Descrio: Eu tentei fazer um bardo com estilo mais "Swashbuckler": um combatente gil e habilidoso, saltando por cima de mesas

em duelos de espada ou brincando com seus oponentes enquanto dana (de certa forma, literalmente) ao seu redor. Ele utiliza seu Carisma para quase tudo e possui aquela mistura de sorte e habilidade que o tornam quase impossvel de acertar - ou de afetar com magias. Embora ele tenha nveis de Hexblade, eu considero ele menos um "sombrio amaldioador" e mais um trapaceiro que manipula a sorte a seu favor. No entanto, o personagem tambm tem seu lado artstico mais profundo, que se manifesta nem tanto atravs da msica quanto da dana; ele ir cantar a msica que estiver danando, mas a harmonia dos movimentos que o fascina e no a sonoridade da voz. Ele tenta entender os movimentos da natureza como uma grande dana - as estrelas, as plantas, todo o mundo parece estar danando ao som de uma melodia primordial. Essa ligao com a natureza primitiva o que lhe d esse nvel de Brbaro (embora ele raramente use a Fria j que isso o impede de cantar e danar). Estratgia: Na primeira rodada, comea a usar Dragonfire Inspiration, d subvocalize em Inspire Courage e usa a Move Action para ativar o Badge of Valor (ou Displacement se for muito necessrio). Na segunda, usa a Hexblade Curse e o Snowflake Wardance e d pounce (com a swift action, d para ativar o displacement ou haste da armadura, usar Hexbands, ativar Badge of Valor se no tiver ainda ou deixar para usar o Sudden Stunning). Depois ficar batendo como full round ou usando pouce, e se necessrio usar msicas de seeker para proteger de dano de energia ou causando dano em rea. Contra conjuradores, hymn of spelldeath na hora. Os valores ficaram todos medianos ou baixos, mas para um bardo eu no esperava que fosse um combatente top tambm... Ele tem mettle e evasion e como ele dana e no canta, Silence no faz diferena. A iniciativa um lixo, mas como ele no consegue fazer nada antes de ativar os trens na primeira rodada, o resto do grupo vai ter que aguentar a rodada mesmo. Por outro lado, as msicas pegam no grupo todo, inclusive o Heartfire Inspiration. HP Average: 89,5 Max: 154 BBA: +14/+9/+4 AC Normal: 48 (10 + 9 Armor+ 6 Dex limit + 11 Cha + 4 Ring + 5 Shield + 1 Dodge + 2 Rapture of the Song) Touch: 33 (10 + 6 Dex limit + 11 Cha + 4 Ring + 1 Dodge + 2 Rapture of the Song) Flat-Footed: 30 (10 + 9 Armor + 4 Ring + 5 Shield + 2 Rapture of the Song) Saves vs spells Fort +27 (9 base + 5 Greater Stamina + 11 Cha + 2 Rapture of the Song) Ref +29 (11 base + 7 Dex + 11 Cha - 3 Flaw + 1 Grace + 2 Rapture of the Song) Will + 28 (16 base -1 Wis + 11 Cha + 2 Rapture of the Song) Mettle, Evasion

Saves vs other effects Fort +16 (9 base + 5 Greater Stamina + 2 Rapture of the Song) Ref +18 (11 base + 7 Dex - 3 Flaw + 1 Grace + 2 Rapture of the Song) Will + 17 (16 base -1 Wis + 2 Rapture of the Song) Mettle, Evasion Attacks Standard:

