I'm too Sexy: funny Bard/Swordsage build

[snakeman830]

[Negative Zero]

I saw a similar build once, that involved breakdancing people into submission via Unnerving Calm, but this build puts the schtick to far more uses. Well done.

[snakeman830]

I saw that build too, but people were using Path of Shadows and Melodic Casting for that, niether of which actually work for that purpose.  Undersong I'm surprised wasn't put up as a better method.

[Anklebite]

when I first saw the thread, I figured it would be about a particularly handsome troll bloodstorm blade with the detach feat...



"Im to sexy for my arm, too sexy for my arm, so sexy that it HURTS...."

"Im too sexy for my leg, too sexy for my leg...."

[Aldgar]

Name of "that one feat":

Metamagic Song from Races of Stone.

Unlike DMM, it has a cap that restricts you to metamagicking up to the effective spell level you can cast.

This means that you need to be able to cast 7th level spells(or metamagic cost reductions ala Arcane Thesis, metamagic school focus or incantatrix) to persist undersong this way.

[snakeman830]

Hmm.  Doesn't look like you'll be able to do that, then.  Well, with a duration that long anyway, you shouldn't need to cast it more than a couple of times each day.  I guess that will do instead.

Of course, if the DM allows custom magic items, an amulet/headband of continuous Undersong will only run you 6,000 gp.

Thanks for the feat, though.  I knew I saw it somewhere.

[Rebel7284]

Does Lyric Spell allow you to cast a spell with Metamagic Applied?  I looked at it but wasn't sure. 

Sublime Chord 5 gives you level 7 Bard Spells.  Incantatrix 3 may be easier though.

[McPoyo]

Could always extend it, since you can't persist. Not the best case, but it works from early on.

[snakeman830]

Of course, I suppose it couldn't hurt the build too much to swap back to Extend/Persist being in the feats, changing one level (not the Marshall level) to Cleric, and changing race to Illumian.  That's a way it could be persisted.

[McPoyo]

Would slow the progression a little, but it looks like it'd still work quite nicely. I do think I'm going to play this as my next character.

[snakeman830]

At minimum 10 levels of Swordsage and 2 levels of Bard must be in the build so you can know Undersong and can get access to 8th level manuvers (Time Stands Still is great, but doesn't involve Concentration checks).  Technically Swordsage can be swapped to Warblade, but then you can't get your hefty Cha to AC, so I prefer Swordsage for this.