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== Bard ==
= Bard =
Humming as she traces her fingers over an ancient monument in a long-forgotten ruin, a Genasi in rugged leathers finds knowledge springing into her mind, conjured forth by the magic of her song—knowledge of the people who constructed the monument and the mythic saga it depicts.
Humming as she traces her fingers over an ancient monument in a long-forgotten ruin, an Ìqáalìe in rugged leathers finds knowledge springing into her mind, conjured forth by the magic of her song—knowledge of the people who constructed the monument and the mythic saga it depicts.<br>
 
A stern Genasi warrior bangs his sword rhythmically against his scale mail, setting the tempo for his war chant and exhorting his companions to bravery and heroism. The magic of his song fortifies and emboldens them.<br>
A stern human warrior bangs his sword rhythmically against his scale mail, setting the tempo for his war chant and exhorting his companions to bravery and heroism. The magic of his song fortifies and emboldens them.
Laughing as she tunes her cittern, a Crystalkin weaves her subtle magic over the assembled nobles, ensuring that her companions’ words will be well received.<br>
 
Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds, create illusions, and even heal wounds.<br>
Laughing as she tunes her cittern, a crystalkin weaves her subtle magic over the assembled nobles, ensuring that her companions’ words will be well received.
Words and music are not just vibrations of air, but vocalizations with power all their own. The bard is a master of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of bards is an attempt to snatch and harness those echoes, subtly woven into their spells and powers.<br>
 
The greatest strength of bards is their sheer versatility. Many bards prefer to stick to the sidelines in combat, using their magic to inspire their allies and hinder their foes from a distance. But bards are capable of defending themselves in melee if necessary, using their magic to bolster their swords and armor. Their spells lean toward charms and illusions rather than blatantly destructive spells. They have a wide-ranging knowledge of many subjects and a natural aptitude that lets them do almost anything well. Bards become masters of the talents they set their minds to perfecting, from musical performance to esoteric knowledge.<br>
Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds, create illusions, and even heal wounds.
True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent wandering across the land gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer. But a depth of knowledge, a level of musical skill, and a touch of magic set bards apart from their fellows.<br>
Only rarely do bards settle in one place for long, and their natural desire to travel—to find new tales to tell, new skills to learn, and new discoveries beyond the horizon—makes an adventuring career a natural calling. Every adventure is an opportunity to learn, practice a variety of skills, enter long-forgotten tombs, discover lost works of magic, decipher old tomes, travel to strange places, or encounter exotic creatures. Bards love to accompany heroes to witness their deeds firsthand. A bard who can tell an awe-inspiring story from personal experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+| Class Table
|+| Class Table
|-
|-
! Level !! Proficiency Bonus !! Features !! Experience Points
! Level !! Proficiency Bonus !! Features !! Bardic Inspiration Die !! Experience Points
|-
|-
| 1st || +2 || Bardic Inspiration (d6), Spellcasting || 0
| 1st || +2 || [[Bard#Bardic Inspiration|Bardic Inspiration]], [[Bard#Spellcasting|Spellcasting]] || d6 || 0
|-
|-
| 2nd || +2 || Song of Rest, Jack of all Trades || 300
| 2nd || +2 || [[Bard#Myriad of Songs|Myriad of Songs]], [[Bard#Jack of all Trades|Jack of all Trades]] || d6 || 300
|-
|-
| 3rd || +2 || Bard College, Expertise || 1,000
| 3rd || +2 || [[Bard#Bard College|Bard College]], [[Bard#Expertise|Expertise]] || d6 || 1,000
|-
|-
| 4th || +2 || Ability Score Improvement || 3,000
| 4th || +2 || [[Bard#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvement]] || d6 || 3,000
|-
|-
| 5th || +3 || Bardic Inspiration (d8), Font of Inspiration || 6,000
| 5th || +3 || [[Bard#Font of Inspiration|Font of Inspiration]] || d8 || 6,000
|-
|-
| 6th || +3 || Bard College Feature Countercharm || 10,000
| 6th || +3 || [[Bard#Bard College|Bard College Feature]], [[Bard#Countercharm|Countercharm]] || d8 || 10,000
|-
|-
| 7th || +3 || - || 20,000
| 7th || +3 || - || d8 || 20,000
|-
|-
| 8th || +3 || Ability Score Improvement || 40,000
| 8th || +3 || [[Bard#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvement]] || d8 || 40,000
|-
|-
| 9th || +4 || Greater Rest || 60,000
| 9th || +4 || - || d8 || 60,000
|-
|-
| 10th || +4 || Bardic Inspiration (d10), Expertise, Magical Secrets || 80,000
| 10th || +4 || [[Bard#Expertise|Expertise]], [[Bard#Magical Secrets|Magical Secrets]] || d10 || 80,000
|-
|-
| 11th || +4 || - || 100,000
| 11th || +4 || - || d10 || 100,000
|-
|-
| 12th || +4 || Ability Score Improvement || 120,000
| 12th || +4 || [[Bard#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvement]] || d10 || 120,000
|-
|-
| 13th || +5 || - || 140,000
| 13th || +5 || - || d10 || 140,000
|-
|-
| 14th || +5 || Magical Secrets || 160,000
| 14th || +5 || [[Bard#Bard College|Bard College Feature]], [[Bard#Magical Secrets|Magical Secrets]] || d10 || 160,000
|-
|-
| 15th || +5 || Bardic Inspiration (d12) || 180,000
| 15th || +5 || - || d12 || 180,000
|-
|-
| 16th || +5 || Ability Score Improvement || 200,000
| 16th || +5 || [[Bard#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvement]] || d12 || 200,000
|-
|-
| 17th || +6 || Self-Inspiration || 225,000
| 17th || +6 || - || d12 || 225,000
|-
|-
| 18th || +6 || Magical Secrets || 250,000
| 18th || +6 || [[Bard#Magical Secrets|Magical Secrets]] || d12 || 250,000
|-
|-
| 19th || +6 || Ability Score Improvement || 300,000
| 19th || +6 || [[Bard#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvement]] || d12 || 300,000
|-
|-
| 20th || +6 || Superior Inspiration || 350,000
| 20th || +6 || [[Bard#Superior Inspiration|Superior Inspiration]] || d20 || 350,000
|}
|}


'''Class Information.'''
=== Class Information ===
:'''Hit Dice.''' 1d8 per bard level
'''Hit Dice.''' 1d8 per Bard Level<br>
:'''1st Level Hitpoints.''' 8 + your Constitution modifier
'''1st Level Hitpoints.''' 8 + your Constitution Modifier<br>
:'''Higher Level Hitpoints. 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per bard level after 1st
'''Higher Level Hitpoints.''' 1d8 (increase to 5) + your Constitution Modifier per Bard Level after 1st<br>
:'''Armor Proficiencies.''' Light Armor, Medium Armor, and Shields
'''Armor Proficiencies.''' [[Armor and Weapons#Light Armor|Light Armor]], [[Armor and Weapons#Medium Armor|Medium Armor]], and [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shields]]<br>
:'''Weapon Proficiencies.''' Simple weapons, hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords
'''Weapon Proficiencies.''' [[Armor and Weapons#Simple|Simple Weapons]], [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Hand Crossbows]], [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Longswords]], [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Rapiers]], [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Sabers]]<br>
:'''Tool Proficiencies.''' Three of any Artisan’s Tools or Musical Instruments
'''Tool Proficiencies.''' Three of any [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Artisan’s Tools]] or [[Adventuring Gear#Tools)|Musical Instruments]]<br>
:'''Saving Throw Proficiencies.''' Dexterity and Charisma.
'''Saving Throw Proficiencies.''' Dexterity and Charisma<br>
:'''Skill Proficiencies.''' Choose any three.
'''Skill Proficiencies.''' Choose any three<br>
:'''Equipment.''' A Simple or Martial melee weapon (suggested: Rapier or Longsword), one Equipment Pack (suggested: Diplomat’s Pack), one Musical Instrument, one non-vehicle tool that you are proficient with, leather armor, and a dagger.
'''Equipment.''' A [[Armor and Weapons#Simple Melee Weapons|Simple]] or [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Melee Weapons|Martial Melee Weapon]], one [[Equipment Packs|Equipment Pack]], one [[Adventuring Gear#Tools|Musical Instrument]], one [[Adventuring Gear#Tools|Non-Vehicle Tool]] that you are Proficient with, [[Armor and Weapons#Light Armor|Leather Armor]], and a [[Armor and Weapons#Simple Melee Weapons|Dagger]]
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'''Spellcasting.''' You gain the ability to cast spells at 1st level.
{| class="wikitable"
:'''Spellcasting Ability.''' Charisma
|+ Bard Features Summarized
:'''Spell Save DC.''' 8 + Your Proficiency Bonus + Your Charisma Modifier
|-
:'''Spell Attack Bonus.''' Proficiency Bonus + Your Charisma Modifier
! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
:'''Ritual Casting.''' You can cast any prepared spell as a ritual if it has the ritual tag.
|-
:'''Spellcasting Focus.''' A Musical Instrument or a Set of Artisan’s Tools
| [[Bard#Bardic Inspiration|Bardic Inspiration]] || 1st || You can use your Reaction to improve your allies rolls or heal Damage
:'''Spell Learning Method.''' You learn one new spell every even level and two new spells every odd level.
|-
| [[Bard#Spellcasting|Spellcasting]]|| 1st || You gain Spellcasting that uses Charisma and Learning Spells
|-
| [[Bard#Myriad of Songs|Myriad of Songs]] || 2nd || You gain additional Spells based on a theme
|-
| [[Bard#Jack of all Trades|Jack of all Trades]] || 2nd || Your better at Skills you don't have Proficiency in
|-
| [[Bard#Bardic College|Bardic College]] || 3rd || You choose your subclass, and gain features at 3rd, 6th, and 14th Level
|-
| [[Bard#Expertise|Expertise]] || 3rd || You gain Expertise in some Skills and a [[Adventuring Gear#Tools|Tool]]
|-
| [[Bard#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvements]] || 4th || You increase your Ability Scores or gain a Feat, you do this at 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th Level
|-
| [[Bard#Font of Inspiration|Font of Inspiration]] || 5th || You don't lose a use of Bardic Inspiration if you roll badly
|-
| [[Bard#Countercharm|Countercharm]] || 6th || You help your allies resist [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] and [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]]
|-
| [[Bard#Expertise|Expertise]] || 10th || You gain Expertise in some Skills and a [[Adventuring Gear#Tools|Tool]]
|-
| [[Bard#Magical Secrets|Magical Secrets]] || 10th || You get extra Spells from any class
|-
| [[Bard#Magical Secrets|Magical Secrets]] || 14th || You get extra Spells from any class
|-
| [[Bard#Magical Secrets|Magical Secrets]] || 18th || You get extra Spells from any class
|-
| [[Bard#Superior Inspiration|Superior Inspiration]] || 20th || You have unlimited Bardic Inspiration uses
|}
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==== Spellcasting ====
''1st Level Bard Feature''<br>
'''Spellcasting Ability.''' Charisma<br>
'''Spell Save DC.''' 8 + Your Charisma Modifier + Your Proficiency Bonus<br>
'''Spell Attack Bonus.''' Your Charisma Modifier + Your Proficiency Bonus<br>
'''Ritual Casting.''' You can cast any Prepared Spell as a Ritual if it has the Ritual tag.<br>
'''Spellcasting Focus.''' A [[Adventuring Gear#Tools|Musical Instrument]]<br>
'''Spell Learning Method.''' You learn one new Spell every even Level and two new Spells every odd Level.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Spells known and spell slots per level
|+ [[Bard Spells|Bard Spell List]]
|-
|-
! Level !! Cantrips Known !! Spells Known !! 1st !! 2nd !! 3rd !! 4th !! 5th !! 6th !! 7th !! 8th !! 9th
! Level !! Cantrips Known !! Spells Known !! 1st !! 2nd !! 3rd !! 4th !! 5th !! 6th !! 7th !! 8th !! 9th
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| 20th || 4 || 32 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
| 20th || 4 || 32 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
|}
|}
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'''Bardic Inspiration.''' Starting at 1st level, you can inspire others through stirring words or music. As a bonus action on your turn, choose one creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you who can hear you. That creature gains one Bardic Inspiration die.
==== Bardic Inspiration ====
Once within the next 10 minutes, the creature can roll the die and add the number rolled to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the Bardic Inspiration die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the Bardic Inspiration die is rolled, it is used. A creature can have only one Bardic Inspiration die at a time.
''1st Level Bard Feature''<br>
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once). You regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest.
You can inspire others through stirring words or music. As a Reaction when you see another creature that can hear or see you within 60ft of you that fails an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw, you can expend a Bardic Inspiration Die, giving that creature a bonus to the Roll equal to one Roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die.<br>
Your Bardic Inspiration die is a d6, and increases when you reach certain levels in this class. The die becomes a d8 at 5th level, a d10 at 10th level, and a d12 at 15th level.
When you see another creature take Damage, you can use your Reaction to expend a Bardic Inspiration Die, healing that creature a number of Hit Points equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die.<br>
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma Modifier + your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.<br>
Your Bardic Inspiration Die is a d6, and increases when you reach certain Levels in this class. The die becomes a d8 at 5th Level, a d10 at 10th Level, a d12 at 15th Level, and a d20 at 20th Level.
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==== Jack of All Trades ====
''2nd Level Bard Feature''<br>
You add half your Proficiency Bonus, rounded down, to any Ability Check you make that you are not Proficient in or have Expertise with.
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==== Myriad of Songs ====
''2nd Level Bard Feature''<br>
You can learn a set of songs to either heal your wounded allies, deceive your foes, or a myriad of other foes. Choose one of the following tables, you gain the Spells corresponding to the listed Bard Levels in that table, they count as Bard Spells for you, are always Prepared, and do not count against your Spells Known. At DM discretion, Spells on certain Tables can be swapped for other Spells.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Songs of Blades
|-
! Bard Level !! Spell !! Bard Level !! Spell
|-
| 2nd || [[Level 1#Sudden Spark|Sudden Spark]] || 12th || 6thlvl
|-
| 4th || [[Level 2#Gale Weapons|Gale Weapons]] || 14th || 7thlvl
|-
| 6th || [[Level 3#Barrow Haze|Barrow Haze]] || 16th || 8thlvl
|-
| 8th || [[Level 4#March of Blades|March of Blades]] || 18th || 9thlvl
|-
| 10th || [[Level 5#Steel Wind Strike|Steel Wind Strike]] || 20th || Idkyet
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Songs of Beasts
|-
! Bard Level !! Spell !! Bard Level !! Spell
|-
| 2nd || [[Level 1#Find Familiar|Find Familiar]] || 12th || 6thlvl
|-
| 4th || [[Level 2#Animal Messenger|Animal Messenger]] || 14th || 7thlvl
|-
| 6th || [[Level 3#Vile Swarm|Vile Swarm]] || 16th || 8thlvl
|-
| 8th || [[Level 4#Find Greater Steed|Find Greater Steed]] || 18th || 9thlvl
|-
| 10th || [[Level 5#Insect Plague|Insect Plague]]  || 20th || Idkyet
|}


'''Jack of All Trades.''' Starting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that you are not proficient in or have expertise in.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Songs of Creation
|-
! Bard Level !! Spell !! Bard Level !! Spell
|-
| 2nd || [[Level 1#Grease|Grease]] || 12th || 6thlvl
|-
| 4th || [[Level 2#Continual|Continual Flame]] || 14th || 7thlvl
|-
| 6th || [[Level 3#Magnificent Tower|Magnificent Tower]] || 16th || 8thlvl
|-
| 8th || [[Level 4#Fabricate|Fabricate]] || 18th || 9thlvl
|-
| 10th || [[Level 5#Creation|Creation]] || 20th || Idkyet
|}


'''Song of Rest.''' Beginning at 2nd level you can use soothing music or oration to help revitalize your wounded allies. You can spend a minute performing, after the minute, you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, if you do, all creatures of your choice within 30ft who can hear you regain a number of hit points equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration die + your Charisma Modifier.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Songs of Crusade
|-
! Bard Level !! Spell !! Bard Level !! Spell
|-
| 2nd || [[Level 1#Halo of Glory|Halo of Glory]] || 12th || 6thlvl
|-
| 4th || [[Level 2#Flame Blade|Flame Blade]] || 14th || 7thlvl
|-
| 6th || [[Level 3#Crusader's Mantle|Crusader's Mantle]] || 16th || 8thlvl
|-
| 8th || [[Level 4#Death Ward|Death Ward]] || 18th || 9thlvl
|-
| 10th || [[Level 5#Shining Armor|Shining Armor]] || 20th || Idkyet
|}


'''Magical Inspiration.''' At 3rd level, if a creature has a Bardic Inspiration die from you and casts a spell that restores hit points or deals damage, the creature can roll that die and choose a target affected by the spell. Add the number rolled as a bonus to the hit points regained or the damage dealt. The Bardic Inspiration die is then lost.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Songs of Death
|-
! Bard Level !! Spell !! Bard Level !! Spell
|-
| 2nd || [[Level 1#Inflict Wounds|Inflict Wounds]] || 12th || 6thlvl
|-
| 4th || [[Level 2#Blindness/Deafness|Blindness/Deafness]] || 14th || 7thlvl
|-
| 6th || [[Level 3#Bloatbomb|Bloatbomb]] || 16th || 8thlvl
|-
| 8th || [[Level 4#Shadow of Moil|Shadow of Moil]] || 18th || 9thlvl
|-
| 10th || [[Level 5#Enervation|Enervation]]  || 20th || Idkyet
|}


'''Bard College.''' At 3rd level, you delve into the advanced techniques of a bard college of your choice. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th and 14th level.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Songs of Harrying
|-
! Bard Level !! Spell !! Bard Level !! Spell
|-
| 2nd || [[Level 1#Hex|Hex]] || 12th || 6thlvl
|-
| 4th || [[Level 2#Spike Growth|Spike Growth]] || 14th || 7thlvl
|-
| 6th || [[Level 3#Slow|Slow]] || 16th || 8thlvl
|-
| 8th || [[Level 4#Aversion|Aversion]]  || 18th || 9thlvl
|-
| 10th || [[Level 5#Babble|Babble]] || 20th || Idkyet
|}


'''Expertise.''' At 3rd level, choose two skills that you are proficient with, but do not have expertise in. You gain [[expertise]] in the chosen skills.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Songs of Rest
|-
! Bard Level !! Spell !! Bard Level !! Spell
|-
| 2nd || [[Level 1#Goodberry|Goodberry]] || 12th || 6thlvl
|-
| 4th || [[Level 2#Prayer of Healing|Prayer of Healing]] || 14th || 7thlvl
|-
| 6th || [[Level 3#Tiny Hut|Tiny Hut]] || 16th || 8thlvl
|-
| 8th || [[Level 4#Private Sanctum|Private Sanctum]]  || 18th || 9thlvl
|-
| 10th || [[Level 5#Rejuvenate|Rejuvenate]] || 20th || Idkyet
|}


'''Ability Score Improvements.''' When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature. Alternatively, you can take a [[feat]] instead of taking this increase to ability scores.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Songs of Retribution
|-
! Bard Level !! Spell !! Bard Level !! Spell
|-
| 2nd || [[Level 1#Hellish Rebuke|Hellish Rebuke]] || 12th || 6thlvl
|-
| 4th || [[Level 2#Heat Metal|Heat Metal]] || 14th || 7thlvl
|-
| 6th || [[Level 3#Bite the Hand|Bite the Hand]] || 16th || 8thlvl
|-
| 8th || [[Level 4#Fire Shield|Fire Shield]] || 18th || 9thlvl
|-
| 10th || [[Level 5#Curse of Befouled Luck|Curse of Befouled Luck]] || 20th || Idkyet
|}


'''Font of Inspiration.''' At 5th level, your well of inspiration increases. You can use your Bardic Inspiration a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) + your proficiency bonus.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Songs of Secrets
|-
! Bard Level !! Spell !! Bard Level !! Spell
|-
| 2nd || [[Level 1#Disguise Self|Disguise Self]] || 12th || 6thlvl
|-
| 4th || [[Level 2#Pass Without Trace|Pass Without Trace]] || 14th || 7thlvl
|-
| 6th || [[Level 3#Major Image|Major Image]] || 16th || 8thlvl
|-
| 8th || [[Level 4#Phantasmal Killer|Phantasmal Killer]] || 18th || 9thlvl
|-
| 10th || [[Level 5#Telepathic Bond|Telepathic Bond]] || 20th || Idkyet
|}


