Bard PrC's and Evil-ness... [Archive] - Wizards Community

Bard PrC's and Evil-ness... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Ivarrius
04-11-06, 05:22 AM Forgive me if this has been posted lately.

I am looking for some info on evil bard PrC's or ways to work on making a Bard 'work'. I don't mind playing the party buffer, but I don't want to be reduced to it alone. So... what I have so far is maxing out Diplomacy and Perform (of course), Grabbing multiple magical instruments that recreate bardic abilities or abilities from other classes (such as Summon Monster VI, Large Air elemental).

Looked in Champions of Ruin for feats, spells etc and found Doomspeak, which is perfect. So essentially now, I am going for a Nightmarish, shadow themed Bard, who is going to be playing with people within the campaign City like a fiddle (no pun intended). Using undetectable alignment (he is a follower of Cyric, CE) and his performances, he will attempt to keep his hands clean, by using his powers to convince others to do the murdering for him.

Am I missing anything? Is there a PrC or more spells, feats, skill options I should be looking into? And if so, Where?

Appreciate the help. Here is a bit of game info on the character.

Human
DM stat array 18, 16, 15, 13, 12, 11.
Starting at level 8.
Kurama Youko
04-11-06, 10:13 AM Work toward sublime cord or Seeker of the Song for more ways of using your bardic music, there is a bard prestige class in libris mortis that allows you to affect undead with your songs and even animate them after a while, look at that to. Take Dragon Cohort at some point and make a buff half dragon companion to be your fighter/champion..
tiercel
04-11-06, 09:18 PM One level of Mindbender (Complete Arcane). Prereqs easy for bard, gaining telepathy (and maintaining spell progression) for a 1-level PrC dip is disgustingly good.

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Ivarrius 04-11-06, 05:22 AM	Forgive me if this has been posted lately. I am looking for some info on evil bard PrC's or ways to work on making a Bard 'work'. I don't mind playing the party buffer, but I don't want to be reduced to it alone. So... what I have so far is maxing out Diplomacy and Perform (of course), Grabbing multiple magical instruments that recreate bardic abilities or abilities from other classes (such as Summon Monster VI, Large Air elemental). Looked in Champions of Ruin for feats, spells etc and found Doomspeak, which is perfect. So essentially now, I am going for a Nightmarish, shadow themed Bard, who is going to be playing with people within the campaign City like a fiddle (no pun intended). Using undetectable alignment (he is a follower of Cyric, CE) and his performances, he will attempt to keep his hands clean, by using his powers to convince others to do the murdering for him. Am I missing anything? Is there a PrC or more spells, feats, skill options I should be looking into? And if so, Where? Appreciate the help. Here is a bit of game info on the character. Human DM stat array 18, 16, 15, 13, 12, 11. Starting at level 8.
Kurama Youko 04-11-06, 10:13 AM	Work toward sublime cord or Seeker of the Song for more ways of using your bardic music, there is a bard prestige class in libris mortis that allows you to affect undead with your songs and even animate them after a while, look at that to. Take Dragon Cohort at some point and make a buff half dragon companion to be your fighter/champion..
tiercel 04-11-06, 09:18 PM	One level of Mindbender (Complete Arcane). Prereqs easy for bard, gaining telepathy (and maintaining spell progression) for a 1-level PrC dip is disgustingly good.