Duration 1 round. 386 4. Your inspire courage lets loose a discordant shriek that imbues your allies’ attacks with powerful sonic reverberations. 4. At 8th level, and every six bard levels thereafter, this bonus increases by 1 (+2 at 8th, +3 at 14th, and +4 at 20th). Premium Powerups Explore Gaming. What matters is the name of the bonus. Make a Strike with the required weapon. Even high level enemies will struggle not explode from +30% crit chance. The DC is usually a very hard DC of a level equal to that of the highest-level target of your composition , but the GM can assign a different DC based on the circumstances. Inspire Courage is a focus spell, and this makes a big difference. Your build seems a little off as well, at least in Pathfinder character design theory. The Animal Companion rules in Pathfinder 2e are very solid. — builds a field medic bard with inspire courage. Aberrant Whispers, Allegro, Ancestral Defense, Ancestral Touch, Beastmaster Trance, Blind Ambition, Brain Drain, Call to Arms, Captivating Adoration, Charming Touch, Charming Words, Commanding Lash, Competitive Edge, Confront Selves, Contagious Idea, Counter Performance, Debilitating Dichotomy, Delusional Pride, Dirge of Doom, Dread Aura, Dread. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to. To my understanding, it's not possible to use Inspire Courage immediately after Dirge of Doom because the rules for compositions limit Bards to casting one composition spell a round. But it will not work to increase the damage of Magic. Think of rolling mutiple dice as having a fireball, you wouldn't add +1 for. " thejeff. to 5:00 p. Could go bard and eventually pick up inspire courage, which gives a repeatably useful single action and more occult spells (they will be based on CHA, so focus on stuff. Inspire Defense Feat 4 Bard Source Core Rulebook pg. No cooldown, no limitations. The Fighter follows up with a sword Strike. 9 - Ghaele - Chromatic Wall, L7 Heal, 4xL4 Heals, L4 Restoration Summon Fiend 5 - Ostiarius - Inspire Courage with 1 persistent bleedA tag already exists with the provided branch name. Say your player need to book passage on a ship to a nearby island, but they've miss the ship and the next one will take ten days to get to the town. • 2 yr. • 2 yr. While your allies are affected by your inspire courage, their weapon Strikes and unarmed attacks deal an additional 1d6 sonic damage. No, see Line of Effect. As far as I know, there's no way to directly boost IC within official Pathfinder. Ancestral Paragon Feat 3. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment AutoModerator • Additional comment actions. Focus 1. Bard Buffs: There's an Inspire Courage macro in the PF2e Macros compendium that should help, not sure if there's anything for other Bard spells though. Success The status bonus from inspire courage or inspire defense increases to +2. Join us on for more discussion on discord. A bard's Inspire Courage gives you a +1 status bonus to attack rolls (and damage rolls, which gets doubled on a crit). The compendium "PF2e Workbench Items (xdy-pf2e-workbench-items)" contains a few useful effects and items: Aura effects for Aura of Despair, Inspire Courage and Inspire Defense that automatically apply the effect to tokens within the aura. Most familiars are Tiny animals, though a few are unusual, such as a leaf druid's leshy familiar. All normal terrain is difficult terrain to you. Bard. Maybe a GM would split the concealment out as separate, but they probably shouldn't. Note that since heal is an emanation, it extends from every side of the creature, so in some arrangements, there might be a line of effect "around" a pillar even if. Courageous Onslaught, Shared Assault. * This archetype offers Brutal Finish at a different level than displayed here. Maybe not a learned one, but in PF1's Adventurers Guide, "High Sun-Mage Oyamba is the master of the Magaambya, the school of magic located in Nantambu in the Mwangi Expanse, and one of the leaders of the Tempest-Sun Mages who protect the Magaambya from the air. Some familiars, however, are more powerful creatures with unique abilities. Dirge is a 1-action cantrip that can be cast on desired rounds freely. The Strike deals 2d8 additional damage. To cast a composition cantrip or focus spell, you usually use a type of Performance. Inspire Courage. But also sort of. Divine Inspiration Spell 8. If it spontaneously casts spells, it recovers one of its 6th-level or lower spell slots. One of pathfinder 2e's great successes seems to be that no single class or build is overpowered; at best they can just fulfill one role really well. 5 Bless. This line indicates the type of action performing the masterpiece requires. You and all allies in the area gain a +1 status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear effects. You make yourself—including clothing, armor, weapons, and equipment—look different. Muses can be found here. 7 The Indigo Oasis. As a part of Casting this Spell, you can use a Stride, Leap, Climb, or Swim action. A tabletop role-playing game community for everything related to Pathfinder Second Edition. Do whatever. 