'''Countercharm.''' At 6th level, you gain the ability to use musical notes or words of power to disrupt mind-influencing effects. As an action, you can start a performance that lasts until the end of your next turn. During that time, you and any friendly creatures within 30 feet of you have advantage on saving throws against being frightened or charmed. A creature must be able to hear you to gain this benefit. The performance ends early if you are incapacitated or silenced or if you voluntarily end it as a free action.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Songs of Seeking
|-
! Bard Level !! Spell !! Bard Level !! Spell
|-
| 2nd || [[Level 1#Hunter's Mark|Hunter's Mark]] || 12th || 6thlvl
|-
| 4th || [[Level 2#Ashen Memory|Ashen Memory]] || 14th || 7thlvl
|-
| 6th || [[Level 3#Glassee|Glassee]] || 16th || 8thlvl
|-
| 8th || [[Level 4#Divination|Divination]]  || 18th || 9thlvl
|-
| 10th || [[Level 5#Scrying|Scrying]]  || 20th || Idkyet
|}
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'''Greater Rest.''' At 9th level, your ability to soothe your allies improves, any creature below half health heals twice the total from your Song of Rest.
==== Bard College ====
''3rd, 6th, and 14th Level Bard Feature''<br>
You choose one of the Bard Colleges in the table below who's advanced techniques you delve into.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Bard Colleges
|-
! Bard Colleges !! Complexity (1-5) !! Description
|-
| [[Bard#College of Creation|College of Creation]] || 3 || You weave the song of creation to create motes of potential and both animate and create items.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Dance|College of Dance]] || 2 || You embody the universal art form of dance to inspire and quicken your allies and bring remorse to those who would harm you.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Diplomacy|College of Diplomacy]] || 3 || You learn how to subtly influence others and secretly communicate with your allies to best manipulate social situations to your advantage.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Drama|College of Drama]] || 4 || You peer into a creature's strengths and weaknesses to determine a satisfying and cathartic end to that creature's tale.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Eloquence|College of Eloquence]] || 2 || You know the perfect words to say at the perfect time and always have the ability to inspire your allies.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Flame|College of Flame]] || 2 || You have a spring in your step and fling fire and smoke at your nearby foes who dare cross you.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Four Suits|College of Four Suits]] || 5 || You use a deck of magical cards to sling your spells and influence the battle around you.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Glamor|College of Glamor]] || 2 || You take on the ethereal majesty of fey magic to enchant your foes and inspire your friends.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Lore|College of Lore]] || 1 || You seek to grow your understanding of all things in the world around you and use this knowledge to gain a variety of skills and abilities.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Machismo|College of Machismo]] || 3 || You take on the tendencies of the macho and the proud to become the powerful center of attention.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Mercantilism|College of Mercantilism]] || 1 || You use coins to both influence your fate and rain death on your foes.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Mysteries|College of Mysteries]] || 4 || You seek the deeper truth that others would try to hide while punishing them for their deception.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Swords|College of Swords]] || 2 || You use a sturdy blade and a dash of style to guard all that is good and upright.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Tailoring|College of Tailoring]] || 3 || You weave the world around you to serve your purpose to protect and disguise your allies or to bind your foes.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Valor|College of Valor]] || 1 || You remember and desire to embody the ancient heroes which you idolize as you strike down the wicked with your blades and magic.
|-
| [[Bard#College of Whispers|College of Whispers]] || 2 || You strike terror into your foes while taking on others' personas to make creatures think you know their darkest secret.  
|}
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'''Expertise.''' At 10th level, choose two skills that you are proficient with, but do not have expertise in. You gain expertise in the chosen skills, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make with a skill you have expertise in.
==== Expertise ====
''3rd and 10th Level Bard Feature''<br>
Choose two Skills you are Proficient with, but do not have Expertise in. You gain Expertise in those Skills.<br>
Additionally, choose one [[Adventuring Gear#Tools|Set of Tools]] that you are Proficiency with, but do not have Expertise in. You gain Expertise in that [[Adventuring Gear#Tools|Set of Tools]].
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'''Magical Secrets.''' By 10th level, you have explored magical knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two spells from any classes, including this one. A spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, or a cantrip.
==== Ability Score Improvements ====
The chosen spells count as bard spells for you and are included in the number in the Spells Known column of the Bard table.
''4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th Level Bard Feature''<br>
Your skill and strength expands, choose one of the following:
*Increase one Ability Score of your choice by 3.
*Increase one Ability Score of your choice by 2 and one Ability Score of your choice by 1
*Increases three Ability Scores of your choice by 1.
*Gain one [[Feats|Feat]] of your choice.
No Ability Score increases or Feat gained from this feature can increase one of your Ability Scores beyond 20 unless stated otherwise.
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'''Magical Secrets.''' By 14th level, you have explored magical knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two spells from any classes, including this one. A spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, or a cantrip.
==== Font of Inspiration ====
The chosen spells count as bard spells for you and are included in the number in the Spells Known column of the Bard table.
''5th Level Bard Feature''<br>
Your well of inspiration deepens so that previously deemed failures have no adverse effect. Whenever you roll a 1 on a Bardic Inspiration Die, you regain the use of Bardic Inspiration that you expended.
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'''Self-Inspiring.''' At 17th level, your well of inspiration inspires and improves yourself. Whenever you expend a use of Bardic Inspiration, you gain a Bardic Inspiration die.
==== Countercharm ====
''6th Level Bard Feature''<br>
You gain the ability to use musical notes or words of power to disrupt mind-influencing effects. As an Action, you can start a performance that lasts until the end of your next turn. During that time, you and any creatures of your choice within 30ft of you have Advantage on Saving Throws against being [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] or [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]]. A creature must be able to hear or see you to gain this benefit. The performance ends early if you are [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]] or you end it as a Free Action.
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'''Magical Secrets.''' By 18th level, you have explored magical knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two spells from any classes, including this one. A spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, or a cantrip.
==== Magical Secrets ====
The chosen spells count as bard spells for you and are included in the number in the Spells Known column of the Bard table.
''10th, 14th, and 18th Level Bard Feature''<br>
You have explored magical knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two Spells from any Spell List. A Spell you choose must be of a Level you can cast, or a Cantrip.<br>
The chosen Spells count as Bard Spells for you, are always Prepared, and do not count against your number of Spells Known.
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'''Superior Inspiration.''' At 20th level, whenever you expend a use of Bardic Inspiration, you can choose a creature that you can hear within 60 feet of you, that creature gains  a Bardic Inspiration die.
==== Superior Inspiration ====
''20th Level Bard Feature''<br>
Your well of inspiration grows limitless. You have an unlimited number of uses for your Bardic Inspiration feature.
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== Bard Colleges ==
= Bard Colleges =
== College of Creation ==
Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art—the creation of the Three. That creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as the creation energy, khaagaazh. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance, music, and poetry, and their teachers share this lesson: “Before the sun and the moon, there was the Song, and its music awoke the first dawn. Its melodies so delighted the stones and trees that some of them gained a voice of their own. And now they sing too. Learn the Song, students, and you too can teach the mountains to sing and dance.”<br>
Dwarves often encourage their bards to become students of the Song of Creation. And among Dragonwrought, the Song of Creation is revered, for legends portray Bahumat, Tiamat, and Sardior—the greatest of dragons—as three of the song’s first singers.
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=== College of Creation ===
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Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art—the creation of the Three. That creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as the creation energy, khaagaazh. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance, music, and poetry, and their teachers share this lesson: “Before the sun and the moon, there was the Song, and its music awoke the first dawn. Its melodies so delighted the stones and trees that some of them gained a voice of their own. And now they sing too. Learn the Song, students, and you too can teach the mountains to sing and dance.”
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Dwarves often encourage their bards to become students of the Song of Creation. And among dragonborn, the Song of Creation is revered, for legends portray Bahamut and Tiamat—the greatest of dragons—as two of the song’s first singers.
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#Mote of Potential|Mote of Potential]] || 3rd || When you use your Bardic Inspiration you buff your next Bardic Inspiration
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| [[Bard#Performance of Creation|Performance of Creation]] || 3rd || You can create non-magical objects
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| [[Bard#Animating Performance|Animating Performance]] || 6th || You can animate objects to fight for you
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| [[Bard#Creative Crescendo|Creative Crescendo]] || 14th || You can create more objects with your Performance of Creation
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'''Mote of Potential.''' Starting at 3rd level, whenever you give a creature a Bardic Inspiration die, you can utter a note from the Song of Creation to create a Tiny mote of potential, which orbits within 5 feet of that creature. The mote is intangible and invulnerable, and it lasts until the Bardic Inspiration die is lost. The mote looks like a musical note, a star, a flower, or another symbol of art or life that you choose.
==== Mote of Potential ====
When the creature uses the Bardic Inspiration die, the mote provides an additional effect based on whether the die benefits an ability check, an attack roll, or a saving throw, as detailed below:
''3rd Level College of Creation Feature''<br>
:'''Ability Check.''' When the creature rolls the Bardic Inspiration die to add it to an ability check, the creature can roll the Bardic Inspiration die again and choose which roll to use, as the mote pops and emits colorful, harmless sparks for a moment.
Whenever you expend a use of Bardic Inspiration, you can utter a note from the Song of Creation to create a Tiny mote of potential, which orbits within 5ft of you. The mote is intangible and invulnerable, and it lasts for 1 minute. The mote looks like a musical note, a star, a flower, or another symbol of art or life that you choose. The mote is expended the next time you use your Bardic Inspiration feature and it provides an additional effects based on what you used Bardic Inspiration to do:<br>
:'''Attack Roll.''' Immediately after the creature rolls the Bardic Inspiration die to add it to an attack roll against a target, the mote thunderously shatters. The target and each creature of your choice that you can see within 5 feet of it must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC or take thunder damage equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration die.
*'''Ability Check.''' You roll the Bardic Inspiration Die twice, applying the higher roll to the Ability Check, as the mote pops and emits colorful, harmless sparks for a moment.<br>
:'''Saving Throw.''' Immediately after the creature rolls the Bardic Inspiration die and adds it to a saving throw, the mote vanishes with the sound of soft music, causing the creature to gain temporary hit points equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration die plus your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1 temporary hit point).
*'''Attack Roll.''' After you roll the Bardic Inspiration Die, the mote thunderously shatters. The target of the Attack and each creature of your choice that you can see within 5ft of it must succeed on a Constitution Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC, taking Thunder Damage equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration Die on a failed Save.
*'''Saving Throw.''' After you roll the Bardic Inspiration Die, the mote vanishes with the sound of soft music, causing the target to gain Temporary Hit Points equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration Die + your Charisma Modifier.
*'''Healing.''' After you roll the Bardic Inspiration Die, the mote pops in a mist of alacrity and distraction, allowing the target to move a number of feet equal to 5 x your Proficiency Bonus without provoking Opportunity Attacks.
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'''Performance of Creation.''' At 3rd level, as an action, you can channel the magic of the Song of Creation to create one non-magical item of your choice in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you. The item must appear on a surface or in a liquid that can support it. The gp value of the item can’t be more than 20 times your bard level, and the item must be Medium or smaller. The item glimmers softly, and a creature can faintly hear music when touching it. The created item disappears after a number of hours equal to your proficiency bonus.
==== Performance of Creation ====
Once you create an item with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a spell slot of 2nd level or higher to use this feature again. You can have only one item created by this feature at a time; if you use this action and already have an item from this feature, the first one immediately vanishes.
''3rd Level College of Creation Feature''<br>
The size of the item you can create with this feature increases by one size category when you reach 6th level (Large) and 14th level (Huge).
As an Action, you can channel the magic of the Song of Creation to create one non-magical item of your choice in an unoccupied space within 10ft of you. The item must appear on a surface or in a liquid that can support it. The GP value of the item can’t be more than 20 x your Bard Level, and the item must be Medium or smaller. The item glimmers softly, and a creature can faintly hear music when touching it. The created item disappears after a number of hours equal to your Proficiency Bonus.<br>
Once you create an item with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you expend a Spell Slot of 2nd Level or higher to use it again. You can have only one item created by this feature at a time; if you use this Action and already have an item from this feature, the first one immediately vanishes.<br>
The size of the item you can create with this feature increases by one Size Category when you reach 6th Level (Large) and 14th Level (Huge).
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'''Animating Performance.''' At 6th level, as an action, you can animate one Large or smaller non-magical item within 30 feet of you that isn’t being worn or carried. The animated item uses the Dancing Item stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB). The item is friendly to you and your companions and obeys your commands. It lives for 1 hour, until it is reduced to 0 hit points, or until you die.
==== Animating Performance ====
In combat, the item shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take another action. That action can be one in its stat block or some other action. If you are incapacitated, the item can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.
''6th Level College of Creation Feature''<br>
When you use your Bardic Inspiration feature, you can command the item as part of the same bonus action you use for Bardic Inspiration. Once you animate an item with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a spell slot of 3rd level or higher to use this feature again. You can have only one item animated by this feature at a time; if you use this action and already have a dancing item from this feature, the first one immediately becomes inanimate.
As an Action, you can animate one Large or smaller non-magical item within 30ft of you that isn’t being worn or carried. The animated item uses the Dancing Item stat block, which uses your Proficiency Bonus (PB). The item is friendly to you and creatures you chose, and obeys your commands. It lives for 1 hour, until it is reduced to 0 Hit Points, or until you die.<br>
In combat, the item shares your Initiative Score, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its Reaction on its own, but the only Action it takes on its turn is the Dodge Action, unless you use a Bonus Action to command it to take a different Action. That Action can be one in its Stat Block or some other Action. If you are [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]], the item can take any Action of its choice, not just Dodge.<br>
Once you animate an item with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you expend a Spell Slot of 3rd Level or higher to do so again. You can have only one item animated by this feature at a time; if you use this Action and already have an item animated from this feature, the first one immediately becomes inanimate.


