Bardic Lore
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 1 |
enigma muse
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Your studies make you informed on every subject.
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Hymn of Healing
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 1 |
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You learn the hymn of healing composition spell (page 228), which imbues your music with rich melodies that help your allies recover from harm.
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Lingering Composition
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 1 |
maestro muse
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By adding a flourish, you make your compositions last longer.
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Martial Performance
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 1 |
warrior muse
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Your muse has taught you how to handle a wider variety of weapons than most bards, empowering you to effortlessly blend your performance into combat even with the most inelegant tools.
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Reach Spell
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard, Cleric, Concentrate, Druid, Metamagic, Oracle, Sorcerer, Witch, Wizard
| 1 |
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You can extend your spells’ range.
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Versatile Performance
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 1 |
polymath muse
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You can rely on the grandeur of your performances rather than ordinary social skills.
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Well-Versed
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 1 |
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You're resilient to performative influences that aren't your own.
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Cantrip Expansion
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Secrets of Magic
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Common
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Bard, Cleric, Magus, Oracle, Sorcerer, Witch, Wizard
| 2 |
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Study broadens your range of simple spells.
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Directed Audience
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 2 |
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You can shape the area of your composition spells.
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Esoteric Polymath
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 2 |
polymath muse
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You keep a book of occult spells, similar to a wizard’s spellbook.
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Inspire Competence
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 2 |
maestro muse
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You learn to aid your allies’ skills with your performance.
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Loremaster's Etude
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard, Fortune
| 2 |
enigma muse
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You magically unlock memories, making them easier to recall.
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Multifarious Muse
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 2 |
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Your muse doesn’t fall into a single label.
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Reliable Squire
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Knights of Lastwall
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Uncommon
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Bard, Champion
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You know the path to victory isn't traveled alone, and you lend aid to your companions whenever you can.
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Song of Strength
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 2 |
warrior muse
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Your performances inspire strength in your allies.
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Combat Reading
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard, Secret
| 4 |
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You use a performer's cold reading techniques, aura reading, and other tricks to discover your foe's strengths and weaknesses.
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Courageous Advance
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Auditory, Bard, Concentrate, Metamagic
| 4 |
warrior muse
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With a rousing call, you exhort an ally to advance.
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Inspire Defense
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 4 |
maestro muse
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You learn to protect yourself and your allies with your performance.
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Inspiring Resilience
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Knights of Lastwall
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Uncommon
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Bard, Champion, Emotion, Mental
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You show defiance in times of hardship and inspire your companions to persevere.
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Irezoko Tattoo
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Absalom, City of Lost Omens
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Uncommon
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Bard, Champion, Cleric, Druid, Magus, Monk, Oracle, Ranger, Sorcerer, Summoner, Witch, Wizard
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expert in Arcana or expert in Occultism
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Your face bears an intricate magical tattoo known as the irezoko, a badge of your understanding of your chosen field of magic and a recognition of your advancement within Absalom's College of Mysteries.
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Melodious Spell
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard, Concentrate, Manipulate, Metamagic
| 4 |
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You subtly weave your spellcasting into your performance.
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Ritual Researcher
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Uncommon
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Bard
| 4 |
enigma muse; expert in Occultism
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Careful research into the art of rituals has made you better at performing them.
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Triple Time
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 4 |
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You learn to speed up yourself and your allies with your performance.
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Versatile Signature
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 4 |
polymath muse
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You’re always tweaking your available repertoire.
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Assured Knowledge
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 6 |
enigma muse
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You can procure information with confidence.
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Defensive Coordination
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Auditory, Bard, Concentrate, Metamagic
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warrior muse; Inspire Defense
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Like the storied heroes who persist in the face of overwhelming odds, you and your allies will hold the line.
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Dirge of Doom
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 6 |
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You learn to frighten your enemies with your performance.
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Educate Allies
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Abjuration, Bard, Concentrate
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Well-Versed
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You tweak the properties of your composition spell to convey a bit of your defensive knowledge.
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Harmonize
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard, Concentrate, Manipulate, Metamagic
| 6 |
maestro muse
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You can perform multiple compositions simultaneously.
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Song of Marching
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 6 |
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You learn the song of marching composition cantrip, which enables you and your allies to cross vast distances without strain.
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Steady Spellcasting
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard, Cleric, Druid, Oracle, Sorcerer, Witch, Wizard
| 6 |
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You don’t lose spells easily.
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Accompany
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard, Concentrate, Manipulate
| 8 |
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You use your performances to supplement an ally's spellcasting, providing magical energy for their spells.
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Call and Response
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Auditory, Bard, Concentrate, Metamagic
| 8 |
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Your composition takes the form of a call-and-response chant, which lets your allies continue the effect without you.
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Courageous Opportunity
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Auditory, Bard, Concentrate
| 8 |
warrior muse
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You bellow a ferocious call to arms, inspiring yourself to lash out at a foe.
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Eclectic Skill
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 8 |
polymath muse; master in Occultism
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Your broad experiences translate to a range of skills.
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Inspire Heroics
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 8 |
maestro muse
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Your performances inspire even greater deeds in your allies.
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Know-It-All
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 8 |
enigma muse
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Your knowledge of the world expands beyond what you have read.
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Soulsight
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard, Sorcerer
| 8 |
[Sorcerer] bloodline that grants divine or occult spells
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Your muse has opened your senses to the world beyond.