+40 (14 BBA + 7 Dex + 11 Cha + 3 Enhancement + 1 Chosen Weapon + 4 Insp. Courage) 1d8 + 4d6 sonic + 1d6 cold + 1d6 electric + 1d6 Acid + 17 (Thinblade, Heartfire Insp., Frost, Shock, Crystal, Int, Enhanc., Chosen Weapon, Insp. Courage, Echoblade) Avg damage: 44 +38/+37/+33/+32/+28 (3 from BBA, 2 offhand with Improved TWF, same as standard) Main: 1d8 + 4d6 sonic + 1d6 cold + 1d6 electric + 1d6 Acid + 17 (Thinblade, Heartfire Insp., Frost, Shock, Crystal, Int, Enhanc., Chosen W., Insp. Courage, Echoblade) Off: 1d8 + 4d6 sonic + 1d6 cold + 1d6 electric + 1d6 Acid + 16 (Thinblade, Heartfire Insp., Frost, Shock, Crystal, Int, Enhanc. Insp. Courage, Echoblade) Avg damage: 44 per hit (mainhand), 43 per hit (offhand), 218 on all hits +40/+39/+35/+34/+30 (14 BBA + 11 Cha + 11 Cha + 3 Enhancement + 1 Chosen Weapon + 4 Insp. Courage) Main: 1d8 + 4d6 sonic + 1d6 cold + 1d6 electric + 1d6 Acid + 26 (Thinblade, Heartfire Insp., Frost, Shock, Crystal, Int, Enhanc., Chosen W., Insp. Cour., Cha, Echoblade) Off: 1d8 + 4d6 sonic + 1d6 cold + 1d6 electric + 1d6 Acid + 26 (Thinblade, Heartfire Insp., Frost, Shock, Crystal, Int, Enhanc., Insp. Courage, Cha, Echoblade) Avg damage: 55 per hit (mainhand), 54 per hit (offhand), 273 on all hits if target is under Hexblade's curse, use swift action to add Cha to damage against him for 1 round (+55 avg damage on all hits on a full attack)

Full attack:

Pounce:

Hexbands:

Sudden Stunning: after hitting with any attack, spend a swift action to stun target for 1d4+1 rounds if he fails on a Reflex 31 save. Land Speed: 40ft (12m, 8 squares) Initiative: +9 (+7 Dex, +2 Slippers of Battledancing) Hexblade's curse: DC22, -2 on attacks, saves, damage, skills for 1 hour o Hexbands: if target is cursed, may as a swift action add Cha to damage against him for 1 round (5/day) Inspire Courage +2 (as bard of 10th level due to Vest of Legends)

o Badge of Valor: immediate action, increase Inspire Courage bonus by +1 o Song of the Heart: Inspire Courage bonus increased by +1 Dragonfire Inspiration: use inspire courage but replace bonus by that number of d6 of fire damage o Draconic Heritage: Emerald Dragon changes damage to sonic instead of fire Snowflake Wardance: as a free action, spend music to gain Cha on attack for 22 rounds before becoming fatigued Pounce: Lion Totem Barbarians can make a full attack when charging o Slippers of Battledancing replace Str/Dex by Cha on attack and damage when moving 10ft or more Chosen Weapon: main hand weapon has a +1 enhancement bonus (as if it was +4 instead of +3) Sudden Stunning: 11/day, may as a swift action (immediately after hitting with one weapon) stun him for 1d4+1 rounds unless he makes a Reflex save with DC31. Gloves of the Balanced Hand: give Improved Two Weapon Fighting Rapture of the song: while using Bard/Seeker music, gain +2 AC and +2 on saves Combine Songs: may "sing" two bard/seeker music at once o Subvocalize: may start second music as swift action Seeker Music o Resist 15 fire, cold or electricity or immunity to poison/disease Refrains (swift actions and use music/day while using correspondent music) deal 6d6 fire on 30ft cone (Ref 32 halves), deal 10d6 cold on 60ft line and fatigues (Fort 32 halves and negates fatigue), shoots ray that deals 10d6 electricity and arcs twice for half damage (new attacks, 20ft apart). o Hymn of Spelldeath: creatures hearing make concentration checks vs perform checks to cast any spells; mind affecting Refrain dispells in area around bard, may exclude himself and allies, effective level 11. Armor of Speed: as swift action, haste for 1 round 1/day. Armor of Displacement: as swift action, displacement for 5 rounds 1/day.

Human Bard 5/Swashbuckler 3/Hexblade 3/Barbarian 1/ Seeker of the Song 6/Arcane Duelist 2 Attributes STR CON DEX INT CHA WIS Starting 10 10 16 16 16 8 Level Tome/manual Item Total 10 10 24 24 32 8 Modifier 0 0 7 7 11 -1

3 3 5

5 5 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Human Feat Flaws Flaw Feat 1 Flaw Feat 2 Bard Swashbuckler Hexblade Bard Swashbuckler Hexblade Bard Swashbuckler Hexblade Bard Bard Seeker of the Song Seeker of the Song Seeker of the Song Seeker of the Song Seeker of the Song Seeker of the Song Arcane Duelist Arcane Duelist Barbarian