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==== Creative Crescendo ====
''14th Level College of Creation Feature''<br>
When you use your Performance of Creation feature, you can create more than one item at once. The number of items equals your Charisma Modifier. If you create an item that would exceed that number, you choose which of the previously created items disappears. Only one of these items can be of the maximum size you can create; the rest must be Small or Tiny.<br>
You are no longer limited by GP value when creating items with your Performance of Creation feature.
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== College of Dance ==
Bards of the College of Dance are practiced artists of the battlefield, leaping, twisting, twirling, and flowing through any terrain. To these bards, the world is their stage, and they are not shy to share their expertise in the art of dance. This college of bards is vast and diverse, with many different genres and styles of dance.
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#Fast Movement|Fast Movement]] || 3rd || You get faster
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| [[Bard#Inspirational Dance|Inspirational Dance]] || 3rd || When you Dodge you can use Bardic Inspiration to give an ally Temporary Hit Points, movement that doesn't provoke Opportunity Attacks, or Dodge
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| [[Bard#Entrancing Movement|Entrancing Movement]] || 6th || When you're hit with an Opportunity Attack, the Attacker takes Damage, and you can cast the [[Level 1#Charm Person|Charm Person]] Spell better and for free, and the [[Level 6#Irresistible Dance|Irresistible Dance]] Spell in the same way at 14th Level
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| [[Bard#Endless Dance|Endless Dance]] || 14th || When you use Inspirational Dance the ally can make an Attack, and you can Dodge and Disengage extremely frequently
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'''Creative Crescendo.''' At 14th level, when you use your Performance of Creation feature, you can create more than one item at once. The number of items equals your Charisma modifier (minimum of two items). If you create an item that would exceed that number, you choose which of the previously created items disappears. Only one of these items can be of the maximum size you can create; the rest must be Small or Tiny.
==== Fast Movement ====
You are no longer limited by gp value when creating items with Performance of Creation.
''3rd Level College of Dance Feature''<br>
Your Speed increases by 10ft. At 6th and 14th Level, your Speed increases by an extra 5ft.
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=== College of Dance ===
==== Inspirational Dance ====
'''Fast Movement.''' When you join the College of Dance at 3rd level, your walking speed increases by 10 feet. At 6th and 14th level, your walking speed increases by an extra 5 feet.
''3rd Level College of Dance Feature''<br>
You learn how to use the universal language of dance. As a Bonus Action, you can expend one use of Bardic Inspiration to take the Dodge Action and choose a creature within 30ft of you that can see you, reinvigorating the creature as you dance. When you do, roll a Bardic Inspiration Die. That creature gains Temporary Hit Points equal to the number rolled plus your Charisma Modifier. When a creature gains Temporary Hit Points in this way, it can immediately use its Reaction to move up to its Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks or take the Dodge Action.
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'''Inspirational Dance.''' Also at 3rd level, you learn how to use the universal language of dance. As a bonus action, you can expend one of your uses of Bardic Inspiration to dance and reinvigorate a creature other than you who can see you. When you do, roll a Bardic Inspiration die. That creature gains temporary hit points equal to the number rolled plus your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1). When a creature gains temporary hit points in this way, it can immediately use its reaction to move up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks or take the Dodge action.
==== Entrancing Movement ====
''6th Level College of Dance Feature''<br>
Your movements become so graceful that even the most cold-hearted enemies are filled with remorse for having stopped your dance. Whenever a creature hits you with an Opportunity Attack, that creature takes Psychic Damage equal to your Charisma Modifier + half your Bard Level.<br>
In addition, you can use an Action to cast the [[Level 1 #Charm Person|Charm Person]] Spell without expending a Spell Slot by weaving the incantation with your dance. When cast the Spell in this way, the target doesn’t have Advantage on the Saving Throw if you’re currently fighting it. When you reach 14th Level in this class, you can choose to cast the [[Level 6#Irresistible Dance|Irresistible Dance]] Spell in this way instead. Once you use this feature to cast a Spell, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.
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==== Endless Dance ====
''14th Level College of Dance Feature''<br>
Your dance has become so invigorating that it can inspire an ally to attack. A creature that gains Temporary Hit Points from your Inspirational Dance feature can choose to use its Reaction to make a single Weapon Attack.<br>
In addition, your endless dancing allows you to more easily avoid being hit. You can use a Bonus Action to take the Dodge and Disengage Actions simultaneously, and whenever you expend a Bardic Inspiration Die, you can take the Dodge and Disengage Actions simultaneously as a Free Action.
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== College of Diplomacy ==
Bards of the College of Diplomacy understand that statecraft, like music or drama, is a complicated artform. Formally trained as couriers, aides, stewards, geishas, and ambassadors, these performers use civility and social protocol to open doors where others cannot. In mastering their craft, these individuals also learn to see the connections between magical and social networks, and recognize how each can influence the other.
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#Foreign Relations|Foreign Relations]] || 3rd || You learn some [[Languages]] and are better when talking to people with [[Languages]] other than Common
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| [[Bard#Magical Networking|Magical Networking]] || 3rd || You can cast your Spells from your allies spaces, when you do you give that ally Temporary Hit Points
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| [[Bard#Secret Communiqué|Secret Communiqué]] || 6th || Your Countercharm and Bardic Inspiration have increased Range and Countercharm can be used secretly and improves your allies in other ways
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| [[Bard#Diplomatic Immunity|Diplomatic Immunity]] || 14th || You can Charm creatures into pledging you fealty and granting you safe passage
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'''Entrancing Movement.''' At 6th level, your movements become so graceful that even the most cold-hearted enemies are filled with remorse for having stopped your dance. Whenever a creature hits you with an opportunity attack, that creature takes psychic damage equal to your Charisma modifier + half your bard level.
==== Foreign Relations ====
In addition, you can use an action to cast Charm Person without expending a spell slot by weaving the incantation with your dance. When cast in this way, the target doesn’t have advantage on the saving throw if you’re currently fighting it. When you reach 14th level, you can choose to cast Otto’s Irresistible Dance in this way instead. Once you use this feature to cast a spell, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.
''3rd Level College of Diplomacy Feature''<br>
You learn the proper etiquette for handling those from other cultures. You learn three [[Languages]] of your choice.<br>
In addition, whenever you make a Charisma (Deception), Charisma (Persuasion), or Wisdom (Insight) check against a creature you are interacting with in a [[Languages|Language]] other than Common, as long as it can understand that [[Languages|Language]], you treat any roll of 9 or lower on the die as a 10 in addition to the Advantage granted normally.
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'''Endless Dance.''' By 14th level, your dance has become so invigorating that it can inspire an ally to attack. A creature that gains temporary hit points from your Inspirational Dance can choose to use its reaction to make one weapon attack.
==== Magical Networking ====
In addition, your endless dancing allows you to more easily avoid being hit. You can use a bonus action to take the Dodge action, and whenever you use a bonus action to expend a Bardic Inspiration die, you can take the Dodge action as part of that bonus action.
''3rd Level College of Diplomacy Feature''<br>
You can utilize your web of personal connections to extend your reach through Khaagaazh. By expending a use of your Bardic Inspiration when you cast a Bard Spell, you can choose to cast the Spell from the space of a willing creature within 60ft of you that can see or hear you.<br>
When you cast a Spell in this way, that creature also gains a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration Die + your Charisma modifier.
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=== College of Diplomacy ===
==== Secret Communiqué ====
Bards of the College of Diplomacy understand that statecraft, like music or drama, is a complicated artform. Formally trained as couriers, aides, stewards, geishas, and ambassadors, these performers use civility and social protocol to open doors where others cannot. In mastering their craft, these individuals also learn to see the connections between magical and social networks, and recognize how each can influence the other.  
''6th Level College of Diplomacy Feature''<br>
Tour mastery of statecraft allows you to communicate with but a meaningful look. The ranges of both your Countercharm and your Bardic Inspiration features are doubled, and targets do not need to see or hear you to be affected by either of those features.<br>
In addition, you use your Countercharm feature silently, without moving, and by using a Bonus Action instead of an Action. Until the end of your next turn, targets affected by this use of your Countercharm feature have Advantage on their Charisma, Intelligence, and Wisdom Saving Throws, and can also communicate telepathically with any other affected targets they can see.<br>
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'''Foreign Relations.''' When you join the College of Diplomacy at 3rd level, you learn the proper etiquette for handling those from other cultures. You learn three languages of your choice.  
==== Diplomatic Immunity ====
In addition, whenever you interact socially with a creature in a language other than Common, you have advantage on your Charisma (Deception), Charisma (Persuasion), and Wisdom (Insight) checks against it, but only if the creature can understand that language.  
''14th Level College of Diplomacy Feature''<br>
You can magically compel even your enemies to act cordially towards you. As an Action, you can force up to 5 creatures of your choice within 60ft of you that can see and hear you to make a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC.<br>
A target automatically succeeds if it can't understand you, but if it shares more than one [[Languages|Language]] with you, it has Disadvantage on that Save. If a target fails the Save, it becomes [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] by you and all creatures you choose that it can see within 60ft of you. The creature is [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] in this way until the end of your next turn if you are fighting the target, if you begin to fight the target, or after 1 hour if you do not fight the target. This effect ends on a target if it notices you or your allies harm it or a creature it is friendly towards.<br>
While [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] in this way, each affected creature is convinced you are representing an individual, group, or power offering them fealty, an alliance, or a trade deal in its best interests. They will treat you hospitably, rationalize any of your hostile behaviors as unusual quirks, and try to persuade their allies to welcome you and your 'entourage.'<br>
Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a Long Rest.
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'''Magical Networking.''' Also at 3rd level, you can utilize your web of personal connections to extend your reach through Khaagaazh. By expending a use of your Bardic Inspiration when you cast a bard spell, you can choose to cast the spell as if you were located in the space of a willing creature within 60 feet of you that can see or hear you.
== College of Drama ==
When you cast a spell in this way, the willing creature also gains an amount of temporary hit points equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration die + your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1).  
Bards of the College of Drama seek to empower the hearts of others by memorializing that which has been lost. Those who follow this tradition are intimately familiar with the immense hardships of a fickle world, but they have also witnessed the strength and beauty that blooms in the wake of loss and victory.<br>
These bards are often travelers, looking to experience life to its fullest, with all the highs and lows that journey entails. Members of the College of Drama are rarely gregarious performers living for the spotlight. They are more likely to be quiet observers composing heartrending ballads or contemplative poems and saving them for when they will have the greatest impact.
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'''Secret Communiqué.''' From 6th level, your mastery of statecraft allows you to communicate with but a meaningful look.  The ranges of both your Countercharm and Bardic Inspiration features are doubled, and if an ally can see you, it doesn't need to hear you to be affected by either of those features.
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In addition, using this feature, you can choose to activate your Countercharm feature silently, without moving, and by using a bonus action instead of an action. Until the end of your next turn, targets affected by this use of Countercharm have advantage on their Charisma, Intelligence, and Wisdom saving throws, and can also communicate telepathically with any other affected targets they can see, regardless of their language.
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You can use countercharm in this way a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a long rest.
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#Tragic Flaw|Tragic Flaw]] || 3rd || You can learn a creature's deeper motive to better interactions with it
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| [[Bard#Ensemble Cast|Ensemble Cast]] || 3rd || You become better at performing with friends
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| [[Bard#Reversal of Fortune|Reversal of Fortune]] || 6th || You can make a creature more resistant or vulnerable to Damage, and even more-so if you know its Tragic Flaw
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| [[Bard#Satisfying Climax|Satisfying Climax]] || 14th || You either end or protect a creature's story in a satisfying way
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'''Diplomatic Immunity.''' Starting at 14th level, you can magically compel even your enemies to act cordially towards you.  As an action, you can force up to 5 creatures of your choice within 60 feet of you that can see and hear you to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC.  
==== Tragic Flaw ====
A target automatically succeeds if it can't understand your language, but if it shares more than one language with you, it makes this save with disadvantage.  If a target fails its save, it becomes charmed by you and all of your allies it can see within 60 feet of you. This effect lasts until the end of your next turn if you are fighting the target or if you begin to fight it, or for 1 hour otherwise. This effect ends on a target if it notices you or your allies harm it or a creature it is friendly towards.
''3rd Level College of Drama Feature''<br>
While charmed in this way, each affected target is convinced you are representing an individual, group, or power offering them fealty, an alliance, or a trade deal in its best interests. They will treat you hospitably, rationalize any of your hostile behaviors as unusual quirks, and try to persuade their allies to welcome you and your 'entourage.'  Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
You become adept at identifying the driving motivations of others. If you spend at least one day observing a target creature with whom you share a [[Languages|Language]], you learn the creatures' Ideal, Bond, and Flaw. When you make a Charisma (Deception), Charisma or Strength (Intimidation), or Charisma (Persuasion) check against the target you can utilize the information learned this way to improve your chances of success.<br>
For example, you might suggest to a creature whose Flaw is their greed that supplying your party with weapons will lead to a cut of any treasure you acquire, or a creature whose Ideal is the importance of community might be convinced that their town would enjoy boosted morale if your party are supplied with the means to kill the local monster. Any time you fail an Ability Check made in this way, you can expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, adding a roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die to the Ability Check.
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=== College of Eloquence ===
==== Ensemble Cast ====
''3rd Level College of Drama Feature''<br>
You gain Proficiency in Performance, and when you perform, all creatures performing with you have Advantage on their Charisma (Performance) Checks.
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==== Reversal of Fortune ====
''6th Level College of Drama Feature''<br>
You gain the ability to magically influence the course of a creature’s fate. You can use a Bonus Action and expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration to choose one creature that can hear you and is within 30ft of you. Choose one Damage Type, the target gains either Vulnerability or Resistance to the chosen Damage Type (your choice). If the creature has Resistance to the Damage Type and you give it Vulnerability, the Resistance is instead removed. If the creature has Vulnerability to the Damage Type and you give it Resistance, the Vulnerability is instead removed.<br>
When you use this feature on a creature which you have observed with your Tragic Flaw feature, then if the creature has Resistance to the Damage Type and you give it Vulnerability, the Resistance is turned into Vulnerability. If the creature has Vulnerability to the Damage Type and you give it Resistance, the Vulnerability is turned into Resistance.
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==== Satisfying Climax ====
''14th Level College of Drama Feature''<br>
You can learn the flaws of a creature quickly to determine the end of their story. You can use an Action to learn information about a creature within 30ft of you as per Tragic Flaw. Once you do so, you can't do so again until you finish a Long Rest.<br>
You can use an Action to cause a creature which you know information about per Tragic Flaw to force them to make a Charisma Saving Throw, the target can choose to fail this Save. On a failed Save, choose one of the following fates to choose for the target:
*The target recalls all of the pain it has suffered in its life and becomes [[Conditions#Burning|Burning 6 (Psychic)]] that can only decay over time. While the target is [[Conditions#Burning|Burning]] in this way, it is also [[Conditions#Slowed|Slowed]].
*The target is purged from its previous tragedy and loss and recovers from up to three [[Conditions]] of your choice.
*Binding shackles of fate chain the target, causing it to become [[Conditions#Stunned|Stunned]] and [[Conditions#Restrained|Restrained]] until the end of your next turn.
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== College of Eloquence ==
Adherents of the College of Eloquence master the art of oratory. Persuasion is regarded as a high art, and a well-reasoned, well-spoken argument often proves more persuasive than facts. These bards wield a blend of logic and theatrical wordplay, winning over skeptics and detractors with logical arguments and plucking at heartstrings to appeal to the emotions of audiences.
Adherents of the College of Eloquence master the art of oratory. Persuasion is regarded as a high art, and a well-reasoned, well-spoken argument often proves more persuasive than facts. These bards wield a blend of logic and theatrical wordplay, winning over skeptics and detractors with logical arguments and plucking at heartstrings to appeal to the emotions of audiences.
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#Silver Tongue|Silver Tongue]] || 3rd || You're extremely good at Persuasion and Deception
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| [[Bard#Cutting Words|Cutting Words]] || 3rd || You can make your enemies worse at their Attacks, Checks, and healing with your Bardic Inspiration
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| [[Bard#Unfailing Inspiration|Unfailing Inspiration]] || 6th || You only expend Bardic Inspiration if it would do anything
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| [[Bard#Universal Speech|Universal Speech]] || 6th || You can allow anyone to understand your speaking
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| [[Bard#Infectious Inspiration|Infectious Inspiration]] || 14th || You can use your Bardic Inspiration for free more often
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==== Silver Tongue ====
''3rd Level College of Eloquence Feature''<br>
You become a master at saying the right thing at the right time. When you make a Charisma (Persuasion) or Charisma (Deception) Check, you can treat a roll on the d20 of 9 or lower as a 10.
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==== Cutting Words ====
''3rd Level College of Eloquence Feature''<br>
You learn how to use your wit to distract, confuse, and otherwise sap the confidence and competence of others. When a creature that you can see within 60ft of you hits on an Attack Roll, succeeds on an Ability Check, deals Damage, or regains Hit Points, you can use your Reaction to expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration, subtracting a number from the result equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die. The creature is unaffected if it can't see or hear you, or if it's Immune to being [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]].
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==== Unfailing Inspiration ====
''6th Level College of Eloquence Feature''<br>
Your inspiring words are so persuasive that others feel driven to succeed. When you expend a use of Bardic Inspiration and the result of the Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw remains unchanged, you regain that use of Bardic Inspiration.
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==== Universal Speech ====
''6th Level College of Eloquence Feature''<br>
You have gained the ability to make your speech intelligible to any creature. As an Action, choose one or more creatures within 60ft of you, up to a number equal to your Charisma Modifier. For the next hour, the chosen creatures can magically understand you, regardless of the [[Languages|Language]] you speak.<br>
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you expend a Spell Slot of 1st Level or higher to use it again.
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==== Infectious Inspiration ====
''14th Level College of Eloquence Feature''<br>
Your pure inspiration further inspires others. When you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, you can, as a Free Action, use your Bardic Inspiration without expending a use of the feature before the end of your next turn.
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== College of Flame ==
The College of Flame is home to bards who sought knowledge and expertise on the natural rhythm of a flickering flame and how to replicate it.
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#College of Flame#Bonus Proficiencies|Bonus Proficiencies]] || 3rd || You get Acrobatics and Performance Proficiencies, and you learn the [[Cantrips#Fire Bolt|Fire Bolt]] Cantrip
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| [[Bard#Where there's Smoke there's Fire|Where there's Smoke there's Fire]] || 3rd || You can make a smoke screen with your Bardic Inspiration and cause enemies to miss and throw the [[Cantrips#Fire Bolt|Fire Bolt]] at it
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| [[Bard#Fire Dance|Fire Dance]] || 6th || You can Fire Dance, making you faster and dealing Damage to enemies
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| [[Bard#Fiery Finale|Fiery Finale]] || 14th || When you end your Fire Dance, you can deal Damage to nearby enemies and knock them [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]]
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'''Silver Tongue.''' At 3rd level you become a master at saying the right thing at the right time. When you make a Charisma (Persuasion) or Charisma (Deception) check, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.
==== Bonus Proficiencies ====
''3rd Level College of Flame Feature''<br>
You gain Proficiency in Acrobatics and Performance. Additionally, you learn the [[Cantrips#Fire Bolt|Fire Bolt]] Cantrip, it counts as a Bard Spell for you and does not count against your number of Cantrips Known.
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'''Cutting Words.''' Also at 3rd level, you learn how to use your wit to distract, confuse, and otherwise sap the confidence and competence of others. When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a damage roll, you can use your reaction to expend one of your uses of Bardic Inspiration, rolling a Bardic Inspiration die and subtracting the number rolled from the creature’s roll. You can choose to use this feature after the creature makes its roll, but before the DM determines whether the attack roll or ability check succeeds or fails, or before the creature deals its damage. The creature is immune if it can’t hear you or if it’s immune to being charmed.
==== Where there's Smoke there's Fire ====
''3rd Level College of Flame Feature''<br>
When an creature you can see attacks another creature, you can use a Reaction to expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration feature and cause a smoke screen to materialize between the enemy and the creature, reducing the result of the Attack by an amount equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die + your Charisma Modifier. If this causes the target to miss on the Attack, you can cast the [[Cantrips#Fire Bolt|Fire Bolt]] Cantrip as a Free Action targeting that creature.
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'''Unfailing Inspiration.''' At 6th level, your inspiring words are so persuasive that others feel driven to succeed. When a creature adds one of your Bardic Inspiration dice to its ability check, attack roll, or saving throw and the roll fails, the creature can keep the Bardic Inspiration die.
==== Fire Dance ====
''6th Level College of Flame Feature''<br>
You gain the ability to move like a flickering flame. You use a Bonus Action to Fire Dance. This Fire Dance lasts until the start of your next turn. When you Fire Dance, you can take the Disengage Action as a Free Action and your Speed increases by 10ft. While this Fire Dance is active, whenever you move within 10ft of another creature, you can force that creature to make a Dexterity Saving Throw or take Fire Damage equal to your Proficiency Bonus as sparks fly from your feet.<br>
You cannot cast Spells or make Weapon Attacks while your Fire Dance is active, and you cannot deal Fire Damage with this feature to a creature more than once on the same turn.
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'''Universal Speech.''' Also at 6th level, you have gained the ability to make your speech intelligible to any creature. As an action, choose one or more creatures within 60 feet of you, up to a number equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one creature). The chosen creatures can magically understand you, regardless of the language you speak, for 1 hour.
==== Fiery Finale ====
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a spell slot to use it again.
''14th Level College of Flame Feature''<br>
When your Fire Dance ends, all creatures within 15ft of you make a Dexterity Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC, suffering 4d12 Fire Damage and being knocked [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]] on a failed Save, or take half as much Damage and not be knocked [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]] on a successful Save.
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'''Infectious Inspiration.''' When you successfully inspire someone, the power of your eloquence can now spread to someone else. When a creature within 60 feet of you adds one of your Bardic Inspiration dice to its ability check, attack roll, or saving throw and the roll succeeds, you can use your reaction to encourage a different creature (other than yourself) that can hear you within 60 feet of you, giving it a Bardic Inspiration die without expending any of your Bardic Inspiration uses.
== College of Four Suits ==
You can use this reaction a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Bards of the College of Four Suits see games of chance as challenging questions of fate and predetermination. These charismatic players can see the threads of fate hard at work with every roll of the dice and card draw, providing timeless material for their magic and musings. By bearing witness to this magic firsthand, bards of this college believe that the future is something that can be directed, if not controlled. As such, these magicians, tricksters, and fortune tellers play along in a never-ending game against their future selves, strategically twisting luck in their ever-growing favor to force the hand of fate itself.
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=== College of Four Suits ===
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'''Arcane Deck.''' When you join the College of Four Suits at 3rd level, you find a way to twist your bardic magic in new ways using the magic of chance. You gain proficiency with playing card sets, if you don’t already have it, and you can use playing card sets as a spellcasting focus for your bard spells. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses playing card sets, such as Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) or Charisma (Performance) checks made to either cheat or perform card tricks, respectively. In addition, you can transform a mundane playing card set into a magic one, called an arcane deck, using a special ritual while holding the cards. The ritual takes 1 hour, which can be done during a short rest. You can then dismiss the deck (no action required), shunting it into an extradimensional space. The deck also disappears if it’s more than 120 feet away from you for 1 minute or more, or if you die. You can summon the arcane deck to an empty hand using a bonus action, and can use it as a normal playing card set. You can replace your arcane deck by performing the 1-hour ritual on another playing card set. When you do, the previous arcane deck becomes a non-magical playing card set again. The deck appears at your feet if it is in the extradimensional space when this happens. You use this arcane deck for your College of Four Suits features, drawing and playing cards as described in them and using the following rules:
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:The arcane deck uses a standard deck of 52 cards, removing any jokers from the deck. You can use a deck of playing cards at your table for these features or use a digital tool instead.
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:An ace counts as 1, and a jack, queen, or king counts as a 10.
! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
At 3rd level, your maximum hand size is 3. Your maximum hand size increases when you reach certain levels in this class, becoming 4 cards at 6th level, and 5 cards at 14th.
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Played and discarded cards disappear and are placed in a discard pile to the side of the deck. When you finish a long rest, shuffle the discard pile back into the deck. Discarded cards are unavailable to your arcane deck while you’re in combat, but can otherwise be used as normal when using the deck as a playing card set.
| [[Bard#Arcane Deck|Arcane Deck]] || 3rd || You get a deck of 52 cards you use as a Spellcasting Focus
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| [[Bard#Hand of Fate|Hand of Fate]] || 3rd || You draw cards from your Arcane Deck for your Arcane Deck
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| [[Bard#Playing the Game|Playing the Game]] || 3rd || You can use the cards in your Hand Of Fate to do different things
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| [[Bard#Hole Cards|Hole Cards]] || 3rd || You have special cards separate from your Hand Of Fate to improve your Attack Rolls, Ability Checks, and Saving Throws
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| [[Bard#Royal Flush|Royal Flush]] || 6th || You can use jacks, kings, and queens from your Hand Of Fate to freely cast the [[Level 1#Command|Command]] Spell
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| [[Bard#Ace in the Hole|Ace in the Hole]] || 14th || Your ace cards are better and all previous abilities improve
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'''Hand of Fate.''' At 3rd level, you draw a hand of cards whenever you roll for initiative, up to your maximum hand size, called a hand of fate. You keep these cards until they’re played or until the combat resolves, at which time any remaining cards in your hand are discarded. When you draw these cards, your arcane deck and drawn cards magically appear and float in the air within easy reach for the duration. While the arcane deck is summoned in this way, you don’t need to be holding it in order to use it as a spellcasting focus.
==== Arcane Deck ====
You can play multiple cards at a time and combine their values provided that they’re all from the same suit. Regardless of what your cards’ combined value is, it can’t exceed your bard spell save DC. After a card is played and its effect resolves, it disappears from your hand and is placed in your discard pile. You can play cards from your hand of fate in a variety of ways as described below.
''3rd Level College of Four Suits Feature''<br>
Fate Change. You can choose to forgo rolling a d20 for an attack roll or ability check to play one or more cards from your hand (no action required), using their combined value to determine the roll instead. You can wait until after you roll the d20 before deciding to use this feature, but must decide before the GM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once you use this ability, you can’t do so again until you roll initiative again and draw a new hand. If you can eventually replace a d20 roll with a combined card value of 20 or more, it doesn’t count as a critical hit or success on the roll you replace it with.
