Bard

Good: Perform your art to aid someone else.   Neutral: Avoid a conflict or defuse a tense situation.   Chaotic: Spur others to significant and unplanned decisive action.

Starting Moves

  Arcane Art: When you weave a performance into a basic spell, choose an ally and an effect:

• Heal 1d8 damage
• +1d4 forward to damage
• Their mind is shaken clear of one enchantment
• The next time someone successfully assists the target with aid, they get +2 instead of +1

Then roll+CHA. • On a 10+, the ally gets the selected effect. • On a 7-9, your spell still works, but you draw unwanted attention or your magic reverberates to other targets affecting them as well, GM’s choice.   Charming And Open: When you speak frankly with someone, you can ask their player a question from the list below. They must answer it truthfully, then they may ask you a question from the list (which you must answer truthfully).

• Whom do you serve?
• What do you wish I would do?
• How can I get you to _____?
• What are you really feeling right now?
• What do you most desire?

Bardic Lore: Choose an area of expertise:

• Spells and Magicks
• The Dead and Undead
• Grand Histories of the Known World
• A Bestiary of Creatures Unusual
• The Planar Spheres
• Legends of Heroes Past
• Gods and Their Servants

When you first encounter an important creature, location, or item (your call) covered by your bardic lore you can ask the GM any one question about it; the GM will answer truthfully. The GM may then ask you what tale, song, or legend you heard that information in.   A Port In The Storm: When you return to a civilized settlement you’ve visited before, tell the GM when you were last here. They’ll tell you how it’s changed since then.  

Advanced Moves

(2-10)   Healing Song: When you heal with Arcane Art, you heal +1d8 damage.   Vicious Cacophony: When you grant bonus damage with Arcane Art, you grant an extra +1d4 damage.   It Goes To Eleven: When you unleash a crazed performance (a righteous lute solo or mighty brass blast, maybe) choose a target who can hear you and roll+ CHA. • On a 10+ the target attacks their nearest ally in range. • On a 7-9 they attack their nearest ally, but you also draw their attention and ire.   Metal Hurlant: When you shout with great force or play a shattering note choose a target and roll +CON. • On a 10+ the target takes 1d10 damage and is deafened for a few minutes. • On a 7-9 you still damage your target, but it’s out of control: the GM will choose an additional target nearby.   A Little Help From My Friends: When you successfully aid someone you take +1 forward as well.   Eldritch Tones: Your Arcane Art is strong, allowing you to choose two effects instead of one.   Duelist's Parry: When you Hack & Slash, you take +1 armor forward.   Bamboozle: When you parley with someone, on a 7+ you also take +1 forward with them.   Multiclass Dabbler: Get one move from another class. Treat your level as one lower for choosing the move.   Multiclass Initiate: Get one move from another class. Treat your level as one lower for choosing the move.   (6-10) Healing Chorus: Replaces: Healing Song. When you heal with Arcane Art, you heal +2d8 damage.   Vicious Blast: Replaces: Vicious Cacophony. When you grant bonus damage with Arcane Art, you grant an extra +2d4 damage.   Unforgettable Face: When you meet someone you’ve met before (your call) after some time apart you take +1 forward against them.   Reputation: When you first meet someone who’s heard songs about you or has heard your songs, roll +CHA. • On a 10+, tell the GM two things they’ve heard about you. • On a 7-9, tell the GM one thing they’ve heard, and the GM tells you one thing.   Eldritch Chord: Replaces: Eldritch Tones. When you use Arcane Art, you choose two effects. You also get to choose one of those effects to double.   An Ear For Magic: When you hear an enemy cast a spell the GM will tell you the name of the spell and its effects. Take +1 forward when acting on the answers.   Devious: When you use Charming & Open you may also ask “How are you vulnerable to me?” Your subject may not ask this question of you.   Duelist's Block: Replaces: Duelist’s Parry. When you Hack & Slash, you take +2 armor forward.   Con: Replaces: Bamboozle. When you parley with someone, on a 7+ you also take +1 forward with them and get to ask their player one question which they must answer truthfully.   Multiclass Master: Get a move from another class. Treat your level as one lower for choosing the move.

A good minstrel is loved by all. A good bard? Loved by even more.

Tyyros: When you enter an important location (your call) you can ask the GM for one fact from the history of that location.   Golden: When you first enter a civilized settlement someone who respects the custom of hospitality to minstrels will take you in as their guest.

Starting Gear

Max Load (9+STR)   Rations (5 uses, 1 weight)   Choose one instrument and one tag, all are weight 0 for you:

• Mandolin
• Lute
• Pipes
• Horn
• Fiddle
• Songbook in a forgotten tongue

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• repaired, family member's
• gift from a noble, beautiful
• gift from a lover, handmade
• stolen, expensive
• never before played

Choose your clothing:

• Leather Armor (1 armor, worn, 1 weight)
• Ostentatious Clothes (worn, 0 weight)

Choose your armament:

• Dueling Rapier (close, precise, 2 weight)
• Worn Bow (near, 2 weight), Bundle of Arrows (3 ammo, 1 weight), Short Sword (close, 1 weight)

Choose one:

• Adventuring Gear (5 uses, 1 weight)
• Bandages (3 uses, slow, 0 weight)
• Pipeleaf (6 uses, 0 weight)
• 3 coins