Savage Bard

The savage bard is a warrior at heart, though his arcane powers strike fear into the enemies of his tribe. Savage bards are only found in the arctic regions in the north of Longwalk. The savage bard is a variant of the base bard class.

Alignment: A savage bard must be chaotic in alignment. A savage bard who becomes nonchaotic cannot progress in levels as a bard, though he retains all his bard abilities.

Base Save Bonuses: A savage bard has good Fortitude and Will Saves, but has poor Reflex saves.

Class Skills: A savage bard looses Decipher script and Speak Language as class skills. He adds survival to his list of class skills.

Class Features

The savage bard has all the standard bard class features, except as noted below.

Illiteracy: A savage bard is illiterate, just as a barbarian is. An illiterate savage bard cannot use or scribe scrolls.

Spellcasting: Remove the following spells from the savage bard's class list: calm emotions, comprehend languages, detect secret doors, erase, prestigitation, read magic, sepia snake sigl, summon monster (I through VI). Add the following spells to the savage bard's class list: 1st - calm animal, detect snares and pits, endure elements, summon natures ally I. 2nd - bull's strength, pass without a trace, summon natures ally II. 3rd - snare, summon natures ally III. 4th - insect plague, summon natures ally IV. 5th - commune with nature, summon natures ally V. 6th - creeping doom, reincarnate, summon natures ally VI.