You find a way to twist your bardic magic in new ways using the magic of chance. You gain Proficiency and Expertise with Playing Cards as a [[Adventuring Gear#General Tools|Gaming Set]], and you can use Playing Cards as a Bard Spellcasting Focus.<br>
:'''Trick.''' You can use an action to send one or more cards from your hand hurtling at a creature that you can see within 30 feet of you (other than yourself ).
In addition, you can transform a set of mundane Playing Cards into a magic one, called an Arcane Deck, using a special ritual while holding the cards. The ritual takes 1 hour, which can be done during a Short or Long Rest. You can then dismiss the Arcane Deck as a Free Action, shunting it into an extra-dimensional space. The Arcane Deck also disappears if it is more than 120ft away from you for 1 minute or more, or if you die.<br>
:'''Clubs or Spades.''' If the cards’ suit is a club or spade, make a ranged spell attack against the target, using your spell attack bonus. On a hit, the target takes force damage equal to the cards’ combined value.
You can summon the Arcane Deck to an empty hand using a Bonus Action. You can replace your Arcane Deck by performing the same ritual on another playing card set. When you do, the previous Arcane Deck becomes a set of non-magical Playing Cards again. The deck appears at your feet if it is in the extra-dimensional space when this happens.<br>
:'''Diamonds or Hearts.''' If the cards’ suit is a diamond or heart, the target gains a number of temporary hit points equal to the cards’ combined value, which last for 1 minute or until you use this Trick again.
You use this Arcane Deck for your later features, drawing and playing cards as described in those features using the following rules:
Whenever you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, you can draw 2 cards from the deck and choose 1 of them to add to your hand, placing the second card on the bottom of the deck. If your hand is full when you add a new card in this way, you can choose to either discard a card from your hand and replace it with the new one or simply place it on the bottom of the deck without replacing any cards in your hand.
*The Arcane Deck uses a standard deck of 52 cards, removing any jokers from the deck. You can use a deck of playing cards at your table for these features or use a digital tool instead.
When you reach 6th level in this class, the number of cards you draw and keep whenever you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration increases by 1. At 14th level, you can choose to place the leftover card back on top of the deck, rather than the bottom.
*Cards have a value equal to the number on the card.
*An ace has a value of 1, and a jack, queen, or king have a value of 10.
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'''Hole Cards.''' Also at 3rd level, when you finish a long rest, you can draw up to your maximum hand size from your arcane deck. Choose 1 of those cards and shuffle the remainder back into the deck. This card is called your hole card, and remains separate from your arcane deck and hand of fate.
==== Hand of Fate ====
The number of hole cards you keep when you finish a long rest increases when you reach certain levels in this class, becoming 2 cards at 6th level, and 3 cards at 14th.
''3rd Level College of Four Suits Feature''<br>
When you roll a d20 to make an attack roll or ability check, you can choose to play a hole card and add its value to the total of the roll. You make this decision after you roll the d20, but before the GM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Regardless of the value of the card, it can’t exceed the maximum value of your Bardic Inspiration die. For example, if your Bardic Inspiration die is a d6, a 7 card or higher would be treated as a 6.
You have a Hand of Fate which uses the following rules:
While in combat, you can choose to play hole cards as though they were a card from your hand of fate.
*Your Hand of Fate is the number of cards you currently have available to use, and you can have a number of cards in your Hand of Fate equal to your Maximum Hand Size.
*Your Maximum Hand Size is 3. Your Maximum Hand Size increases when you reach certain Levels in this class, 4 at 6th Level, and 5 at 14th Level.
*Whenever you roll Initiative, you draw a number of cards from your Arcane Deck so that the amount of cards in your Hand of Fate is equal to your Maximum Hand Size.
*When you draw a card, you take the card that is on top of your Arcane Deck and add it to your Hand of Fate.
*When a card is played or discarded, it disappears and is placed in a discard pile to the side of the deck.
:When you finish a Long Rest, shuffle the discard pile back into the deck. Discarded cards are unavailable to use in your Arcane Deck while you’re in combat, but can otherwise be used as normal when using the deck as a normal set of Playing Cards.
*At the end of combat, all cards in your Hand of Fate are discarded.
At the start of combat, you summon your Arcane Deck. When you summon your Arcane Deck in this way, it, and your Hand of Fate float in the air within easy reach. While your Arcane Deck floats around you in this way, you can use it as a Spellcasting Focus without needing to hold it.
Whenever you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, you can draw 2 cards from your Arcane Deck, then choose one card in your Hand of Fate and discard it. If your Hand of Fate has more cards than your Maximum Hand Size after this, you discard cards from your Hand of Fate so that the number of cards in your Hand of Fate equals your Maximum Hand Size.<br>
When you reach 6th Level in this class, the draw a third cards whenever you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration increases.
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'''Royal Flush.''' Starting at 6th level, you’ve learned how to draw more magic from your arcane deck and influence those around you. You can use an action to play a jack, queen, or king card from your hand of fate or hole cards to cast the command spell from it at 1st, 2nd, or 3rd level, respectively, using your bard spell save DC and without expending a spell slot. Once you play a card in this way, you can’t do so again with that card from any other suit until you finish a long rest. In addition, the range of your Trick feature increases to 60 feet, instead of 30.
==== Playing the Game ====
''3rd Level College of Four Suits Feature''<br>
Using your Hand of Fate, you can play multiple cards of the same suit at a time from your Hand of Fate and combine their values. Regardless of what your cards' combined value is, the total value can't exceed your Spell Save DC. You can play cards from your Hand of Fate in the following ways:
*'''Fate Change.''' You can choose to forgo rolling a d20 for an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw to play one or more cards from your hand, treating their combined value as the roll of the d20 instead. Once you use this ability, you can’t do so again until you roll Initiative again and draw a new hand.
*'''Trick.''' You can use an Action to send one or more cards from your hand hurtling at another creature that you can see within 30ft of you. This Action has effects based on the suit of the cards used.<br>
*:'''Clubs or Spades.''' If the cards’ suit is clubs or spades, you make a Ranged Spell Attack against the target using your Spell Attack Bonus. On a hit, the target takes Force Damage equal to the cards' combined value.<br>
*:'''Diamonds or Hearts.''' If the cards’ suit is diamonds or hearts, the target gains a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the cards’ combined value, which last for 1 minute or until you use this Trick again.
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'''Ace in the Hole.''' By 14th level, you’re an expert at using cards to influence your fortune and succeed. Your feature becomes more powerful in the following ways:
==== Hole Cards ====
An ace counts as a 10 for you, instead of a 1.
''3rd Level College of Four Suits Feature''<br>
:You can choose to combine cards of the same value, rather than suit, when playing them as part of your Fate Change or Trick features. When played as part of a Trick in this way, you choose which suit to use between all the ones played when determining the kind of Trick it is.
When you finish a Long Rest, you can take a number of cards equal to your Maximum Hand Size from the top of your Arcane Deck. Choose 1 of those cards and shuffle the remainder back into the deck. This card is called your Hole Card, and remains separate from your Arcane Deck and Hand of Fate.<br>
:If you hit a target with a Club or Spade Trick, you can add your Charisma modifier to the total of the damage dealt by the attack. The Trick’s total damage dealt still can’t exceed your bard save DC.
The number of Hole Cards you choose when you finish a Long Rest increases when you reach certain Levels in this class, becoming 2 cards at 6th Level, and 3 cards at 14th Level.<br>
:You can use your Fate Change feature twice during combat, instead of once.
When you miss on an Attack Roll, or fail on an Ability Check or Saving Throw, you can choose to place a Hole Card into your discard pile and add the card's value to the roll. Regardless of the value of the card, it can’t exceed the maximum result of your Bardic Inspiration Die.<br>
:If you have an ace in your hand of fate or as a hole card, you can use your reaction to play it when you see a creature within 60 feet of you make an attack roll or ability check, expending a use of your Fate Change feature if you’re in combat and replacing the target’s d20 roll with either a 1 or 10 (your choice). You can choose to use this reaction after the creature makes its roll, but before the GM determines whether the attack roll or ability check succeeds or fails. If the creature is unwilling, it can make a Charisma saving throw against your bard save DC, ignoring the effect and using the original roll on a success
While in combat, you can treat Hole Cards as if they were in your Hand of Fate, but they do not contribute to the amount of cards you can have in your Hand of Fate.
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=== College of Glamor ===
==== Royal Flush ====
The College of Glamor is the home of bards who mastered their craft in the vibrant realm of the Feywild or under the tutelage of someone who dwelled there. Tutored by satyrs, eladrin, and other fey, these bards learn to use their magic to delight and captivate others.
''6th Level College of Four Suits Feature''<br>
You’ve learned how to draw more magic from your arcane deck and influence those around you. You can use an Action to play a jack, queen, or king card in your Hand of Fate to cast the [[Level 1#Command|Command]] Spell at 1st Level if it was a jack, at 2nd Level if it was a queen, and at 3rd Level if it was a king as a Bard Spell without expending a Spell Slot. Once you play a card in this way, you can’t do so again with that card from any other suit until you finish a Long Rest. In addition, the Range of your Trick feature increases to 60ft.
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==== Ace in the Hole ====
''14th Level College of Four Suits Feature''<br>
You’re an expert at using cards to influence your fortune and succeed. Your Arcane Deck becomes more powerful in the following ways:
*An ace has a value of 10 instead of 1.
*When you discard a card, you can choose to place it on top of your Arcane Deck instead of in your discard pile
*You can choose to combine cards of the same value, rather than suit, when playing them as part of your Playing The Game feature. You choose which suit to use when you play cards in this way.
*If you hit a target with Trick using Clubs or Spades, you can add your Charisma Modifier to the total of the Damage dealt by the Attack. The Trick’s total Damage dealt still can’t exceed your Spell Save DC.
*You can use your Fate Change twice during per time you roll Initiative, instead of once.
*If you have an ace in your Hand of Fate or as a Hole Card, you can use your Reaction to play it when you see a creature within 60ft of you make an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw, expending a use of your Fate Change feature if you’re in combat and replacing the target’s d20 roll with either a 1 or 10 (your choice). If the creature is unwilling, it must make a Charisma Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC, ignoring the effect and using the original roll on a successful Save.
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== College of Glamor ==
The College of Glamor is the home of bards who mastered their craft in the vibrant realm of the Fey Forest or under the tutelage of someone who dwelled there. These bards learn to use their magic to delight and captivate others.<br>
The bards of this college are regarded with a mixture of awe and fear. Their performances are the stuff of legend. These bards are so eloquent that a speech or song that one of them performs can cause captors to release the bard unharmed and can lull a furious dragon into complacency. The same magic that allows them to quell beasts can also bend minds. Villainous bards of this college can leech off a community for weeks, misusing their magic to turn their hosts into thralls. Heroic bards of this college instead use this power to gladden the downtrodden and undermine oppressors.
The bards of this college are regarded with a mixture of awe and fear. Their performances are the stuff of legend. These bards are so eloquent that a speech or song that one of them performs can cause captors to release the bard unharmed and can lull a furious dragon into complacency. The same magic that allows them to quell beasts can also bend minds. Villainous bards of this college can leech off a community for weeks, misusing their magic to turn their hosts into thralls. Heroic bards of this college instead use this power to gladden the downtrodden and undermine oppressors.
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'''Mantle of Inspiration.''' When you join the College of Glamor at 3rd level, you gain the ability to weave a song of fey magic that imbues your allies with vigor and speed.
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As a bonus action, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to grant yourself a wondrous appearance. When you do so, choose a number of creatures you can see and that can see you within 60 feet of you, up to a number equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one). Each of them gains 5 temporary hit points. When a creature gains these temporary hit points, it can immediately use its reaction to move up to its speed, without provoking opportunity attacks.
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The number of temporary hit points increases when you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to 8 at 5th level, 11 at 10th level, and 14 at 15th level.
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#Mantle of Inspiration|Mantle of Inspiration]] || 3rd || You can use your Bardic Inspiration and give your allies Temporary Hit Points and movement
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| [[Bard#Enthralling Performance|Enthralling Performance]] || 3rd || You can [[Conditions#Charmed|Charm]] creatures into idolizing you after performing for a minute
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| [[Bard#Mantle of Majesty|Mantle of Majesty]] || 6th || You can look awesome to freely cast the [[Level 1#Command|Command]] Spell
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| [[Bard#Unbreakable Majesty|Unbreakable Majesty]] || 14th || You can look awesome to have foes second-guess attacking you
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'''Enthralling Performance.''' Starting at 3rd level, you can charge your performance with seductive, fey magic.
==== Mantle of Inspiration ====
If you perform for at least 1 minute, you can attempt to inspire wonder in your audience by singing, reciting a poem, or dancing. At the end of the performance, choose a number of humanoids within 60 feet of you who watched and listened to all of it, up to a number equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one). Each target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or be charmed by you. While charmed in this way, the target idolizes you, it speaks glowingly of you to anyone who talks to it, and it hinders anyone who opposes you, although it avoids violence unless it was already inclined to fight on your behalf. This effect ends on a target after 1 hour, if it takes any damage, if you attack it, or if it witnesses you attacking or damaging any of its allies.
''3rd Level College of Glamor Feature''<br>
If a target succeeds on its saving throw, the target has no hint that you tried to charm it. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a long rest.
You gain the ability to weave a song of fey magic that imbues your allies with vigor and speed. As a Bonus Action, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to grant yourself a wondrous appearance. When you do so, choose a number of creatures you can see and that can see you within 60ft of you, up to your Charisma Modifier. Each chosen creature gains 5 Temporary Hit Points and can use its Reaction to move up to its Speed without Provoking Opportunity Attacks.<br>
The number of Temporary Hit Points increases when you reach certain Levels in this class, increasing to 9 at 5th Level, 13 at 10th Level, 17 at 15th Level, and 21 at 20th Level.
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'''Mantle of Majesty.''' At 6th level, you gain the ability to cloak yourself in a fey magic that makes others want to serve you. As a bonus action, you cast command, without expending a spell slot, and you take on an appearance of unearthly beauty for 1 minute or until your concentration ends (as if you were concentrating on a spell). During this time, you can cast Command as a bonus action on each of your turns, without expending a spell slot.
==== Enthralling Performance ====
Any creature charmed by you automatically fails its saving throw against the command you cast with this feature. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
''3rd Level College of Glamor Feature''<br>
You can charge your performance with enchanting fey magic. If you perform for at least 1 minute, you can attempt to inspire wonder in your audience. At the end of the performance, choose a number of creatures within 60ft of you who watched or listened to the entire performance, up to your Charisma Modifier. Each target must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC or be [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] by you. While [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] in this way, the target idolizes you, it speaks glowingly of you to anyone who talks to it, and it hinders anyone who opposes you, although it avoids violence unless it was already inclined to fight on your behalf. This effect ends on a target after 1 hour, if it takes any Damage, if you Attack it, or if it witnesses you Attacking or Damaging any of its allies.<br>
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.
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'''Unbreakable Majesty.''' At 14th level, your appearance permanently gains an otherworldly aspect that makes you look more lovely and fierce.
==== Mantle of Majesty ====
In addition, as a bonus action, you can assume a magically majestic presence for 1 minute or until you are incapacitated. For the duration, whenever any creature tries to attack you for the first time on a turn, the attacker must make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, it can’t attack you on this turn, and it must choose a new target for its attack or the attack is wasted. On a successful save, it can attack you on this turn, but it has disadvantage on any saving throw it makes against your spells on your next turn.
''6th Level College of Glamor Feature''<br>
You can assume this fierce appearance a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a long rest.
You gain the ability to cloak yourself in a fey magic that makes others want to serve you. As a Bonus Action you can take on a form of unearthly beauty for 1 minute or until you lose Concentration on the effect. As part of the Bonus Action used to take on this form and as a Bonus Action on subsequent turns, you can can cast the [[Level 1#Command|Command]] Spell as a Bard Spell, without expending a Spell Slot.<br>
Any creature [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] by you automatically fails its Saving Throw against the casting of the [[Level 1#Command|Command]] Spell you cast with this feature.<br>
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.
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=== College of Lore ===
==== Unbreakable Majesty ====
Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads in taverns or elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning everything they held to be true, from their faith in the priesthood of the local temple to their loyalty to the king.
''14th Level College of Glamor Feature''<br>
The loyalty of these bards lies in the pursuit of beauty and truth, not in fealty to a monarch or following the tenets of a deity. A noble who keeps such a bard as a herald or advisor knows that the bard would rather be honest than politic.
Your appearance permanently gains an otherworldly aspect that makes you look more lovely and fierce.<br>
In addition, as a Bonus Action, you can assume a magically majestic presence for 1 minute or until you are [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]]. While you are in this form, when a creature Attacks you for the first time on a turn, that creature must make a Charisma Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC. On a failed Save, that creature can’t Attack you on this turn, and must choose a new target for its Attack, if it cannot choose a new target then the Attack is lost. On a successful Save, the creature can Attack you on this turn, but it has Disadvantage on any Saving Throw it makes against your Spells on your next turn.<br>
You can assume this fierce appearance a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.
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== College of Lore ==
Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads in taverns or elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning everything they held to be true, from their faith in the priesthood of the local temple to their loyalty to the king.<br>
The loyalty of these bards lies in the pursuit of beauty and truth, not in fealty to a monarch or following the tenets of a deity. A noble who keeps such a bard as a herald or advisor knows that the bard would rather be honest than politic.<br>
The college’s members gather in libraries and sometimes in actual colleges, complete with classrooms and dormitories, to share their lore with one another. They also meet at festivals or affairs of state, where they can expose corruption, unravel lies, and poke fun at self-important figures of authority.
The college’s members gather in libraries and sometimes in actual colleges, complete with classrooms and dormitories, to share their lore with one another. They also meet at festivals or affairs of state, where they can expose corruption, unravel lies, and poke fun at self-important figures of authority.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Creation Features
|-
! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#College of Lore#Bonus Proficiencies|Bonus Proficiencies]] || 3rd || You get three Skill Proficiencies
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| [[Bard#Unsettling Words|Unsettling Words]] || 3rd || You can make your enemies worse at their Attacks, Checks, and healing with your Bardic Inspiration
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| [[Bard#Additional Magical Secrets|Additional Magical Secrets]] || 6th || You get extra Spells from any class
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| [[Bard#Peerless Skill|Peerless Skill]] || 14th || You can use your Bardic Inspiration on yourself
|}
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'''Bonus Proficiencies.''' When you join the College of Lore at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with three skills of your choice.
==== Bonus Proficiencies ====
''3rd Level College of Lore Feature''<br>
You gain Proficiency in three Skills of your choice.
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'''Unsettling Words.''' Also at 3rd level, you can spin words laced with magic that unsettle a creature and cause it to doubt itself. As a bonus action, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration and choose one creature you can see within 60 feet of you. Roll the Bardic Inspiration die. The creature must subtract the number rolled from the next saving throw it makes before the start of your next turn.
==== Unsettling Words ====
''3rd Level College of Lore Feature''<br>
You learn how to use your wit to distract, confuse, and otherwise sap the confidence and competence of others. When a creature that you can see within 60ft of you hits on an Attack Roll, succeeds on an Ability Check, deals Damage, or regains Hit Points, you can use your Reaction to expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration, subtracting a number from the result equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die. The creature is unaffected if it can't see or hear you, or if it's Immune to being [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]].
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'''Additional Magical Secrets.''' At 6th level, you learn two spells of your choice from any class. A spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, as shown on the Bard table, or a cantrip. The chosen spells count as bard spells for you but don’t count against the number of bard spells you know.
==== Additional Magical Secrets ====
''6th Level College of Lore Feature''<br>
You have explored magical knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two Spells from any Spell List. A Spell you choose must be of a Level you can cast, or a Cantrip.<br>
The chosen Spells count as Bard Spells for you, are always Prepared, and do not count against your number of Spells Known.  
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'''Peerless Skill.''' Starting at 14th level, when you make an ability check, you can expend one use of Bardic Inspiration. Roll a Bardic Inspiration die and add the number rolled to your ability check. You can choose to do so after you roll the die for the ability check, but before the DM tells you whether you succeed or fail.
==== Peerless Skill ====
''14th Level College of Lore Feature''<br>
When you fail on an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw, you can expend one use of Bardic Inspiration. Roll a Bardic Inspiration Die and add the number rolled to your Ability Check.
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=== College of Machismo ===
== College of Machismo ==
Famed for their hulking frames and sure-footed swagger, the bards of the College of Machismo are dedicated to building (and flaunting) their own physiques. By putting their muscles to work, these entertainers will “perform in circus acts, gladiatorial bouts, contests of strength, bachelorette parties, and anywhere they can bask in the roar of a crowd.  
Famed for their hulking frames and sure-footed swagger, the bards of the College of Machismo are dedicated to building (and flaunting) their own physiques. By putting their muscles to work, these entertainers will “perform" in circus acts, gladiatorial bouts, contests of strength, bachelorette parties, and anywhere they can bask in the roar of a crowd.<br>
These bards take their pursuit of muscular perfection seriously, and will often parade their bodies unbidden. What these individuals lack in self-awareness or humility, however, they more than make up for in raw, physical power. After all, confidence fuels the strength of these bards, and this is a quality they have in abundance.  
These bards take their pursuit of muscular perfection seriously, and will often parade their bodies unbidden. What these individuals lack in self-awareness or humility, however, they more than make up for in raw, physical power. After all, confidence fuels the strength of these bards, and this is a quality they have in abundance.  
When they join this college, it is common for bards to adopt pseudonyms that help them play to a crowd.
When they join this college, it is common for bards to adopt pseudonyms that help them play to a crowd.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Creation Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#Bardic Brawn|Bardic Brawn]] || 3rd || You get more health, better Unarmed Strikes, and Unarmored AC
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| [[Bard#Feat of Strength|Feat of Strength]] || 3rd || You can use your Bardic Inspiration to gain Temporary Hit Points when you hit on Attacks or succeed Checks
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| [[Bard#Tireless Showboating|Tireless Showboating]] || 6th || You're better at doing things when you know people are watching you
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| [[Bard#Center of Attention|Center of Attention]] || 14th || You can force creatures to pay attention to you by making them upset
|}
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==== Bardic Brawn ====
''3rd Level College of Machismo Feature''<br>
You double down on iron-pumped peacocking. Your Hit Point Maximum increases by 3, and it increases by 1 whenever you gain a Level in this class. Further, your Unarmed Strikes now deal 1d6 Damage.<br>
Also, by flaunting your physique or muscular prowess, you can make Strength (Performance) and Strength (Persuasion) Checks instead of making Charisma (Performance) and Charisma (Persuasion) Checks respectively.<br>
This degree of self-confidence is its own form of protection. While you aren't wearing Armor or wielding a Shield, you have an Unarmored AC of 10 + your Strength Modifier + your Charisma Modifier.
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'''Bardic Brawn.''' When you join the College of Machismo at 3rd level, you double down on iron-pumped peacocking. Your hit point maximum increases by 3, and it increases by 1 whenever you gain another level in this class. Further, your unarmed strikes now use a d4 for damage, and by flaunting your physique or muscular prowess, you can make
==== Feat Of Strength ====
Strength (Intimidation) and Strength (Performance) checks in place of your Charisma (Intimidation) and Charisma (Performance) checks, respectively.
''3rd Level College of Machismo Feature''<br>
This degree of self-confidence is its own form of protection. While you aren't wearing armor or wielding a shield, your AC equals 10+ your Strength modifier + your Charisma modifier.  
You learn to draw inspiration from displays of your own physical power. As a Bonus Action, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to make a Strength Melee Weapon Attack or make a Strength Ability Check.<br>
If you hit on your Attack or succeed on your Ability Check, you gain Temporary Hit Points equal one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die + half your Bard Level + your Charisma Modifier.
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'''Feat of Strength.''' Also at 3rd level, you learn to draw inspiration from displays of your own physical power. As a bonus action, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to make a Strength-based melee attack or Strength ability check. This check could involve grappling or shoving a creature, smashing a sturdy object, or jumping an unusually-long distance.  
==== Tireless Showboating ====
If your attack lands or your check is successful, you gain temporary hit points equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration die + half your bard level + your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1).  
''6th Level College of Machismo Feature''<br>
Your drive to impress others allows you to accomplish the positively Heraclean. You gain Proficiency in Strength Saving Throws. Additionally, if you can see a friendly creature that can see you, you cannot be [[Conditions#Slowed|Slowed]].<br>
In addition, you can give yourself Advantage on one Strength Attack, Strength Ability Check, or Strength Saving Throw, but only if you can see a friendly creature within 60ft of you that can see you. If this roll would have Disadvantage, you can ignore it.<br>
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Strength Modifier + your Charisma Modifier, regaining expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.
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'''Tireless Showboating.''' Starting at 6th level, your drive to impress others allows you to accomplish the positively Heraclean. You gain proficiency in Strength saving throws, and if you can see an ally that can see you, your movement speed isn't reduced by grappling a creature or carrying weights that aren't more than double your normal carrying capacity.  
==== Center of Attention ====
In addition, each turn you can give yourself advantage on one Strength-based attack roll or Strength ability check or saving throw, but only if you can see an ally within 60 feet of you that can see you. If this roll would be affected by disadvantage, you can ignore it.  
''14th Level College of Machismo Feature''<br>
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Strength modifier + your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), regaining expended uses when you finish a long rest.
You can strike a vainglorious pose that taunts your enemies and provokes their enmity. As a Bonus Action, you can make a Strength (Performance) Check contested by the Wisdom (Insight) Check of a creature within 60ft of you that can see you. Creatures that cannot be [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] are unaffected.<br>
If your Check is successful, the target becomes enraged by you until the end of your next turn.<br>
Creatures enraged in this way cannot make Opportunity Attacks against creatures other than you, and have Disadvantage on Attack Rolls against creatures other than you. If a creature enraged in this way hits a creature friendly to you with an Attack, that creature has Resistance to all Damage dealt by the Attack.
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== College of Mercantilism ==
Bards of the College of Mercantilism are well versed in the artistry of cutting deals and enemies alike in order to come out ahead. Talented merchants, smugglers, and trademen alike all learn from this college in some form or another, using both silvered words and sharp cunning to inspire their allies and subvert the competition. These calculated risk-takers travel the world to make their mark-and their fortune—by navigating treacherous landscapes, economies, and people. With even just a copper to their name, these bards are always worth their weight in gold.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Mercantilism Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#Coin Flip|Coin Flip]] || 3rd || You can flip a coin when using Bardic Inspiration to get either maximum or minimum result
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| [[Bard#Magic Coin|Magic Coin]] || 3rd || You can use a magical coin to cast your Spells and use to Attack your foes
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| [[Bard#Expert Financier|Expert Financier]] || 3rd || You can use Bardic Inspiration to create money
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| [[Bard#Money Talks|Money Talks]] || 6th || You can make magic coins to see through and influence people
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| [[Bard#Shrewd Customer|Shrewd Customer]] || 14th || When you use a consumable, you flip a coin to see if it's actually consumed
|}
 
