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troubadour levels stack with her bard levels for purposes ofdetermining the bonus granted by her bestow courage ability. Atroubadour of stars with no bard levels gains bardic music abilitiesas a bard of her class level.Detect Evil (Sp): At will, as the spell.Holy Cacophony (Su): A 2nd-level troubadour of stars with8 or more ranks in Perform can, as an extra bardic music effect,create a song of discordant notes that hampers evil creatures.Any evil creature within 30 feet of the troubadour must make asuccessful Concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) in order tocast a spell or use a spell-like ability. Using the Words of Creationwith this ability increases the save DC to 20 + spell leveland deals 8d4 points of nonlethal damage to the troubadour.Holy cacophony is a sonic, mind-affecting ability.Celestial Spells: Once she reaches 2nd level, a troubadour ofstars can cast spells as if she were an eladrin. Specifically, thetroubadour can learn and cast any spell described in Chapter6 that has a celestial or eladrin component, as long asshe can otherwise cast the spell (it appears on herspell list, it is of a level of spells that she can cast, andshe has a sufficient ability score to cast spells ofthat level).Spells per Day/Spells Known: At each evennumberedtroubadour of stars level, the charactergains new spells per day and spellsknown as if she hadalso gained a levelin an arcane spellcastingclass towhich she belongedbefore adding theprestige class level. The class mustspontaneously cast spells (as asorcerer or bard does). Shedoes not, however, gain any otherbenefit a character of that class would have gained (bardicmusic abilities, improved familiar abilities, and so on). Ifthe character had more than one arcane spellcasting classbefore becoming a troubadour of stars, she must decideto which class she adds each troubadour level forthe purpose of determining spells perday and spells known.Starmantle (Sp): At 3rdlevel, a troubadour of stars gainsthe ability to use starmantle, as the spellA troubadour of stars(see Chapter 6), once per day. Her caster level is equal to hercharacter level.Song of Hope (Su): A 5th-level troubadour of stars with 11 ormore ranks in Perform can, as an additional bardic music effect,inspire powerful hope in her allies. Good-aligned creatureswithin 30 feet of the troubadour who are her allies gain a +2morale bonus on saving throws, attack rolls, ability checks, skillchecks, and weapon damage rolls, as if affected by the good hopespell. In addition, affected creatures gain a new saving throwagainst any fear effect, despair effect (such as the crushing despairspell), or similar mind-affecting condition, excluding charmperson, dominate person, and similar spells. An affected creaturemay use the troubadour’s Perform check result in place of hersaving throw if, after rolling the saving throw, the Performcheck result proves to be better. Using the Words of Creationwith this ability increases the morale bonus to +4 and deals11d4 points of nonlethal damage to the troubadour.Song of hope is a sonic, mind-affectingability.Sanctified Spells: A 6th-level troubadourof stars can use sanctified spells asthough they were among her spellsknown.Eladrin Form (Sp): At 7th level, a troubadourof stars gains the ability to useeladrin form, as the spell (see Chapter 6),once per day. Her caster level is equal toher class level.Celestial Symphony (Su): A 9th-leveltroubadour of stars with 15 or more ranks inPerform can, as an additional bardicmusic effect, create an effect thatduplicates the holy word spell.Nongood creatures within 30feet of the troubadour are affectedas though by the spell. The troubadour’scaster level is equal to herclass level. Using the Words of Creationwith this effect grants the troubadoura +4 bonus on hercaster level check toovercome spell resistanceand deals 15d4 points ofnonlethal damage tothe troubadour. Celestialsymphony is a sonic effect.Table 5–21: The Troubadour of StarsBase Fort Ref WillLevel Attack Bonus Save Save Save Special Spells per Day1st +0 +0 +2 +2 Bardic music, detect evil —2nd +1 +0 +3 +3 Holy cacophony, celestial spells +1 level of existing class3rd +2 +1 +3 +3 Starmantle —4th +3 +1 +4 +4 +1 level of existing class5th +3 +1 +4 +4 Song of hope —6th +4 +2 +5 +5 Sanctified spells +1 level of existing class7th +5 +2 +5 +5 Eladrin form —8th +6 +2 +6 +6 +1 level of existing class9th +6 +3 +6 +6 Celestial symphony —10th +7 +3 +7 +7 Celestial ascension +1 level of existing classIllus. by R. Guay-MitchellCHAPTER 5:PRESTIGECLASSES79