Martial

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter or until you use another bard at-will attack power, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: Each time you hit an enemy with a basic attack, one of your allies in the aura gains temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier.

Bard Attack 1Cutting Words

With the aid of your magic, your words become a weapon capable of luring a foe into a tactical blunder.

At-Will

Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 1d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and you pull the target 2 squares.

Increase damage to 2d8 + Charisma modifier at 21st level.

Bard Attack 1Guiding Strike

Your weapon stroke guides your allies, showing them where to focus their attacks.

At-Will

Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage, and the target takes a -2 penalty to the defense of your choice until the end of your next turn.

Level 21: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage.

Bard Attack 1Jinx Shot

Your expert shot renders your foe unaccountably clumsy.

At-Will

Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Ranged weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage. The first time the target misses with an attack before the end of your next turn, it falls prone.

Level 21: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage.

Bard Attack 1Misdirected Mark

You conceal your arcane attack, tricking your foe into thinking the attack came from one of your allies.

At-Wil

l Arcane, Implement

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 1d8 + Charisma modifier damage, and the target is marked by an ally within 5 squares of you until the end of your next turn.

Level 21: 2d8 + Charisma modifier damage.

Bard Attack 1Song of Savagery

You sing a song that imparts a tale of violence and savagery, getting your allies’ blood up and driving them into a frenzy.

At-Wi

ll Martial

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter or until you use another bard at-will attack power, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: Each time you hit an enemy with a basic attack, one of your allies in the aura gains a +4 power bonus to his or her next damage roll before the end of your next turn.

Bard Attack 1Song of Serendipity

You sing a song that tells of serendipitous events, giving your allies a keen eye for openings in your enemies’ defenses.

At-W

ill Martial

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter or until you use another bard at-will attack power, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: Each time you hit an enemy with a basic attack, one of your allies in the aura gains a +2 power bonus to his or her next attack roll before the end of your next turn.

Bard Attack 1Staggering Note

The sharp sound you create causes your opponent to recoil clumsily.

At-

Will Arcane, Implement, Thunder

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. WIll

Hit: Charisma modifier thunder damage, and you push the target 2 squares. As a free action, an ally of your choice can make a melee basic attack against the target before, after, or during this forced movement.

Bard Attack 1Vicious Mockery

You unleash a string of insults at your foe, weaving them with bardic magic to send the creature into a blind rage.

At

-Will Arcane, Charm, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 1d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of your next turn.

Level 21: 2d6 + Charisma modifier damage.

Bard Attack 1War Song Strike

You sing a song of war and victory, invigorating your allies as they press the attack.

A

t-Will Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage, and any ally who hits the target before the end of your next turn gains temporary hit points equal to your Constitution modifier.

Level 21: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage.

Bard Attack 1Words of Gravity

You tell a story full of danger and violence, urging your allies into a defensive mind-set.

At-Will Martial

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter or until you use another bard at-will attack power, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: Each time you hit an enemy with a basic attack, one of your allies in the aura gains a +2 power bonus to all defenses until the end of your next turn.

Bard Attack 1Blunder

You fog your foe’s mind, causing it to stumble past your allies.

E

ncounter Arcane, Charm, Implement

Standard Action Ranged 5

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 1d6 + Charisma modifier damage, and you slide the target 2 squares. During the slide, you or one of your allies can make a melee basic attack against the target as a free action, with a +2 power bonus to the attack roll.

Virtue of Cunning: The power bonus to the attack roll equals 1 + your Intelligence modifier.

Bard Attack 1Disorienting Ditty

You shake your enemy’s senses with a shocking verse, causing the foe to move erratically.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 1d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and choose a square adjacent to the target. If the target does not enter that square before the end of its next turn, it takes psychic damage equal to your Charisma modifier.

Bard Attack 1Fast Friends

You sing a tune of false friendship, leaving your foe in a reverie.

Encounter Arcane, Charm, Implement

Standard Action Ranged 5

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: Choose yourself or an ally. The target cannot attack that character until the end of your next turn or until you or one of your allies attacks the target.

Bard Attack 1Firemetal Shot

You bury a bolt deep in your opponent’s flesh. The bolt begins to glow red-hot

.

Encounter Arcane, Fire, Weapon

Standard Action Ranged Weapon

Target: One Creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage. Until the end of your next turn, whenever an ally hits the target, the target takes extra fire damage equal to your Intelligence modifier.

Bard Attack 1Focused Sound

With a resounding shout, you rattle your enemy and expose a vulnerable spot in its defense

s.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Thunder

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 1d10 + Charisma modifier thunder damage. Until the end of your next turn, any attack against the target can score a critical hit on a roll of 18–20.

Bard Attack 1Inspiring Refrain

Your weapon hums with an arcane song that helps guide nearby allies to glo

ry.

Encounter Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage, and each ally within 5 squares of you gains a +1 power bonus to attack rolls until the end of your next turn.

Bard Attack 1Lesser Dimensional Step

As your weapon strikes, you and one of your allies vanish from one spot and appear in another, confusing your oppon

ent.

Encounter Arcane, Teleportation

No Action Close burst 5

Trigger: You hit an enemy within 5 squares of you with a basic attack using a weapon.

Effect: The attack deals 1[W] extra damage to the enemy you hit, and you and one ally in the burst can teleport to a square adjacent to that enemy.

Bard Attack 1Lesser Flash of Distraction

A sudden burst of light and a blast of noise leaves your foe momentarily disorie

nted.

Encounter Arcane

No Action Special

Trigger: You hit an enemy with a basic attack using a weapon.

