Bard (Apath)

Unofficial rules compendium

Eschew Material Components

All bards who are spontaneous spellcasters gain this feat as a bonus feat at first level. Archetypes that change the bard's spellcasting to stop being a spontaneous caster does not gain it.

Versatile Performance Reverse List

This is a reversed list of versatile performance, indicating which regular skills you can substitute for with what performance skills. This is not a rules change, merely a convenient table to use.

• Acrobatics (Dance)
• Bluff (Act, Comedy, Sing, String Instruments)
• Diplomacy (Keyboard Instruments, Oratory, String Instruments, Wind Instruments, Act)
• Disguise (Act)
• Fly (Dance)
• Handle Animal (Percussion Instruments, Wind Instruments)
• Intimidate (Comedy, Keyboard Instruments, Percussion Instruments)
• Sense Motive (Oratory, Sing)

Two performance sets to cover all areas of versatile performance except Disguise and Handle Animal:

Dance (Acrobatics, Fly) Keyboard Instruments (Diplomacy, Intimidate) Sing (Bluff, Sense Motive)

Dance (Acrobatics, Fly) Comedy (Bluff, Intimidate) Oratory (Diplomacy, Sense Motive)

External Links

• Treantmonk's Guide to Pathfinder Bards
• All the World’s a Stage, and You the Stage Director - Very thorough bard guide.