Tenebrous Musician (3.5e Prestige Class)

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Combine bardic abilities with invocations. 4 Bardic Music Invocations Full

Tenebrous Musician

“	My song will be the last thing you hear!	”
—Mivina, Elf Tenebrous Musician

Tenebrous Musician combine invoking and bardic abilities, drawing from their eldritch power to greatly empower their music. Tenebrous musicians usually come from the ranks of bards and warlocks, although some other class can manage to get into the prestige class as well. Using their skills tenebrous musicians either make good buffer and debuffer, good blasters or excellent jacks of all trades.

Becoming a Tenebrous Musician

Entry Requirements  

Alignment:	Any non-lawful.
Skills:	Perform (Any) 6 ranks.
Feats:	Lingering Song.
Spellcasting:	Must be able to cast 1st level bard spells.
Invocation:	Must be able to use least invocation, including beguiling influence.
Special:	Must have the bardic music class feature.

Table: The Tenebrous Musician

Hit Die: d6

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special	Invoking/Spellcasting
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+0	+0	+2	+2	Bardic Music, Bloodline, Eldritch Melody, Improved Beguiling Influence	+1 level of existing invoking class/+1 level of existing bard spellcasting.
2nd	+1	+0	+3	+3	Demon's Song, Subtle Invocation	+1 level of existing invoking class/+1 level of existing bard spellcasting
3rd	+2	+1	+3	+3	Spell of Song	+1 level of existing invoking class/+1 level of existing bard spellcasting.
4th	+3	+1	+4	+4	Musical Echolocation	+1 level of existing invoking class/+1 level of existing bard spellcasting.
5th	+3	+1	+4	+4	Improved Eldritch Melody	+1 level of existing invoking class/+1 level of existing bard spellcasting.
6th	+4	+2	+5	+5	Song of Oblieration	+1 level of existing invoking class/+1 level of existing bard spellcasting.
7th	+5	+2	+5	+5	Echoic Blast	+1 level of existing invoking class/+1 level of existing bard spellcasting.
8th	+6/+1	+2	+6	+6	Eldritch Virtuoso, Forever as Song	+1 level of existing invoking class/+1 level of existing bard spellcasting.
Class Skills (6 + Int modifier per level) Appraise (Int), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Control Shape (Wis), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disable Device (Int), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Forgery (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Heal (Wis), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (Arcana) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Open Lock (Dex), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Speak Language (None), Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis), Swim (Str), Tumble (Dex).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Tenebrous Musician.

Spellcasting: At each level, you gain new spells per day and an increase in caster level (and spells known, if applicable) as if you had also gained a level in the bard class. You do not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained.

Invocations: When a new Tenebrous Musician level is gained, the character gains new invocations (including access to higher invocation lists known) and increased eldritch blast damage and caster level as if he had also gained a level in whatever invoking class he was in before he added the prestige class level. He does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained. A character with more than one invoking class must decide to which class he adds each level of Tenebrous Musician for the purposes of determining increased benefits.

Bardic Music (Su): The tenebrous musician class stacks with bard to determine the number of bardic music uses per day, which bardic music you can use and one's bard level for determining the effects of certain bardic music abilities.

Bloodline: Levels in tenebrous musician stack with very high warlock's for the purpose of determining gaining new bloodline, the potency of bloodline powers and for the purpose of gaining your ascension abilities. If you did not previously had a bloodline when taking levels in this prestige class you do not gain this ability.

Eldritch Melody (Su): Once per round a tenebrous musician is capable of casting an invocation and concentrate on her bardic music at the same time as a standard action. She may not use eldritch blast when she use eldritch melody.

At 5th level the tenebrous musician can use her eldritch meldoy as a move action.

Improved Beguiling Influence (Ex): A 1st level a tenebrous musician's beguiling influence invocation now apply to her perform check.

Demon's Song (Sp): A 2nd level tenebrous musician gain the unique demon's song invocation. When used this invocation cause all fascinated creature within 60 feet to make a will save, on a failed save the creature become charmed for as long as they remain fascinated. While in this state the affected creatures will follow you for as long as you maintain bardic music, allowing you ti guide them as long as you don't bring them in obvious dangers (or anything that would break fascination).

Subtle Invocation: At 2nd level, when the tenebrous musician use eldritch melody she may have the invocation mingle seamlessly into her performance. It cannot be identified with spellcarft, although if the invocation is obviously magical it effect is still visible but appear to be a magical effect of the performance.

Spell of Sound (Su): At 3rd level a tenebrous musician gain the ability to use ghost sound, summon instrument and ventriloquism as supernatural abilities at will.

Musical Echolocation (Sp): A 4th level tenebrous musician gain the unique musical echolocation invocation. This invocation grant the tenebrous musician blindsense when she maintain her basic music out of the range of the bardic music (see each music for it range). If there is no listed range on the music her blindsense extend to 60 feet.

Song of Obliteration (Su): At 6th level a tenebrous musician gain another use for her bardic music. All creatures within 60 feet lose one hit point per hit dice they have at the start of their turn and become sickened. All unattended objects lose 1 point of hardness each round and are destroyed when they reach 0. The tenebrous musician may exclude certain creatures and objects from this effect as a free action.

Echoic Blast (Sp): At 7th level tenebrous musician gain the unique echoic blast invocation. This invocation is both an eldritch shape and an eldirtch essence. It make your elritch blast deal sonic damage in a 60 feet cone, however unlike a normal cone it will attempt to fill all available space. Every square that is prevented from occupying because of a wall or similar obstruction is added to the other side of the effect's area.

Eldritch Virtuoso: At 8th level the tenebrous musician stack her warlock level (and any other class that advance her warlock's invoking) and her bard level for the to determine the number of bardic music uses per day, which bardic music you can use and one's bard level for determining the effects of certain bardic music abilities.

Forever as Song (Su): At 8th level a tenebrous musician become immortal, she cease to age and lose any accrued aging penalties as she return to her youth. Additionally if she is killed she raise a geist 1 hour later as a ghost of pure melody. She may exist in this state for 1 day per character level, if she ever enter a silence field she is suppressed as if she entered an antimagic field. If she can successfully use her possession on a creature who CR is lower than hers and inhabit it body for at least 24 hours, the creature dies and it body slowly morph into the tenebrous musician's original body essentially resurrecting her without any level loss. If the duration expire before she can return to life she dies as normal.

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