==== Coin Flip ====
''3rd Level College of Mercantilism Feature''<br>
When you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, you can choose to forgo rolling the die to roll a d2 instead, gaining effects as follows:
*On a 1, you treat the Bardic Inspiration Die as if it rolled its minimum result.
*On a 2, you treat the Bardic Inspiration Die as if it rolled its maximum result.
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==== Magic Coin ====
''3rd Level College of Mercantilism Feature''<br>
You know that coins can be just as powerful as the most enthralling rhetoric. Whereas other bards may use words and song as their means for conjuring Spells, you instead use a simple coin. You can use any coin worth at least 1CP as a Bard Spellcasting Focus.<br>
In addition, you can use an Action to magically fling a coin from your hand at a creature within 60ft of you. Make a Ranged Spell Attack with the coin, using your Charisma Modifier for the attack roll. On a hit, the target takes 1 Bludgeoning Damage and 1d12 Thunder Damage. Immediately after the Attack, the coin returns to your hand. If you score a Critical Hit on the Attack, a platinum coin worth 1PP appears where you store you money.<br>
This attack's Thunder Damage increases by 1d12 when you reach 6th Level (2d12) and 14th Level (3d12).
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==== Expert Financer ====
''3rd Level College of Mercantilism Feature''<br>
You gain a knack at making money, seemingly causing it to appear out of thin air. You can use an Action to expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, gaining a number of GP equal to the number rolled.
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==== Money Talks ====
''6th Level College of Mercantilism Feature''<br>
You’ve learned how to briefly enchant a coin with divination magic. You can enchant a mundane coin worth at least 1 CP that you’re holding as an Action. A creature holding the coin that knows at least one [[Languages|Language]] can understand the meaning of any word you speak, and when it speaks, you understand what it says. In addition, you have Advantage on the first Charisma (Persuasion) Check you make when negotiating the value of a good or service with a creature that’s holding or carrying the enchanted coin.<br>
Alternatively, you can use an Action to see and hear through the enchanted coin until the start of your next turn as if you were in the coin’s space. During this time, you are [[Conditions#Deafened|Deafened]] and [[Conditions#Blinded|Blinded]].<br>
The coin remains enchanted for 10 minutes or until you end the enchantment early as a Free Action. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma Modifier, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.
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==== Shrewd Consumer ====
''14th Level College of Mercantilism Feature''<br>
Whenever you cast a Spell that consumes a Material Component, you drink a Potion, or you use a Spell Scroll, roll a d2 with effects as follows:
*On a 1 there is no effect
*On a 2 the Material Component, Potion, or Spell Scroll is not consumed.
In addition, you gain a second Free Object Interaction.
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== College of Mysteries ==
The College of Mysteries is dedicated to uncovering secrets that lie hidden. Whether these secrets are held by time and lost to millennia, or knowledge held captive by a secret few who wish to obfuscate the truth, bards belonging to the College of Mysteries seek to unearth them and bring them back into the light.<br>
There are, however, those bards that specialize in keeping the secrets they uncover just as well as unearthing them. These bards collect secrets for their own benefit or pleasure, and give one out only in rare circumstances, or for the right price.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Mysteries Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#Answers Given|Answers Given]] || 3rd || You can use Bardic Inspiration to cast the [[Level 1#Detect Thoughts|Detect Thoughts]] Spell freely and detect creatures secrets
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| [[Bard#Fine-Tuned Ears|Fine-Tuned Ears]] || 3rd || You're better at finding secrets
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| [[Bard#Frightful Secrets|Frightful Secrets]] || 6th || You can [[Conditions#Frightened|Frighten]] nearby creatures
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| [[Bard#Eyes Unveiled|Eyes Unveiled]] || 14th || You gain Truesight
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| [[Bard#Truth Revealed|Truth Revealed]] || 14th || You deal Damage to those that would lie to you
|}
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'''Center of Attention.''' After reaching 14th level, you can strike a vainglorious pose that taunts your enemies and provokes their enmity. Using an action, or using the bonus action granted by your Feat of Strength feature, you can make a Strength (Performance) check contested by the Wisdom (Insight) check of a creature within 60 feet of you that can see you. Creatures that cannot be charmed are unaffected.  
==== Answers Given ====
If your check is successful, your target becomes enraged by you until the end of your next turn.
''3rd Level College of Mysteries Feature''<br>
Enraged creatures cannot make opportunity attacks against creatures other than you, and suffer disadvantage on their attack rolls against creatures other than you. If an enraged creature hits one of your allies with a weapon attack, that ally has resistance to any damage dealt by the attack.
You gain the ability to peer behind the veil and see the truth. While speaking to a creature, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to peer into its thoughts, non-magically replicating the effects of the the [[Level 1#Detect Thoughts|Detect Thoughts]] Spell for 1 minute. If you probe deeper using an as per the Spell, if the creature fails the Saving Throw, it doesn't realize your infiltrating presence in its mind. When you infiltrate its mind in this way, you gain insight into the nature of any secrets the creature might harbor, rather than its emotional state or reasoning. If the creature succeeds on the Saving Throw, it can feel an intrusive presence in its mind that it can shut off.<br>
While you are probing into the creature's secrets, you must hold Concentration on the effect.
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=== College of Mercantilism ===
==== Fine-Tuned Ears ====
'''Coin Flip.''' Starting when you join the College of Mercantile at 3rd level, a creature that uses a Bardic Inspiration die from you can choose to forgo rolling the die to flip a coin instead. If it’s heads, the creature treats the Bardic Inspiration die as if it rolled its maximum number. If it’s tails, the GM takes the Bardic Inspiration die and can use it when another creature of the GM’s choice makes an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw instead. The GM can have multiple Bardic Inspiration dice at a time in this way, but can still only add one of them to a roll at a time. When you finish a long rest, the GM loses any of these taken Bardic Inspiration dice.
''3rd Level College of Mysteries Feature''<br>
Your senses have become exceptional at noticing secrets. You have Advantage on Wisdom (Perception) Checks made to notice secretive movement or communication, such as whispers or coded gestures.
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'''Magic Coin.''' Also at 3rd level, you know that coins can be just as powerful as the most enthralling rhetoric. Whereas other bards may use words and song as their means for conjuring spells, you instead use a simple coin. You can use any coin worth at least 1 cp as a spellcasting focus for your bard spells.
==== Frightful Secrets ====
In addition, you can use an action to magically fling a coin from your hand at a target within 60 feet of you. Make a ranged spell attack with the coin, using your Charisma mod- ifier for the attack roll. On a hit, the target takes 1 bludgeon- ing damage plus 1d12 thunder damage. Immediately after the attack, the coin returns to your hand. If you roll a 20 on the attack roll against a hostile creature using a non-magical copper, silver, electrum, or gold piece, the coin is magically duplicated when it returns to your hand. The new coin can appear in your hand, at your feet, or in a coin pouch on your person (your choice).
''6th Level College of Mysteries Feature''<br>
The coin’s thunder damage increases by 1d12 when you reach 6th level (2d12) and 14th level (3d12).
You can unveil secrets that frighten the mind. As an Action you emit a low whisper that upsets the ears of anyone that hears it. One creature of your choice within 30ft of you that isn't [[Conditions#Deafened|Deafened]] must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw or become [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] for 1 minute. While [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] in this way, that creature must move as far away from you as possible in the safest available route on each of its turns, using the Dash Action, unless there is nowhere to move further, then the creature takes the Dodge Action. At the end of each of its turns, a [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] creature can repeat the Saving Throw, ending the effect early on a successful Save. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.
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'''Money Talks.''' By 6th level, you’ve learned how to briefly enchant a coin with divination magic. You can enchant a mundane copper, silver, electrum, gold, or platinum piece that you’re holding in this way using an action. A creature holding the coin that knows at least one language can understand the meaning of any word you speak, and when it speaks, you understand what it says. In addition, you have advantage on the first Charisma (Persuasion) check you make when negotiating the value of a good or service with a creature that’s holding or carrying the enchanted coin.
==== Eyes Unveiled ====
Alternatively, you can use an action to see and hear through the enchanted coin until the start of your next turn as if you were in the coin’s space. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own senses.
''14th Level College of Mysteries Feature''<br>
The coin remains enchanted for 10 minutes or until you end the effect early (no action required). You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
You gain Truesight out to a Range of 60ft. You can see [[Conditions#Invisible|Invisible]] creatures or objects, and the true nature of shapeshifted creatures.
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'''Shrewd Consumer.''' Starting at 14th level, whenever you cast a spell that consumes a material component, drink a potion, or use a spell scroll that’s worth no more than 500 gp, there is a 50 percent chance that the component, potion, or scroll isn’t consumed. In addition, you can use a bonus action to take the Use an Object action or drink a potion.
==== Truth Revealed ====
''14th Level College of Mysteries Feature''<br>
You know all untruth nearby that is spoken. If a creature within 60ft of you speaks or non-verbally indicates a lie, you know that it was a lie, and you can deal 2d6 Psychic Damage to that creature as a Reaction.
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=== College of Swords ===
== College of Swords ==
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock combats. Though they use their weapons to entertain, they are also highly trained and skilled warriors in their own right.
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock combats. Though they use their weapons to entertain, they are also highly trained and skilled warriors in their own right.<br>
Their talent with weapons inspires many blades to lead double lives. One blade might use a circus troupe as cover for nefarious deeds such as assassination, robbery, and blackmail. Other blades strike at the wicked, bringing justice to bear against the cruel and powerful. Most troupes are happy to accept a blade’s talent for the excitement it adds to a performance, but few entertainers fully trust a blade in their ranks.
Their talent with weapons inspires many blades to lead double lives. One blade might use a circus troupe as cover for nefarious deeds such as assassination, robbery, and blackmail. Other blades strike at the wicked, bringing justice to bear against the cruel and powerful. Most troupes are happy to accept a blade’s talent for the excitement it adds to a performance, but few entertainers fully trust a blade in their ranks.<br>
Blades who abandon their lives as entertainers have often run into trouble that makes maintaining their secret activities impossible. A blade caught stealing or engaging in vigilante justice is too great a liability for most troupes. With their weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.
Blades who abandon their lives as entertainers have often run into trouble that makes maintaining their secret activities impossible. A blade caught stealing or engaging in vigilante justice is too great a liability for most troupes. With their weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Creation Features
|-
! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
|-
| [[Bard#College of Swords#Bonus Proficiencies|Bonus Proficiencies]] || 3rd || You get Proficiency with [[Armor and Weapons#Medium Armor|Medium Armor]], [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Sabers]], [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Rapier]], and [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Scimitar]]
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| [[Bard#Fighting Style|Fighting Style]] || 3rd || You gain a Fighting Style
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| [[Bard#Blade Flourish|Blade Flourish]] || 3rd || When you Attack, you can use Bardic Inspiration to deal extra Damage and get another bonus effect
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| [[Bard#College of Swords#Extra Attack|Extra Attack]] || 6th || You make an additional Attack every time you take the Attack Action
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| [[Bard#Master's Flourish|Master's Flourish]] || 14th || You can use a weaker version of your Blade Flourish for free to not use Bardic Inspiration
|}
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Bonus Proficiency. When you join the College of Swords at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with medium armor and the scimitar.
==== Bonus Proficiencies ====
If you’re proficient with a simple or martial melee weapon, you can use it as a spellcasting focus for your bard spells.
''3rd Level College of Swords Feature''<br>
You gain Proficiency with [[Armor and Weapons#Medium Armor|Medium Armor]], [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Sabers]], [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Rapier]], and [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Scimitar]].<br>
You can use [[Armor and Weapons#Simple Melee Weapons|Simple]] or [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Melee Weapons|Martial Melee Weapons]] you’re Proficient with as a Bard Spellcasting Focus.
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Fighting Style. At 3rd level, you adopt a style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can’t take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if something in the game lets you choose again.
==== Fighting Style ====
Dueling. When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
''3rd Level College of Swords Feature''<br>
Two-Weapon Fighting. When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.
You adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options you do not already have:
*'''Dueling.''' When you are wielding a Melee Weapon in one hand and no other Weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to Damage Rolls with that Weapon.
*'''Two-Weapon Fighting.''' When you use Two-Weapon Fighting, you can add your Ability Modifier to the Damage of the second Attack.
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'''Blade Flourish.''' At 3rd level, you learn to perform impressive displays of martial prowess and speed.
==== Blade Flourish ====
Whenever you take the Attack action on your turn, your walking speed increases by 10 feet until the end of the turn, and if a weapon attack that you make as part of this action hits a creature, you can use one of the following Blade Flourish options of your choice. You can use only one Blade Flourish option per turn.
''3rd Level College of Swords Feature''<br>
:'''Defensive Flourish.''' You can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target you hit. The damage equals the number you roll on the Bardic Inspiration die. You also add the number rolled to your AC until the start of your next turn.
You learn to perform impressive displays of martial prowess and speed. Whenever you take the Attack Action, your Speed increases by 10ft until the end of the turn, and if a Weapon Attack that you make as part of this Action hits a creature, you can use one of the following Blade Flourish options of your choice. When you use a Blade Flourish, you expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration and deal additional Damage to the target equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die, as well as another benefit as follows:
:'''Slashing Flourish.''' You can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target you hit and to any other creature of your choice that you can see within 5 feet of you. The damage equals the number you roll on the Bardic Inspiration die.
*'''Defensive Flourish.''' You gain a bonus to your AC equal to the number rolled on your Bardic Inspiration Die until the start of your next turn.
:'''Mobile Flourish.''' You can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target you hit. The damage equals the number you roll on the Bardic Inspiration die. You can also push the target up to 5 feet away from you, plus a number of feet equal to the number you roll on that die. You can then immediately use your reaction to move up to your walking speed to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the target.
*'''Slashing Flourish.''' You deal Damage to another creature of your choice that you can see within 5ft of you equal to the number rolled on your Bardic Inspiration Die.
*'''Mobile Flourish.''' You push the target of the attack up to 5ft away from you, plus a number of feet equal to the number rolled on your Bardic Inspiration Die. You can then immediately use your Reaction to move up to your Walking Speed to an unoccupied space within 5ft of the target.
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'''Extra Attack.''' Starting at 6th level, you can perform an additional attack as part of the Attack action.
==== Extra Attack ====
If you have multiple copies of this feature and achieve a certain level threshold, the number of attacks you can perform increases. At 5th level if you have one copy of the feature, you can perform one extra attack, at 11th level if you have two copies of the feature you can perform two extra attacks, and at 20th level if you have three copies of the feature you can perform three extra attacks.
''6th Level College of Swords Feature''<br>
You can make an additional Attack whenever you take the Attack Action.
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'''Master’s Flourish.''' Starting at 14th level, whenever you use a Blade Flourish option, you can roll a d6 and use it instead of expending a Bardic Inspiration die.
==== Master's Flourish ====
''14th Level College of Swords Feature''<br>
Whenever you use your Blade Flourish feature, you can choose to not expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration and instead use a d8 in place of your Bardic Inspiration Die.
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=== College of Tragedy ===
== College of Tailoring ==
Bards of the College of Tragedy seek to empower the hearts of others by memorializing that which has been lost. Those who follow this tradition are intimately familiar with the immense hardships of a fickle world, but they have also witnessed the strength and beauty that blooms in the wake of loss.
Knights have their swords and shields, musicians have their songs and instruments, you have your needle and thread. You are a tailor, a master of cloth, to you, clothing is so much more than just something to keep the elements off, but an expression of yourself. The clothing you wear and create is an extension of your being and empowers your own magical abilities, allowing you to create even more beautiful garbs and even repair the world and people around you.
These bards are often travelers, looking to experience life to its fullest, with all the highs and lows that journey entails. Members of the College of Tragedy are rarely gregarious performers living for the spotlight. They are more likely to be quiet observers composing heartrending ballads or contemplative poems and saving them for when they will have the greatest impact.
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'''Tragic Flaw.''' When you join the College of Tragedy at 3rd level, you become adept at identifying the driving motivations of others. If you spend at least one day observing a target creature with whom you share a language you learn your choice of the creature’s Ideal, Bond, or Flaw. When you make a Charisma (Deception), Charisma (Intimidation), or Charisma (Persuasion) check against the target you can utilize the Ideal, Bond, or Flaw learned this way to improve your chances of success.
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For example, you might suggest to a creature whose Flaw is their greed that supplying your party with weapons will lead to a cut of any treasure you acquire, or a creature whose Ideal is the importance of community might be convinced that their town would enjoy boosted morale if your party are supplied with the means to kill the local monster. Any time you do this you can expend one of your uses of Bardic Inspiration, rolling the Bardic Inspiration die and adding the number rolled to the ability check. You can wait until after you roll to use the Bardic Inspiration die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails.
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#College of Tailoring#Bonus Proficiencies|Bonus Proficiencies]] || 3rd || You get Proficiency with [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Weaver's Tools]], [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Leatherworker's]], and [[Adventuring Gear#General Tools|Disguise Kits]], and can use them as a Spellcasting Focus
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| [[Bard#Stitch and Weave|Stitch and Weave]] || 3rd || You can use Bardic Inspiration to restrict foes, protect allies, or make a disguise
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| [[Bard#Threaded Spells|Threaded Spells]] || 6th || You can cast a Concentration Spell immediately after you lose Concentration
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| [[Bard#Weaver's Song|Weaver's Song]] || 14th || Your Stitch and Weave options improve
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==== Bonus Proficiencies ====
''3rd Level College of Tailoring Feature''<br>
You gain Proficiency in [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Weaver's Tools]], [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Leatherworker's]], and [[Adventuring Gear#General Tools|Disguise Kits]].<br>
Additionally, you can use [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Weaver's Tools]], [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Leatherworker's]], and [[Adventuring Gear#General Tools|Disguise Kits]] as Bard Spellcasting Focuses.
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'''Katharsis.''' Also at 3rd level, you learn to guide grief into a powerful rallying force. If an ally you can see within 60 feet of you is reduced to 0 hit points, you can expend one of your uses of Bardic Inspiration as a reaction and inspire an additional creature when you use your Bardic Inspiration. All other restrictions of the Bardic Inspiration feature still apply.
==== Stitch and Weave ====
''3rd Level College of Tailoring Feature''<br>
You learn how to weave Khaagaazh to restrict your foes, protect your friends, and weave secrets. As a Bonus Action you can expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration and do one of the following of your choice:
*'''Weaver's Binding.''' You choose a creature within 30ft of you, that creature must make a Charisma Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC, on a failed Save that creature is bound by magical glowing thread and is [[Conditions#Restrained|Restrained]] until the end of your next turn.
*'''Leatherworker's Armor.''' You choose a creature within 30ft of you and create plates of magical leather that hover over the target's body. This magical leather lasts for 1 minute or until you or the target dismiss it as a Free Action, it provides an AC of 13 + your Charisma Modifier if the target's AC is less than that.
*'''Trickster's Guise.''' You choose a willing creature within 30ft of you and weave a magical disguise for it. The creature you choose has the benefits of the [[Level 1#Disguise Self|Disguise Self]] Spell for 1 hour.  
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'''Reversal of Fortune.''' At 6th level, you gain the ability to magically influence the course of a creature’s fate. Your Bardic Inspiration feature now allows you to inspire unconscious creatures who currently have 0 hit points. In addition, you can use your bonus action to expend one of your uses of Bardic Inspiration to choose one creature within 30 feet of you who can hear you and give it vulnerability to the damage type of your choice until the beginning of your next turn. If the creature is resistant to the chosen damage type, it instead loses its resistance. If the creature is immune to the chosen damage type, it instead has its immunity reduced to resistance.
==== Threaded Spells ====
''6th Level College of Tailoring Feature''<br>
You gain the ability to thread your spells together seamlessly, making it difficult to tell where one spell starts and another one ends. When you lose Concentration on an effect, you can use your Reaction to cast a Spell of a lower Level that has a Casting Time of 1 Action or less and uses Concentration.
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'''Shared Adversity.''' At 14th level, your tales of hardship and heroism are retold by those around you as they aid each other through difficult burdens. A creature that has a Bardic Inspiration die from you can transfer it to another creature within 10 feet of them as a bonus action.
==== Weaver's Song ====
''14th Level College of Tailoring Feature''<br>
You gain Expertise in [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Weaver's Tools]], [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Leatherworker's]], and [[Adventuring Gear#General Tools|Disguise Kits]].<br>
Additionally, when you use your Stitch And Weave feature, the options improve in the following ways:
*'''Weaver's Binding.''' On a failed Save, the target also takes Psychic Damage equal to your Bard Level, and is also [[Conditions#Blinded|Blinded]] until the end of your next turn.
*'''Leatherworker's Armor.''' When a creature hits the target with an Attack and is within 30ft of the target, that creature takes Psychic Damage equal to half your Bard Level.
*'''Trickster's Guise.''' The target either gains the effects of the [[Level 3#Body Double|Body Double]] Spell for 1 hour and is able to end the effect as a Free Action, or gains the benefits of the Disguise Self Spell and the Eagle's Splendor option of the [[Level 2#Enhance Ability|Enhance Ability]] Spell for 1 hour and can end both of these effects as a Free Action.
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=== College of Valor ===
== College of Valor ==
Bards of the College of Valor are daring skalds whose tales keep alive the memory of the great heroes of the past, and thereby inspire a new generation of heroes. These bards gather in mead halls or around great bonfires to sing the deeds of the mighty, both past and present. They travel the land to witness great events firsthand and to ensure that the memory of those events doesn’t pass from the world. With their songs, they inspire others to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.
Bards of the College of Valor are daring skalds whose tales keep alive the memory of the great heroes of the past, and thereby inspire a new generation of heroes. These bards gather in mead halls or around great bonfires to sing the deeds of the mighty, both past and present. They travel the land to witness great events firsthand and to ensure that the memory of those events doesn’t pass from the world. With their songs, they inspire others to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.
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'''Bonus Proficiencies.''' When you join this college at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with medium armor, shields, and martial weapons.
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#College of Valor#Bonus Proficiencies|Bonus Proficiencies]] || 3rd || You get Proficiency with [[Armor and Weapons#Medium Armor|Medium Armor]], [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shields]], and [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Weapons|Martial Weapons]]
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| [[Bard#Combat Inspiration|Combat Inspiration]] || 3rd || You can use your Bardic Inspiration to have creatures deal extra Damage and give them extra AC
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| [[Bard#College of Valor#Extra Attack|Extra Attack]] || 6th || You make an additional Attack every time you take the Attack Action
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| [[Bard#Battle Magic|Battle Magic]] || 14th || You can Attack when you cast a Spell
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==== Bonus Proficiencies ====
''3rd Level College of Valor Feature''<br>
You gain Proficiency with [[Armor and Weapons#Medium Armor|Medium Armor]], [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shields]], and [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Weapons|Martial Weapons]].
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==== Combat Inspiration ====
''3rd Level College of Valor Feature''<br>
You learn to inspire others in battle. When you see a creature within 60ft of you hit on an Attack Roll, you can use a Reaction to expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration to grant the target of the Attack a bonus to its AC equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die. This bonus to AC lasts until the end of your next turn.
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'''Combat Inspiration.''' Also at 3rd level, you learn to inspire others in battle. A creature that has a Bardic Inspiration die from you can roll that die and add the number rolled to a weapon damage roll it just made. Alternatively, when an attack roll is made against the creature, it can use its reaction to roll the Bardic Inspiration die and add the number rolled to its AC against that attack, after seeing the roll but before knowing whether it hits or misses.
==== Extra Attack ====
''6th Level College of Valor Feature''<br>
You can make an additional Attack whenever you take the Attack Action.
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'''Extra Attack.''' Starting at 6th level, you can perform an additional attack as part of the Attack action.
==== Battle Magic ====
If you have multiple copies of this feature and achieve a certain level threshold, the number of attacks you can perform increases. At 5th level if you have one copy of the feature, you can perform one extra attack, at 11th level if you have two copies of the feature you can perform two extra attacks, and at 20th level if you have three copies of the feature you can perform three extra attacks.
''14th Level College of Valor Feature''<br>
You have mastered the art of weaving spellcasting and weapon use into a single harmonious act. When you use your Action to cast a Bard Spell, you can make a single Weapon Attack as a Bonus Action.
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== College of Whispers ==
Unseen in broad daylight, the bards of the College of Whispers use their knowledge of obscure magic to beguile and infiltrate: hoarding secrets and shaping the unwritten history of the world.<br>
Known as emissaries to those versed in bardic lore, these spies and enchanters are controversial figures: some consider them base scoundrels using dark magic and deceit to amass power; others see them as noble watchers in the shadows, using their secret lore as a weapon against evil.
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Bard#Psychic Blades|Psychic Blades]] || 3rd || You can use Bardic Inspiration to deal extra Damage when you Attack enemies
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| [[Bard#Words of Terror|Words of Terror]] || 3rd || You can [[Conditions#Frightened|Frighten]] creatures you talk to
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| [[Bard#Face Stealer|Face Stealer]] || 6th || You can disguise yourself
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| [[Bard#Shadow Lore|Shadow Lore]] || 14th || You can dominate creatures by making them think you know their secrets
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'''Battle Magic.''' At 14th level, you have mastered the art of weaving spellcasting and weapon use into a single harmonious act. When you use your action to cast a bard spell, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action.
==== Psychic Blades ====
''3rd Level College of Whispers Feature''<br>
You gain the ability to make your strikes harmful to your foes' minds.<br>
When you hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to deal an extra 2d6 Psychic Damage to the target of the Attack.<br>
The Psychic Damage increases when you reach certain Levels in this class, increasing to 4d6 at 5th Level, 6d6 at 10th Level, 8d6 at 15th Level, and 10d6 at 20th Level.
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=== College of Whispers ===
==== Words of Terror ====
Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing songs, and telling tales to the audiences they gather. In truth, the College of Whispers teaches its students that they are wolves among sheep. These bards use their knowledge and magic to uncover secrets and turn them against others through extortion and threats.
''3rd Level College of Whispers Feature''<br>
Many other bards hate the College of Whispers, viewing it as a parasite that uses a bard’s reputation to acquire wealth and power. For this reason, members of this college rarely reveal their true nature. They typically claim to follow some other college, or they keep their actual calling secret in order to infiltrate and exploit royal courts and other settings of power.
You learn to infuse innocent-seeming words with an insidious magic that can inspire terror.<br>
If you speak to a creature for at least 1 minute, you can attempt to seed paranoia in its mind. At the end of the conversation, the target must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC or be [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] of you or another creature of your choice. The target is [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] in this way for 1 hour, until it is Attacked or Damaged, or until it witnesses its allies being Attacked or Damaged.<br>
If the target succeeds on its Saving Throw, the target has no hint that you tried to [[Conditions#Frightened|Frighten]] it. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.
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'''Psychic Blades.''' When you join the College of Whispers at 3rd level, you gain the ability to make your weapon attacks magically toxic to a creature’s mind.
==== Face Stealer ====
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to deal an extra 2d6 psychic damage to that target. You can do so only once per round on your turn.
''6th Level College of Whispers Feature''<br>
The psychic damage increases when you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to 3d6 at 5th level, 5d6 at 10th level, and 8d6 at 15th level.
You gain the ability to alter your external appearance. When you finish a Long Rest, you can shapeshift into a form of your choosing.<br>
You decide what you look like, including your height, weight, facial features, the sound of your voice, coloration, hair length, and any other distinguishing characteristics. You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though none of your game statistics change. You also can't appear as a creature of a different size than you, and your basic shape and arrangement of limbs stays the same. Your clothing and other equipment don’t change in appearance, size, or shape to match your new form. You can’t duplicate the appearance of a creature you’ve never seen.<br>
Even to the most astute observers, your ruse is usually indiscernible. If you rouse suspicion, or if a wary creature suspects something is amiss, you have Advantage on any Charisma (Deception) Check you make to avoid detection.<br>
You can use an Action to revert to your natural form, otherwise the transformation lasts until you finish a Long Rest or fall [[Conditions#Unconscious|Unconscious]]
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'''Words of Terror.''' At 3rd level, you learn to infuse innocent-seeming words with an insidious magic that can inspire terror.
==== Shadow Lore ====
If you speak to a humanoid alone for at least 1 minute, you can attempt to seed paranoia in its mind. At the end of the conversation, the target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or be frightened of you or another creature of your choice. The target is frightened in this way for 1 hour, until it is attacked or damaged, or until it witnesses its allies being attacked or damaged.
''14th Level College of Whispers Feature''<br>
If the target succeeds on its saving throw, the target has no hint that you tried to frighten it. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a long rest.
You gain the ability to weave dark magic into your words and tap into a creature’s deepest fears.<br>
As an Action, you magically whisper a phrase that only one creature of your choice within 30ft of you can hear. The target must make a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC. It automatically succeeds if it doesn’t share a [[Languages|Language]] with you or if it can’t hear you. On a successful Save, your whisper sounds like unintelligible mumbling and has no effect.<br>
On a failed Save, the target is [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] by you for the next 8 hours or until you or your allies Attack it, Damage it, or force it to make a Saving Throw. It interprets the whispers as a description of its most mortifying secret. You gain no knowledge of this secret, but the target is convinced you know it.<br>
The [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] creature obeys your commands for fear that you will reveal its secret. It won’t risk its life for you or fight for you, unless it was already inclined to do so. It grants you favors and gifts it would offer to a close friend.<br>
When the effect ends, the creature has no understanding of why it held you in such fear. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.
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'''Mantle of Whispers.''' At 6th level, you gain the ability to adopt a humanoid’s persona. When a humanoid dies within 30 feet of you, you can magically capture its shadow using your reaction. You retain this shadow until you use it or you finish a long rest.
= Characters =
You can use the shadow as an action. When you do so, it vanishes, magically transforming into a disguise that appears on you. You now look like the dead person, but healthy and alive. This disguise lasts for 1 hour or until you end it as a bonus action.
While you’re in the disguise, you gain access to all information that the humanoid would freely share with a casual acquaintance. Such information includes general details on its background and personal life, but doesn’t include secrets. The information is enough that you can pass yourself off as the person by drawing on its memories.
Another creature can see through this disguise by succeeding on a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by your Charisma (Deception) check. You gain a +5 bonus to your check. You can capture a number of shadows with this feature equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining expended uses when you finish a long rest.


