- “There is a saying among the fey creatures who trip between worlds: Only through dishonesty is honor earned.” Prerequisite: Bard Fey tricksters, gnomes, and storytellers of every race know many legends unfamiliar to other creatures—tales from secluded forests, burrows deep underground, the lairs of powerful beasts, and the locked vaults of powerful monarchs. And what they don’t know, they make up. As a cunning prevaricator, you traffic in the honored (at least among some) traditions of exaggeration, misdirection, and out-and-out lying. You study and follow the teachings of great fabulists of the past—all of them fictional, almost certainly—and apply that knowledge to your bardic skills. You transfer your natural talent for illusion and deception to your friends, granting them some small measure of glory—or so you try to convince them. - # Cunning Prevaricator Path Features - ## Virtue of Deceit (11th level) - When you use your Bardic Virtue class feature, one ally you choose within 5 squares of you gains combat advantage against the target of his or her next attack. - ## Shrouding Action (11th level) - When you spend an action point to take an extra action, you and one ally you choose within 5 squares of you become invisible until the end of your next turn. - ## Trickster’s Mercy (16th level) - When you use majestic word to heal a bloodied ally, that ally becomes invisible until the start of his or her next turn. - # Cunning Prevaricator Spells - ## Lying Lights - Cunning Prevaricator Attack 11 As your allies strike the chosen foe, they vanish in clouds of glittering light. Encounter ✦ Arcane, Illusion, Implement, Radiant Standard Action Ranged 10 Target: One creature Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex Hit: 3d8 + Charisma modifier radiant damage. Each ally who hits the target before the end of your next turn becomes invisible until the end of his or her next turn. This invisibility ends if the ally makes an attack roll. - ## Trickery’s Reward - Cunning Prevaricator Utility 12 With words of cunning wisdom, you guide your ally’s defenses, foiling your enemies’ attack one way or another. Encounter ✦ Arcane, Healing Immediate Interrupt Close burst 10 Trigger: An attack misses an ally within 10 squares of you Target: The ally that was missed by the triggering attack Effect: The target gains a bonus to all defenses that the triggering attack targets equal to your Intelligence modifier. If the triggering attack misses, the target gains the bonus to those defenses until the end of your next turn. If the triggering attack hits, the target regains hit points as if he or she had spent a healing surge. - ## Nimbus of Falsehood - Cunning Prevaricator Attack 20 You cast magical dust into your enemy’s face, blurring its vision and confounding its actions. Daily ✦ Arcane, Illusion, Implement, Psychic Standard Action Ranged 10 Target: One creature Attack: Charisma vs. Will Hit: 4d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and the target is affected by your nimbus of falsehood (save ends). While affected by the nimbus of falsehood, if the target misses with a melee attack, you can use an immediate interrupt to have the attack hit a different creature, including the target, within the attack’s range. Miss: Half damage. If the target misses with a melee attack before the end of your next turn, you can use an immediate interrupt to have the attack hit a different creature, including the target, within the attack’s range.