Bhajan (Apath)

Unofficial rules compendium

Bhajans are bards have an occult rather than arcane origin. Brought up in a mystical tradition where music, recitation, and dance are central elements, the bhajan's power is a natural extension of being in tune with the universe.

Class Information

This is a bard archetype that uses occut magic.

Alignment: Any. Unlike bards, bhajans are often part of a sect or occult tradition and can be of lawful alignment.

Hit Die: d8.

Class Features

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

Spellcasting

A bhajan casts occult spells, which are drawn from the bard spell list. As an occult spellcaster, the bhajan's ability to cast spells in armor is unrestricted. In addition to thought and emotion components, all bhajan spells have a verbal or somatic component depending on the type of performance used, and this cannot be removed by any means.

Add and delete the following spells from the bhajan's spell list:

Spell Level	Added Spells	Removed Spells
0	Detect psychic significance	Spark
1	Charge object, forbid action, illusion of calm, mirror strike, shadow weapon, telempathic projection	Abundant ammunition, detect metal, unseen servant, ventriloquism.
2	Bestow weapon proficiency, extreme flexibility, implant false reading, object reading, placebo effect,	Dust of twilight, glitterdust, pyrotechnics.
3	Agonizing rebuke, analyze aura, burst of speed, implanted projection, loathsome veil, synesthesia	Campfire wall, mad monkeys, tiny hut
4	Aura alternation, cast out, persistent vigor, synaptic scramble	Secure shelter, treasure stitching, unseen crew
5	Astral projection (lesser), banish seeming, forbid action, psychic asylum, retrocognition	—
6	Battlemind link, primal regression, psychic surgery, true seeing	—

Summary of Changed Class Abilities

These abilities of the original class are lost or modified in this archetype:

• Spellcasting
• Lore Master

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