5 that let you do bardic performance sotto voce, but the intent behind message is to communicate over longer distances. Some raw numbers to begin: at level 9 you are going to buff your pals for +9 to attack (+4 inspire courage, +2 master performer and greater, +2 flagbearer and banner, +1 haste), +8 damage (+4 inspire courage, +2 master performer and greater, +2 flagbearer and. You've used 4 actions for 10 round buff. Inspire Courage; Inspire Competence; Dirge of Doom; Frightening Tune; Bardic Knowledge; Lore Master; Jack of all Trades: The court bard takes up the role of resplendent proclaimer and artist-in-residence at the hand of nobility, royalty, and the well-moneyed elite who aspire to join their ranks. You gain a +10-foot status bonus to Speed and a +2 status bonus to Athletics checks. " So in the above example, the Fear effect would end as soon as the Bard sings Inspire Courage. Heroism: +1 to saves & attacks is awesome. 150 4. Your muse is a virtuoso, inspiring you to greater heights. Pathfinder 2e Digital Tool Set - The Goblin's Cauldron - Weekly. View all types of animals and gear. Inspire Competence (Su): A bard of 3rd level or higher can use his performance to help an ally succeed at a task. On average, they’re pretty much equivalent. Bardic inspiration provides a Morale bonus. Area 60-foot emanation. (I forget th combo but there is a way to get another idol thingy. At higher levels, your ability bonus to damage becomes a smaller and smaller part of the whole. You can't create intelligible words or other intricate sounds (such as music). You and all allies in the aura gain a +1 conditional bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear. w/ Inspire Courage/Defenses, Inspire Heroics, and Lingering Composition, and are up there for best debuffer, between the amazing Dirge of Doom and the Occult list generally. Just to use your example, a Flurry Ranger making 2 attacks at level 1 will deal an average of 8. Orenjevel •. starstone. Trigger A creature within your reach uses an auditory effect, manipulate action, or move action; makes a ranged attack; or leaves a square during its move action. So you might still want to chuck a Quicksilver Mutagen even if you have a rune on your ranged weapon - the mutagen will likely be better. Imperator_Rice. Archetype. Inspire Courage. Enigma. Edit: Also, heroism is a very good buff if you plan on rolling spell attacks. INSPIRE COURAGE CANTRIP Cantrip, Composition, Emotion, Enchantment, Mental Casting [[A]] Verbal Casting Area 60-foot aura Duration 1 round You inspire your allies with words or tunes of encouragement. I don't understand the 2e system very well, so I can't rate these options. When you succeed with Battle Medicine or Treat Wounds, the target regains 5 additional HP at DC 20, 10 HP at DC 30, or 15 HP at DC 40. Cast [one-action] verbal. You and all allies in the area gain a +1 status. Pathfinder 2E Bardic Inspiration Adds a new sub-menu to the token HUD for bardic inspiration. As a bard with a maestro muse, you are an inspiration to your allies and confident of your musical and oratorical abilities. Waiting for the lighting of the Lanterns of Courage, a fund raiser for cancer research, in the inner harbor in Victoria, BC. If the weapon has a striking rune, this instead increases the number of dice from the striking rune by 1 (to. Requirements You are affected by inspire courage. Latest Version: Version 5. Speed 50 feet, fly 75 feet. • 3 yr. This basically means that you have a -4 penalty to figure out which square something is in, so that you can make your DC 11 flat check to possibly attack it. Combined with Arcane Strike, my courage inspired bard can add +4 to hit and damage to his own weapon attacks. Weaknesses. An ability that encourages enemies to attack you instead of your ally (in tandem with your own Defense-- see. All bardic music effects on undead creatures have only half the duration they normally would against the living. Think of rolling mutiple dice as having a fireball, you wouldn't add +1 for. Cooperative Nature does indeed help Inspire competence since the only thing it cares is you making an Aid check and not what ype of check that is. Druid has the best animal companion buffs. Source Core Rulebook pg. Sleep 4+ is a monster. Tasked with guiding a child's soul to the afterlife, so it may be able to join up with the rest of her family is one of the more heartbreaking and emotionally charged adventures out there. , chance