitar of defending and ghost touch, +1 mighty composite longbow (pull is +6), 20 arrows, +5 mithral chain shirt of improved shadow and improved silent moves, amulet of health +6, gloves of dexterity +6, belt of giant's strength +6, cloak of charisma +6, ring of protection +5

Important spells, powers, and special abilities: bard spells (10th-level caster, 2 extra slots of 4th-level, spells would be detect magic, light, mage hand, mending, prestidigitation, read magic, detect secret doors, feather fall, summon monster I, undetectable alignment, blur, invisibility, silence, tongues, dispel magic, scrying, see invisibility, slow, freedom of movement, greater invisibility), blackguard spells (2nd-level caster), psionic powers (5 power points, psychic warrior 2nd-level manifester but equivalent to 6th-level from practiced manifester, war mind 1st-level manifester, Expansion and Force Screen learned as a psychic warrior, Offensive Prescience learned as a war mind) inspire courage +2, countersong, fascinate, suggestion, chain of personal superiority 3/day for +2 Str and Con, poison use, dark blessing, smite good +7 atk/+2 dmg 1/day, dragon disciple ability boost +2 Str, natural armor increase +1, claws and bite, hide in plain sight, evasion, darkvision 60 ft., uncanny dodge, +1 racial bonus on saves against spells and powers and spell-like effects, burst of speed 3/day for +30 feet lasting 3 rounds

 

[maggot]

Kobold Bard 1/Divine Minion 1/Wizard 1/Master of Many Forms 3?