Bardic Arcana is the magic of music, storytelling, and performance art. Its power comes from the inspired performance of the Bard, their music, words, and movements weaving spells and influencing the world around them.

Unlocking Bardic Arcana: At LARP Adventures a player must achieve 3rd Tier before unlocking Bardic Arcana. Bards may come from any walk of life, and may follow any Skill Path. Bardic Arcana may be added to your character by spending Skill Points. You must get at least one skill per tier before advancing to the next one.

Non-combat Denotation: Bards with instruments on the field are granted a permanent non-combat denotation for LARP Adventures play. We want to encourage Bards to bring music to the field and to this end we want to make sure that their instruments are safe, and that they can focus on their art and not have to worry too much about getting hit while they are playing, and vulnerable. Since this is the case, all spells casted by bards, and all abilities used should be done Outside of combat. This means under no circumstances are they to be attacked or are they to attack other players while performing. Bards must be careful to not enter too close into combat and should always try and stay far enough away that they are not hit by stray arrows or spells. However, should they be attacked they must take those hits as normal, and consider their spell interrupted. 

As always players should play to the spirit of the rules, which for Bardic Arcana, is to honor the magic of music and the craft of the performer.