Effect: The enemy you hit is dazed until the end of your next turn.

Bard Attack 1Lesser Ringing Weapon

You drive your weapon into an enemy and then channel a spell through it, causing it to ring like a tuning fork and draw the attention of o

thers.

Encounter Arcane, Thunder

No Action Special

Trigger: You hit an enemy with a basic attack using a weapon.

Effect: The enemy you hit takes 5 thunder damage. Until the end of your next turn, that enemy grants combat advantage and cannot benefit from partial concealment.

Bard Attack 1Prophesied Strike

You cast your mind’s eye forward a split second, predicting the best moment for a tellin

g blow.

Encounter Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Ranged weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage. The next time you or an ally attacks the target before the end of your next turn, the attacker rolls a d20 twice and uses either result.

Bard Attack 1Prophetic Action

You study your enemy and deduce its next move, letting an ally dodge its

attack.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage. Until the end of your next turn, the first time the target misses you or an ally with an attack, one target (your choice) of that attack can shift a number of squares equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum 1) as an immediate reaction.

Bard Attack 1Shout of Triumph

You unleash a mighty call of battle, scattering your enemies while urging your allies

forward.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Thunder

Standard Action Close blast 3

Target: Each enemy in the blast

Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude

Hit: 1d6 + Charisma modifier thunder damage, and you push the target 1 square.

Effect: You slide each ally in the blast 1 square.

Virtue of Valor: The number of squares you push the target and slide the allies equals your Constitution modifier.

Bard Attack 1Thunder's Calling

You chant a verse of storm and thunder, sending your foe tumbling and leaving it open for a de

adly shot.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Thunder

Standard Action Ranged 5

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude

Hit: 1d8 + Charisma modifier thunder damage, and you slide the target a number of squares equal to your Constitution modifier. If no creatures are adjacent to the target at the end of this movement, choose an ally within 10 squares of you to make a ranged basic attack against the target as a free action.

Bard Attack 1Victim of the Feywild

You send your allies stepping across planes, recreating one of the innumerable tales that describe fey warriors springing from nowhere to attack wanderers in t

heir realm.

Encounter Arcane, Force, Implement, Teleportation

Standard Action Ranged 5

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 1d8 + Charisma modifier force damage, and you can teleport one or two allies within 5 squares of the target each to different squares adjacent to the target.

Bard Attack 1Arrow of Warning

Your shot hinders an enemy and gives its would-be target the perf

ect opportunity.

Daily Arcane, Weapon

Immediate Interrupt Ranged weapon

Trigger: An enemy within range makes an attack roll against an ally

Target: The triggering enemy

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 3[W] + Charisma modifier damage. The ally who was attacked by the triggering enemy can make an at-will attack against that enemy as a free action. The ally gains a bonus to this attack roll equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum 1).

Miss: Half damage.

Bard Attack 1Burdening Dirge

Your dire lament is a heavy weight on your foe’s mind, binding that enemy when your alli

es cause it pain.

Daily Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage.

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, when an ally attacks the target and hits, the target is slowed until the end of its next turn.

Bard Attack 1Cautionary Tale

Your warning inspires your allies to be vigilant against danger from all sides. Your comrades exercise caution, waiting until one of them can strike wit

h greatest effect.

Daily Martial

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: Allies in the aura do not grant combat advantage while flanked. In addition, once before the end of the encounter, one of your allies in the aura can deal 2d10 extra damage on any one attack that hits an enemy.

Bard Attack 1Dirge of the Damned

You begin chanting a dirge that makes every strike from your allies cut just that much deeper into y

our doomed enemies.

Daily Martial

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: Allies in the aura gain a +2 power bonus to damage rolls, or a +4 power bonus to damage rolls against bloodied enemies.

Bard Attack 1Disruptive Words

You call out to your enemies with words that distract and confuse them, drawing their attention away at a critical moment and opening them up to y

our allies’ attacks.

Daily Martial

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: Enemies in the aura grant combat advantage. Once before the end of the encounter, when an enemy in the aura takes damage from any source, you can choose for that enemy to be dazed (save ends).

Bard Attack 1Echoes of the Guardian

You recite a verse from the saga of a great warrior, confounding your enemy so that one of your companions can more easil

y protect the others.

Daily Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage, and until the end of your next turn, the target is marked by an ally within 5 squares of you.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, once during each of your turns, choose an ally within 5 squares of you when you hit an enemy. Until the end of your next turn, that enemy is marked by that ally.

Bard Attack 1Echoing Roar

Your resounding song hammers your foe, dogging its steps and mak

ing escape impossible.

Daily Arcane, Implement, Thunder

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude

Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier thunder damage.

Effect: The target is affected by an echoing roar (save ends). While affected by the echoing roar, the target takes ongoing 5 thunder damage and cannot become hidden or benefit from concealment or cover (except for total concealment or superior cover).

Bard Attack 1Malevolent Mischief

You plague your foe with a spell of ill luck, causing knots to unravel and straps to part so that i

t stumbles like an oaf.

Daily Arcane, Implement

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One Creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 3d8 + Charisma modifier damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: The target is affected by ill luck (save ends). While affected by ill luck, the target is slowed until the end of its next turn whenever you or an ally hits it with an attack.

Bard Attack 1Saga of Rivalry

As you launch an arrow, you recite a tale of hatred and challenge, inciting one of your allies to fi

ght that foe to the end.

Daily Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Ranged weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: Choose an ally within 10 squares of you. The target takes 5 damage at the end of its turn if it is not adjacent to that ally (save ends). The ally gains a +2 power bonus to attack rolls against the target until the end of the encounter.