to hit), (2) the buff process is 1-action per turn (or 1 action per 3-4 turns with Lingering Composition), 60 foot range, and. Protection - This is your ability to actively mitigate or prevent incoming damage on a team basis. You can drink a quicksilver mutagen to boost spell attack rolls. You are level 7 so you have access to the following: inspire courage, inspire heroics, inspire defense, lingering composition. The main reason for this is because of how critical successes and failures work; every +1 is a 5% higher chance to critically succeed and a 5% lower chance to critically fail, which is great. Some friends and I are playing Pathfinder 2e, and actually really enjoying it. It's useful if your routine is Strike->Strike->Strike. Improve this question. 258 4. 5e or P1. Spellcasters in Pathfinder 2e are very strong support. "During character creation, each character gains a 2nd-level deviant feat. Duration 1 round. This action is most useful when you want to prove your capability or impress someone quickly. Courageous Advance [one-action] Feat 4. 0, Core Rulebook pg. #9. When you stack that onto a dancing sword, 2 spiritual weapons (we have 2 clerics), and various weaponlike spells, it all mounts up pretty fast. If it has a focus pool, it regains its Focus. (4) Basic Muse (For the Versatile Performance Feat) (8) Inspire Courage. Inspire courage is a mind-affecting ability. I was thinking about picking up Pathfinder Agent to help skills and aid actions. - Phantasmal Killer is awesome. Join us on for more discussion on discord. Your presence bolsters your allies against fear. Babe, I'm a dhampir. That choice sets the Setup Time and the Crafting DC. It is also Flat Footed. Bard information is hard enough to find, but your guide is solid and really helped me get a bit more excited to continue on with my bard (I've felt stuck in a rut for 8 levels now). Area 60-foot emanation; Duration 1 round. 1) all using weapons (including natural weapons) should be affected. The Bard is among the most versatile classes in the game, capable of filling nearly any role in the party, but the Bard’s definitive abilities are focused on support and utility. Most skills include entries for success and failure, as well as descriptions of what occurs on a critical success or a critical failure. Most familiars are Tiny animals, though a few are unusual, such as a leaf druid's leshy familiar. This spell functions as disguise self, except you can disguise either yourself or another creature. Inspire Courage has no potential to cause any harm as a result of that action. Spellstrike does not say to combine damage, so it is two separate instances of damage. All bonuses from inspire courage and inspire competence increase by one. I had to switch a rogue/sorc/unseen seer from DnD3. That said:a lot of Bard decisions tree stuff is bardic cantrip based, 3-action based, range based. . I wanted to ask this in the weekly questions thread, but I can't find the current one. Maybe not a learned one, but in PF1's Adventurers Guide, "High Sun-Mage Oyamba is the master of the Magaambya, the school of magic located in Nantambu in the Mwangi Expanse, and one of the leaders of the Tempest-Sun Mages who protect the Magaambya from the air. The morale bonus on saves against charm effects, however, drops from +2 to +0. An affected ally receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 morale bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. You create an auditory illusion of simple sounds that has a maximum volume equal to four normal humans shouting. Your muse is a mystery, driving you to uncover the hidden. )When inspire courage is active, the inspire courage effect icon will appear on the token and the spell effect will be added to the actor's sheet. Inspire Courage is a cantrip, so you can use it to give a +1 to your allies attacks, damage, and will saves as much as you want all day. Prerequisites Inventor Dedication. DC 22, also 80%. Inspire Courage applies to the Spell Damage Die, which is 5D6 Fire. You could take dangerous sorcery and get the inspire courage for 3 damages of 1d4+3, getting total 3d4+9 damage. Make a melee Strike. Jenos. You are generally spending a level 3 spell to give an opponent a -2 to AC for 1-3 rounds. STEP 3: Crafting Skill Check. Area 60-foot emanation. You and all allies in the aura gain a +1 conditional bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear. Bless, Good Hope, and Inspire Courage (the saving throw bonus is a morale bonus. Fighter Flourish. The other spells being Dread Aura and Horrific Visage . If you hit 1 target. If I don't remember to reapply it to every player every round their rolls are wrong. For instance, if you are dealt 2d6 fire damage and have weakness 5 to fire, you take 2d6+5. Follow asked Sep 19, 2021 at 