BardSource Core Rulebook pg. 222 4.0A muse has called you to dabble in occult lore, allowing you to cast a few spells. The deeper you delve, the more powerful your performances become.
Multiclass Bard characters
The bard archetype grants powerful effects that tend to use actions; it’s a great choice if you have actions to spare.
Archetype Dedication Multiclass Source Core Rulebook pg. 222 4.0Archetype BardPrerequisites Charisma 14
You cast spells like a bard and gain the Cast a Spell activity. You gain a spell repertoire with two common cantrips from the
occult spell list or any other occult cantrips you learn or discover. You're trained in spell attack rolls and spell DCs for occult spells. Your key spellcasting ability for bard archetype spells is Charisma, and they are occult bard spells. You become trained in
Occultism and
Performance; for each of these skills in which you were already trained, you instead become trained in a skill of your choice.
Choose a
muse as you would if you were a bard. You have that muse for all purposes, allowing you to take that muse's feats, but you don't gain any of the other abilities it grants.
Special You cannot select another dedication feat until you have gained two other feats from the bard archetype.
Archetype Source Core Rulebook pg. 222 4.0Archetype BardPrerequisites Bard Dedication
You gain the
basic spellcasting benefits. Each time you gain a spell slot of a new level from the bard archetype, add a common occult spell or another spell you learned or discovered to your repertoire, of the appropriate spell level.
Archetype Source Core Rulebook pg. 222 4.0Archetype BardPrerequisites Bard Dedication
You gain a 1st- or 2nd-level
bard feat.
Archetype Source Core Rulebook pg. 222 4.0Archetype BardPrerequisites Basic Muse's Whispers
You gain one
bard feat. For the purpose of meeting its prerequisites, your bard level is equal to half your character level.
Special You can select this feat more than once. Each time you select it, you gain another bard feat.
Archetype Source Core Rulebook pg. 222 4.0Archetype BardPrerequisites Bard Dedication
You gain the
counter performance composition spell. If you don’t already have one, you gain a focus pool of 1 Focus Point, which you can Refocus by engaging your muse.
Archetype Source Core Rulebook pg. 222 4.0Archetype BardPrerequisites Bard Dedication
You gain the
inspire courage composition cantrip.
Archetype Source Core Rulebook pg. 222 4.0Archetype BardPrerequisites Basic Bard Spellcasting
Your repertoire expands, and you can cast more occult spells each day. Increase the number of spells in your repertoire and the number of spell slots you gain from bard archetype feats by 1 for each spell level other than your two highest bard spell slots.
Archetype Source Core Rulebook pg. 222 4.0Archetype BardPrerequisites Basic Bard Spellcasting; master in
Occultism
You gain the expert spellcasting benefits.
Archetype Source Core Rulebook pg. 222 4.0Archetype BardPrerequisites Expert Bard Spellcasting; legendary in
Occultism
You gain the master spellcasting benefits.