Savage Bard
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Advancement
Base Save Bonuses: A savage bard has good Fortitude and Will saves, but has poor Reflex saves.
Class Skills: A savage bard loses Decipher Script and Speak Language as class skills. He adds Survival to his list of class skills.
Saves: Replace saves of base class bard with this chart.
All starting gold, skill points, class skills, hit dice, and class features all retained from base class, bard, unless noted.
Illiteracy: A savage bard is illiterate, just as a barbarian is. An illiterate savage bard cannot use or scribe scrolls.
Spellcasting: Remove the following spells from the savage bard’s class spell list: calm emotions, comprehend languages, detect secret doors, erase, prestidigitation, read magic, sepia snake sigil, summon monster (I through VI).
Add the following spells to the savage bard’s class spell list:
1st—calm animals, detect snares and pits, endure elements, summon nature’s ally I;
2nd—bull’s strength, pass without trace, summon nature’s ally II;
3rd—snare, summon nature’s ally III;
4th—insect plague, summon nature’s ally IV;