The Sea Is Now My Sky (Sing, String)

Your thrilling tune causes you and your allies to fly through the water as easily as a bird soars through the air.

Prerequisite: Perform (sing) or Perform (string instruments) 9 ranks.

Cost: Feat or 3rd-level bard spell known.

Effect: You and a number of allies (up to one creature per bard level) who can see and hear you gain a swim speed of 40 feet and a bonus on Swim checks equal to half your caster level. When using this masterpiece for long-distance travel, you and your affected allies can hustle without taking nonlethal damage (a forced march still requires Constitution checks). This means you and affected allies can cover 8 miles underwater in an hour of swimming. If an ally can no longer see or hear you, she loses this benefit.

Use: 1 round of bardic performance per creature affected for each hour of the effect’s duration.

Action: 1 full round.