Dragontouched (Dragon Magic 18) Murky-Eyed (flaw, UA91), Poor Reflexes (flaw, UA91) Draconic Heritage: Emerald (RoD 102) Skill Focus: Perform (dance) Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Elven Thinblade) (Base class from CW 11); Weapon Finesse (Base class from CW 5); Dodge CHA +1 Snowflake Wardance (Frostburn 50) CHA +1 Song of the Heart (Eberron 60)

(Prestige from CAr 56); Two-Weapon Fighting

CHA +1

Mobility CHA +1 Dragonfire Inspiration (Dragon Magic 17) (Prestige from Ways of the Sword Online Material) (Lion Totem variant, CC46)

CHA +1

40 8 6 10 8 6 10 8 6 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

d6 d10 d10 d6 d10 d10 d6 d10 d10 d6 d6 d6 d6 d6 d6 d6 d6 d8 d8 d12

Crystal Echoblade +3 Thinblade of Shock Frost Sudden Stunnig (RoW 166, M49, DMG2 261, D224, D225) Lesser Weapon Crystal of Energy Assault (Acid) (M64) (off-hand weapon is exactly the same as main hand)

Mithral Chain Shirt +5 of Greater Stamina Displacement Speed Arms Face Feet Hands Head Ring Ring Shoulders Throat Torso Hexbands (M112) Crystal Mask of Mindarmor (M92) Slippers of Battledancing (DMG2 272) Gloves of Dexterity +5 of Balanced Hand (M105, D257) Headband of Intelect +5 (D258) Ring of Protection +4 (D232) Ring of Evasion (D232) Cloak of Charisma +6 (D253) Badge of Valor (M208) Vest of Legends (DMG2, 272) Animated Tower Shield +1 (D218) Tome of Leadership and Influence +5 (D268) Tome of Clear Thought +3 (D268) Manual of Quickness of Action +3 (D262)

Character has 35670 gp remaining for general items (Shadow Cloaks, glyph seals, spell trigger items, etc). Skill Perform (Dance) Perform (Singing) Balance Bluff Climb Hide Intimidate Jump Knowledge (arcana) Move Silently Spot Tumble Use Magic Device Skill Tricks Ranks 22 10 5 22 4 14 10 23 22 10 4 22 14 12

Skill Tricks: Nimble Charge, Twisted Charge, Extreme Leap, Shrouded Dance, Acrobatic Backstab, Back on Your Feet (all from Complete Scoundrel) Bard Spells: mostly irrelevant, but Whirling Blade (Lv 2, SC 238) matches the build well (it creates a sword that attacks all enemies in a line, using your BBA and Cha bonus instead of Str).

Alternativas: Uma alternativa possvel seria trocar os nveis de Arcane Duelist por nveis de monge e trocar Mobility por Ascetic Mage; somaria Carisma na CA (o feat permite trocar o bnus de Wis para o de Cha), ganharia Evasion, melhoraria o save de Fortitude e liberaria para trocar Dodge por algo realmente til (alm de ganhar as vrias habilidades inteis de monge); perderia s algumas percias e deixaria de usar armaduras leves. A principal razo que eu no fiz isso o conceito - faz bastante sentido o personagem evoluir para um duelista arcano, mas treinamento rgido de artes marciais em um mosteiro destoa um bocado. Pela mesma razo no peguei Words of Creation: o personagem qualifica facilmente, mas ser exaltado no combina bem e o personagem teria que mudar de alinhamento durante a "histria" j que Hexblade tem que ser non-good (o monge tambm teria que mudar j que ele tem que ser lawful e bardo non-lawful). O Tooth of Leraje outro que optei por no pegar j que a meu entender um item bem especfico e raro (como mestre eu nunca deixaria o jogador simplesmente comprar ou fazer o item, muito menos mltiplos dele), mas certamente otimizaria o personagem. Depois talvez eu poste essa verso do personagem: troca dodge para Words of Creation (dobra Inspire Courage e o dano do Dragonfire Inspiration, +3 Fort, troca o +3 das armas e o chosen weapon da main hand para dois tooth of Leraje em armas +1, muda as percias de classe, tira o item de evasion, perde a armadura (propriedades e bnus tem que ir para outros itens). Tambm leva penalidade de XP, porque devido ao alinhamento Monge tem que vir depois de tudo.