Bard Attack 1Satire of Fortune

You mock your foe’s luck, using your verse to make your ins

ults come painfully true.

Daily Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: The next time an ally misses the target with an attack during this encounter, you roll a d20 and replace the ally’s attack roll with yours.

Bard Attack 1Slayer's Song

You sing a tune of war that diminishes your foes’ defenses

with each blow you strike.

Daily Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage, and the target grants combat advantage to you and your allies (save ends).

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, whenever you hit an enemy, that enemy grants combat advantage to you and your allies until the end of your next turn.

Bard Attack 1Sprightly Rhythm

With precision timing, you tap out a beat that forces enemies away and allows all

ies to reorient themselves.

Daily Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Close burst 2

Target: Each enemy in the burst

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 1d10 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and you push the target a number of squares equal to your Charisma modifier.

Miss: Half damage, and you push the target 1 square.

Effect: Each ally in the burst can shift 1 square as a free action.

Bard Attack 1Stirring Shout

Your shout of wrath stabs into your foe’s mind. Each time your allies hit that foe, they draw

strength from its weakness.

Daily Arcane, Healing, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage.

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, whenever an ally hits the target, that ally regains hit points equal to your Charisma modifier.

Bard Attack 1Verse of Triumph

Your voice crescendos as you sing of victory. Your inspirational words dr

ive allies forward to attack.

Daily Arcane, Charm, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, you and any ally within 5 squares of you gain a +1 power bonus to damage rolls and saving throws. In addition, whenever you or an ally reduces an enemy to 0 hit points with an attack, you and any ally within 5 squares of the enemy can shift 1 square as a free action.

Bard Utility 2Bardic Lore

Using your magic to sharpen your memory, you recall an important piece of information that you picked up in a story or a s

ong you heard in your travels.

Daily Arcane

Minor Action Personal

Effect: You use Arcana, Dungeoneering, History, Nature, or Religion to make a knowledge check, but instead of rolling a d20, resolve the check as if you had rolled a 20.

Bard Utility 2Beguiling Ballad

Just as your foe thinks victory is assured, you weave a curtain of fey magic that makes it t

hink its enemy was never there.

Daily Arcane, Illusion, Teleportation

Immediate Reaction Close burst 10

Trigger: An enemy in the burst hits an ally

Target: The triggering enemy

Effect: The target cannot see the triggering ally (save ends). The triggering ally can teleport 5 squares as a free action.

Bard Utility 2Canon of Avoidance

Your song of protection trips from ally to ally, cloaki

ng each one in a magical shield.

Daily Arcane

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One ally

Effect: The target gains a +2 power bonus to all defenses until the end of your next turn.

Sustain Minor: The effect persists. When you sustain the effect, you can transfer it to another ally within 10 squares of you.

Bard Utility 2Clockwork Precision

You hum a simple tune of unity, allowing you and you

r allies to better work together.

Daily Arcane

Standard Action Close burst 10

Target: You and each ally in the burst

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, each target gains a +2 bonus to skill checks made to aid another. When a target aids attack, aids defense, or successfully aids another, he or she grants a +3 bonus instead of a +2 bonus to the roll.

Bard Utility 2Concerted Effort

Your magic hums around your allies, growing in power as they redouble thei

r efforts toward the task at hand.

Daily Arcane

Standard Action Close burst 10

Target: You and each ally in the burst

Effect: Until the end of your next turn, each target gains a +1 power bonus to attack rolls. Whenever a target hits with at least one attack during his or her turn, the bonus increases by 1 for each target whose turn has not yet started.

Bard Utility 2Hunter's Tune

You shape the flow of sound, containing

it and creating an area of silence.

Daily Arcane

Minor Action Ranged 10

Target: One ally

Effect: Until the end of your next turn, the target gains a +5 power bonus to Stealth checks and doesn’t take a penalty to Stealth checks for moving more than 2 squares or running.

Sustain Minor: The effect persists if the target is within range.

Bard Utility 2Inspire Competence

Your magic channels the skill of ancient expert

s to help with the task at hand.

Encounter Arcane

Minor Action Close burst 5

Target: You and each ally in the burst

Effect: Choose a skill. Until the end of the encounter, each target gains a +2 power bonus to his or her next check using that skill.

Bard Utility 2Moment of Escape

You distract your enemies with a quick refrain, giving your emb

attled ally a chance to get away.

Encounter Arcane

Move Action Ranged 10

Target: One ally

Effect: You slide the target 4 squares.

Bard Utility 2Song of Courage

Your magic creates shouts of encouragement, making it seem as though an ent

ire army were cheering on your allies.

Daily Arcane, Zone

Minor Action Close burst 5

Effect: The burst creates a zone of inspirational shouts that lasts until the end of your next turn. When you move, the zone moves with you, remaining centered on you. While within the zone, any ally gains a +1 power bonus to attack rolls.

Sustain Minor: The zone persists.

Bard Utility 2Song of Defense

You intone a few notes from a battle hymn, and your magic bolsters

your allies’ ability to parry attacks.

Daily Arcane, Zone

Minor Action Close burst 5

Effect: The burst creates a zone of bolstering song that lasts until the end of your next turn. When you move, the zone moves with you, remaining centered on you. While within the zone, any ally gains a +1 power bonus to AC.

Sustain Minor: The zone persists.

Bard Utility 2Words of Protective Fate

Your voice shields your allies against misfortune, turning otherwise

deadly blows into less damaging strikes.

Daily Arcane

Minor Action Close burst 10

Target: You and each ally in the burst

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, whenever a critical hit is scored on the target, you roll a d20. If you roll a 10 or higher, the attack hits but is not a critical hit.

