Last Emperor: Merit: Bardic Music
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Bardic Music (2 to 5 dots)
Prerequisites: Expression 3
The baridic music merit allows the trained bard to use their musical talents to magically inspire and encourage others around them. These effect are magical.
Countersong (2 dots)
Countersong allows the bard to counter the effects of other baridic song ability or other sonic or sound based attacks. Each round the bard makes a Presence + Expression roll, where each success adds 1 die to any resistance rolls made by all creatures within 30 feet. Usually the bard can keep up the countersong for 10 rounds.
Inspire Competence (2 dots)
The bard's singing can create a mental focus and lift their spirits to allow them to finish a task. The bard can make a Presence + Expression roll as a teamwork roll (nWod P.134), adding the number of successes to primary actors dice pool.
Inspire Courage (3 dots)
The bard's singing gives all allies within hearing range a +2 die bonus to any resistance rolls to any fear or charm Mind spell effects. They also get a +1 die bonus to attack rolls. The effect requires one round of singing and last for five rounds after the bard stops singing.
Fascinate (3 dots)
The bard's singing or poetry rescitation can facinate a single creature which can see and hear the bard. The bard makes a Presence + Expression roll, resisted by (minus) the target's composure. The fascination lasts for two rounds per success.
Suggestion (4 dots)
The bard may now implant a Suggestion into a creature he has Fascinated (see Fascinate above).
Inspire Greatness (5 dots)
The bard's singing ability can inspire great things in those that follow their stories. By retelling a story, and making a Presence + Expression roll, for each success one creature is inspired. These inspired creatures gain Two dots of health, +2 dice to all attack rolls, +1 dot of stamina. These bonuses last for as long as the bard continues to sing and for 5 rounds afterwards.