'''Shadow Lore.''' At 14th level, you gain the ability to weave dark magic into your words and tap into a creature’s deepest fears.
[[Artham O'Carrick, Bard of Old]], who died to save the quant Caloro.
As an action, you magically whisper a phrase that only one creature of your choice within 30 feet of you can hear. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. It automatically succeeds if it doesn’t share a language with you or if it can’t hear you. On a successful saving throw, your whisper sounds like unintelligible mumbling and has no effect.
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On a failed saving throw, the target is charmed by you for the next 8 hours or until you or your allies attack it, damage it, or force it to make a saving throw. It interprets the whispers as a description of its most mortifying secret. You gain no knowledge of this secret, but the target is convinced you know it.
[[Sadosc Buldarum]], the Turtle Dragonwrought Bard.
The charmed creature obeys your commands for fear that you will reveal its secret. It won’t risk its life for you or fight for you, unless it was already inclined to do so. It grants you favors and gifts it would offer to a close friend.
When the effect ends, the creature has no understanding of why it held you in such fear. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.

Latest revision as of 14:27, 7 January 2023

Bard

Humming as she traces her fingers over an ancient monument in a long-forgotten ruin, an Ìqáalìe in rugged leathers finds knowledge springing into her mind, conjured forth by the magic of her song—knowledge of the people who constructed the monument and the mythic saga it depicts.
A stern Genasi warrior bangs his sword rhythmically against his scale mail, setting the tempo for his war chant and exhorting his companions to bravery and heroism. The magic of his song fortifies and emboldens them.
Laughing as she tunes her cittern, a Crystalkin weaves her subtle magic over the assembled nobles, ensuring that her companions’ words will be well received.
Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds, create illusions, and even heal wounds.
Words and music are not just vibrations of air, but vocalizations with power all their own. The bard is a master of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of bards is an attempt to snatch and harness those echoes, subtly woven into their spells and powers.
The greatest strength of bards is their sheer versatility. Many bards prefer to stick to the sidelines in combat, using their magic to inspire their allies and hinder their foes from a distance. But bards are capable of defending themselves in melee if necessary, using their magic to bolster their swords and armor. Their spells lean toward charms and illusions rather than blatantly destructive spells. They have a wide-ranging knowledge of many subjects and a natural aptitude that lets them do almost anything well. Bards become masters of the talents they set their minds to perfecting, from musical performance to esoteric knowledge.
True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent wandering across the land gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer. But a depth of knowledge, a level of musical skill, and a touch of magic set bards apart from their fellows.
Only rarely do bards settle in one place for long, and their natural desire to travel—to find new tales to tell, new skills to learn, and new discoveries beyond the horizon—makes an adventuring career a natural calling. Every adventure is an opportunity to learn, practice a variety of skills, enter long-forgotten tombs, discover lost works of magic, decipher old tomes, travel to strange places, or encounter exotic creatures. Bards love to accompany heroes to witness their deeds firsthand. A bard who can tell an awe-inspiring story from personal experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves.

Class Table
Level Proficiency Bonus Features Bardic Inspiration Die Experience Points
1st +2 Bardic Inspiration, Spellcasting d6 0
2nd +2 Myriad of Songs, Jack of all Trades d6 300
3rd +2 Bard College, Expertise d6 1,000
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement d6 3,000
5th +3 Font of Inspiration d8 6,000
6th +3 Bard College Feature, Countercharm d8 10,000
7th +3 - d8 20,000
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement d8 40,000
9th +4 - d8 60,000
10th +4 Expertise, Magical Secrets d10 80,000
11th +4 - d10 100,000
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement d10 120,000
13th +5 - d10 140,000
14th +5 Bard College Feature, Magical Secrets d10 160,000
15th +5 - d12 180,000
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement d12 200,000
17th +6 - d12 225,000
18th +6 Magical Secrets d12 250,000
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement d12 300,000
20th +6 Superior Inspiration d20 350,000

Class Information

Hit Dice. 1d8 per Bard Level
1st Level Hitpoints. 8 + your Constitution Modifier
Higher Level Hitpoints. 1d8 (increase to 5) + your Constitution Modifier per Bard Level after 1st
Armor Proficiencies. Light Armor, Medium Armor, and Shields
Weapon Proficiencies. Simple Weapons, Hand Crossbows, Longswords, Rapiers, Sabers
Tool Proficiencies. Three of any Artisan’s Tools or Musical Instruments
Saving Throw Proficiencies. Dexterity and Charisma
Skill Proficiencies. Choose any three
Equipment. A Simple or Martial Melee Weapon, one Equipment Pack, one Musical Instrument, one Non-Vehicle Tool that you are Proficient with, Leather Armor, and a Dagger

Bard Features Summarized
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Bardic Inspiration 1st You can use your Reaction to improve your allies rolls or heal Damage
Spellcasting 1st You gain Spellcasting that uses Charisma and Learning Spells
Myriad of Songs 2nd You gain additional Spells based on a theme
Jack of all Trades 2nd Your better at Skills you don't have Proficiency in
Bardic College 3rd You choose your subclass, and gain features at 3rd, 6th, and 14th Level
Expertise 3rd You gain Expertise in some Skills and a Tool
Ability Score Improvements 4th You increase your Ability Scores or gain a Feat, you do this at 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th Level
Font of Inspiration 5th You don't lose a use of Bardic Inspiration if you roll badly
Countercharm 6th You help your allies resist Charmed and Frightened
Expertise 10th You gain Expertise in some Skills and a Tool
Magical Secrets 10th You get extra Spells from any class
Magical Secrets 14th You get extra Spells from any class
Magical Secrets 18th You get extra Spells from any class
Superior Inspiration 20th You have unlimited Bardic Inspiration uses


Spellcasting

1st Level Bard Feature
Spellcasting Ability. Charisma
Spell Save DC. 8 + Your Charisma Modifier + Your Proficiency Bonus
Spell Attack Bonus. Your Charisma Modifier + Your Proficiency Bonus
Ritual Casting. You can cast any Prepared Spell as a Ritual if it has the Ritual tag.
Spellcasting Focus. A Musical Instrument
Spell Learning Method. You learn one new Spell every even Level and two new Spells every odd Level.

Bard Spell List
Level Cantrips Known Spells Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1st 2 4 2 - - - - - - - -
2nd 2 5 3 - - - - - - - -
3rd 2 7 4 2 - - - - - - -
4th 3 8 4 3 - - - - - - -
5th 3 10 4 3 2 - - - - - -
6th 3 11 4 3 3 - - - - - -
7th 3 13 4 3 3 1 - - - - -
8th 3 14 4 3 3 2 - - - - -
9th 3 16 4 3 3 3 1 - - - -
10th 4 17 4 3 3 3 2 - - - -
11th 4 19 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - -
12th 4 20 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - -
13th 4 22 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - -
14th 4 23 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - -
15th 4 25 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 -
16th 4 26 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 -
17th 4 28 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
18th 4 29 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
19th 4 31 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
20th 4 32 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1


Bardic Inspiration

1st Level Bard Feature
You can inspire others through stirring words or music. As a Reaction when you see another creature that can hear or see you within 60ft of you that fails an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw, you can expend a Bardic Inspiration Die, giving that creature a bonus to the Roll equal to one Roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die.
When you see another creature take Damage, you can use your Reaction to expend a Bardic Inspiration Die, healing that creature a number of Hit Points equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma Modifier + your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.
Your Bardic Inspiration Die is a d6, and increases when you reach certain Levels in this class. The die becomes a d8 at 5th Level, a d10 at 10th Level, a d12 at 15th Level, and a d20 at 20th Level.

Jack of All Trades

2nd Level Bard Feature
You add half your Proficiency Bonus, rounded down, to any Ability Check you make that you are not Proficient in or have Expertise with.

Myriad of Songs

2nd Level Bard Feature
You can learn a set of songs to either heal your wounded allies, deceive your foes, or a myriad of other foes. Choose one of the following tables, you gain the Spells corresponding to the listed Bard Levels in that table, they count as Bard Spells for you, are always Prepared, and do not count against your Spells Known. At DM discretion, Spells on certain Tables can be swapped for other Spells.

Songs of Blades
Bard Level Spell Bard Level Spell
2nd Sudden Spark 12th 6thlvl
4th Gale Weapons 14th 7thlvl
6th Barrow Haze 16th 8thlvl
8th March of Blades 18th 9thlvl
10th Steel Wind Strike 20th Idkyet
Songs of Beasts
Bard Level Spell Bard Level Spell
2nd Find Familiar 12th 6thlvl
4th Animal Messenger 14th 7thlvl
6th Vile Swarm 16th 8thlvl
8th Find Greater Steed 18th 9thlvl
10th Insect Plague 20th Idkyet
Songs of Creation
Bard Level Spell Bard Level Spell
2nd Grease 12th 6thlvl
4th Continual Flame 14th 7thlvl
6th Magnificent Tower 16th 8thlvl
8th Fabricate 18th 9thlvl
10th Creation 20th Idkyet
Songs of Crusade
Bard Level Spell Bard Level Spell
2nd Halo of Glory 12th 6thlvl
4th Flame Blade 14th 7thlvl
6th Crusader's Mantle 16th 8thlvl
8th Death Ward 18th 9thlvl
10th Shining Armor 20th Idkyet
Songs of Death
Bard Level Spell Bard Level Spell
2nd Inflict Wounds 12th 6thlvl
4th Blindness/Deafness 14th 7thlvl
6th Bloatbomb 16th 8thlvl
8th Shadow of Moil 18th 9thlvl
10th Enervation 20th Idkyet
Songs of Harrying
Bard Level Spell Bard Level Spell
2nd Hex 12th 6thlvl
4th Spike Growth 14th 7thlvl
6th Slow 16th 8thlvl
8th Aversion 18th 9thlvl
10th Babble 20th Idkyet
Songs of Rest
Bard Level Spell Bard Level Spell
2nd Goodberry 12th 6thlvl
4th Prayer of Healing 14th 7thlvl
6th Tiny Hut 16th 8thlvl
8th Private Sanctum 18th 9thlvl
10th Rejuvenate 20th Idkyet
Songs of Retribution
Bard Level Spell Bard Level Spell
2nd Hellish Rebuke 12th 6thlvl
4th Heat Metal 14th 7thlvl
6th Bite the Hand 16th 8thlvl
8th Fire Shield 18th 9thlvl
10th Curse of Befouled Luck 20th Idkyet
Songs of Secrets
Bard Level Spell Bard Level Spell
2nd Disguise Self 12th 6thlvl
4th Pass Without Trace 14th 7thlvl
6th Major Image 16th 8thlvl
8th Phantasmal Killer 18th 9thlvl
10th Telepathic Bond 20th Idkyet
Songs of Seeking
Bard Level Spell Bard Level Spell
2nd Hunter's Mark 12th 6thlvl
4th Ashen Memory 14th 7thlvl
6th Glassee 16th 8thlvl
8th Divination 18th 9thlvl
10th Scrying 20th Idkyet


Bard College

3rd, 6th, and 14th Level Bard Feature
You choose one of the Bard Colleges in the table below who's advanced techniques you delve into.

Bard Colleges
Bard Colleges Complexity (1-5) Description
College of Creation 3 You weave the song of creation to create motes of potential and both animate and create items.
College of Dance 2 You embody the universal art form of dance to inspire and quicken your allies and bring remorse to those who would harm you.
College of Diplomacy 3 You learn how to subtly influence others and secretly communicate with your allies to best manipulate social situations to your advantage.
College of Drama 4 You peer into a creature's strengths and weaknesses to determine a satisfying and cathartic end to that creature's tale.
College of Eloquence 2 You know the perfect words to say at the perfect time and always have the ability to inspire your allies.
College of Flame 2 You have a spring in your step and fling fire and smoke at your nearby foes who dare cross you.
College of Four Suits 5 You use a deck of magical cards to sling your spells and influence the battle around you.
College of Glamor 2 You take on the ethereal majesty of fey magic to enchant your foes and inspire your friends.
College of Lore 1 You seek to grow your understanding of all things in the world around you and use this knowledge to gain a variety of skills and abilities.
College of Machismo 3 You take on the tendencies of the macho and the proud to become the powerful center of attention.
College of Mercantilism 1 You use coins to both influence your fate and rain death on your foes.
College of Mysteries 4 You seek the deeper truth that others would try to hide while punishing them for their deception.
College of Swords 2 You use a sturdy blade and a dash of style to guard all that is good and upright.
College of Tailoring 3 You weave the world around you to serve your purpose to protect and disguise your allies or to bind your foes.
College of Valor 1 You remember and desire to embody the ancient heroes which you idolize as you strike down the wicked with your blades and magic.
College of Whispers 2 You strike terror into your foes while taking on others' personas to make creatures think you know their darkest secret.


Expertise

3rd and 10th Level Bard Feature
Choose two Skills you are Proficient with, but do not have Expertise in. You gain Expertise in those Skills.
Additionally, choose one Set of Tools that you are Proficiency with, but do not have Expertise in. You gain Expertise in that Set of Tools.

Ability Score Improvements

4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th Level Bard Feature
Your skill and strength expands, choose one of the following:

  • Increase one Ability Score of your choice by 3.
  • Increase one Ability Score of your choice by 2 and one Ability Score of your choice by 1
  • Increases three Ability Scores of your choice by 1.
  • Gain one Feat of your choice.

No Ability Score increases or Feat gained from this feature can increase one of your Ability Scores beyond 20 unless stated otherwise.

Font of Inspiration

5th Level Bard Feature
Your well of inspiration deepens so that previously deemed failures have no adverse effect. Whenever you roll a 1 on a Bardic Inspiration Die, you regain the use of Bardic Inspiration that you expended.

Countercharm

6th Level Bard Feature
You gain the ability to use musical notes or words of power to disrupt mind-influencing effects. As an Action, you can start a performance that lasts until the end of your next turn. During that time, you and any creatures of your choice within 30ft of you have Advantage on Saving Throws against being Charmed or Frightened. A creature must be able to hear or see you to gain this benefit. The performance ends early if you are Incapacitated or you end it as a Free Action.

Magical Secrets

10th, 14th, and 18th Level Bard Feature
You have explored magical knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two Spells from any Spell List. A Spell you choose must be of a Level you can cast, or a Cantrip.
The chosen Spells count as Bard Spells for you, are always Prepared, and do not count against your number of Spells Known.

Superior Inspiration

20th Level Bard Feature
Your well of inspiration grows limitless. You have an unlimited number of uses for your Bardic Inspiration feature.

Bard Colleges

College of Creation

Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art—the creation of the Three. That creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as the creation energy, khaagaazh. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance, music, and poetry, and their teachers share this lesson: “Before the sun and the moon, there was the Song, and its music awoke the first dawn. Its melodies so delighted the stones and trees that some of them gained a voice of their own. And now they sing too. Learn the Song, students, and you too can teach the mountains to sing and dance.”
Dwarves often encourage their bards to become students of the Song of Creation. And among Dragonwrought, the Song of Creation is revered, for legends portray Bahumat, Tiamat, and Sardior—the greatest of dragons—as three of the song’s first singers.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Mote of Potential 3rd When you use your Bardic Inspiration you buff your next Bardic Inspiration
Performance of Creation 3rd You can create non-magical objects
Animating Performance 6th You can animate objects to fight for you
Creative Crescendo 14th You can create more objects with your Performance of Creation


Mote of Potential

3rd Level College of Creation Feature
Whenever you expend a use of Bardic Inspiration, you can utter a note from the Song of Creation to create a Tiny mote of potential, which orbits within 5ft of you. The mote is intangible and invulnerable, and it lasts for 1 minute. The mote looks like a musical note, a star, a flower, or another symbol of art or life that you choose. The mote is expended the next time you use your Bardic Inspiration feature and it provides an additional effects based on what you used Bardic Inspiration to do:

  • Ability Check. You roll the Bardic Inspiration Die twice, applying the higher roll to the Ability Check, as the mote pops and emits colorful, harmless sparks for a moment.
  • Attack Roll. After you roll the Bardic Inspiration Die, the mote thunderously shatters. The target of the Attack and each creature of your choice that you can see within 5ft of it must succeed on a Constitution Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC, taking Thunder Damage equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration Die on a failed Save.
  • Saving Throw. After you roll the Bardic Inspiration Die, the mote vanishes with the sound of soft music, causing the target to gain Temporary Hit Points equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration Die + your Charisma Modifier.
  • Healing. After you roll the Bardic Inspiration Die, the mote pops in a mist of alacrity and distraction, allowing the target to move a number of feet equal to 5 x your Proficiency Bonus without provoking Opportunity Attacks.


Performance of Creation

3rd Level College of Creation Feature
As an Action, you can channel the magic of the Song of Creation to create one non-magical item of your choice in an unoccupied space within 10ft of you. The item must appear on a surface or in a liquid that can support it. The GP value of the item can’t be more than 20 x your Bard Level, and the item must be Medium or smaller. The item glimmers softly, and a creature can faintly hear music when touching it. The created item disappears after a number of hours equal to your Proficiency Bonus.
Once you create an item with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you expend a Spell Slot of 2nd Level or higher to use it again. You can have only one item created by this feature at a time; if you use this Action and already have an item from this feature, the first one immediately vanishes.
The size of the item you can create with this feature increases by one Size Category when you reach 6th Level (Large) and 14th Level (Huge).

Animating Performance

6th Level College of Creation Feature
As an Action, you can animate one Large or smaller non-magical item within 30ft of you that isn’t being worn or carried. The animated item uses the Dancing Item stat block, which uses your Proficiency Bonus (PB). The item is friendly to you and creatures you chose, and obeys your commands. It lives for 1 hour, until it is reduced to 0 Hit Points, or until you die.
In combat, the item shares your Initiative Score, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its Reaction on its own, but the only Action it takes on its turn is the Dodge Action, unless you use a Bonus Action to command it to take a different Action. That Action can be one in its Stat Block or some other Action. If you are Incapacitated, the item can take any Action of its choice, not just Dodge.
Once you animate an item with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you expend a Spell Slot of 3rd Level or higher to do so again. You can have only one item animated by this feature at a time; if you use this Action and already have an item animated from this feature, the first one immediately becomes inanimate.

