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Sublime chord 3.55/15/2023 Lyric Thaumaturge which only advances BARD casting) and has 6+Int skills. Really, what do you expect? Virtuoso is used because it advances Inspire Courage and any spellcasting (unlike e.g. 2 lousy skill points and 4 bardic music attempts is all you gain for the loss of a caster level (which still hurts even after you get into SC, since your CL will be 1 behind unless you take Practiced Spellcaster)Inspire Courage is the big thing. Really, its not any better than Bard10/SublimeChord10, or even Bard6/LyricThamaturge4/SublimeChord10 or similar. Really, you get jack crap for class abilities after 12, and the best you have to look forward to are your (albeit) awesome wizard spells and half priced bard spells (Otto's at level 6!). I guess the thing that I was kinda railing against is the concept that Bard8/Virtuoso2/SublimeChord2/Virtuoso+8 is touted around as the bardliest bard to ever sing a ballad. I think I'd rather just say screw music and go into something like Abjurant Champion (getting Shield from Lyric Thamaturge) or something more full-castery like Iot7V or even Divine Oracle for Evasion. So yea.I understand that its probably slightly better than continuing Sublime Chord casting past 2, but dang does it suck. While a material componentless True Seeing for your whole party is decent, again, it only works while you are playing/singing, making it tough to put up with Inspire Courage, and it doesn't linger like normal bardic music does, so if you get dropped, stunned, dazed, disabled, silenced, or whatever, the lights go out and everyone is screwed. Better NPC ability than a PC ability, IMO, and only really useful for picking up hordes of thralls to absorb full attacks and spring traps.ġ0th level, revealing melody, again, too little, too late. Mindbending melody requires fascination first, which can't be used in combat. Only issue here is, I could already cast Dominate Person 8 levels ago, the CL then to cast it is the same as my CL now, and Dominate Person can be used on HOSTILE targets, which is most people you are fighting. This is bullcrap.ĩth level, mindbending melody, finally getting some where. I have 8th level spells now, and +4 Str/+4 Con is looking relatively lackluster, especially since I can't affect myself. That might have been good when I was level 5, but at ECL17, you gotta be kidding me. Ok, standard action to give everyone in my party a rage effect. Naw, I'd rather just cast a 7th level spell.ħth level, song of fury. WTF!!!!!! Even if I do it adjacent to a caster, he can most likely just wander out of my radius and continue doing his crap. I could linger a Dragonfire, but now I'm eating up my first 2 standard actions, and its only about a 50% chance of working against an average spellcaster 2-3 levels higher, depending on the difference between my Cha and his Con. Except while I'm doing that, I'm not using Inspire Courage or Dragonfire. Enemy spellcasters have to make a concentration check to cast when I'm singing this jam. Plus, that song takes a standard action to start! Bullcrap, I'm a 12th level Sorcerer (effectively), I have better stuff to do than start a crappy Virtouoso song.like cast 6th level spells (Otto's anyone?).ĥth level, jarring song. If something drops you at ECL13, there is a good chance you ain't gettin back up, song or not. Except with the build, I'm getting it at ECL13. That ability is soooo amazing! Well, it might have been, if I got it at ECL1. Also, it just feels awkward (my feelings for you are best expressed by the words to the song Heat of the Moment, by ASIA).ģrd level gives the ability to auto stabilize fallen foes between -1 and -10.wow. Making a Dip check with a Perform check is terrible, given that Diplomacy has more skill synergies and is easier to boost then Perform. On top of that, 1/2 BAB and 1 good save? Shananananananananigans I say! The only really redeaming feature of that class is the 6+int skill points and it progresses your Inspire Courage. I mean, Sublime Chord is bad for class features, but dang. I was reading Virtuoso again last night, since it had been a while, and man, that class is lackluster. So, my Halfling Bard is getting close to the level where he'll be starting the Virtuoso2/SublimeChord2/Virtuoso+8 chain.
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