Bulwark Chant
SpellAppearance
Description
- Skill Type
- Area buff
- Effect
- Bard song (0.1% stronger per CHA), +20 × rank AC, +15 × rank all res, 20s
Rank 1. Base values before equipment and attribute bonuses.
Lvl 1
16 yd range
3.5s cast
A protective hymn that increases AC by 20 and all resistances by 15 for nearby party members.
Requirements
- Tier Limit
- 2 Tier 3 skills
- Class Skill Points Already Spent
- 30
- Prerequisite
- Polyphony Rank 1
- Required Weapon
- Instrument
Cost & Timing
- Cast Time
- 3.5s
- Range
- 16 yd
Spell Casting Haste shortens the cast by its percentage, so 20% Spell Casting Haste turns the 3.5s cast into 2.8s.
Buff/Debuff Effects
- Duration
- 20s
- Armor Class
- 20 × rank
- Magic Resist
- 15 × rank
- Poison Resist
- 15 × rank
- Fire Resist
- 15 × rank
- Cold Resist
- 15 × rank
- Disease Resist
- 15 × rank
Rank Scaling
| Rank | Armor Class | Magic Resist | Poison Resist | Fire Resist | Cold Resist | Disease Resist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +20 | +15 | +15 | +15 | +15 | +15 |
| 2 | +40 | +30 | +30 | +30 | +30 | +30 |
| 3 | +60 | +45 | +45 | +45 | +45 | +45 |
| 4 | +80 | +60 | +60 | +60 | +60 | +60 |
| 5 | +100 | +75 | +75 | +75 | +75 | +75 |
| 6 | +120 | +90 | +90 | +90 | +90 | +90 |
Mechanics
Song Aura
Your selected song repeats automatically, renewing its duration after each cast. Spell Casting Haste speeds up these casts. The song lasts 20s after its last cast, even when you switch songs. Lingering Melody lengthens this duration.
Active Song Limit
A Bard sustains two songs by default (the Active Songs value in your character window). Starting another song at the limit ends the song you renewed longest ago. Learning Polyphony removes the limit. See Bard Songs.
Song Scaling
Bard
- Song power
- 100% + 0.1% per point of Charisma above 0, at most 300%
- Skill Armor Class
- 20 at rank 1, +20 per rank (120 at rank 6)
- Armor Class
- Skill Armor Class × Song power,
- Skill Magic Resist
- 15 at rank 1, +15 per rank (90 at rank 6)
- Magic Resist
- Skill Magic Resist × Song power,
- Skill Poison Resist
- 15 at rank 1, +15 per rank (90 at rank 6)
- Poison Resist
- Skill Poison Resist × Song power,
- Skill Fire Resist
- 15 at rank 1, +15 per rank (90 at rank 6)
- Fire Resist
- Skill Fire Resist × Song power,
- Skill Cold Resist
- 15 at rank 1, +15 per rank (90 at rank 6)
- Cold Resist
- Skill Cold Resist × Song power,
- Skill Disease Resist
- 15 at rank 1, +15 per rank (90 at rank 6)
- Disease Resist
- Skill Disease Resist × Song power,
Example ,rank 6,100 Charisma
132 Armor Class, 99 Magic Resist, 99 Poison Resist, 99 Fire Resist, 99 Cold Resist, 99 Disease Resist
Song power: 100% + 10% × 1 = 110%
Skill Armor Class: 20 + 20 × (6 − 1) = 120
Armor Class: 120 × 110% = 132,
Skill Magic Resist: 15 + 15 × (6 − 1) = 90
Magic Resist: 90 × 110% = 99,
Skill Poison Resist: 15 + 15 × (6 − 1) = 90
Poison Resist: 90 × 110% = 99,
Skill Fire Resist: 15 + 15 × (6 − 1) = 90
Fire Resist: 90 × 110% = 99,
Skill Cold Resist: 15 + 15 × (6 − 1) = 90
Cold Resist: 90 × 110% = 99,
Skill Disease Resist: 15 + 15 × (6 − 1) = 90
Disease Resist: 90 × 110% = 99,
Rounded means to the nearest whole number. Exact halves go to the even number, so 2.5 becomes 2.
Songs scale with Charisma, not Wisdom or Intelligence.