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Creative Crescendo

14th Level College of Creation Feature
When you use your Performance of Creation feature, you can create more than one item at once. The number of items equals your Charisma Modifier. If you create an item that would exceed that number, you choose which of the previously created items disappears. Only one of these items can be of the maximum size you can create; the rest must be Small or Tiny.
You are no longer limited by GP value when creating items with your Performance of Creation feature.


College of Dance

Bards of the College of Dance are practiced artists of the battlefield, leaping, twisting, twirling, and flowing through any terrain. To these bards, the world is their stage, and they are not shy to share their expertise in the art of dance. This college of bards is vast and diverse, with many different genres and styles of dance.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Fast Movement 3rd You get faster
Inspirational Dance 3rd When you Dodge you can use Bardic Inspiration to give an ally Temporary Hit Points, movement that doesn't provoke Opportunity Attacks, or Dodge
Entrancing Movement 6th When you're hit with an Opportunity Attack, the Attacker takes Damage, and you can cast the Charm Person Spell better and for free, and the Irresistible Dance Spell in the same way at 14th Level
Endless Dance 14th When you use Inspirational Dance the ally can make an Attack, and you can Dodge and Disengage extremely frequently


Fast Movement

3rd Level College of Dance Feature
Your Speed increases by 10ft. At 6th and 14th Level, your Speed increases by an extra 5ft.

Inspirational Dance

3rd Level College of Dance Feature
You learn how to use the universal language of dance. As a Bonus Action, you can expend one use of Bardic Inspiration to take the Dodge Action and choose a creature within 30ft of you that can see you, reinvigorating the creature as you dance. When you do, roll a Bardic Inspiration Die. That creature gains Temporary Hit Points equal to the number rolled plus your Charisma Modifier. When a creature gains Temporary Hit Points in this way, it can immediately use its Reaction to move up to its Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks or take the Dodge Action.

Entrancing Movement

6th Level College of Dance Feature
Your movements become so graceful that even the most cold-hearted enemies are filled with remorse for having stopped your dance. Whenever a creature hits you with an Opportunity Attack, that creature takes Psychic Damage equal to your Charisma Modifier + half your Bard Level.
In addition, you can use an Action to cast the Charm Person Spell without expending a Spell Slot by weaving the incantation with your dance. When cast the Spell in this way, the target doesn’t have Advantage on the Saving Throw if you’re currently fighting it. When you reach 14th Level in this class, you can choose to cast the Irresistible Dance Spell in this way instead. Once you use this feature to cast a Spell, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

Endless Dance

14th Level College of Dance Feature
Your dance has become so invigorating that it can inspire an ally to attack. A creature that gains Temporary Hit Points from your Inspirational Dance feature can choose to use its Reaction to make a single Weapon Attack.
In addition, your endless dancing allows you to more easily avoid being hit. You can use a Bonus Action to take the Dodge and Disengage Actions simultaneously, and whenever you expend a Bardic Inspiration Die, you can take the Dodge and Disengage Actions simultaneously as a Free Action.


College of Diplomacy

Bards of the College of Diplomacy understand that statecraft, like music or drama, is a complicated artform. Formally trained as couriers, aides, stewards, geishas, and ambassadors, these performers use civility and social protocol to open doors where others cannot. In mastering their craft, these individuals also learn to see the connections between magical and social networks, and recognize how each can influence the other.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Foreign Relations 3rd You learn some Languages and are better when talking to people with Languages other than Common
Magical Networking 3rd You can cast your Spells from your allies spaces, when you do you give that ally Temporary Hit Points
Secret Communiqué 6th Your Countercharm and Bardic Inspiration have increased Range and Countercharm can be used secretly and improves your allies in other ways
Diplomatic Immunity 14th You can Charm creatures into pledging you fealty and granting you safe passage


Foreign Relations

3rd Level College of Diplomacy Feature
You learn the proper etiquette for handling those from other cultures. You learn three Languages of your choice.
In addition, whenever you make a Charisma (Deception), Charisma (Persuasion), or Wisdom (Insight) check against a creature you are interacting with in a Language other than Common, as long as it can understand that Language, you treat any roll of 9 or lower on the die as a 10 in addition to the Advantage granted normally.

Magical Networking

3rd Level College of Diplomacy Feature
You can utilize your web of personal connections to extend your reach through Khaagaazh. By expending a use of your Bardic Inspiration when you cast a Bard Spell, you can choose to cast the Spell from the space of a willing creature within 60ft of you that can see or hear you.
When you cast a Spell in this way, that creature also gains a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration Die + your Charisma modifier.

Secret Communiqué

6th Level College of Diplomacy Feature
Tour mastery of statecraft allows you to communicate with but a meaningful look. The ranges of both your Countercharm and your Bardic Inspiration features are doubled, and targets do not need to see or hear you to be affected by either of those features.
In addition, you use your Countercharm feature silently, without moving, and by using a Bonus Action instead of an Action. Until the end of your next turn, targets affected by this use of your Countercharm feature have Advantage on their Charisma, Intelligence, and Wisdom Saving Throws, and can also communicate telepathically with any other affected targets they can see.


Diplomatic Immunity

14th Level College of Diplomacy Feature
You can magically compel even your enemies to act cordially towards you. As an Action, you can force up to 5 creatures of your choice within 60ft of you that can see and hear you to make a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC.
A target automatically succeeds if it can't understand you, but if it shares more than one Language with you, it has Disadvantage on that Save. If a target fails the Save, it becomes Charmed by you and all creatures you choose that it can see within 60ft of you. The creature is Charmed in this way until the end of your next turn if you are fighting the target, if you begin to fight the target, or after 1 hour if you do not fight the target. This effect ends on a target if it notices you or your allies harm it or a creature it is friendly towards.
While Charmed in this way, each affected creature is convinced you are representing an individual, group, or power offering them fealty, an alliance, or a trade deal in its best interests. They will treat you hospitably, rationalize any of your hostile behaviors as unusual quirks, and try to persuade their allies to welcome you and your 'entourage.'
Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a Long Rest.


College of Drama

Bards of the College of Drama seek to empower the hearts of others by memorializing that which has been lost. Those who follow this tradition are intimately familiar with the immense hardships of a fickle world, but they have also witnessed the strength and beauty that blooms in the wake of loss and victory.
These bards are often travelers, looking to experience life to its fullest, with all the highs and lows that journey entails. Members of the College of Drama are rarely gregarious performers living for the spotlight. They are more likely to be quiet observers composing heartrending ballads or contemplative poems and saving them for when they will have the greatest impact.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Tragic Flaw 3rd You can learn a creature's deeper motive to better interactions with it
Ensemble Cast 3rd You become better at performing with friends
Reversal of Fortune 6th You can make a creature more resistant or vulnerable to Damage, and even more-so if you know its Tragic Flaw
Satisfying Climax 14th You either end or protect a creature's story in a satisfying way


Tragic Flaw

3rd Level College of Drama Feature
You become adept at identifying the driving motivations of others. If you spend at least one day observing a target creature with whom you share a Language, you learn the creatures' Ideal, Bond, and Flaw. When you make a Charisma (Deception), Charisma or Strength (Intimidation), or Charisma (Persuasion) check against the target you can utilize the information learned this way to improve your chances of success.
For example, you might suggest to a creature whose Flaw is their greed that supplying your party with weapons will lead to a cut of any treasure you acquire, or a creature whose Ideal is the importance of community might be convinced that their town would enjoy boosted morale if your party are supplied with the means to kill the local monster. Any time you fail an Ability Check made in this way, you can expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, adding a roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die to the Ability Check.

Ensemble Cast

3rd Level College of Drama Feature
You gain Proficiency in Performance, and when you perform, all creatures performing with you have Advantage on their Charisma (Performance) Checks.

Reversal of Fortune

6th Level College of Drama Feature
You gain the ability to magically influence the course of a creature’s fate. You can use a Bonus Action and expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration to choose one creature that can hear you and is within 30ft of you. Choose one Damage Type, the target gains either Vulnerability or Resistance to the chosen Damage Type (your choice). If the creature has Resistance to the Damage Type and you give it Vulnerability, the Resistance is instead removed. If the creature has Vulnerability to the Damage Type and you give it Resistance, the Vulnerability is instead removed.
When you use this feature on a creature which you have observed with your Tragic Flaw feature, then if the creature has Resistance to the Damage Type and you give it Vulnerability, the Resistance is turned into Vulnerability. If the creature has Vulnerability to the Damage Type and you give it Resistance, the Vulnerability is turned into Resistance.

Satisfying Climax

14th Level College of Drama Feature
You can learn the flaws of a creature quickly to determine the end of their story. You can use an Action to learn information about a creature within 30ft of you as per Tragic Flaw. Once you do so, you can't do so again until you finish a Long Rest.
You can use an Action to cause a creature which you know information about per Tragic Flaw to force them to make a Charisma Saving Throw, the target can choose to fail this Save. On a failed Save, choose one of the following fates to choose for the target:

  • The target recalls all of the pain it has suffered in its life and becomes Burning 6 (Psychic) that can only decay over time. While the target is Burning in this way, it is also Slowed.
  • The target is purged from its previous tragedy and loss and recovers from up to three Conditions of your choice.
  • Binding shackles of fate chain the target, causing it to become Stunned and Restrained until the end of your next turn.



College of Eloquence

Adherents of the College of Eloquence master the art of oratory. Persuasion is regarded as a high art, and a well-reasoned, well-spoken argument often proves more persuasive than facts. These bards wield a blend of logic and theatrical wordplay, winning over skeptics and detractors with logical arguments and plucking at heartstrings to appeal to the emotions of audiences.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Silver Tongue 3rd You're extremely good at Persuasion and Deception
Cutting Words 3rd You can make your enemies worse at their Attacks, Checks, and healing with your Bardic Inspiration
Unfailing Inspiration 6th You only expend Bardic Inspiration if it would do anything
Universal Speech 6th You can allow anyone to understand your speaking
Infectious Inspiration 14th You can use your Bardic Inspiration for free more often


Silver Tongue

3rd Level College of Eloquence Feature
You become a master at saying the right thing at the right time. When you make a Charisma (Persuasion) or Charisma (Deception) Check, you can treat a roll on the d20 of 9 or lower as a 10.

Cutting Words

3rd Level College of Eloquence Feature
You learn how to use your wit to distract, confuse, and otherwise sap the confidence and competence of others. When a creature that you can see within 60ft of you hits on an Attack Roll, succeeds on an Ability Check, deals Damage, or regains Hit Points, you can use your Reaction to expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration, subtracting a number from the result equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die. The creature is unaffected if it can't see or hear you, or if it's Immune to being Charmed.

Unfailing Inspiration

6th Level College of Eloquence Feature
Your inspiring words are so persuasive that others feel driven to succeed. When you expend a use of Bardic Inspiration and the result of the Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw remains unchanged, you regain that use of Bardic Inspiration.

Universal Speech

6th Level College of Eloquence Feature
You have gained the ability to make your speech intelligible to any creature. As an Action, choose one or more creatures within 60ft of you, up to a number equal to your Charisma Modifier. For the next hour, the chosen creatures can magically understand you, regardless of the Language you speak.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you expend a Spell Slot of 1st Level or higher to use it again.

Infectious Inspiration

14th Level College of Eloquence Feature
Your pure inspiration further inspires others. When you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, you can, as a Free Action, use your Bardic Inspiration without expending a use of the feature before the end of your next turn.


College of Flame

The College of Flame is home to bards who sought knowledge and expertise on the natural rhythm of a flickering flame and how to replicate it.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd You get Acrobatics and Performance Proficiencies, and you learn the Fire Bolt Cantrip
Where there's Smoke there's Fire 3rd You can make a smoke screen with your Bardic Inspiration and cause enemies to miss and throw the Fire Bolt at it
Fire Dance 6th You can Fire Dance, making you faster and dealing Damage to enemies
Fiery Finale 14th When you end your Fire Dance, you can deal Damage to nearby enemies and knock them Prone


Bonus Proficiencies

3rd Level College of Flame Feature
You gain Proficiency in Acrobatics and Performance. Additionally, you learn the Fire Bolt Cantrip, it counts as a Bard Spell for you and does not count against your number of Cantrips Known.

Where there's Smoke there's Fire

3rd Level College of Flame Feature
When an creature you can see attacks another creature, you can use a Reaction to expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration feature and cause a smoke screen to materialize between the enemy and the creature, reducing the result of the Attack by an amount equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die + your Charisma Modifier. If this causes the target to miss on the Attack, you can cast the Fire Bolt Cantrip as a Free Action targeting that creature.

Fire Dance

6th Level College of Flame Feature
You gain the ability to move like a flickering flame. You use a Bonus Action to Fire Dance. This Fire Dance lasts until the start of your next turn. When you Fire Dance, you can take the Disengage Action as a Free Action and your Speed increases by 10ft. While this Fire Dance is active, whenever you move within 10ft of another creature, you can force that creature to make a Dexterity Saving Throw or take Fire Damage equal to your Proficiency Bonus as sparks fly from your feet.
You cannot cast Spells or make Weapon Attacks while your Fire Dance is active, and you cannot deal Fire Damage with this feature to a creature more than once on the same turn.

Fiery Finale

14th Level College of Flame Feature
When your Fire Dance ends, all creatures within 15ft of you make a Dexterity Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC, suffering 4d12 Fire Damage and being knocked Prone on a failed Save, or take half as much Damage and not be knocked Prone on a successful Save.


College of Four Suits

Bards of the College of Four Suits see games of chance as challenging questions of fate and predetermination. These charismatic players can see the threads of fate hard at work with every roll of the dice and card draw, providing timeless material for their magic and musings. By bearing witness to this magic firsthand, bards of this college believe that the future is something that can be directed, if not controlled. As such, these magicians, tricksters, and fortune tellers play along in a never-ending game against their future selves, strategically twisting luck in their ever-growing favor to force the hand of fate itself.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Arcane Deck 3rd You get a deck of 52 cards you use as a Spellcasting Focus
Hand of Fate 3rd You draw cards from your Arcane Deck for your Arcane Deck
Playing the Game 3rd You can use the cards in your Hand Of Fate to do different things
Hole Cards 3rd You have special cards separate from your Hand Of Fate to improve your Attack Rolls, Ability Checks, and Saving Throws
Royal Flush 6th You can use jacks, kings, and queens from your Hand Of Fate to freely cast the Command Spell
Ace in the Hole 14th Your ace cards are better and all previous abilities improve


Arcane Deck

3rd Level College of Four Suits Feature
You find a way to twist your bardic magic in new ways using the magic of chance. You gain Proficiency and Expertise with Playing Cards as a Gaming Set, and you can use Playing Cards as a Bard Spellcasting Focus.
In addition, you can transform a set of mundane Playing Cards into a magic one, called an Arcane Deck, using a special ritual while holding the cards. The ritual takes 1 hour, which can be done during a Short or Long Rest. You can then dismiss the Arcane Deck as a Free Action, shunting it into an extra-dimensional space. The Arcane Deck also disappears if it is more than 120ft away from you for 1 minute or more, or if you die.
You can summon the Arcane Deck to an empty hand using a Bonus Action. You can replace your Arcane Deck by performing the same ritual on another playing card set. When you do, the previous Arcane Deck becomes a set of non-magical Playing Cards again. The deck appears at your feet if it is in the extra-dimensional space when this happens.
You use this Arcane Deck for your later features, drawing and playing cards as described in those features using the following rules:

  • The Arcane Deck uses a standard deck of 52 cards, removing any jokers from the deck. You can use a deck of playing cards at your table for these features or use a digital tool instead.
  • Cards have a value equal to the number on the card.
  • An ace has a value of 1, and a jack, queen, or king have a value of 10.


Hand of Fate

3rd Level College of Four Suits Feature
You have a Hand of Fate which uses the following rules:

  • Your Hand of Fate is the number of cards you currently have available to use, and you can have a number of cards in your Hand of Fate equal to your Maximum Hand Size.
  • Your Maximum Hand Size is 3. Your Maximum Hand Size increases when you reach certain Levels in this class, 4 at 6th Level, and 5 at 14th Level.
  • Whenever you roll Initiative, you draw a number of cards from your Arcane Deck so that the amount of cards in your Hand of Fate is equal to your Maximum Hand Size.
  • When you draw a card, you take the card that is on top of your Arcane Deck and add it to your Hand of Fate.
  • When a card is played or discarded, it disappears and is placed in a discard pile to the side of the deck.
When you finish a Long Rest, shuffle the discard pile back into the deck. Discarded cards are unavailable to use in your Arcane Deck while you’re in combat, but can otherwise be used as normal when using the deck as a normal set of Playing Cards.
  • At the end of combat, all cards in your Hand of Fate are discarded.

At the start of combat, you summon your Arcane Deck. When you summon your Arcane Deck in this way, it, and your Hand of Fate float in the air within easy reach. While your Arcane Deck floats around you in this way, you can use it as a Spellcasting Focus without needing to hold it. Whenever you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, you can draw 2 cards from your Arcane Deck, then choose one card in your Hand of Fate and discard it. If your Hand of Fate has more cards than your Maximum Hand Size after this, you discard cards from your Hand of Fate so that the number of cards in your Hand of Fate equals your Maximum Hand Size.
When you reach 6th Level in this class, the draw a third cards whenever you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration increases.

Playing the Game

3rd Level College of Four Suits Feature
Using your Hand of Fate, you can play multiple cards of the same suit at a time from your Hand of Fate and combine their values. Regardless of what your cards' combined value is, the total value can't exceed your Spell Save DC. You can play cards from your Hand of Fate in the following ways:

  • Fate Change. You can choose to forgo rolling a d20 for an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw to play one or more cards from your hand, treating their combined value as the roll of the d20 instead. Once you use this ability, you can’t do so again until you roll Initiative again and draw a new hand.
  • Trick. You can use an Action to send one or more cards from your hand hurtling at another creature that you can see within 30ft of you. This Action has effects based on the suit of the cards used.
    Clubs or Spades. If the cards’ suit is clubs or spades, you make a Ranged Spell Attack against the target using your Spell Attack Bonus. On a hit, the target takes Force Damage equal to the cards' combined value.
    Diamonds or Hearts. If the cards’ suit is diamonds or hearts, the target gains a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the cards’ combined value, which last for 1 minute or until you use this Trick again.


Hole Cards

3rd Level College of Four Suits Feature
When you finish a Long Rest, you can take a number of cards equal to your Maximum Hand Size from the top of your Arcane Deck. Choose 1 of those cards and shuffle the remainder back into the deck. This card is called your Hole Card, and remains separate from your Arcane Deck and Hand of Fate.
The number of Hole Cards you choose when you finish a Long Rest increases when you reach certain Levels in this class, becoming 2 cards at 6th Level, and 3 cards at 14th Level.
When you miss on an Attack Roll, or fail on an Ability Check or Saving Throw, you can choose to place a Hole Card into your discard pile and add the card's value to the roll. Regardless of the value of the card, it can’t exceed the maximum result of your Bardic Inspiration Die.
While in combat, you can treat Hole Cards as if they were in your Hand of Fate, but they do not contribute to the amount of cards you can have in your Hand of Fate.

Royal Flush

6th Level College of Four Suits Feature
You’ve learned how to draw more magic from your arcane deck and influence those around you. You can use an Action to play a jack, queen, or king card in your Hand of Fate to cast the Command Spell at 1st Level if it was a jack, at 2nd Level if it was a queen, and at 3rd Level if it was a king as a Bard Spell without expending a Spell Slot. Once you play a card in this way, you can’t do so again with that card from any other suit until you finish a Long Rest. In addition, the Range of your Trick feature increases to 60ft.

Ace in the Hole

14th Level College of Four Suits Feature
You’re an expert at using cards to influence your fortune and succeed. Your Arcane Deck becomes more powerful in the following ways:

  • An ace has a value of 10 instead of 1.
  • When you discard a card, you can choose to place it on top of your Arcane Deck instead of in your discard pile
  • You can choose to combine cards of the same value, rather than suit, when playing them as part of your Playing The Game feature. You choose which suit to use when you play cards in this way.
  • If you hit a target with Trick using Clubs or Spades, you can add your Charisma Modifier to the total of the Damage dealt by the Attack. The Trick’s total Damage dealt still can’t exceed your Spell Save DC.
  • You can use your Fate Change twice during per time you roll Initiative, instead of once.
  • If you have an ace in your Hand of Fate or as a Hole Card, you can use your Reaction to play it when you see a creature within 60ft of you make an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw, expending a use of your Fate Change feature if you’re in combat and replacing the target’s d20 roll with either a 1 or 10 (your choice). If the creature is unwilling, it must make a Charisma Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC, ignoring the effect and using the original roll on a successful Save.



College of Glamor

The College of Glamor is the home of bards who mastered their craft in the vibrant realm of the Fey Forest or under the tutelage of someone who dwelled there. These bards learn to use their magic to delight and captivate others.
The bards of this college are regarded with a mixture of awe and fear. Their performances are the stuff of legend. These bards are so eloquent that a speech or song that one of them performs can cause captors to release the bard unharmed and can lull a furious dragon into complacency. The same magic that allows them to quell beasts can also bend minds. Villainous bards of this college can leech off a community for weeks, misusing their magic to turn their hosts into thralls. Heroic bards of this college instead use this power to gladden the downtrodden and undermine oppressors.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Mantle of Inspiration 3rd You can use your Bardic Inspiration and give your allies Temporary Hit Points and movement
Enthralling Performance 3rd You can Charm creatures into idolizing you after performing for a minute
Mantle of Majesty 6th You can look awesome to freely cast the Command Spell
Unbreakable Majesty 14th You can look awesome to have foes second-guess attacking you


Mantle of Inspiration

3rd Level College of Glamor Feature
You gain the ability to weave a song of fey magic that imbues your allies with vigor and speed. As a Bonus Action, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to grant yourself a wondrous appearance. When you do so, choose a number of creatures you can see and that can see you within 60ft of you, up to your Charisma Modifier. Each chosen creature gains 5 Temporary Hit Points and can use its Reaction to move up to its Speed without Provoking Opportunity Attacks.
The number of Temporary Hit Points increases when you reach certain Levels in this class, increasing to 9 at 5th Level, 13 at 10th Level, 17 at 15th Level, and 21 at 20th Level.

Enthralling Performance

3rd Level College of Glamor Feature
You can charge your performance with enchanting fey magic. If you perform for at least 1 minute, you can attempt to inspire wonder in your audience. At the end of the performance, choose a number of creatures within 60ft of you who watched or listened to the entire performance, up to your Charisma Modifier. Each target must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC or be Charmed by you. While Charmed in this way, the target idolizes you, it speaks glowingly of you to anyone who talks to it, and it hinders anyone who opposes you, although it avoids violence unless it was already inclined to fight on your behalf. This effect ends on a target after 1 hour, if it takes any Damage, if you Attack it, or if it witnesses you Attacking or Damaging any of its allies.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.