Bard Attack 3Ballad of the Zombie King

The mere mention of the zombie king sends chills down

the spine of even the most fearless.

Encounter Arcane, Fear, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Close burst 2

Target: Each enemy in the burst

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 1d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of your next turn.

Bard Attack 3Charger's Call

You weave a song of fearless knights and mighty chargers, encouraging your all

ies to throw themselves into the fray.

Encounter Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage, and each ally within 5 squares of you gains a +2 bonus to attack rolls while charging until the end of your next turn.

Virtue of Valor: The bonus to attack rolls equals 1 + your Constitution modifier.

Bard Attack 3Chilled Blade

Frost forms along the edge of the weapon as you lay your hand on it, a fine

mist falling off it toward the ground.

Encounter Arcane, Cold

Minor Action Melee 1

Target: One weapon

Effect: The next weapon attack made with the target weapon before the end of your next turn slows the attack’s first target until the end of its next turn. On a hit, that target also takes 1d10 extra cold damage.

Bard Attack 3Cruel Fate

Fate has

nothing kind in store for your enemies.

Encounter Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Ranged weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage. The next time the target is hit by an attack before the end of your next turn, the attacker rerolls the attack’s damage and uses the higher result.

Bard Attack 3Cunning Ferocity

The mark of your weapon on your target’s hide gives strength to y

our allies’ attacks against the same foe.

Encounter Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage, and each ally within 5 squares of you gains a +2 bonus to damage rolls against the target until the end of your next turn.

Virtue of Cunning: The bonus to damage rolls equals 1 + your Intelligence modifier.

Bard Attack 3Dissonant Strain

You sing in two pitches at once, creating a song th

at harms your foe while helping your ally.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 5

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of your next turn. In addition, an ally within 5 squares of you can make a saving throw.

Bard Attack 3Echoing Weapon

You place your hand on the weapon, and it begins to rumble quietly, as though

a booming thunderhead is contained within.

Encounter Arcane, Thunder

Minor Action Melee 1

Target: One weapon

Effect: Until the end of your next turn, the next weapon attack made with the target weapon deals 2d6 thunder damage to one target of the attack, regardless of whether the attack hits or misses.

Bard Attack 3Entangling Opening

A well-placed shot creates an opening for a

follow-up attack that knocks your foe prone.

Encounter Arcane, Psychic, Weapon

Standard Action Ranged weapon

Target: One Creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier psychic damage. The next time the target is hit by an attack before the end of your next turn, it is knocked prone.

Bard Attack 3Impelling Force

A bolt of forc

e shoves your foe next to one of your allies.

Encounter Arcane, Force, Implement

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude

Hit: 1d10 + Charisma modifier force damage, and you slide the target 5 squares to a space adjacent to one of your allies.

Bard Attack 3Rally the Spectral Host

An aggressive strike calls forth the spi

rits of fallen warriors to stand at your side.

Encounter Arcane, Aura, Primal, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage.

Effect: You activate an aura 2 that lasts until the end of your next turn. While in the aura, any ally gains a +1 power bonus to attack rolls and a +2 power bonus to damage rolls.

Bard Attack 3Recitation of Foreknowledge

You recount the tale of a great trickster-warrior, whose uncanny aw

areness flusters opponents and inspires allies.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 1d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage. Until the end of your next turn, the target grants combat advantage to one ally within 10 squares of you.

Effect: One ally within 10 squares of you gains a +4 bonus to AC against opportunity attacks until the end of your next turn.

Virtue of Prescience: The ally’s bonus to AC against opportunity attacks equals 3 + your Wisdom modifier.

Bard Attack 3Rhyme of the Blood-Seeking Blade

You swiftly loose a shot while chanting of sundered metal, and your foe’s

armor no longer withstands your friend’s strike.

Encounter Arcane, Weapon

Immediate Interrupt Ranged weapon

Trigger: An ally misses with a melee attack

Target: The target of the triggering ally’s attack

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage. The target takes a -4 penalty to all defenses against the triggering ally’s attack.

Virtue of Prescience: The target’s penalty to all defenses equals 3 + your Wisdom modifier.

Bard Attack 3Seek Weakness

The weapon you enchant quivers

under your fingertips as though eager to strike.

Encounter Arcane

Minor Action Melee 1

Target: One weapon

Effect: Until the end of your next turn, weapon attacks made with the target weapon have combat advantage and gain a +2 power bonus to damage rolls.

Bard Attack 3Song of the New Dawn

You call upon the sun’s lig

ht to sear your foe and shine hope on your allies.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Radiant

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier radiant damage. Each ally adjacent to the target makes a saving throw, rolling twice and using the higher result.

Bard Attack 3Unicorn's Charge

Your song describes the nobility and magic of a Feywild

unicorn, inspiring your ally to come to the rescue.

Encounter Arcane, Healing, Teleportation

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Effect: One ally within range can charge the target as a free action. If the ally hits, each ally adjacent to the target can regain hit points equal to your Charisma modifier or, as a free action, teleport 1 square.

Bard Attack 5Arrow of Ill Omen

The arrow you fire is a harbin

ger of your foe’s doom. Where it strikes, death follows.

Daily Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Ranged weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: Choose an ally within 10 squares of you. Until the end of the encounter, when that ally hits the target but does not score a critical hit, you roll a d20. If you roll a 15 or higher, that attack becomes a critical hit, and this effect ends.

Bard Attack 5Compulsion

You croon a beguiling me

lody, inducing your foe to wander wherever you direct it.

