Bard's Song List

A Bard learns a song by spending 2 Skill acquisition points to learn a specific song. Other classes can learn Bard Songs at an increased cost. Almost all songs are level one, so that the Bard can learn a song by expending 2 skill acquisition point. There may be songs that are different levels as the game progresses. If a song is Level 10 the player must be level 5 to purchase it to comply with the rule that a spell caster can only learn a spell 2 times his level. A player can spread the cost of expensive songs over multiple levels.

A Bard is only limited to the number of songs he can learn per level by the number of skill acquisition points he has, which always starts at 20. Thus, a Bard can learn 10 songs each level by expending all of his points, but that is not advised a the lower levels.

Bard Song Effectiveness and Range
Some Bard songs have different effective ranges and their ranges are increased by different instruments. Those details are described in the spell list.

Bard Songs Casting and Cost
A Bard Song is just that – a song. Every round the Bard performs the song, the song costs spell points and produces effects. Because Bard Songs are different than other spells they have different casting rules.

Musician Level – When performing a Bard song a caster expends spell points per round equal to his musician level. Thus, a caster with 20 levels of the Musician Skill can perform a song he has learned at the 20th level, which costs him 20 spell points. A character must learn a song in order to perform a song, but they also need at least one level of musician skill to actually play the song and cast its effects.

Maximum Level a Bard can perform a Song
Character Level x 2 = Maximum level a character can play a song. 

If a Bard has 10 levels of Musician Skill and is level 5 he can play that song up to level 10 and expend 10 spell points, or he can perform that song as low as level 1 and expend only 1 spell point, or anywhere in between, expending 1 spell point per level he wants to perform the song.

Bard Standard -Formula for Bard Song Spell Point Costs:
Spell points expended per Musician Skill Level (maximum: 2 x Character level) = Bard Song Cost and Level 

Even though the Bard may be able to perform a song at level 16, he may choose to expend only 10 spell points per round and thus the bonuses would be calculated as a level 10 song.

Bard’s Song List
Unlike other spell lists, Bard songs can be learned in any order.

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