Balance Info Post
Jul. 7th, 2019 09:59 pmBARD
VICIOUS MOCKERY
(M) (P) You can use magic to cause psychic damage to your enemy with a sick burn. Your words become your weapon. Intensity can vary, depending on what you come up with and how much oomph you put into it when you say it!
BARDIC INSPIRATION
You can perform to increase the morale of your teammates. Additionally, you are adept at utilizing an instrument of your choice. Playing this instrument nets you free room and board at an inn, and can help earn you followers that might offer you information. Team up with a Dancer and maybe you can get an even swankier place! When used to support your party members in RNG, this action adds +2 to a roll.
MESSAGE
(M) You can use magic to send a telepathic message to anyone you can see. The target can reply back in a whisper that only you can hear.
MINOR ILLUSION
(M) You are capable of creating an image with magic no larger than a 5ftx5ftx5ft cube. The image cannot move, and if someone passes their hand through it, they discover that it's an illusion.
PRODIGY
You have a natural knack for learning new things. Whenever you come across something you don’t know how to use, you are quick to figure out its intended function. You also learn technical skills more quickly and find it easy to retain general knowledge related to a wide variety of things — you’re great to have around for trivia night! The first time you use any skill, you gain a +2 modifier. With success on the roll, you may get a bonus using that skill at a later date (per mod discretion). Note that while you’re great at picking up on new skills, this is limited only to the knowledge component of a skill, so you can’t become physically stronger or faster more quickly with this path action.
FEATHER FALL
(M) You can use magic to slow the fall of one target you can see (this includes yourself.) This enables them to land on their feet without injury even if they’ve fallen from a great height.
SLEEP
(M) (P) You can perform a magical lullaby that puts a creature to sleep. You can target yourself with this spell if you wish. The target is still susceptible to being awoken by things that would normally wake someone from sleep (so if you attack them, they’ll probably wake up). When used on an enemy, Sleep has a maximum duration of 30 minutes. However, when used with intent to help and a sense of empathy, there is no maximum duration and the target will sleep until they wake up naturally.
DISGUISE SELF
(M) You can use magic to alter your appearance with an elaborate illusion for a maximum duration of 30 minutes. This illusion is thorough and can even change the sound of your voice (though it doesn’t have to.) However, it can be detected by magical means, and your physical shape is still unchanged beneath it — so if you’re disguised as someone taller than you, be careful that no one sticks their hand through your illusory head! And don’t try to pick anything up with the extra limbs you’ve made to look like a tentacle monster; it’ll go right through the illusion.
PRESTIDIGITATION
(M) You can use magic to create a variety of minor magical effects:
You can create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as the sound of footsteps, the fragrance of a rose, or a dusting of magical sparkles.
You are able to change the taste of food, such as causing a delicious steak to taste like a lemon tart or causing an apple to taste fermented and rotten. However, you must have some familiarity with the taste you are imbuing the food with to do this successfully.
You can light or snuff small flames such as those of candles, torches, and small campfires.
You can clean clothes. Never worry about laundry day again!
You are able to create a moving illusory effect which can fit in the palm of your hand, like a small bird flapping its wings.
You are able to summon nonmagical handheld trinkets for a duration of up to 10min. You can try to summon a specific object or simply hope for something useful to the situation you’re in. However, this skill has a roughly 50% chance of failure; you may end up with something silly or useless for your situation, depending on your roll. If you’d like to roll for this aspect of Prestidigitation for use in threads, feel free to use a preset DC of 10 to try your luck!
HEALING WORD
(M) You can heal a target within 60ft of you by performing. Casting a spell this way heals minor surface injuries like scrapes and bruises, and can take some of the edge off of more significant injuries. You can do a longer performance to further mitigate major damage, but you’ll be standing there performing for quite a while and you’ll eventually get fatigued. You cannot completely heal severe injuries like broken bones or damage to internal organs with this spell in one sitting.
ALLURE
By performing a simple flirtatious action (a wink, a blown kiss, a dance, etc.), you can entice someone to follow your commands. Only one person may be under the effects of allure at a time. The charmed state lasts for ten minutes before it has to be reapplied. The larger the request, the more likely it is the target will refuse.