Daily Arcane, Charm, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One Creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and you slide the target 5 squares either at the start of its turn or at the end of its turn (save ends). Until it saves, the target cannot take move actions on its turn.

Miss: Half damage. You slide the target 5 squares either at the start of its turn or at the end of its next turn, and it cannot take move actions on its next turn.

Bard Attack 5Haunting Tune

You chant a haunting dirge that seems to re

ach right into your enemies’ psyches, leaving them shaken.

Daily Arcane, Fear, Psychic

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: Enemies that end their turns in the aura take 3 psychic damage. This damage cannot drop an enemy below 1 hit point. If the damage would normally drop an enemy below 1 hit point, that enemy must immediately move up to its speed as a free action if it can, ending the move as far from you as possible.

Bard Attack 5Rhyme of Fire

You whisper of the unquenchable fire that burns at the heart of

the world, causing flames to erupt deep within your enemy.

Daily Arcane, Fire, Implement

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude

Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier fire damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, whenever an ally hits the target, the target takes fire damage equal to your Charisma modifier.

Bard Attack 5Satire of Bravery

Your verse mocks your foe

s’ courage, forcing them to become the cowards you describe.

Daily Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Close blast 3

Targets: Each enemy in the blast

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and the target is affected by your satire of bravery (save ends). While the target is affected by the satire, if the target ends its turn closer to you than where it started its turn, the target takes 1d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage and is dazed until the end of its next turn.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: You push the target 3 squares.

Bard Attack 5Scathing Rebuke

You keep a barbed tongue handy for your e

nemies, offering them no quarter with your disparaging words.

Daily Arcane, Fear

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: Any enemy in the aura whose Will is equal to or lower than 12 + your level cannot attack you, unless that enemy is marked by you or in your defender’s aura.

Bard Attack 5Song of Discord

You foster distrus

t in one of your foes, causing it to strike out at its allies.

Daily Arcane, Charm, Implement

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: The target is dominated until the end of your next turn.

Effect: The target makes a basic attack against an enemy of your choice as a free action.

Bard Attack 5Song of Hope

You sing a song th

at inspires your allies, giving them the confidence to triumph.

Daily Martial

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: Your allies in the aura gain a +2 power bonus to skill checks. Once before the end of the encounter, when one of your allies makes an attack roll, as a free action you can choose to have that ally roll twice for the attack and use either result.

Bard Attack 5Strictures of Fortune

Yo

ur song of fortune assists your allies and impedes your enemies.

Daily Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 3d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: The next time the target would recharge a power before the end of the encounter, the power instead does not recharge, and you or an ally within 10 squares of you regains the use of an encounter power.

Bard Attack 5Timeless Trek in Mithrendain

You tear your foe away from the world and send it on a journey like that of Dourlion,

who spent untold days in the timeless Autumn City of the eladrin.

Daily Arcane, Implement, Psychic, Teleportation

Standard Action Ranged 5

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage.

Effect: The target is banished to the Feywild (save ends). While banished, it is removed from play. When the effect ends, the target reappears in the space it last occupied or in the nearest unoccupied space of its choice.

Bard Attack 5Tune of Ice and Wind

You hum a discordant tun

e, slowing your enemies with ice and moving your allies with wind.

Daily Arcane, Cold, Implement

Standard Action Area burst 1 within 10 squares

Target: Each enemy in the burst

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier cold damage, and the target is slowed (save ends).

Miss: Half damage, and the target is slowed until the end of your next turn.

Effect: You slide each ally in the burst 3 squares.

Bard Attack 5Vigorous Cadence

Your chant inspires health and val

or. With each of your enemy’s attacks, an ally’s wounds are mended.

Daily Arcane, Healing, Implement

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude

Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, the first time the target makes an attack roll during each of its turns, your ally nearest to it regains hit points equal to your Charisma modifier.

Bard Attack 5Word of Mystic Warding

A word of power assaults your foe’s mind, establishing a

ward that harms it further if it draws closer to the ally you name.

Daily Arcane, Psychic, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 3[W] + Charisma modifier psychic damage. Choose an ally within 5 squares of you. If the target moves closer to that ally during the target’s turn, the target takes psychic damage equal to your Charisma modifier (save ends).

Miss: Half damage.

Bard Utility 6Allegro

You drum out

a hasty rhythm that infuses you and your comrades with magical speed.

Daily Arcane

Minor Action Close burst 10

Target: You and each ally in the burst

Effect: You slide each target 2 squares.

Bard Utility 6Chord of Resilienc

e

With notes of steel and stone, you preserve your ally from harm.

Encounter Arcane

Immediate Interrupt Ranged 10

Trigger: An attack hits an ally

Target: The ally who was hit

Effect: The damage the target takes is reduced by an amount equal to 5 + your Charisma modifier.

Bard Utility 6Dramatic Shift

You recite your

allies’ glorious tale, helping to set them in position for triumph.

Encounter Arcane

Minor Action Close burst 5

Target: You and each ally in the burst

Effect: Until the end of your next turn, each target can shift as a minor action.

Bard Utility 6Echoing Steps

Your incantation pulls its subject into the Feywild long e

nough to move freely. Arcane reverberations enable shorter return trips.

Daily Arcane, Teleportation

Minor Action Ranged 10

Target: You or one ally

Effect: The target can teleport 6 squares as a free action. Until the end of the encounter, the target can teleport 1 square as a minor action.

Bard Utility 6Glimpse the Future

Just as you uphold the examples

of the past, so too do you draw on the future to inspire your companions.

