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Confiict. Drama embodies conflict, a nd the best
stories have conflict as a key element. From the morn-
ing-after tale of a tavern brawl to the saga of an epic
battle, from a lover's spat to a rift between powerful
dynasties, conflict is what inspires tale-tellers like you to
create your best work. Conflict can bring out the best in
some people, causing their heroic nature to shine forth
a nd transform the world, but it can cause others to grav-
itate toward darkness and fall under the sway of evil.
You strive to experience or witness a ll forms of conflict,
great and small, so as to study this eternal aspect of life
and immortalize it in your words a nd music.
ENTHRALLING PERFORMANCE
BARD COLLEGES S tarting at 3r9 level, you can charge your performance
with seductive, fey magic.
At 3rd level, a bard gains the Ba rd College feature. The
If you perform for at least 1 minute, you can attempt
following options are available to a bard, in addition
to ins pire wonder in your audience by singing, reciting
to those offered in the Player's Handbook: the College
a poem, or dancing. At the end of the performance,
of Gla mour, the College of Swords, and the College
of Whis pers. choose a number of humanoids within 60 feet of you
who watched and listened to a ll of it, up to a number
COLLEGE OF GLAMOUR equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one).
Each target must s ucceed on a Wisdom saving throw
The College of Gla mour is the home of bards who mas-
against your spell save DC or be charmed by you. While
tered their craft in the vibrant realm of the Feywild or
charmed in this way, the ta rget idolizes you, it speaks
under the tutelage of someone who dwelled there. Tu-
glowingly of you to anyone who ta lks to it, and it hinders
tored by satyrs, eladrin, and other fey, these bards learn
anyone who opposes you, although it avoids violence
to use their magic to delight and captivate others.
unless it was already inclined to fight on your behalf.
The ba rds of this college are regarded with a mixture
This effect ends on a target after 1 hour, if it takes any
of awe and fear. Their performances are the stuff of leg-
damage, if you attack it, or if it witnesses you attacking
end. These bards are so eloquent that a speech or song
or damaging any of its a llies.
that one of them performs can cause captors to release
If a target succeeds on its saving throw, the target has
the bard unharmed and can luU a furious dragon into
no hint that you tried to charm it.
complacency. The same magic that allows them to quell
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until
beasts can also bend minds. Villainous bards of this you finish a short or long rest.
college can leech off a community for weeks, misusing
their magic to turn their hosts into thra lls. Heroic bards M ANTL E OF MAJESTY
of this college instead use this power to gladden the At 6th level, you gain the ability to cloak yourself in a fey
downtrodden a nd undermine oppressors. magic that makes others want to serve you. As a bonus
action, you cast command, without expending a spell
COLLEGE OF GLAMOUR FEATURES slot, and you take on an appeara nce of unearthly beauty
Bard Level Feature for 1 minute or until your concentration ends (as if you
were concentrating on a spell). During this time, you
3rd Mantle of Inspiration, Enthralling Performance
can cast command as a bonus action on each of your
6th M antle of Majesty
turns, without expending a spell slot.
14th Unbreakable Majesty
Any creature charmed by you automatically fails
its saving throw against the command you cast with
M ANTLE OF I NSPIRATION
this feature.
When you join the College of Glamour at 3rd level, you Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until
gain the ability to weave a song of fey magic that imbues you finish a long rest.
your allies with vigor and speed.
As a bonus action, you can expend one use of your UN BREAKABLE M AJ ESTY
Ba rdic Inspiration to grant yourself a wondrous appear- At 14th level, your appeara nce permanently gains an
ance. When you do so, choose a number of creatures otherworldly aspect that makes you look more lovely
you can see a nd that can see you within 60 feet of you, and fierce.
up to a number equa l to your Charisma modifier (mini- In addition, as a bonus action, you can assume a mag-
mum of one). Each of them gains 5 tempora ry hit points. ically majestic presence for 1 minute or until you are
When a creature gains these temporary hit points, it incapacitated. For the duration, whenever any creature
can immediately use its reaction to move up to its speed, tries to attack you for the first time on a turn, the at-
without provoking opportunity attacks. tacker must make a Charisma saving throw against your
The number of temporary hit points increases when spell save DC. On a failed save, it can't attack you on this
you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to 8 at turn, and it must choose a new target for its attack or the
5th level, 11 at 10th level, and 14 at 15th level. attack is wasted. On a successful save, it can attack you

CHAPTER 1 I CHARACTER OPTIONS