Tengu Bard (CR 5)

Tengu Bard CR 5

XP 1,600
Female tengu bard 6
CE Medium humanoid (tengu)
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +9

DEFENSE

AC 16, touch 13, flat-footed 14 (+3 armor, +1 deflection, +2 Dex)
hp 30 (6d8)
Fort +2, Ref +7, Will +6; +4 vs. bardic performance, language-dependent, and sonic

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft.
Melee kukri +3 (1d4-1/18–20), bite +3 (1d3–1)
Ranged +1 pepperbox pistol +7 (1d8+1/x4)
Special Attacks bardic performance 17 rounds/day (countersong, distraction, fascinate [DC 16], inspire competence +2, inspire courage +2, suggestion [DC 16])
Bard Spells Known (CL 6th; concentration +9)

2nd (4/day)alter self, babble (DC 16), cacophonous call (DC 16), minor image (DC 16)
1st (5/day)—chord of shards (DC 14), disguise self, silent image (DC 15), ventriloquism (DC 15)
0 (at will)detect magic, flare (DC 13), ghost sound (DC 14), message, prestidigitation (DC 13), read magic

TACTICS

Before Combat A tengu bard casts babble to debilitate the most imposing warrior facing her, then attempts to fascinate someone with her bardic performance so she can use suggestion to turn them into a temporary ally. Thereafter, she uses her wand of summon swarm to harass enemy spellcasters, then casts cacophonous call or initiates a bardic performance to inspire courage and generate a chord of shards before closing with her kukri.

Morale If reduced to less than 10 hp, a tengu bard reads her scroll of invisibility and seeks to escape.

STATISTICS

Str 8, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 12, Cha 16
Base Atk +4; CMB +3; CMD 16
Feats Deadly Aim, Spell Focus (enchantment), Spell Focus (illusion)
Skills Acrobatics +11, Appraise +11, Bluff +12, Climb +5, Diplomacy +12, Linguistics +6, Perception +9, Perform (oratory) +12, Perform (sing) +9, Sense Motive +7, Spellcraft +11, Stealth +4, Use Magic Device +12; Racial Modifiers +4 Linguistics, +2 Perception, +2 Stealth
Languages Common, Gnoll, Tengu
SQ bardic knowledge +3, gifted linguist, lore master 1/day, versatile performance (oratory, sing)
Combat Gear alchemist’s fire (2), scrolls of cure moderate wounds (2), scroll of invisibility, smokesticks (2), tanglefoot bags (2), wand of summon swarm (18 charges); Other Gear masterwork omniweave armor, kukri, +1 pepperbox pistol with 24 metal cartridges, antitoxin (2), ring of protection +1, spyglass, two amethysts and three sapphires (each worth 100 gp), 24 gp.

Section 15: Copyright Notice

Alien Codex © 2018, Legendary Games; Lead Designer: Jason Nelson. Authors: Anthony Adam, Kate Baker, John Bennet, Eytan Bernstein, Robert Brookes, Russ Brown, Duan Byrd, Paris Crenshaw, Jeff Dahl, Robyn Fields, Joel Flank, Matt Goodall, Robert J. Grady, Jim Groves, Steven T. Helt, Thurston Hillman, Tim Hitchcock, Nick Hite, Daniel Hunt, Mike Kimmel Marshall, Isabelle Lee, Jeff Lee, Lyz Liddell, Jason Nelson, Richard Pett, Tom Phillips, Jeff Provine, Alistair J. Rigg, Alex Riggs, Wendall Roy, Mike Shel, Neil Spicer, Todd Stewart, Russ Taylor, Rachel Ventura, Mike Welham, George Loki Williams, Scott Young.

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