(PRESTIGE CLASS)
Dirgesingers voice melodies not of celebration and joy, but of sorrow and grief. They seek to spread this melancholy outlook far and wide, believing that only those who give in to their sadness can truly understand the world. Dirgesingers hold high positions in death-obsessed cultures. Serving as members of a secret guild or as part of a hierarchy of death priests, they are entrusted with the serious responsibility of composing suitable laments for the dead. The more important the deceased, the more sorrowful and moving her lament is expected to be. No one will remember the dead queen in a few short generations, but a great lament might be sung a thousand years hence.
- Hit Die: d6
- Proficiencies: A Dirgesinger gains no additional proficiencies.
- Skill Points: 4 + Int Modifier
REQUIREMENTS:
Alignment: Non-Good.
Feats: Requiem (Perform 8, Bardic Music class feature)
Skills: Lore 4 ranks, Perform 8.
Special: Must possess the Bardic Music class feature.
ABILITIES:
Level
1: Song of Sorrow - All creatures take a -2 penalty to Will saves, attack and damage.
2: Song of Bolstering - All undead gain a bonus to turn resistance.
3: Song of Grief - Target creature is confused.
4: Song of Horror - All enemies take 1d6 points of Strength and Dexterity damage.
5: Song of Awakening - The Dirgesinger animates a corpse for a short time.
BARDIC MUSIC
The Dirgesinger stacks with the Bard class to determine both the number of uses per day and the effect of the Bardic Music class ability.