4:14. Psychic gives you good cantrips. After bursting from the skull of the deceased, a skull fairy seeks. DC 17, 70% chance, already notable improvement over 1st level. Mace. You can’t retrain your ancestry, heritage, background, class, or. It means that they are immune to effects with "death" trait. You and all allies in the area gain a +1 status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear effects. Hence they do not stack. That means the effect should last 3 rounds, but foundry auto reduces each round. If they fail recovery checks, they still increase their dying. Well except that you need to be able to touch. They aren't fey, but their petite, winged forms and tendency for malevolent mischief has caused the appellation “skull fairy” to stick. You may need to calculate a fraction of a value, like halving damage. You stand strong in the face of danger and inspire your allies to do the same. ) Checking the avialable bard songs the only different songs that actually overlap are Inspire Courage and. Also if it would be the first one and but not the second one would the same be true for. Average Rating (2 ratings) Welcome to Super Heroes 2e for Pathfinder 2nd edition. PDF. 19. Interpreted in 3. 12 : Basic Kata: Ki Rush : A blinding fast stride action for Lúcio to skate into position. Source Gods & Magic pg. Latest Pathfinder 2e! Contact Other Plane - Dead Void II (PF2E) October 31, 2023; Cultures of Celmae: Dwarves 2e September 8, 2023;Cast A Spell (Inspire Courage). Hey everyone! I've been playing Pathfinder 2E for about 2 years now, and I tend to do most of my games through play by post. A tallow ooze typically results from magical mishaps during the creation of enchanted candles or soaps, or while rendering the fat of a magical beast, though occasionally spellcasters create these beings intentionally. Success The status bonus from inspire courage or inspire defense increases to +2. Failure Your inspire courage or inspire defense provides only its normal bonus of +1, but you. Uncommon Archetype Class Dedication. A cleric's Heroic Recovery feat gives you a +1 status bonus to attack rolls, as does a Celestial Brand focus spell and a Consecrate ritual. Composition. For the duration, your voice can be heard loudly and clearly by all listeners within 500 feet, even if other ambient noise would otherwise block the sound. ggYou can attack with your words once when you finish Casting the Spell, and can repeat the attack once on each of your subsequent turns by taking a single action, which has the attack, concentrate, and linguistic traits. ago. In Burning Dawn #2-11: The Pathfinder Trials #2-12: Snakes in the Grass #2-13: A Gilded Test #2-14: Lost in Flames #2-15: A Dirge for Sarkoris #2-16. In general spells effects travel in a line from source to target, and they cannot pass through solid material along the way. Requirements. So do the Inspire "Courage, Competence, etc" focus spells cost focus points to use? Digging a little deeper I see on foundry Inspire Courage and Competences tooltip says cantrip 1 while inspire defense says cantrip 2, and then inspire heroics mentions nothing of cantrips, just says Focus 4. True Perception Feat 19. Inspire Courage grants you and allies in the area a plus one status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear effects for a single round. Casters are deceptively powerful. 1) all using weapons (including natural weapons) should be affected. Power Attack [two-actions] Feat 1. Jul 12, 2013, 11:38 am. Archetype. Aura of Courage is the most useless ability until it is needed in that one scenario which may only come up 1-4 times a campaign. argonfluorohydride • 7 mo. fun fact, in 5e, you could use it to light a small candle or campfire. - Top - End - #3. Aug 5, 2021, 09:36 am. 0. The rule of thumb is this: You can retrain into anything you could have taken when you were that level, originally. Source Core Rulebook pg. Nets you 1 extra action per turn and the spells use the same DC as your Bard spells. Your body fills with physical power and skill. I disagree. You can use Retributive Strike with a ranged weapon. . 