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Annotate Composition
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard, Exploration, Linguistic
| 10 |
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By putting composition to paper, you can create a source of stirring words or song that others can read and understand.
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Courageous Assault
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Auditory, Bard, Concentrate, Metamagic
| 10 |
warrior muse
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With a mighty shout, you can stir an ally to attack.
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House of Imaginary Walls
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 10 |
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You erect an imaginary barrier others believe to be real.
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Ode to Ouroboros
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 10 |
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You learn the ode to ouroboros composition spell, which enables you to temporarily spare your allies from death.
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Quickened Casting
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard, Concentrate, Metamagic, Oracle, Sorcerer, Witch, Wizard
| 10 |
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You are able to quickly cast a spell.
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Symphony of the Unfettered Heart
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 10 |
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You learn the symphony of the unfettered heart composition spell, which enables you to protect an ally against incapacitating conditions.
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Unusual Composition
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard, Concentrate, Manipulate, Metamagic
| 10 |
polymath muse
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You can translate the emotion and power of a composition to other mediums.
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Eclectic Polymath
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 12 |
Esoteric Polymath
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Your flexible mind can quickly shift spells.
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Enigma's Knowledge
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 12 |
Assured Knowledge
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Your muse whispers knowledge to you at all the right times.
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Inspirational Focus
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 12 |
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Your connection to your muse has granted you unusual focus.
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Reverberate
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 12 |
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You can manipulate the acoustics around you to deflect sonic damage back at its source.
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Shared Assault
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 12 |
Courageous Assault
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In the triumph of battle, you can share the glory with another ally.
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Shared Sight
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Knights of Lastwall
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Uncommon
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Bard, Concentrate, Metamagic, Sorcerer
| 12 |
Soulsight
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You bestow the mystical vision granted to you by your muse upon your allies.
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Silver's Refrain
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Pathfinder #147
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Rare
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Bard
| 12 |
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Learn the silver's refrain composition cantrip.
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Age of Ashes
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Allegro
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 14 |
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You can quicken your allies with a fast-paced performance.
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Earworm
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard, Exploration
| 14 |
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By endlessly repeating a motif, you implant an earworm, a memorable song that repeats over and over again in your allies' heads, preparing them to respond to it later.
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Soothing Ballad
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 14 |
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You soothe your allies’ wounds with the power of your performance.
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Triumphant Inspiration
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 14 |
warrior muse
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With a triumphant shout, you inspire your allies.
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True Hypercognition
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 14 |
enigma muse
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Your mind works at an incredible pace.
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Vigorous Inspiration
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Auditory, Bard, Concentrate, Metamagic
| 14 |
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You instill magical vigor in your allies when you inspire them to attack.
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Courageous Onslaught
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Auditory, Bard, Concentrate, Metamagic
| 16 |
Courageous Advance; Courageous Assault
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You use your performance to orchestrate an onslaught against your enemies.
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Effortless Concentration
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Secrets of Magic
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Common
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Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Summoner, Witch, Wizard
| 16 |
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You can maintain a spell with hardly a thought.
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Resounding Finale
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Abjuration, Bard, Concentrate
| 16 |
maestro muse
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You bring your performance to a sudden, dramatic finish, drowning out other sounds.
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Studious Capacity
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 16 |
enigma muse; legendary in Occultism
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Your continued study of occult magic has increased your magical capacity.
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All in my Head
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard, Illusion, Mental
| 18 |
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Using your occult connections and incredible powers of persuasion, you convince yourself that the triggering damage is a figment of your imagination.
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Deep Lore
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 18 |
enigma muse; legendary in Occultism
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Your repertoire is vast, containing far more spells than usual.
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Discordant Voice
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard, Evocation, Sonic
| 18 |
inspire courage
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Your inspire courage lets loose a discordant shriek that imbues your allies' attacks with powerful sonic reverberations.
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Eternal Composition
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 18 |
maestro muse
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The world is a stage upon which you are always playing.
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Impossible Polymath
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 18 |
Esoteric Polymath; trained in Arcana, Nature, or Religion
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Your esoteric formulas are so unusual that they allow you to dabble in magic from diverse traditions.
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Fatal Aria
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 20 |
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Your songs overwhelm the target with unbearable emotion.
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Head of the Night Parade
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Pathfinder #168
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Uncommon
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Bard
| 20 |
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You remember the revelry of the Night Parade and call them to your aid in a riotous display.
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Fists of the Ruby Phoenix
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Perfect Encore
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 20 |
magnum opus
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You develop another incredible creation.
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Pied Piping
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 20 |
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You learn the pied piping composition spell, which enables you to control the actions of weak-minded individuals.
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Ringmaster's Introduction
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Pathfinder #156
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Uncommon
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Auditory, Bard
| 20 |
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You announce the triggering ally with a litany of their legendary achievements, spurring them to action.
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Extinction Curse
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Song of the Fallen
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Pathfinder #150
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Uncommon
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Bard
| 20 |
focus pool
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Gain the song of the fallen focus spell.
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Age of Ashes
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Symphony of the Muses
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Core Rulebook
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Common
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Bard
| 20 |
Harmonize
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You are able to weave countless performances together into a solo symphony.
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Ultimate Polymath
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Advanced Player's Guide
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Common
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Bard
| 20 |
polymath muse
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You can flexibly cast all of your spells, granting a dizzying array of possible options.
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