Inspired Minstrel (3.5e Alternate Class Feature)
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Inspired Minstrel
An inspired minstrel is a talented young musician who trained as bard, but focuses on personal inspiration instead of magically augmented bardic performance. This archetype exists to allow a player to play a ‘bard’ that does not rely on inspire courage, while having similar abilities and being capable of holding their own.
Class: Investigator
Level: 1st-20th
Replaces: Alchemy, Inspiration, Poison Lore, Poison Resistance, Poison Immunity
Benefit: An inspired minstrel gain the following class features:
Bardic Training (Ex): A inspired minstrel adds her Charisma modifier to her inspiration pool, rather than her Intelligence modifier. Additionally, she casts spells as an bard of the same level rather than preparing extracts. An inspired minstrel counts as a bard for the purpose of prerequisites. Finally An inspired minstrel cannot select the Alchemist Discovery investigator talent.
This alters the inspiration class feature and replaces the alchemy class feature.
Performing Inspiration: A inspired minstrel can use inspiration on Perform checks without expending a use of inspiration, provided she is trained in the skill, but cannot do so for Linguistics or Spellcraft checks. She can later trade an investigator talent for the ability to use inspiration on Linguistics and Spellcraft checks without expending a use of inspiration, provided she is trained in the skill.
Additionally, an inspire minstrel may select a bard's versatile performance as an investigator talent. She may do so multiple time, each time choosing a different type of performancer.
This ability alters inspiration.
Minstrel's Performance: Starting at 2nd level, an inspired minstrel gain the bardic performance class feature of a bard of her class level. However she is only able to use the following performances at the listed level: distraction (2nd), fascinate (2nd), inspire competence (4th), suggestion (6th) and mass suggestion (18th). She does not have rounds per day of bardic performance, instead she spend 1 point of inspiration to start and maintain the performance for a number of round equal to her Charisma bonus (minimum 1).
This ability replaces poison resistance and poison immunity.
Well-Versed (Ex): At 2nd level, the inspired minstrel becomes resistant to the bardic performance, and to sonic effects in general. The inspired minstrel gains a +4 bonus on saving throws made against bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects.
This ability replaces the poison lore class feature.
Inspirational Study (Ex): An inspired minstrel relies on personal inspiration rather than intellectual foresight. An inspired minstrel's studied combat bonus is a morale bonus instead of an insight bonus.
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| Author | Leziad + |
| Class | Investigator + |
| Identifier | 3.5e Alternate Class Feature + |
| Rating | Undiscussed + |
| Summary | An inspired minstrel is a talented young m … An inspired minstrel is a talented young musician who trained as bard, but focuses on personal inspiration instead of magically augmented bardic performance. This archetype exists to allow a player to play a ‘bard’ that does not rely on inspire courage, while having similar abilities and being capable of holding their own. es and being capable of holding their own. + |
| Title | Inspired Minstrel + |
