Shadowbard
School: illusion (shadow) [shadow]
Level: Bard 5, Skald 5
Casting Time: standard action
Components: V, S, M
Range: close (25 feet + 5 feet/2 levels)
Effect: phantom singer
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: none
Spell Resistance: no
Source: Ultimate Magic
Description
You conjure up a quasi-real phantom singer that is visible as a shifting, shadowy duplicate of yourself. The singer follows you automatically, moving as you move even if you teleport. The singer cannot be damaged, but can be dispelled. When a shadowbard comes into being, it immediately begins a bardic performance of your choice-it has access to all of the bardic performances that you do. It continues that bardic performance until you direct it as a move action to switch to a different performance. Rounds spent by a shadowbard creating a bardic performance do not decrease the number of rounds you can use your own bardic performance, nor can a shadowbard's bardic performance be used to trigger spells that require you to begin or cease a bardic performance.