Virtuoso enhancements (history)

Overview
Devoted to the sword and the art of song, these bards are able to extend the duration of their song effects and can enthrall multiple enemies at once, virtually paralyzing them.



Bard Virtuoso I

 * Usage: Passive


 * Cost: 4 action points


 * Progression: 16 action points


 * Requires One of: Skill Focus: Perform, Negotiator, Bard Extra Song IV


 * Requires All of: Bard Charisma I, Bard Lingering Song I, Bard Extra Song II, Improved Perform II


 * Available to Bard class level 6


 * Your studies into song have granted you a +2 bonus to your Diplomacy, Listen, Perform skills, 3 extra uses of Bardic Music per rest, and the ability to extend the duration of your beneficial songs by an additional 10%. You also gain the ability to expend a use of Bardic Music to enthrall multiple enemies, fascinating them and inflicting a -2 penalty to attack rolls and Will saves even if the fascination is broken.


 * This enhancement automatically grants the following:



Enthrallment

 * Enthralled enemies are fascinated, Perform check as the Will save DC, with a chance of breaking free when damaged, and suffer a -2 penalty to attack rolls and Will saves for 24 seconds plus 6 seconds per level, even after being disrupted from their reverie. Consumes one bardic music.



Bard Virtuoso II

 * Usage: Passive


 * Cost: 2 action points


 * Progression: 42 action points


 * Requires All of: Bard Virtuoso I, Bard Charisma II, Bard Lingering Song II, Bard Extra Song III


 * Available to Bard class level 12


 * Your further studies into song have granted you another +2 bonus to your Diplomacy, Listen, and Perform skills, for a total of +4 to each. You also gain 2 more extra uses of Bardic Music per rest for a total of 5, and the ability to extend the duration of your beneficial songs by an additional 10% for a total of 20%. Your uses of Bardic Music regenerate over time at a rate of 1 every 5 minutes. You can now expend a use of Bardic Music to apply a temporary fast-healing effect to all nearby allies, or to make a single enemy dance helplessly. A successful Will save negates this effect. (DC Based on Perform check.)


 * This enhancement automatically grants the following:



Sustaining Song

 * Expend a use of Bardic Music to apply a temporary fast-healing effect to all nearby allies. It lasts for 24 seconds plus 6 seconds per Caster level.



Song of Capering

 * Expend a use of Bardic Music to make a single enemy dance helplessly. A successful Will save negates this effect. (DC Based on Perform check.)