Daily Arcane

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Roll a d20 three times and keep the highest roll. Once before the end of the encounter, you can use this roll to replace a d20 roll of an ally within 10 squares of you.

Bard Utility 6Ode to Sacrifice

Like many heroes who prove their worth by shou

ldering the burdens of others, you take a harmful effect from an ally.

Encounter Arcane

Minor Action Close burst 5

Target: One ally in the burst

Effect: You transfer one effect on the target that a save can end to yourself or to another ally in the burst. The new subject of the effect gains a power bonus to saving throws against that effect equal to your Constitution modifier.

Bard Utility 6Reactive Wards

You quickly inscribe a runic shape into the ai

r, a ward against further harm, and then cast it on one of your allies.

Encounter Arcane

Minor Action Ranged 10

Target: You or one ally

Effect: The target makes a saving throw against an effect that a save can end, with a +2 power bonus to the saving throw. If the saving throw fails, the target gains temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier.

Bard Utility 6Revitalizing Incantation

You whisper a f

ew phrases in a secret language, urging your ally’s body to mend itself.

Encounter Arcane, Healing

Minor Action Ranged 5

Target: You or one ally

Effect: The target can spend a healing surge. Additionally, the target gains temporary hit points equal to his or her healing surge value.

Bard Utility 6Song of Conquest

Your arca

ne song bolsters your allies, so they fight your foes with renewed vigor.

Encounter Arcane

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of your next turn, any ally within 5 squares of you who hits an enemy gains temporary hit points equal to 3 + your Constitution modifier.

Bard Utility 6Song of Speed

With a rousi

ng refrain, you imbue an ally or yourself with superior speed and agility.

Encounter Arcane

Minor Action Ranged 10

Target: You or an ally

Effect: Until the end of your next turn, the target gains a +4 power bonus to speed and can shift 1 extra square whenever he or she shifts.

Bard Uti

lity 6Synchronicity

A single chord is all it takes to spur your allies forward.

Daily Arcane

No Action Close burst 10

Target: You and each ally in the burst

Trigger: You roll initiative

Effect: Each target gains a +5 bonus to initiative during this encounter.

Bard Utility 6Trickster's Healing

Your magic turns

an enemy’s blunder into an opportunity for your allies to overcome their wounds.

Daily Arcane, Healing

Immediate Reaction Close burst 10

Trigger: An attack misses an ally within 10 squares of you

Target: Each ally in the burst missed by the triggering attack

Effect: Each target regains hit points equal to one-half your level + your Intelligence modifier.

Bard Attack 7Alter Fate

You curl your hand in a twisting moti

on, and a strike that might have been a glancing blow becomes a grievous hit.

Encounter Arcane

Immediate Reaction Ranged 10

Trigger: An enemy within 10 squares of you is hit by your ally’s attack.

Target: The triggering enemy

Effect: The target takes 1d12 extra damage from the attack.

Bard Attack 7At Your Expense

A well-timed quip in response to

an enemy’s misfortune causes its companions to erupt in demoralizing laughter.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Immediate Reaction Ranged 10

Trigger: An enemy within range misses with an attack

Primary Target: The triggering enemy

Effect: The target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of your turn. Make the following secondary attack.

Secondary Target: Each enemy within 2 squares of the triggering enemy that can hear you.

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Special: If you are a gnome, you gain a +2 power bonus to this attack.

Hit: The target grants combat advantage to all attackers until the end of its next turn, and the primary target takes psychic damage equal to your Intelligence modifier.

Bard Attack 7Chillsong Stroke

Your rhythm of win

ter draws vigor from your foe and infuses it into your ally, who leaps forward.

Encounter Arcane, Cold, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier cold damage, and the target is slowed until the end of your next turn. An ally within 3 squares of you can shift 4 squares as a free action.

Bard Attack 7Deflect Attention

You focus a foe’s viol

ent determination elsewhere, making you or an ally invisible to it for a moment.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and you or an ally within 10 squares of you becomes invisible to the target until the end of your next turn.

Bard Attack 7Distracting Shout

Your shout draws the enemy’s attention so tha

t your allies can maneuver around the foe, letting them get in close or get away.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Thunder

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier thunder damage, and the target takes a -5 penalty to opportunity attack rolls until the end of your next turn.

Virtue of Cunning: The penalty to opportunity attack rolls equals 4 + your Intelligence modifier.

Bard Attack 7Drums of the Wild Hunt

You mimic the pounding

beat that drives the fury of the Wild Hunt, imparting its savagery to your allies.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Teleportation, Thunder

Standard Action Close burst 1

Target: One, two, or three creatures in the burst

Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude

Hit: 1d10 + Charisma modifier thunder damage. You can teleport an ally within 10 squares of you to a square adjacent to the target. If you do, that ally gains a +3 power bonus to its next attack roll against the target before the end of your next turn.

Bard Attack 7Insightful Shot

As your arrow streaks forth, it guides the way to your foe’s most vulnerable spot.

Encounter Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Ranged weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage. All the target’s defenses are equal to its lowest defense until the next time it is hit by an attack.

Virtue of Prescience: The next attack that hits the target gains a bonus to the damage roll equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Bard Attack 7Prescient Warning

You utter words

of warning that fly upstream through the river of time, warning your ally of danger.

Encounter Arcane

Immediate Interrupt Ranged 10

Trigger: An ally within 10 squares of you is hit by an enemy’s attack.

Target: The triggering ally

Effect: The target can make a basic attack against the attacking enemy as a free action, dealing 1d8 extra damage on a hit.

Bard Attack 7Rewrite the Fu

ture

With a wave of the hand, this shot’s arcane energy can change an enemy’s future.

