Creation
Some bards believe that the cosmos is a work of art. The creation of the gods and dragons. That creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as the ‘Song of Creation’. Creation bards draw on that primeval song through dance, music, and poetry. Their teachers share this lesson: “Before the sun and the moon, there was the Song, and its music awoke the first dawn. Its melodies so delighted the stones and trees that some of them gained a voice of their own. They sing now too. Learn the Song, students, and you too can teach the mountains to sing and dance.”
Dwarves and gnomes often encourage their bards to become students of the Song of Creation. Among dragonkin, the Song of Creation is revered, for legends portray the greatest of dragons as two of the song’s first singers.
Talents
| Talent | CP | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| Mote of Potential | 5 | Bardic Performance |
| Performance of Creation | 5 | Bardic Performance |
| Animating Performance | 20 | Performance of Creation and 20 CP of Bard Talents |
| Creative Crescendo | 50 | Animating Performance and 70 CP of Bard Talents |
Mote of Potential
Cost: 5 Character Points
Prerequisite: Bardic Performance
When you select a target for Bardic Inspiration, you can utter a note from the song of creation to create a tiny mote of potential, which orbits within 5 feet of that creature. The mote is intangible and invulnerable. It lasts until the bardic inspiration die is lost. The mote looks like a musical note, a star, a flower, or another symbol of art or life that you choose.
When the creature uses the bardic inspiration die, the mote provides an additional effect based on whether the die benefits an ability check, an attack roll, or a saving throw, as detailed below:
Ability Check. When the creature rolls the bardic inspiration die to add it to an ability check, the creature can roll the bardic inspiration die again and choose which roll to use, as the mote pops and emits colorful, harmless sparks for a moment.
Attack Roll. Immediately after the creature rolls the bardic inspiration die to add it to an attack roll against a target, the mote thunderously shatters. Make a spell attack roll vs the Constitution defence of target and each creature of your choice that you can see within 5 feet of it. On a hit, they take thunder damage equal to the number rolled on the bardic inspiration die.
Defence Check. Immediately after the creature rolls the bardic inspiration die and adds it to a defence check, the mote vanishes with the sound of soft music, causing the creature to gain temporary stamina equal to the number rolled on the bardic inspiration die plus your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1 temporary stamina).
Performance of Creation
Cost: 5 Character Points
Actions: 1
Prerequisite: Bardic Performance
You can channel the magic of the Song of Creation to create one nonmagical item of your choice in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you. The item must appear on a surface or in a liquid that can support it. The gp value of the item can’t be more than 100 gp. The item glimmers softly and faint music can be heard by anyone touching it. The created item disappears after a number of hours equal to your Charisma bonus. For examples of items you can create, see Equipment.
Once you create an item with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend mana to use this feature again, as detailed in the table below. You can have only one item created by this feature at a time; if you use this action and already have an item from this feature, the first one immediately vanishes.
| Performance of Creation Size | Martial Feat Die Required | Mana Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Small | d4 | 1 |
| Medium | d6 | 2 |
| Large | d8 | 3 |
| Huge | d10 | 4 |
Animating Performance
Cost: 20 Character Points
Actions: 1
Prerequisite: Performance of Creation and 20 CP of Bard Talents
You can animate one large or smaller nonmagical item within 30 feet of you that isn’t being worn or carried. The animate item uses the Dancing Item stat block. The item is friendly to you and your companions and obeys your commands. It lives for 1 hour, until it is reduced to 0 integrity, or until you die.
In combat, the item shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move on its own, but the only action that it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you spend an action on your turn to command it to take another action. That action can be one in its stat block or some other action. If you are incapacitated, the item can take any action of its choice, not just dodge.
When you use your Bardic Performance talent, you can command the item as part of the same action that you use for Bardic Performance. Once you animate an item with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend 3 mana to use this feature again. You can have only one item animated by this feature at a time; if you use this action and already have a dancing item from this feature, the first one immediately becomes inanimate.
Dancing Item
Large or smaller construct
Defences
STR: 14, DEX: 12, CON: 13, INT: 7, WIS: 10, CHA: 8
Your Martial Feat Die Item’s Integrity 1d4 16 1d6 32 1d8 48 1d10 64 1d12 80 Damage Reduction: 4
Damage Immunities: Poison, Psychic
Condition Immunities: Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened, Poisoned
Ability Scores
STR: 18 (+4), DEX: 14 (+2), CON: 16 (+3), INT: 4 (-3), WIS: 10 (+0), CHA: 6 (-2)
Speed: 45 feet, fly 45 feet (hover)
Actions
Slam: Melee Weapon Attack: your performance skill to hit, reach 5 ft., one target that you can see. Hit: 1d10 + your Charisma modifier bludgeoning damage.
Special Abilities
Immutable Form: The item is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Irrepressible Dance: When any creature starts its turn within 10 feet of the item, the item can increase or decrease (your choice) the walking speed of that creature by 10 feet until the end of the turn, provided that the item isn’t incapacitated.
Other
Senses: Darkvision (60 ft.), Passive Perception 10
Languages: Understands the languages that you speak
Creative Crescendo
Cost: 50 Character Points
Prerequisite: Animating Performance and 70 CP of Bard Talents
When you use your Performance of Creation feature, you can create more than one item at once. The number of items equals your Charisma modifier (minimum of two items). If you create an item that would exceed that number, you choose which of the previously created items disappears. Only one of these items can be of the maximum size you can create; the rest must be small or tiny.
You are no longer limited by gp value when creating items with Performance of Creation.