Mantle of Majesty

6th Level College of Glamor Feature
You gain the ability to cloak yourself in a fey magic that makes others want to serve you. As a Bonus Action you can take on a form of unearthly beauty for 1 minute or until you lose Concentration on the effect. As part of the Bonus Action used to take on this form and as a Bonus Action on subsequent turns, you can can cast the Command Spell as a Bard Spell, without expending a Spell Slot.
Any creature Charmed by you automatically fails its Saving Throw against the casting of the Command Spell you cast with this feature.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.

Unbreakable Majesty

14th Level College of Glamor Feature
Your appearance permanently gains an otherworldly aspect that makes you look more lovely and fierce.
In addition, as a Bonus Action, you can assume a magically majestic presence for 1 minute or until you are Incapacitated. While you are in this form, when a creature Attacks you for the first time on a turn, that creature must make a Charisma Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC. On a failed Save, that creature can’t Attack you on this turn, and must choose a new target for its Attack, if it cannot choose a new target then the Attack is lost. On a successful Save, the creature can Attack you on this turn, but it has Disadvantage on any Saving Throw it makes against your Spells on your next turn.
You can assume this fierce appearance a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.


College of Lore

Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads in taverns or elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning everything they held to be true, from their faith in the priesthood of the local temple to their loyalty to the king.
The loyalty of these bards lies in the pursuit of beauty and truth, not in fealty to a monarch or following the tenets of a deity. A noble who keeps such a bard as a herald or advisor knows that the bard would rather be honest than politic.
The college’s members gather in libraries and sometimes in actual colleges, complete with classrooms and dormitories, to share their lore with one another. They also meet at festivals or affairs of state, where they can expose corruption, unravel lies, and poke fun at self-important figures of authority.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd You get three Skill Proficiencies
Unsettling Words 3rd You can make your enemies worse at their Attacks, Checks, and healing with your Bardic Inspiration
Additional Magical Secrets 6th You get extra Spells from any class
Peerless Skill 14th You can use your Bardic Inspiration on yourself


Bonus Proficiencies

3rd Level College of Lore Feature
You gain Proficiency in three Skills of your choice.

Unsettling Words

3rd Level College of Lore Feature
You learn how to use your wit to distract, confuse, and otherwise sap the confidence and competence of others. When a creature that you can see within 60ft of you hits on an Attack Roll, succeeds on an Ability Check, deals Damage, or regains Hit Points, you can use your Reaction to expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration, subtracting a number from the result equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die. The creature is unaffected if it can't see or hear you, or if it's Immune to being Charmed.

Additional Magical Secrets

6th Level College of Lore Feature
You have explored magical knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two Spells from any Spell List. A Spell you choose must be of a Level you can cast, or a Cantrip.
The chosen Spells count as Bard Spells for you, are always Prepared, and do not count against your number of Spells Known.

Peerless Skill

14th Level College of Lore Feature
When you fail on an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw, you can expend one use of Bardic Inspiration. Roll a Bardic Inspiration Die and add the number rolled to your Ability Check.


College of Machismo

Famed for their hulking frames and sure-footed swagger, the bards of the College of Machismo are dedicated to building (and flaunting) their own physiques. By putting their muscles to work, these entertainers will “perform" in circus acts, gladiatorial bouts, contests of strength, bachelorette parties, and anywhere they can bask in the roar of a crowd.
These bards take their pursuit of muscular perfection seriously, and will often parade their bodies unbidden. What these individuals lack in self-awareness or humility, however, they more than make up for in raw, physical power. After all, confidence fuels the strength of these bards, and this is a quality they have in abundance. When they join this college, it is common for bards to adopt pseudonyms that help them play to a crowd.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Bardic Brawn 3rd You get more health, better Unarmed Strikes, and Unarmored AC
Feat of Strength 3rd You can use your Bardic Inspiration to gain Temporary Hit Points when you hit on Attacks or succeed Checks
Tireless Showboating 6th You're better at doing things when you know people are watching you
Center of Attention 14th You can force creatures to pay attention to you by making them upset


Bardic Brawn

3rd Level College of Machismo Feature
You double down on iron-pumped peacocking. Your Hit Point Maximum increases by 3, and it increases by 1 whenever you gain a Level in this class. Further, your Unarmed Strikes now deal 1d6 Damage.
Also, by flaunting your physique or muscular prowess, you can make Strength (Performance) and Strength (Persuasion) Checks instead of making Charisma (Performance) and Charisma (Persuasion) Checks respectively.
This degree of self-confidence is its own form of protection. While you aren't wearing Armor or wielding a Shield, you have an Unarmored AC of 10 + your Strength Modifier + your Charisma Modifier.

Feat Of Strength

3rd Level College of Machismo Feature
You learn to draw inspiration from displays of your own physical power. As a Bonus Action, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to make a Strength Melee Weapon Attack or make a Strength Ability Check.
If you hit on your Attack or succeed on your Ability Check, you gain Temporary Hit Points equal one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die + half your Bard Level + your Charisma Modifier.

Tireless Showboating

6th Level College of Machismo Feature
Your drive to impress others allows you to accomplish the positively Heraclean. You gain Proficiency in Strength Saving Throws. Additionally, if you can see a friendly creature that can see you, you cannot be Slowed.
In addition, you can give yourself Advantage on one Strength Attack, Strength Ability Check, or Strength Saving Throw, but only if you can see a friendly creature within 60ft of you that can see you. If this roll would have Disadvantage, you can ignore it.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Strength Modifier + your Charisma Modifier, regaining expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

Center of Attention

14th Level College of Machismo Feature
You can strike a vainglorious pose that taunts your enemies and provokes their enmity. As a Bonus Action, you can make a Strength (Performance) Check contested by the Wisdom (Insight) Check of a creature within 60ft of you that can see you. Creatures that cannot be Charmed are unaffected.
If your Check is successful, the target becomes enraged by you until the end of your next turn.
Creatures enraged in this way cannot make Opportunity Attacks against creatures other than you, and have Disadvantage on Attack Rolls against creatures other than you. If a creature enraged in this way hits a creature friendly to you with an Attack, that creature has Resistance to all Damage dealt by the Attack.


College of Mercantilism

Bards of the College of Mercantilism are well versed in the artistry of cutting deals and enemies alike in order to come out ahead. Talented merchants, smugglers, and trademen alike all learn from this college in some form or another, using both silvered words and sharp cunning to inspire their allies and subvert the competition. These calculated risk-takers travel the world to make their mark-and their fortune—by navigating treacherous landscapes, economies, and people. With even just a copper to their name, these bards are always worth their weight in gold.

Mercantilism Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Coin Flip 3rd You can flip a coin when using Bardic Inspiration to get either maximum or minimum result
Magic Coin 3rd You can use a magical coin to cast your Spells and use to Attack your foes
Expert Financier 3rd You can use Bardic Inspiration to create money
Money Talks 6th You can make magic coins to see through and influence people
Shrewd Customer 14th When you use a consumable, you flip a coin to see if it's actually consumed

Coin Flip

3rd Level College of Mercantilism Feature
When you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, you can choose to forgo rolling the die to roll a d2 instead, gaining effects as follows:

  • On a 1, you treat the Bardic Inspiration Die as if it rolled its minimum result.
  • On a 2, you treat the Bardic Inspiration Die as if it rolled its maximum result.


Magic Coin

3rd Level College of Mercantilism Feature
You know that coins can be just as powerful as the most enthralling rhetoric. Whereas other bards may use words and song as their means for conjuring Spells, you instead use a simple coin. You can use any coin worth at least 1CP as a Bard Spellcasting Focus.
In addition, you can use an Action to magically fling a coin from your hand at a creature within 60ft of you. Make a Ranged Spell Attack with the coin, using your Charisma Modifier for the attack roll. On a hit, the target takes 1 Bludgeoning Damage and 1d12 Thunder Damage. Immediately after the Attack, the coin returns to your hand. If you score a Critical Hit on the Attack, a platinum coin worth 1PP appears where you store you money.
This attack's Thunder Damage increases by 1d12 when you reach 6th Level (2d12) and 14th Level (3d12).

Expert Financer

3rd Level College of Mercantilism Feature
You gain a knack at making money, seemingly causing it to appear out of thin air. You can use an Action to expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration, gaining a number of GP equal to the number rolled.

Money Talks

6th Level College of Mercantilism Feature
You’ve learned how to briefly enchant a coin with divination magic. You can enchant a mundane coin worth at least 1 CP that you’re holding as an Action. A creature holding the coin that knows at least one Language can understand the meaning of any word you speak, and when it speaks, you understand what it says. In addition, you have Advantage on the first Charisma (Persuasion) Check you make when negotiating the value of a good or service with a creature that’s holding or carrying the enchanted coin.
Alternatively, you can use an Action to see and hear through the enchanted coin until the start of your next turn as if you were in the coin’s space. During this time, you are Deafened and Blinded.
The coin remains enchanted for 10 minutes or until you end the enchantment early as a Free Action. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma Modifier, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.

Shrewd Consumer

14th Level College of Mercantilism Feature
Whenever you cast a Spell that consumes a Material Component, you drink a Potion, or you use a Spell Scroll, roll a d2 with effects as follows:

  • On a 1 there is no effect
  • On a 2 the Material Component, Potion, or Spell Scroll is not consumed.

In addition, you gain a second Free Object Interaction.


College of Mysteries

The College of Mysteries is dedicated to uncovering secrets that lie hidden. Whether these secrets are held by time and lost to millennia, or knowledge held captive by a secret few who wish to obfuscate the truth, bards belonging to the College of Mysteries seek to unearth them and bring them back into the light.
There are, however, those bards that specialize in keeping the secrets they uncover just as well as unearthing them. These bards collect secrets for their own benefit or pleasure, and give one out only in rare circumstances, or for the right price.

Mysteries Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Answers Given 3rd You can use Bardic Inspiration to cast the Detect Thoughts Spell freely and detect creatures secrets
Fine-Tuned Ears 3rd You're better at finding secrets
Frightful Secrets 6th You can Frighten nearby creatures
Eyes Unveiled 14th You gain Truesight
Truth Revealed 14th You deal Damage to those that would lie to you


Answers Given

3rd Level College of Mysteries Feature
You gain the ability to peer behind the veil and see the truth. While speaking to a creature, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to peer into its thoughts, non-magically replicating the effects of the the Detect Thoughts Spell for 1 minute. If you probe deeper using an as per the Spell, if the creature fails the Saving Throw, it doesn't realize your infiltrating presence in its mind. When you infiltrate its mind in this way, you gain insight into the nature of any secrets the creature might harbor, rather than its emotional state or reasoning. If the creature succeeds on the Saving Throw, it can feel an intrusive presence in its mind that it can shut off.
While you are probing into the creature's secrets, you must hold Concentration on the effect.

Fine-Tuned Ears

3rd Level College of Mysteries Feature
Your senses have become exceptional at noticing secrets. You have Advantage on Wisdom (Perception) Checks made to notice secretive movement or communication, such as whispers or coded gestures.

Frightful Secrets

6th Level College of Mysteries Feature
You can unveil secrets that frighten the mind. As an Action you emit a low whisper that upsets the ears of anyone that hears it. One creature of your choice within 30ft of you that isn't Deafened must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw or become Frightened for 1 minute. While Frightened in this way, that creature must move as far away from you as possible in the safest available route on each of its turns, using the Dash Action, unless there is nowhere to move further, then the creature takes the Dodge Action. At the end of each of its turns, a Frightened creature can repeat the Saving Throw, ending the effect early on a successful Save. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.

Eyes Unveiled

14th Level College of Mysteries Feature
You gain Truesight out to a Range of 60ft. You can see Invisible creatures or objects, and the true nature of shapeshifted creatures.

Truth Revealed

14th Level College of Mysteries Feature
You know all untruth nearby that is spoken. If a creature within 60ft of you speaks or non-verbally indicates a lie, you know that it was a lie, and you can deal 2d6 Psychic Damage to that creature as a Reaction.


College of Swords

Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock combats. Though they use their weapons to entertain, they are also highly trained and skilled warriors in their own right.
Their talent with weapons inspires many blades to lead double lives. One blade might use a circus troupe as cover for nefarious deeds such as assassination, robbery, and blackmail. Other blades strike at the wicked, bringing justice to bear against the cruel and powerful. Most troupes are happy to accept a blade’s talent for the excitement it adds to a performance, but few entertainers fully trust a blade in their ranks.
Blades who abandon their lives as entertainers have often run into trouble that makes maintaining their secret activities impossible. A blade caught stealing or engaging in vigilante justice is too great a liability for most troupes. With their weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd You get Proficiency with Medium Armor, Sabers, Rapier, and Scimitar
Fighting Style 3rd You gain a Fighting Style
Blade Flourish 3rd When you Attack, you can use Bardic Inspiration to deal extra Damage and get another bonus effect
Extra Attack 6th You make an additional Attack every time you take the Attack Action
Master's Flourish 14th You can use a weaker version of your Blade Flourish for free to not use Bardic Inspiration


Bonus Proficiencies

3rd Level College of Swords Feature
You gain Proficiency with Medium Armor, Sabers, Rapier, and Scimitar.
You can use Simple or Martial Melee Weapons you’re Proficient with as a Bard Spellcasting Focus.

Fighting Style

3rd Level College of Swords Feature
You adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options you do not already have:

  • Dueling. When you are wielding a Melee Weapon in one hand and no other Weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to Damage Rolls with that Weapon.
  • Two-Weapon Fighting. When you use Two-Weapon Fighting, you can add your Ability Modifier to the Damage of the second Attack.


Blade Flourish

3rd Level College of Swords Feature
You learn to perform impressive displays of martial prowess and speed. Whenever you take the Attack Action, your Speed increases by 10ft until the end of the turn, and if a Weapon Attack that you make as part of this Action hits a creature, you can use one of the following Blade Flourish options of your choice. When you use a Blade Flourish, you expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration and deal additional Damage to the target equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die, as well as another benefit as follows:

  • Defensive Flourish. You gain a bonus to your AC equal to the number rolled on your Bardic Inspiration Die until the start of your next turn.
  • Slashing Flourish. You deal Damage to another creature of your choice that you can see within 5ft of you equal to the number rolled on your Bardic Inspiration Die.
  • Mobile Flourish. You push the target of the attack up to 5ft away from you, plus a number of feet equal to the number rolled on your Bardic Inspiration Die. You can then immediately use your Reaction to move up to your Walking Speed to an unoccupied space within 5ft of the target.


Extra Attack

6th Level College of Swords Feature
You can make an additional Attack whenever you take the Attack Action.

Master's Flourish

14th Level College of Swords Feature
Whenever you use your Blade Flourish feature, you can choose to not expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration and instead use a d8 in place of your Bardic Inspiration Die.


College of Tailoring

Knights have their swords and shields, musicians have their songs and instruments, you have your needle and thread. You are a tailor, a master of cloth, to you, clothing is so much more than just something to keep the elements off, but an expression of yourself. The clothing you wear and create is an extension of your being and empowers your own magical abilities, allowing you to create even more beautiful garbs and even repair the world and people around you.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd You get Proficiency with Weaver's Tools, Leatherworker's, and Disguise Kits, and can use them as a Spellcasting Focus
Stitch and Weave 3rd You can use Bardic Inspiration to restrict foes, protect allies, or make a disguise
Threaded Spells 6th You can cast a Concentration Spell immediately after you lose Concentration
Weaver's Song 14th Your Stitch and Weave options improve


Bonus Proficiencies

3rd Level College of Tailoring Feature
You gain Proficiency in Weaver's Tools, Leatherworker's, and Disguise Kits.
Additionally, you can use Weaver's Tools, Leatherworker's, and Disguise Kits as Bard Spellcasting Focuses.

Stitch and Weave

3rd Level College of Tailoring Feature
You learn how to weave Khaagaazh to restrict your foes, protect your friends, and weave secrets. As a Bonus Action you can expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration and do one of the following of your choice:

  • Weaver's Binding. You choose a creature within 30ft of you, that creature must make a Charisma Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC, on a failed Save that creature is bound by magical glowing thread and is Restrained until the end of your next turn.
  • Leatherworker's Armor. You choose a creature within 30ft of you and create plates of magical leather that hover over the target's body. This magical leather lasts for 1 minute or until you or the target dismiss it as a Free Action, it provides an AC of 13 + your Charisma Modifier if the target's AC is less than that.
  • Trickster's Guise. You choose a willing creature within 30ft of you and weave a magical disguise for it. The creature you choose has the benefits of the Disguise Self Spell for 1 hour.


Threaded Spells

6th Level College of Tailoring Feature
You gain the ability to thread your spells together seamlessly, making it difficult to tell where one spell starts and another one ends. When you lose Concentration on an effect, you can use your Reaction to cast a Spell of a lower Level that has a Casting Time of 1 Action or less and uses Concentration.

Weaver's Song

14th Level College of Tailoring Feature
You gain Expertise in Weaver's Tools, Leatherworker's, and Disguise Kits.
Additionally, when you use your Stitch And Weave feature, the options improve in the following ways:

  • Weaver's Binding. On a failed Save, the target also takes Psychic Damage equal to your Bard Level, and is also Blinded until the end of your next turn.
  • Leatherworker's Armor. When a creature hits the target with an Attack and is within 30ft of the target, that creature takes Psychic Damage equal to half your Bard Level.
  • Trickster's Guise. The target either gains the effects of the Body Double Spell for 1 hour and is able to end the effect as a Free Action, or gains the benefits of the Disguise Self Spell and the Eagle's Splendor option of the Enhance Ability Spell for 1 hour and can end both of these effects as a Free Action.



College of Valor

Bards of the College of Valor are daring skalds whose tales keep alive the memory of the great heroes of the past, and thereby inspire a new generation of heroes. These bards gather in mead halls or around great bonfires to sing the deeds of the mighty, both past and present. They travel the land to witness great events firsthand and to ensure that the memory of those events doesn’t pass from the world. With their songs, they inspire others to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd You get Proficiency with Medium Armor, Shields, and Martial Weapons
Combat Inspiration 3rd You can use your Bardic Inspiration to have creatures deal extra Damage and give them extra AC
Extra Attack 6th You make an additional Attack every time you take the Attack Action
Battle Magic 14th You can Attack when you cast a Spell


Bonus Proficiencies

3rd Level College of Valor Feature
You gain Proficiency with Medium Armor, Shields, and Martial Weapons.

Combat Inspiration

3rd Level College of Valor Feature
You learn to inspire others in battle. When you see a creature within 60ft of you hit on an Attack Roll, you can use a Reaction to expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration to grant the target of the Attack a bonus to its AC equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration Die. This bonus to AC lasts until the end of your next turn.

Extra Attack

6th Level College of Valor Feature
You can make an additional Attack whenever you take the Attack Action.

Battle Magic

14th Level College of Valor Feature
You have mastered the art of weaving spellcasting and weapon use into a single harmonious act. When you use your Action to cast a Bard Spell, you can make a single Weapon Attack as a Bonus Action.


College of Whispers

Unseen in broad daylight, the bards of the College of Whispers use their knowledge of obscure magic to beguile and infiltrate: hoarding secrets and shaping the unwritten history of the world.
Known as emissaries to those versed in bardic lore, these spies and enchanters are controversial figures: some consider them base scoundrels using dark magic and deceit to amass power; others see them as noble watchers in the shadows, using their secret lore as a weapon against evil.

Creation Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Psychic Blades 3rd You can use Bardic Inspiration to deal extra Damage when you Attack enemies
Words of Terror 3rd You can Frighten creatures you talk to
Face Stealer 6th You can disguise yourself
Shadow Lore 14th You can dominate creatures by making them think you know their secrets


Psychic Blades

3rd Level College of Whispers Feature
You gain the ability to make your strikes harmful to your foes' minds.
When you hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to deal an extra 2d6 Psychic Damage to the target of the Attack.
The Psychic Damage increases when you reach certain Levels in this class, increasing to 4d6 at 5th Level, 6d6 at 10th Level, 8d6 at 15th Level, and 10d6 at 20th Level.

Words of Terror

3rd Level College of Whispers Feature
You learn to infuse innocent-seeming words with an insidious magic that can inspire terror.
If you speak to a creature for at least 1 minute, you can attempt to seed paranoia in its mind. At the end of the conversation, the target must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC or be Frightened of you or another creature of your choice. The target is Frightened in this way for 1 hour, until it is Attacked or Damaged, or until it witnesses its allies being Attacked or Damaged.
If the target succeeds on its Saving Throw, the target has no hint that you tried to Frighten it. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.

Face Stealer

6th Level College of Whispers Feature
You gain the ability to alter your external appearance. When you finish a Long Rest, you can shapeshift into a form of your choosing.
You decide what you look like, including your height, weight, facial features, the sound of your voice, coloration, hair length, and any other distinguishing characteristics. You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though none of your game statistics change. You also can't appear as a creature of a different size than you, and your basic shape and arrangement of limbs stays the same. Your clothing and other equipment don’t change in appearance, size, or shape to match your new form. You can’t duplicate the appearance of a creature you’ve never seen.
Even to the most astute observers, your ruse is usually indiscernible. If you rouse suspicion, or if a wary creature suspects something is amiss, you have Advantage on any Charisma (Deception) Check you make to avoid detection.
You can use an Action to revert to your natural form, otherwise the transformation lasts until you finish a Long Rest or fall Unconscious

Shadow Lore

14th Level College of Whispers Feature
You gain the ability to weave dark magic into your words and tap into a creature’s deepest fears.
As an Action, you magically whisper a phrase that only one creature of your choice within 30ft of you can hear. The target must make a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC. It automatically succeeds if it doesn’t share a Language with you or if it can’t hear you. On a successful Save, your whisper sounds like unintelligible mumbling and has no effect.
On a failed Save, the target is Charmed by you for the next 8 hours or until you or your allies Attack it, Damage it, or force it to make a Saving Throw. It interprets the whispers as a description of its most mortifying secret. You gain no knowledge of this secret, but the target is convinced you know it.
The Charmed creature obeys your commands for fear that you will reveal its secret. It won’t risk its life for you or fight for you, unless it was already inclined to do so. It grants you favors and gifts it would offer to a close friend.
When the effect ends, the creature has no understanding of why it held you in such fear. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.


Characters

Artham O'Carrick, Bard of Old, who died to save the quant Caloro.
Sadosc Buldarum, the Turtle Dragonwrought Bard.

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