Point-Blank Shot and Precise Shot are vital to anyone even thinking about attacking at range, Arcane Strike is excellent for its interactions with the gloves of arcane mastery, and I’m picking up Combat Expertise to qualify for an ability I’m taking at 8th level (see mid levels).
Bard Cantrips Known (6): detect magic, mending, prestidigitation, read magic, sift, sparkĪt low-levels, most of the game is setting up the basic components to the build.Bard 1st-Level Spells Known (4): charm person, ear-piercing scream, liberating command, saving finale.Bard 2nd-Level Spells Known (3): gallant inspiration, hold person, mirror image.Abilities: bardic knowledge, bardic performance (countersong, distraction, fascinate, inspire competence +2, inspire courage +5), challenge 1/day, champion’s finesse, lore master 1/day, order of the dragon, tactician, versatile performance, well versed.Feats: Point-Blank Shot (1st), Covering Fire (Bonus), Precise Shot (3rd), Arcane Strike (5th), Combat Expertise (7th).Classes: bard 5 / cavalier (daring champion) 2.Not to mention that all the best aid another builds use the battle herald because of the teamwork inspiring command.Īll right, that’s the bones for you. Battle Herald: If you couldn’t tell, I really like this prestige class.My party has a dedicated Dex damage dealing (an unchained rogue, soon to be multiclassed into swashbuckler) as well as a dedicated archer (one of those terrifying two-bow kathasa rangers), so I decided that being the guy who was passable in both would be a fun niche for me in melee. Since I’m already getting “Weapon Finesse” for free, that left me with two options: focus on Dex-based melee or dip into ranged combat.
I don’t plan on taking many levels of cavalier (just two for the aid allies order ability), but daring champion does the thing I want at Level 1 it trades the mount class feature (what I would consider a huge liability in Reign of Winter) for champion’s finesse, which is basically swashbuckler’s finesse. Cavalier (Daring Champion): About the time I decided that I actually wanted to play a battle herald, not just a bard, I realized something really silly that I could do that really changed my build’s focus.Bard: I really wanted to be a skill focused support character for Reign of Winter, and I’ve always wanted to play a bard.Let’s get to it! Build ConceptĪny information important to understanding the build or its roots goes here. Did you really think I’d be anything else when the Player’s Guide says, “This is a great AP to play non-Core races in?” Of course not. As a result, you’ll get to see a little bit of my “planning for the party” mentality as I design this character. Even more interestingly, this is a build that I designed not for PFS, but for an Adventure Path that I’m currently playing in: Reign of Winter. This is a build that is super off-the-presses. Well today, for the Holiday Season, you’re going to get something COMPLETELY different. Usually by the time I’ve shared a build with you, I have most of the kinks out of it. Today, Alex is going to be sharing his tentative Reign of Winter bard build. Welcome to Iconic Design, Private Sanctuary’s source for innovative and evocative character builds for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by Everyman Gamer Alexander Augunas.
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