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What instruments are wind instruments for purposes of being a Windsinger?
In the game I am running, there are several characters who are bards with the Windsinger feat (Stormwrack p94). The players and I have been debating what qualifies as a wind instrument for purposes ...
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Wail of the Banshee Trap vs Bard's countersong
The party have just set off a Wail of the Banshee Trap.
Can a Bard's Countersong be used to mitigate the effects. The bardic music had not been started before setting off the Trap. My feeling is it ...
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Is a Bard/Duskblade or Bard/Monk multi-class feasible? [closed]
I am using 3.0/3.5-style D&D. Free to delve into any other D&D books outside of 5.0 (DM dislikes 5.0).
I plan on playing an Aasimar, or a wood or water elf. We are starting at level 5.
I want ...
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Are Sorcerer spells like Aspect of the Platinum Dragon on Sorc/Wiz spell list for a Sublime Chord?
The sublime chord spellcasting description states that a sublime chord can choose spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list or the bard spell list.
Does that mean that the spells must be on both the ...
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How many uses of bardic music does the Heartfire Fanner get?
The heartfire fanner (Dragon #314) mentions
the heartfire fanner gains the bardic music ability as a 5th-level bard if he did not already have it
[...]
A heartfire fanner's class levels stack with ...
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Ventriloquism and Bardic Music
Suppose a bard is trying to remain invisible while still inspiring companions. If the bard starts singing, they make themselves a target. If the bard uses Ventriloquism, they can potentially make ...
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Access to divine casting with low Wisdom?
I started a campaign with a Gnome Bard Illusionist in D&D 3.5. As the campaign played out, due to story and circumstance, I would now like to become a Divine Trickster. The entry requirements ...
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What are the audible and physical manifestations of the ability "Lore Song"?
Dungeonscape has an alternative class feature for bards called "Lore Song" (page 8).
The key text is:
Bardic music serves many purposes, aiding your allies or manipulating
your enemies. ...
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Can the Metamagic Song feat be used multiple times on the same spell?
The Metamagic Song feat from Races of Stone (p. 142) allows you to expend Bardic Music uses in place of increasing the level of the spell when applying metamagic. It comes with the stipulation that:
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Bardic abilities requiring concentration with respect to the Melodic Casting feat
According to the feat Melodic Casting in Complete Mage on page 44 it states:
...In addition, you can cast spells and activate magic items by command word or spell completion while using a bardic ...
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Can a bard choose to prepare spells, and thereby benefit from items that allow recall of previously prepared spells?
I'm considering whether to place a high-level magic item in my epic-level game.
On page 28 of the PHB, under the bard 'spells' section, it states (emphasis mine):
As noted above, a bard need not ...
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War Chanter + Seeker of the Song = 3 Simultaneous Bardic Musics?
If I'm a Seeker of the Song 2 (Complete Arcane, p. 56) and War Chanter 5 (Complete Warrior, p. 87), can I play 3 Bardic Musics at once? I seemingly can.
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What are all sources of extra uses of bardic music?
I am working on a (somewhat) functional version of the classic Bard/Barbarian hybrid. The lynchpin is using Rage Casting (Dragon #310), which requires casting to be a free action, citing Quicken Spell ...
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Can you reduce the metamagic cost before applying Metamagic Song?
The description of Metamagic Song states:
When applying a metamagic feat to a spell, you must either use Metamagic Song to completely offset the increase in the spell's effective level or apply the ...
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Can you use Metamagic Song and Quicken Spell together?
The description for the feat Metamagic Song in Races of Stone states (emphasis mine):
When you spontaneously cast an arcane spell that is enhanced by a metamagic feat, you can spend a number of ...
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