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# Bard
A muse has called you to dabble in occult lore, allowing you to cast a few spells. The deeper you delve, the more powerful your performances become.

## [[Bard Dedication]] Feat 2

**Prerequisites** Charisma +2

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You cast spells like a bard and gain the Cast a Spell activity. You gain a spell repertoire with two common cantrips from the occult spell list or any other occult cantrips you've learned or discovered. You're trained in the spell attack modifier and spell DC statistics. Your key spellcasting attribute for bard archetype spells is Charisma, and they are occult bard spells. You become trained in Occultism and Performance; for each of these skills in which you were already trained, you instead become trained in a skill of your choice. Choose a muse as you would if you were a bard. You can take that muse's feats, but you don't gain the starting feat, spell or any other abilities the choice of muse grants.

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**Special** You cannot select another dedication feat until you have gained two other feats from the bard archetype.

## [[Basic Bard Spellcasting]] Feat 4

**Prerequisites** Bard Dedication

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You gain the [[Spellcasting Archetypes#Basic Spellcasting Feat|Basic Spellcasting Feat]] benefits. Each time you gain a spell slot of a new rank from the bard archetype, add a common occult spell of the appropriate rank, or another appropriate occult spell you learned or discovered, to your repertoire.

## [[Basic Muse's Whispers]] Feat 4

**Prerequisites** Bard Dedication

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You gain a 1st- or 2nd-level bard feat.

## [[Advanced Muse's Whispers]] Feat 6

**Prerequisites** Basic Muse's Whispers

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You gain one bard feat. For the purpose of meeting its prerequisites, your bard level is equal to half your character level.

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**Special** You can select this feat more than once. Each time you select it, you gain another bard feat.

## [[Counter Perform]] Feat 6

**Prerequisites** Bard Dedication

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You gain the _[[Counter Performance]]_ composition spell. This is a focus spell, granting you a focus pool or expanding that pool. You can Refocus by engaging your muse.

## [[Anthemic Performance]] Feat 8

**Prerequisites** Bard Dedication

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Your music, speech, or other performance inspires your allies to dive into battle. You gain the [[Courageous Anthem]] composition cantrip.

## [[Occult Breadth]] Feat 8

**Prerequisites** Basic Bard Spellcasting

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Your repertoire expands, and you can cast more occult spells each day. Increase the number of spells in your repertoire and the number of spell slots you gain from bard archetype feats by 1 for each spell level other than your two highest spell slots.

## [[Expert Bard Spellcasting]] Feat 12

**Prerequisites** Basic Bard Spellcasting; master in Occultism

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You gain the [[Spellcasting Archetypes#Expert Spellcasting Feat|Expert Spellcasting Feat]] benefits.

## [[Master Bard Spellcasting]] Feat 18

**Prerequisites** Expert Bard Spellcasting; legendary in Occultism

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You gain the [[Spellcasting Archetypes#Master Spellcasting Feat|Master Spellcasting Feat]] benefits.