Characters & their sheets.

Won't let me edit anything, but at least i know what my stats are.

sweet, The only spell slinger i've seen was that one at the end of Rise of the Runelords that Oldmate played. Was this going to be one of the Halfilngs that went missing? The party actually surfaced, so he doesn't need to be, he can come from anywhere...

First off, you are looking at the wrong website. I think that one is for the d20 OGL or something.

For official Pathfinder, use the PFSRD20 (Pathfinder Society Resource Database)
www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/bard

This is the official Pathfinder Society sanctioned rules, so its as official as it gets.

But with Bards, you choose the number of spells you know from the Bard list as you create your character and level up. This is the total number of spells you know and can cast from (other than using a scroll to cast a spell or something). Each day you can cast a the number of spells equal to your 'spells per day'. you do not need to choose or memorise your spells at the beginning of the day like Wizards or Clerics do... You just cast any spell spontaneously that you may know from you spell list whenever you need to. You can cast one spell a bunch of times and just burn through your spells per day casting Sleep over and over again if you need to. If you run out of spells for that day, you just have to wait till tomorrow to cast again. This is known as 'spontaneous casting' which is how Sorcerers and Inquisters work.

Its good because it means you are a somewhat versatile caster in that you aren't restricted to the spells you chose at the beginning of the day, you can kinda cast spells as they are needed. The downside is you will have a much smaller list of spells to chose from.

Looking over your sheet, I think you have short changed yourself a bit with your spells. I'll try clarify some things...



Spells known at level two will be (5 X level 0 spells and 3 X level 1 spells) . You can choose spells from the Bard spell list:
www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/spell-lists-and-domains/spell-lists---bard

These are the spells your character can spontaneously case in any order a certain number of times a day. If you were wanting to make a detective type character 'Aspect of the Nightingale' looks pretty damn cool. 'Charm Person' would be useful...and holy shit " 'innocence' - gain +10 on bluff checks to seem innocent"...fuck. The Bard spell list is hilarious. Nothings is that powerful, but they are all useful in specific situations.



So you can randomly cast any of the spells from your list equal to your Spells Per Day. Now to add another level of confusion to this, you get 1 bonus Spell Per Day because of your charisma. You will get a bonus spell per day every level up to and including 4th level spells, which is pretty cool.

So with that in mind, you can cast 3 X level 1 spells per day, out of your list of which ever 3 spells you chose to go with. I would spend some time looking through the Bard spell list to try and find spells that work well with each other. You can also pick spells that help reflect the personality of your character. Cure Light wounds might seem important, but you do have a cleric that has the healing domain...then again, you could be a back up healer in case she goes down, or isnt there one week.

Oh, and you may as well make Peppery level 2

Speak with Animals is a really underrated spell! Especially for finding out information. But yeah, Bards are a great support class, they can do a lot but dont really excel in any one area. But with a party as well rounded as this, it should be fine. As far as spells go though, you can cast from scrolls, so if you do find a spell you want to use, but dont 'know it', you can just buy the scroll for a one off use. Level 1 spell scrolls are usually around 25gp, but get exponentially more expensive (as all magic items seem to do in PF) as they get higher leveled.

Yeah, you can totally use wands, anyone can (although non caster characters might need to make a 'use magic device' check).

Bardic Performances dont replace feats, they more so replace your class abilities. Think of them as Rogue Talents I guess. You will still get a new feat you can chose from every 3 levels like normal, but as you level up, you get new Bardic Performance abilities.