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<blockquote data-quote="Mary_Crowell" data-source="post: 6047123" data-attributes="member: 6701853">I have a relatively new player who is playing a bard too in 3.5. After much discussion we have figured out that while she doesn't mind being the enabler and helping everyone else kick butt with inspire courage, she gets cranky after a while when they start talking trash about who is the more powerful character.Since my campaign world (Muse) is supposed to be one that favors bard, I finally just unhinged everything and made her bard Chosen of Kalliope, and added a steam punk/martial element to it.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Chosen of Kalliope&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Kalliope is the Muse of Bards who kick a** with style. She loves steam technology. Traditionally, her symbols included tablet &amp; stylus, the scroll, and the lyre. But Kalliope is an early adopter of technology. She’s the muse found in the lab/garage covered in axel grease and blowing things up. As a result, she’s updated her symbols to be the typewriter, the book, gears, and Calliope steam organ. &nbsp; To bards she has chose Kalliope does the following:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; ·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; grants the meta-magic feat: Extend Spell&nbsp; ·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; grants the general feat: Scribe Scroll&nbsp; ·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; grants 4 ranks in Profession: Siege Engineer&nbsp; ·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; grants 4 ranks in Profession: Scribe&nbsp; ·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The bard is treated as though she has Versatile Performer for the purposes of taking Perform: Keyboard Instrument as one of her chosen instruments. (She is not actually granted Versatile Performer, however, but may choose to do so at a later time.)&nbsp; ·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Adds Shatter (2nd), Sculpt Sound (3rd), and Shout (4th) to the bard’s spells known. These don’t count against the list of spells known a bard gets. Note: the bard must be of a level to cast the spells to actually be able to use them or pen them as scrolls.&nbsp; ·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Chosen of Kalliope can always follow and understand any discussion of technology. They get a +2 circumstance bonus to appraise and craft skills and to Knowledge Architecture and Engineering.&nbsp; ·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Also, they gain weapon familiarity with any weapon that is more technologically advanced (like aquebus.)&nbsp; ·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Assuming she takes Energy Substitution (Sonic) at 9th, Aurora can meet all the pre-requisites at 10th allowing her to become a Thunder Singer at 11th. [Addendum: Thundersinger is a prestige class that we use in our campaigns. It's for bards that want to have some evocation spells at higher levels. Also, Aurora is her bard's name. This was a direct cut and paste from my notes.]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mary_Crowell, post: 6047123, member: 6701853"] I have a relatively new player who is playing a bard too in 3.5. After much discussion we have figured out that while she doesn't mind being the enabler and helping everyone else kick butt with inspire courage, she gets cranky after a while when they start talking trash about who is the more powerful character. Since my campaign world (Muse) is supposed to be one that favors bard, I finally just unhinged everything and made her bard Chosen of Kalliope, and added a steam punk/martial element to it. [B]Chosen of Kalliope[/B] Kalliope is the Muse of Bards who kick a** with style. She loves steam technology. Traditionally, her symbols included tablet & stylus, the scroll, and the lyre. But Kalliope is an early adopter of technology. She’s the muse found in the lab/garage covered in axel grease and blowing things up. As a result, she’s updated her symbols to be the typewriter, the book, gears, and Calliope steam organ. To bards she has chose Kalliope does the following: [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]grants the meta-magic feat: [I]Extend Spell[/I] [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]grants the general feat: [I]Scribe Scroll[/I] [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]grants 4 ranks in Profession: Siege Engineer [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]grants 4 ranks in Profession: Scribe [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]The bard is treated as though she has Versatile Performer for the purposes of taking Perform: Keyboard Instrument as one of her chosen instruments. (She is [U]not[/U] actually granted Versatile Performer, however, but may choose to do so at a later time.) [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]Adds [I]Shatter[/I] (2nd), [I]Sculpt Sound[/I] (3rd), and [I]Shout[/I] (4th) to the bard’s spells known. These don’t count against the list of spells known a bard gets. Note: the bard must be of a level to cast the spells to actually be able to use them or pen them as scrolls. [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]The Chosen of Kalliope can always follow and understand any discussion of technology. They get a +2 circumstance bonus to appraise and craft skills and to Knowledge Architecture and Engineering. [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]Also, they gain weapon familiarity with any weapon that is more technologically advanced (like aquebus.) [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]Assuming she takes Energy Substitution (Sonic) at 9th, Aurora can meet all the pre-requisites at 10th allowing her to become a [B]Thunder Singer[/B] at 11th. [Addendum: Thundersinger is a prestige class that we use in our campaigns. It's for bards that want to have some evocation spells at higher levels. Also, Aurora is her bard's name. This was a direct cut and paste from my notes.] [/QUOTE]

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