Troubadour of Stars

Requirements

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Skills: Perform 6 ranks

Feats: Any Exalted Feat

Spells: Able to spontaneously cast 4th-level arcane spells.

Summary

With the exception of Gwynharwyf, who holds her barbarian champions in special regard, the various lords and knights of the eladrin Court of Stars do not sponsor individual orders or followers. Rather, as a group they offer their patronage to certain mortal bards, granting them the ability to channel their celestial music through their mortal voices and instruments. These blessed bards are the troubadours of stars, gifted musicians ad champions of good.

Only a character who spontaneously casts arcane spells can become a troubadour of stars. Bards are the most common, a very few sorcerers take up the eladrins' mantle as well. Troubadours of stars tend to wander alone, or as part of a small band, traveling far and wide across the mortal world. They strive to bring hope to the hopeless and freedom to those oppressed or enslaved by tyrants. Whenever one troubadour encounters another on her travels, the two exchange stories and news before continuing on their separate ways. They are duty-bound to help each other in times of need, but rarely seek out extensive contact others of their order.

Role: Spell Utility

Characteristics: Celestial bards with holy songs and powers

Source: Book of Exalted Deeds

Game Rule Information

The Troubadour of Stars has the following game statistics.

Abilities: Charisma for your bard abilities, Constitution for Concentration checks that need to be made

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Hit Die: d6

Starting Gold: N/A

Class Skills

The Troubadour of Stars's class skills are Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Gather Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Jump (Str), Knowledge (all skills taken individually) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis), Swim (Str), Tumble (Dex), and Use Magic Device (Cha).

Skill Points at 1st Level: (6 + Int modifier) × 4

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int modifier

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Troubadour of Stars.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A Troubadour of Stars is proficient with whatever they were already proficient with prior to taking levels in this class.

Bardic Music: A troubadour of stars adds her class level to her bard level, if any, to determine what bardic music abilities she can use and how often she can use them. In addition, her troubadour levels stack with her bard levels for purposes of determining the bonus granted by her bestow courage ability A troubadour of stars with no bard levels gains bardic music ability as a bard of her class level.

Detect Evil Sp: You can cast Detect Evil at will.

Holy Cacophony Su: A 2nd-level troubadour of stars with 8 or more ranks in Perform can, as an extra bardic music effect, create a song of discordant notes that hampers evil creatures. Any evil creature within 30 feet of the troubadour must make a successful Concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) in order to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability. Using the Words of Creation with this ability increases the save DC to 20 + spell level and deals 8d4 points of nonlethal damage to the troubadour. Holy cacophony is a sonic, mind-affecting ability.

Celestial Spells: Once she reaches 2nd level, a troubadour of stars can cast spells as if she were an eladrin. Specifically, the troubadour can learn and cast any spell that has a celestial or eladrin component, as long as she can otherwise cast the spell (it appears on her spell list, it is of a level of spells that she can cast, and she has a sufficient ability score to cast spells of level).

Spells per Day/Spells Known: At each even-numbered troubadour of stars level, the character gains new spells per day and spells town as if she had also gained a level in an arcane spell-casting class to which she belonged before adding the prestige class level. The class must spontaneously cast spells (as a sorcerer or bard does). She does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained (bardic music abilities, improved familiar abilities, and so on). If the character had more than one arcane spellcasting class before becoming a troubadour of stars, she must decide which class she adds each troubadour level for the purpose of determining spells per day and spells known.

Starmantle Sp: At 3rd level, a troubadour of stars gains ability to use Starmantle, as the spell, once per day. Her caster level is equal to her character level.

Song of Hope Su: A 5th-level troubadour of stars with 11 or more ranks in Perform can, as an additional bardic music effect, inspire powerful hope in her allies. Good-aligned creatures within 30 feet of the troubadour who are her allies gain a +2 morale bonus on saving throws, attack rolls, ability checks, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls, as if affected by the good hope spell. In addition, affected creatures gain a new saving throw against any fear effect, despair effect (such as the crushing despair spell), or similar mind-affecting condition, excluding charm person, dominate person, and similar spells. An affected creature may use the troubadour's Perform check result in place of her saving throw if, after rolling the saving throw, the Perform check result proves to be better. Using the Words of Creation with this ability increases the morale bonus to +4 and deals 11d4 points of nonlethal damage to the troubadour. Song of hope is a sonic, mind-affecting ability.

Sanctified Spells: A 6th-level troubadour of stars can use sanctified spells as though they were among her spells known.

Eladrin Form Sp: At 7th level, a troubadour of stars gains the ability to use Eladrin Form, as the spell, once per day. Her caster level is equal to her class level.

Celestial Symphony Sp: A 9th-level troubadour of stars with 15 or more ranks in Perform can, as an additional bardic music effect, create an effect that duplicates the Holy Word spell. Non-good creatures within 30 feet of the troubadour are affected as though by the spell. The troubadour's caster level is equal to her class level. Using the Words of Creation with this effect grants the troubadour a +4 bonus on her caster level check to overcome spell resistance and deals 15d4 points of nonlethal damage to the troubadour. Celestial symphony is a sonic effect.

Celestial Ascension Ex: At 10th level, a troubadour of stars is so attuned to the ways of the eladrins that she becomes a magical creature. Her type changes to outsider (native) and she gains damage reduction 10/unholy. Unlike other outsiders, the troubadour can still be brought back from the dead.

Table 1-1: Troubadour of Stars Progression

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special	Spells per Day
1st	+0	+0	+2	+2	Bardic music, detect evil	—
2nd	+1	+0	+3	+3	Holy cacophony, celestial spells	+1 level of existing class
3rd	+2	+1	+3	+3	Starmantle	—
4th	+3	+1	+4	+4	—	+1 level of existing class
5th	+3	+1	+4	+4	Song of hope	—
6th	+4	+2	+5	+5	Sanctified spells	+1 level of existing class
7th	+5	+2	+5	+5	Eladrin form	—
8th	+6	+2	+6	+6	—	+1 level of existing class
9th	+6	+3	+6	+6	Celestial symphony	—
10th	+7	+3	+7	+7	Celestial ascension	+1 level of existing class