Bard Prestige Classes?

[TracerBullet42]

Can anyone direct me towards some bardic PrC's? Other than the Loremaster and the Virtuoso, I haven't found any.

And if you could be so kind as to explain a little about the PrC's, that's be just peachy. Thanks!

 

[Crothian]

I've got a few books that have prestige classes for Bards, but I'm just going to sum up my favorite. These are from Path of Magic by Fantasy Flight Games. If there is a certain element of the Bard yoiu are trying to findf a prestige class for please post that, I might be able to come up with something. There are too many books to just list everything, but usually with a more specific concept I can come up with something.

Chanter: The legendary dwarven bards who use drums and timed beats to drive people to work harder, better, and faster

Grand Diva: The ultimate in social singer, she thrills audiences and masters the art of singing.

Jester: The altimate in clowns, the Jerster is booth funny and deadly.

Spellbinder: THis is more intended for an Enchanter but bards can qualify.

There are also Legendary classes in there. They are like prestige classes, but one has to be at least 12th level and they are much harder to qualify for.

 

[shoplifter]

That's just about it for Core/WotC PrCs. there are some in Mongoose's The Quintessential Bard, I believe that Monte has some in Eldritch Might 2, and there may be some appropriate PrCs in Dynasties and Demagogues, though you may need to do some house ruling to make them fully compatible with the 3.5 Bard.

edit: Forgot about Path of Magic

 

[RangerWickett]

Asgard issue 5 and 6 have the Crescent Island Spellsinger and the Edgemaster prestige classes. The Spellsinger is more magic-oriented, gaining numerous abilities involving song, including the power to conjure the voice of the ocean to sing her spells for her. The Edgemaster is a performing warrior, a master of any sort of weapon, skilled with using martial prowess to dazzle and intimidate foes. Great for swashbucklers.

Asgard can be downloaded at the ENWorld main site. Just look for the link to Asgard magazine on the left column.

 

[Lojak]

There are a couple in Races of Faerun as well. The Spellsinger is a casting focussed PrC for the Bard. The Warrior Skald goes the other direction and sacrifices casting to gain a better BAB and some new Bardic Music abilities.

The Bladesinger also makes a decent Bardic PrC in terms of feel though qualifying can be difficult as a bard with all the feats needed.

 

[Chun-tzu]

Plus there's the Master Harper on Wizards' website. It's a PrC for Bards who join the Harpers.

The prestige classes from Book of Eldritch Might II are Diplomancer, Song Mage, and Knight of the Chord. This book also contains Monte's variant Bard and one more PrC, the Eldritch Knight, which might interest some Bards.

 

[Larry Fitz]

The Mendicant in Streets of Silver can be entered from Bard, and would be an interesting twist on both. Imagine a charismatic Fagan charming all his little minions with his wit and humor....

 

[The Sigil]

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Or you can try the Enchiridion of Mystic Music. at RPGNow.com... lots of bardy goodness in there.

--The Sigil

 

[the Jester]

I have a couple of homebrewed ones- a jester (apparently there are other versions), the war beater (orcish drummer), and the meistersinger (essentially a bard/cleric prc). If you're interested, you can look at my prestige class doc at a Yahoo group called 'Cydra' (that's my campaign world's name) or I'd be happy to post 'em on the house rules forum for you- though I haven't yet modified them for 3.5.

 

[Eternalknight]

There is a few in the free product, The Emerald Sage 9which, incidently, is based on bards).

The Skinshifter is a form of spellcaster or rogue who specializes in impersonation and disguise.

The Knifer is someone who use daggers in juggling and is a master of using them in combat.

The Skald is a barbaric bardish class.

The Demagogue is a bard who specializes in manipulating people.

It is available for download at Emerald Press