Prestige Classes

GREEN WHISPERER

Nature speaks and the green whisperer listens. The green whisperer is attuned to nature and the wisdom of animals. They spend time in the wildest corners of the world, humming soft lullabies for an adoring audience of birds, beasts, and flowers. A green whisperer tends to be introspective and is more comfortable in the presence of unspoiled nature than in the depths of a dungeon. Still, they are not immune to the lure of adventure, and most share the bard's much storied wanderlust.

Most green whisperers are multiclass bard/druids. The majority of green whisperers are human, elven, or half-elven, but members of other races are by no means excluded.

Hit Die: d6.

Requirements

To qualify to become a green whisperer, a character must fulfill all of the following criteria.

Alignment: Any neutral.

Skills: Knowledge (nature) 8 ranks, Perform 8 ranks, Survival 5 ranks.

Class Skills

The green whisperer's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Balance (Dex), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Handle Animal (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Listen (Wis), Perform (Cha), Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis), and Swim (Str).

Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.


Table: The Green Whisperer

Level Base
Attack
Bonus		 Fort
Save		 Ref
Save		 Will
Save		 Special Spellcasting
1st +0 +2 +0 +2 Bardic knowledge, bardic music +1 level of bard and druid class
2nd +1 +3 +0 +3 +1 level of bard and druid class
3rd +2 +3 +1 +3 Soothe the savage beast +1 level of bard and druid class
4th +3 +4 +1 +4 +1 level of bard and druid class
5th +3 +4 +1 +4 Green ear +1 level of bard and druid class
Class Features

All of the following are class features of the green whisperer prestige class.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A character becoming a green whisperer gains no additional proficiency in any weapon or armor for taking levels of the class.

Bardic Knowledge: If the character already has the bardic knowledge ability, his green whisperer levels stack with the levels of any other classes that grant him that ability for the purpose of determining the bonus, but only when making a bardic knowledge check about something involving plants, animals, the elements, or items associated with those topics.

Bardic Music: If the character already has the bardic music ability, his green whisperer levels stack with the levels of any other classes that grant him that ability for the purpose of determining abilities, duration, and so on.

Spellcasting: At each green whisperer level, the character gains new bard and new druid spells per day (and spells known, if applicable) as if she had also gained a level in the bard and the druid classes. He does not, however, gain any other benefit of the druid class.

Soothe the Savage Beast (Ex): Creatures of the animal and magical beast types suffer a -2 penalty on all saves against the green whisperer's fascinate, suggestion, and mass suggestion uses of bardic music.

Green Ear (Su): A 5th-level green whisperer's mind-affecting bardic music abilities affect creatures of the plant type.