Encounter Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Ranged weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage, and you roll a d20. Until the end of your next turn, you can replace an ally’s attack roll against the target with your d20 roll or replace the target’s attack roll with your d20 roll as a free action.

Bard Attack 7S

corpion's Claw Strike

Your distraction allows one of your allies to slip around a foe.

Encounter Arcane, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage, and you slide an ally who is adjacent to the target to another space adjacent to it.

Virtue of Valor: Until the end of your next turn, the ally also gains a power bonus to AC equal to your Constitution modifier.

Bar

d Attack 7Song of Duplicitous Allure

The soft tones of your voice draw your foe closer.

Encounter Arcane, Charm, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One Creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and you pull the target 2 squares. Until the end of your next turn, each time the target is hit by a ranged attack, you pull it 1 square.

Bard Attack 7Theft of Life

As you s

hout a word of power, health and vitality drain from your foe and refresh a nearby ally.

Encounter Arcane, Healing, Implement

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier damage.

Effect: An ally adjacent to the target can spend a healing surge and also gains temporary hit points

equal to your Intelligence modifier.

Bard Attack 7Timely Distraction

"Look! An owlbear!"

Encounter Arcane, Charm, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and the target grants combat advantage until the end of your next turn.

Bard Attack 7Unluck

You manipul

ate what was once an ode to fate, speaking it in reverse and warping the weave of fortune.

Encounter Arcane, Implement, Necrotic

Standard Action Ranged 5

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 1d8 + Charisma modifier necrotic damage. The next time the target makes an attack roll before the end of your next turn, you roll 1d20 and can replace the target’s roll with yours. In addition, choose an ally within 5 squares of you. The next time that ally attacks the target before the end of your next turn, you roll 1d20 and can replace the ally’s roll with yours.

Bard Attack 7Urge to Victory

You cast a spell of haste and direction on one o

f your allies, allowing your friend to strike when it seemed as though he or she could not.

Encounter Arcane

Immediate Reaction Ranged 10

Trigger: An ally within 10 squares of you ends his or her turn without having made an attack.

Target: The triggering ally

Effect: The target can either make a basic attack or charge an enemy as a free action, even if the target is dominated or stunned. If the attack hits, it deals 1d10 extra damage.

Bard Attack 7Wrath of Wolfstone

You conjure the sp

irit of a Wolfstone berserker and use arcane magic to focus its wild fury against your foes.

Encounter Arcane, Cold, Conjuration, Primal, Weapon

Standard Action Melee or Ranged weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier cold damage.

Effect: You conjure the spirit of a Wolfstone berserker in an unoccupied square adjacent to the target. The conjuration lasts until the end of your next turn or until you dismiss it as a free action. Any enemy that ends its turn adjacent to the berserker takes 5 cold damage, and you can slide the enemy 1 square.

Bard Attack 9Anthem of Aggression

You sing a song that gets the hearts of your allies racing, sending them into battle with fervor.

Daily Martial

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: The first time each turn one of your allies in the aura misses with an at-will attack, that ally deals damage to the missed target equal to your Charisma modifier.

Bard Attack 9Counterpoint

Your song mimics the beat of your foe’s attacks, so that your allies match them strike for strike.

Daily Arcane, Implement

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: Whenever the target misses with an attack, it provokes opportunity attacks from you and your allies (save ends).

Bard Attack 9Exposure of Weakness

You tell a tale that reveals the gaps in your enemies’ armor, exposing them for your allies to see.

Daily Arcane

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, your skald’s aura gains the following effect: Enemies in the aura gain vulnerable 2 to all damage dealt by your allies.

Bard Attack 9Forceful Conduit

A jolt of pain establishes an arcane link between your foe and one of your

allies. Your ally can see through the foe’s eyes and channel his or her own powers through its body.

Daily Arcane, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and the target is affected by a forceful conduit (save ends). Choose an ally within 10 squares of you. While the target is affected by this forceful conduit, that ally can make implement attacks during his or her turn as if occupying the target’s space.

Miss: Half damage. Until the end of your next turn, an ally within 10 squares of you can make implement attacks during his or her turn as if occupying the target’s space.

Bard Attack 9Hideous Laughter

Horrible convulsions seize your foe in a terrible mockery of laughter.

Daily Arcane, Charm, Implement, Psychic

Standard Action Ranged 10

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 3d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and the target can’t take opportunity actions and takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls (save ends both).

Aftereffect: The target can’t take opportunity actions (save ends).

Miss: Half damage, and the target can’t take opportunity actions until the end of your next turn.

Bard Attack 9Hymn of t

he Daring Rescue

Your attack resonates in an arcane song that allows an ally to teleport to your side.

Daily Arcane, Teleportation, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 3[W] + Charisma modifier damage.

Effect: Choose an ally within 5 squares of you. Until the end of the encounter, that ally can teleport to a space adjacent to you as a move action.

Bard Attack 9Rai

n of Starlight

You address an ode to the stars, calling their brilliance to shower down upon your foes.

Daily Arcane, Implement, Radiant

Standard Action Area burst 1 within 10 squares

Target: Each creature in the burst

Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex

Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier radiant damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: The target is affected by showering sparks (save ends). While affected by showering sparks, the target grants combat advantage. In addition, it gains no benefit from concealment, total concealment, or invisibility.

Bard Attack 9Sag

a of Vengeance

You punctuate a tale of bloody vengeance with your shot, each word inspiring your allies.

Daily Arcane, Healing, Weapon

Standard Action Ranged weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 3[W] + Charisma modifier damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, whenever an ally hits the target with an attack, that ally can choose to roll a saving throw or to regain hit points equal to your Charisma modifier.

