The artists of Vuur, in the confederation of Persistence, use the steam vents of their home city melt wax on massive metal plates. These artists, known as encausts, mix these waxes with dyes to create beautiful paintings. The practice of painting with melted wax is known as Encaustic Art.
Bardic Performance
The vuurian encaust gains access to the following bardic performances at the listed levels:
Artist’s Spontaneity (Su): A bard of 1st level or higher can use his performance to gain creative insight. When he begins this performance, he chooses one spell of each spell level he can cast from the sorcerer/wizard spell list and gains it as a bonus spell known for as long as he continues his performance. The chosen spell must be from the Scrying subschool or a spell with the Fire descriptor.
This replaces fascinate
Waxmelt Song (Su): A bard of 8th level or higher can use his performance to create massive steam vents like those used by the artists of Vuur to melt wax. This functions as geyser, except that it lasts for as long as the bard continues his performance. Waxmelt song relies on relies on audible components.
This replaces dirge of doom
Colorful Prison (Su): A bard of 14th level or higher can use his performance to encase his foe in burning wax. This functions as icy prison, except that it lasts for as long as the bard continues his performance, has the fire descriptor instead of the cold descriptor and deals 1d6 fire damage instead of 1 cold damage. The DC to resist this performance is equal to 10 + 1/2 the bard’s level + his Cha modifier. At 18th level, this performance can affect multiple creatures, as per mass icy prison.
This replaces frightening tune and mass suggestion
Wax Painting (Ex)
A vuurian encaust can use his artistic skill to create beautiful, arcane portraits. Creating such a portrait takes 1 hour per hit die of the portrait’s subject. The portrait’s subject need not be present to be painted, but the encaust must know what the subject looks like. An encaustic portrait is the size and weight of a scroll. While in possession of an encaustic portrait, the vuurian encaust is considered to have a body part, lock of hair, bit of nail, or other item for the purposes of spells such as scrying or nightmare.
Additionally, a vuurian encaust may activate an encaustic portrait in order to learn the direction of the subject of the portrait. This consumes the portrait
This replaces countersong
Encaust’s Knowledge (Su)
At 2nd level, the vuurian encaust gains Steam Caster as bonus feat, even if he does not meet the prerequisites. Additionally, gains the following spells as additional spells known at their listed levels: 2nd-burning hands, 6th- scrying, 10th-call spirit (as a 4th level spell), 14th-nightmare, 18th-fire storm (as a 6th level spell).
This replaces versatile performance
Abstract Portrait (Su)
At 6th level, the bard can create an abstract, arcane work when creating an encaustic portrait. He need not have encountered the subject of his work but his painting functions as a likeness or picture instead of a body part for the purposes of spells such as scrying.
This replaces suggestion
The vuurian encaust gains access to the following bardic performances at the listed levels:
Artist’s Spontaneity (Su): A bard of 1st level or higher can use his performance to gain creative insight. When he begins this performance, he chooses one spell of each spell level he can cast from the sorcerer/wizard spell list and gains it as a bonus spell known for as long as he continues his performance. The chosen spell must be from the Scrying subschool or a spell with the Fire descriptor.
This replaces fascinate
Waxmelt Song (Su): A bard of 8th level or higher can use his performance to create massive steam vents like those used by the artists of Vuur to melt wax. This functions as geyser, except that it lasts for as long as the bard continues his performance. Waxmelt song relies on relies on audible components.
This replaces dirge of doom
Colorful Prison (Su): A bard of 14th level or higher can use his performance to encase his foe in burning wax. This functions as icy prison, except that it lasts for as long as the bard continues his performance, has the fire descriptor instead of the cold descriptor and deals 1d6 fire damage instead of 1 cold damage. The DC to resist this performance is equal to 10 + 1/2 the bard’s level + his Cha modifier. At 18th level, this performance can affect multiple creatures, as per mass icy prison.
This replaces frightening tune and mass suggestion
Wax Painting (Ex)
A vuurian encaust can use his artistic skill to create beautiful, arcane portraits. Creating such a portrait takes 1 hour per hit die of the portrait’s subject. The portrait’s subject need not be present to be painted, but the encaust must know what the subject looks like. An encaustic portrait is the size and weight of a scroll. While in possession of an encaustic portrait, the vuurian encaust is considered to have a body part, lock of hair, bit of nail, or other item for the purposes of spells such as scrying or nightmare.
Additionally, a vuurian encaust may activate an encaustic portrait in order to learn the direction of the subject of the portrait. This consumes the portrait
This replaces countersong
Encaust’s Knowledge (Su)
At 2nd level, the vuurian encaust gains Steam Caster as bonus feat, even if he does not meet the prerequisites. Additionally, gains the following spells as additional spells known at their listed levels: 2nd-burning hands, 6th- scrying, 10th-call spirit (as a 4th level spell), 14th-nightmare, 18th-fire storm (as a 6th level spell).
This replaces versatile performance
Abstract Portrait (Su)
At 6th level, the bard can create an abstract, arcane work when creating an encaustic portrait. He need not have encountered the subject of his work but his painting functions as a likeness or picture instead of a body part for the purposes of spells such as scrying.
This replaces suggestion