Fey Minstrel (Bard/Druid)
(Original Concept by Elghinn Lightbringer)
Primary Class: Bard.
Secondary Class: Druid.
Alignment: Any neutral.
Hit Dice: d8.
Bonus Skills and Ranks: The fey minstrel selects three druid skills to add to her class skills in addition to the normal bard class skills. The fey minstrel gains a number of ranks at each level equal to 6 + Int modifier.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The fey minstrel is proficient with all simple weapons, the longsword, rapier, sap, short sword, shortbow, whip, and with all natural attacks (claw, bite, and so forth) of any form she assumes with wild shape (see below). The fey minstrel is also proficient with light armor, but she is prohibited from wearing metal armor; thus, she may wear only padded, leather, or hide armor. A fey minstrel may also wear wooden armor that has been altered by the ironwood spell so that it functions as though it were steel. See the ironwood spell description. A fey minstrel is proficient with shields (except tower shields) but must use only wooden ones.
Spellcasting: The fey minstrel casts arcane spells drawn from the bard spell lists, and adds all spells from the Animal and Plant domains, plus one of the following Terrain domains of her choice to her list: Aquatic‡,