102 4. This mid-level one-shot is great to tug on the heartstrings of your players and also. You’ll automatically learn the Inspire Courage cantrip, but many other composition cantrips are learned through feats. A good fight for level 1 characters in your situation is: 1 Weak Goblin Commando, but keep the +6 to athletics . Depends upon the build. m. Build yourself a front-line battle bard! Arm yourself with a breastplate and bastard sword, and take True Strike as one of your 1st-level spells. Lamentable Belaborment (Ex): Dazed is a much better condition than Fascinated. ago. I think they need to be tuned. You and all allies in the aura gain a +1 conditional bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear. 14 votes, 37 comments. A Versatile Human who was raised in Gladiator pits (similar to the original Conan the Barbarian). Pathfinder 2e Nexus - Inspire Heroics - Increase the benefits you provide with inspire courage or inspire defense. suppose we have a party with. I name omdura. inspire greatness and inspire heroics can affect one additional creature. You choose an enemy within 30ft of you, then all your allies and yourself get a bonus to attack and damage to that enemy, move action to activate, but no upkeep. You gain a 1st-level ancestry feat. Aug 5, 2021, 02:21 pm. Pathfinder 2e Remaster in 7 Minutes or Less - KingOogaTonTon - a great summary of the major changes. Uncommon Bard Cantrip Composition Emotion Enchantment Fear Mental. Retraining. There is a restriction on composition spells (like inspire courage) where you only get one. 92K subscribers in the Pathfinder2e community. Your eidolon gains fast healing 4 for 4 rounds. Because the Frightened condition has lowered the Hellknight's DCs by 2 and the Bard is playing Inspire Courage for +1 to the Attack roll (Trip is Attack tagged), the Fighter succeeds and the Hellknight falls, becoming Prone and Flat-footed. gg. Source Core Rulebook pg. The opposite of 5E, MM is only ever 1 hit. I'm specifically thinking of Inspire Courage from Pathfinder 2e, one of my players has this and we're always forgetting to add the bonus, it would be amazing if there was a condition I could just put on the players to automatically add it like how the other conditions automatically change modifiers etc. Re: Pathfinder 2e High Level play optimisation. The weapon glimmers with magic and energy. If you add in inspire courage, that's an effective +6 to your allies attack rolls which is nuts in PF2. According to the handbook, "Inspire Courage" is a 'morale bonus' w/r/t saving throws but a 'competence bonus' w/r/t attack. Pathfinder 2e was a good fit for that balance. They also have a different one that gives additional bonus to flanking in the same way. Lvl in damage, then level in damage and lose any immunity gain a weakness, then explode and take max damage automatically? You can take 120 almost unpreventable damage at level 20! That is just such a damned fun back and forth to play with. Modify Memory is one of my all time favorites. For example, selecting Inspire Courage will attempt to deactivate Inspire Courage +2 and Inspire Courage +3. Prerequisite(s) inspire courage. Inspire Courage Cantrip 1. Duration 1 round. Despite the volume, this doesn't make your voice jarring or distracting. Standard action to maintain, inspire courage lasts as long as the target can perceive the performance + 5 rounds. That bonus can increase with Inspire Heroics. If your companion is destroyed, you can spend 1 day of downtime and. And yeah, the +2 at level 5 is nice. To Dream Dec 29, 2018 @ 5:49am. After bursting from the skull of the deceased, a skull fairy seeks. Community / Forums / Pathfinder / Pathfinder Second Edition / Rules Discussion. Burn It! increases fire damage: Your spells and alchemical items that deal fire damage gain a status bonus to damage equal to half the spell's level or one-quarter the item's level (minimum 1). This ability replaces supreme charge. What do other GMs use to set up active. So whatever class you like the best, try to make it a support class. Until the end of your next turn, your unarmed attacks and any monk weapons you wield deal additional electricity. The description specifically says. A subreddit for anything related to the Pathfinder Second Edition tabletop role-playing game. Not very good. It uses Ruby Knight Vindicator and Song of the White Raven to get Dragonfire Inspiration, Inspire Courage, and haste or creaking cacophony up in the first round. The math in P2E is REALLY tight, where a +1/-1 can save or break a party. With a rousing call, you exhort an ally to advance. Inspire Courage as a move action, Good Hope or Haste as your standard action on first round. You inspire yourself and your allies with words or tunes of encouragement. On a critical success, the target is flat-footed against all melee attacks for that time. On a critical failure, the creature also takes a –5 foot status penalty to its Speeds for 1 round. Rolling damage/attack together: Can't help you with this as I've never understood why anyone would want to do it personally. Adding onto this, you can include downtime activities that impact the story. With how tight the numbers are in PF2e, bonuses and penalties of +1 to +3 are waaay more significant than in PF1e. Wizard is great for offensive builds. At levels 2, 4, and 8 you take these. JeronFeldhagen. 1D8+1 fire damage + 2 Splash + 2 persistent fire damage. It should be noted that this would mostly be an issue at lower levels. Aug 13, 2019, 05:25 pm. Heaven's Thunder [one-action] Feat 6. 