Bard Attack 9Symphony of Misfortune

You unleash a song of missed chances, lost hope, and tragic accidents, bringing bad luck to your enemies.

Daily Arcane, Implement, Psychic, Zone

Standard Action Area burst 1 within 10 squares

Target: Each creature in the burst

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 1d10 + Charisma modifier damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: The burst creates a zone of misfortune that lasts until the end of your next turn. Choose one of the following misfortune effects; until the end of your next turn, each enemy that starts its turn within the zone is subject to that effect.

• The enemy is slowed.

• The enemy takes psychic damage equal to your Charisma modifier.

• The enemy grants combat advantage to your allies.

Sustain Minor: The zone persists. You can choose a new misfortune effect for the zone when you sustain this power.

Bard Attack 9Thunder Blade

Your weapon resonates with thunder, smit

ing your foe and enabling you to move enemies into locations where your allies can more easily reach them.

Daily Arcane, Thunder, Weapon

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature

Attack: Charisma vs. AC

Hit: 3[W] + Charisma modifier thunder damage, and you slide the target 2 squares.

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, whenever you hit a target with an at-will attack power, you slide the target 2 squares to a space that must be adjacent to at least one of your

allies.

Bard Attack 9Wail of Anguish

A threnody of loss and sorrow saps your foes’ ability to escape harm.

Daily Arcane, Implement

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of your next turn, you can use the Wail of Anguish Attack power.

Sustain Minor: The e

ffect persists.

Wail of Anguish Attack

A threnody of loss and sorrow saps your foes’ ability to escape harm.

At-Will Arcane, Implement

Opportunity Action Close burst 3

Requirement: The Wail of Anguish power must be active to use this power.

Trigger: An enemy starts its turn within 3 squares of you

Target: The triggering enemy in the burst

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: Charisma modifier damage, and the target cannot shift u

ntil the end of your next turn.

Bard Utility 10Break Enchantment

Your arcane poem frees your allies’ minds.

Daily Arcane, Implement

Minor Action Area burst 1 within 10 squares

Target: Each ally in the burst

Effect: The target rolls a saving throw. If the saving throw is against a charm, a fear, or an illusion effect, the target gains a bonus to the saving throw equal to your Charisma modifier.

Bard Utility 10Chant of Accuracy

You recite

the legend of the arrow that found the single gap in a foe’s armor, inspiring your companions to strike true.

Daily Arcane

Minor Action Close burst 10

Target: You and each ally in the burst

Effect: Each target gains a +2 power bonus to attack rolls until the end of your next turn.

Bard Utility 10Enchantment Ward

You p

lace wards on an ally well in advance, allowing him or her to resist harmful effects before they can take hold.

Daily Arcane

Minor Action Ranged 10

Target: You or one ally

Effect: The first time before an extended rest that the target is subjected to an effect that a save can end, the target can make a saving throw to end that effect, with a +3 power bonus to the saving throw. If the effect has the arcane, charm, fear, or illusion keywords, the bonus instead equals your Charisma modifier.

Special: If the target is still under the effect of this power when he or she is subjected to an effect that can normally be removed only by the Remove Affliction ritual, that effect and this power

both end.

Bard Utility 10Idyll of Calm

You hum a soft song that cools your allies’ tempers and helps them focus.

Daily Arcane, Zone

Minor Action Close burst 5

Effect: The burst creates a zone of calm that lasts until the end of the encounter. When you move, the zone moves with you, remaining centered on you. Each ally within the zone gains a +2 power bonus to Will, and any penalty to attack rolls that such an ally takes is lessened by 2.

Bard Utility 10Illuminating Sta

rs

You invoke the light of the full moon and the guiding star of the north, revealing hidden foes to your allies.

Daily Arcane

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, you and any allies within 5 squares of you gain a +5 power bonus to Insight checks and Perception checks.

Bard Utility 10Illu

sory Erasure

Your magic song makes an ally abruptly disappear, giving him or her a chance to sneak up on foes.

Encounter Arcane, Illusion

Minor Action Ranged 10

Target: One ally

Effect: The target becomes invisible until the end of your next turn, and you slide the target

2 squares.

Bard Utility 10Perfect Pitch

With elegant poise, you focus your arcane power to aid attacks and healing.

Daily Arcane

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, you gain a +2 power bonus to damage rolls with your bard attack powers, and when you or an ally regains hit points from one of your bard or bard paragon path healing powers, that character regains additional hit points equal to your Charisma modifier.

Bard Utility 1

0Project Vitality

You allow your eyes to slip half-closed, then project both strength and health out to your allies.

Daily Arcane, Healing

Minor Action Close burst 5

Target: You and each ally in the burst

Effect: Each target regains a number of hit points equal to your Charisma modifier. In addition, until the start of your next turn, the healing benefit of your skald’s aura can be used as a free action instead of as a minor action (it can still be used only once per turn).

Bard Utility 10Savio

r's Song

You inspire determination and focus in your allies with hopeful verses of battles won despite daunting odds.

Daily Arcane

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of the encounter, each ally who ends his or her turn within 5 squares of you can reroll one saving throw that he or she fails during tha

t turn.

Bard Utility 10Song of Recovery

You instill a sense of perseverance in your allies with an inspiring song.

Encounter Arcane

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the end of your next turn, any ally within 5 squares of you gains a +2 p

ower bonus to saving throws.

Bard Utility 10Veil

You mask the appearance of your party, sculpting an illusory disguise.

Daily Arcane, Illusion