Wild Singer (Apath)

Unofficial rules compendium

The savage bard is a warrior at heart, though his arcane powers strike fear into the enemies of his tribe. Savage bards often multiclass as barbarians to improve their combat prowess.

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 loses Linguistics as a class skill. 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, and his superstition does not allow him to learn to read and write later in life or as a part of a multiclass. A savage bard cannot use or scribe scrolls.

Spellcasting: Remove the following spells from the savage bard’s class spell list: calm emotions, comprehend languages, detect secret doors, prestidigitation, read magic, sepia snake sigil, summon monster (I through VI).

Add the following spells to the savage bard’s class spell list: 1st — calm animals, detect snares and pits, endure elements, summon nature’s ally I
2nd — bull’s strength, pass without trace, summon nature’s ally II;
3rd — snare, summon nature’s ally III;
4th — insect plague, summon nature’s ally IV;
5th — commune with nature, summon nature’s ally V;
6th — creeping doom, reincarnate, summon nature’s ally VI.