5 terms, I take this as a +1 to attack and damage, and a -2 to saves vs charm effects. The bonus to damage is more difficult. Benefit: You grant allies within 50 feet of you gain a +2 morale bonus to saving throws versus fear effects. And at level 6 / 9 it scales to +2 / +3 boosts. If it isn't - if imposing the Fear condition is an instantaneous effect, like damage - then it wouldn't end when the Bard casts Inspire Courage, and things would go as you describe in your example, above. PathfinderTeamPlay • 2 yr. I think they wouldn't. 475 if the target is flat-footed from Covered Reload. Magic missile is a PC killer, but only when spammed as. A very "never a bad option" spell. You get Inspire Courage as a bard, which is one action to give all your allies within 60 feet of you a +1 bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear. Follow the Expert. Automation Enhancers Combat. For one action, the Command an Animal action allows your Companion to take two actions because they’re a Minion. The effects will be applied for an unlimited duration, so they must be manually turned off during combat as turns elapse. BigZebra Adventurer. You and all allies in the area gain a +1 status bonus to AC and saving throws, as well as resistance equal to half the spell's level to physical damage. Lillend (Muse Azata; Level 7, CG): The most value Level 6 Spell in the game. If you replace the second strike with Exacting Strike, then if you miss the second action, the third action only suffers from a single MAP. Universally it is better to take one class straight, as they get some nifty abilities. The ally must be at least an expert in that skill and must be willing to provide assistance. Now, 5e Guidance is busted outside of combat, you can give anyone all the time a 1d4 extra to anything they do. If I don't remember to reapply it to every player every round their rolls are wrong. I wanted to set up some togglable/active effects like Shield, Study Target and Sneak Attack etc. Hexes and composition spells are generally similar, however the hex cantrips are significantly worse than inspire courage (except maybe evil eye) and you can never learn more hex cantrips (-1). Gunslinger's Deed 6. 0. Druid Manipulate Metamagic Oracle Sorcerer Witch Wizard. Created and sustained by the collective dreams of sleeping mortals, the Dreamlands (also called the Dimension of Dreams) overlays the Ethereal Plane. Your party plays (Inspire Courage bonus) You get out of delay: Inspire Defense. Determine the degree of success and the effect. You can then draw your own conclusion as to whether it's worth a class feat. Melee [one-action] keen scythe +40 [ +36/+32] ( agile, deadly 3d10, magical, reach 10 feet, trip ), Damage 4d10+23 slashing plus. So far I think yes, because the companion isn't mindless. 5 terms, I take this as a +1 to attack and damage, and a -2 to saves vs charm effects. They also have a different one that gives additional bonus to flanking in the same way. $19. Obviously put that towards inspire courage. The effect of your inspire courage or inspire defense composition depends on the result of your check. This three-pronged, spear-like weapon typically has a 4-foot shaft. Trigger A creature within your reach uses an auditory effect, manipulate action, or move action; makes a ranged attack; or leaves a square during its move action. And the major thing about it, having an option to potentially stun a creature as a cantrip is actually. You bolster your allies' physical strength with a hearty exhortation. You gain a 1st-level ancestry feat. It goes on to say that they will get more deviant feats later on in the AP, each time "in addition" to. ago. Special If you have the inspire heroics composition spell, you can use that composition to improve the bonus granted by. Medic Dedication Feat 2. Some familiars, however, are more powerful creatures with unique abilities. If you were designing a Spellshape-focused archetype, or designing Spellshape feats for existing classes, what. I do have played a level 1 bard, though, and it was mighty powerful with inspire courage (maestro for lingering composition feat), though I guess Enigma's True Strike is very nice as well, albeit for ones own performance, not group's performance. Similarly, I interpret the spell harmony. Inspiring commands become more effective. Mar 18, 2014, 09:30 am. I'm building a kitsune bard with a bit of focus on intimidation, bon mot, and wielding a whip for the purposes of establishing flat footed for martial strikers. Fighter with a Bard Dedication/Multiclass. You can apply Inspire Courage to your allies with a built in system macro and you can apply Dirge of Doom by dragging a box around enemies and making them Frightened.