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Vou can use this feature a number of times equal MAGICAL SECRETS
to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once). Vou
regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest. By 10th leveI, you have plundered magical knowledge
Your Bardic Inspiration die changes when you reach from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two spells
certain leveis in this class. The die becomes a d8 at 5th from any class, including this one. A spell you choose
levei, a dlO at 10th levei, and a d12 at 15th leveI. must be Dfa levei you can cast, as shown on the Bard
table, or a cantrip.
jACK OF ALL TRADES The chosen spells count as bard spells for you and are
included in the number in the Spells Known column Df
Starting at 2nd levei, you can add half your proficiency the Bard table.
bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that Vou learn two additional spells from any class at 14th
doesn't already include your proficiency bonus. leveI and again at 18th leveI.

SONG OF REST SUPERIOR INSPIRATION
Beginning at 2nd levei, you can use soothing music or At 20th levei, when you roll initiative and have no uses
oration to help revitalize your wounded allies during DfBardic Inspiration left, you regain one use.
a short rest. If you or any friendly creatures who can
hear your performance regain hit points atthe end Df
the short rest, each of those creatures regains an extra BARD COLLEGES
Id6 hit points. The way Dfa bard is gregarious. Bards seek each
The extra hit points increase when you reach certain other out to swap songs and stories, boast of their
leveis in this class: to ld8 at9th levei, to Idl0 at 13th accomplishments, and share their knowledge. Bards
levei, and to Idl2 at 17th leveI. form loose associations, which they call colleges, to
facilitate their gatherings and preserve their traditions.
BARD COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF LORE
At 3rd levei, you delve into the advanced techniques Df
a bard college Dfyour choice: the College of Lore or the Bards Dfthe College of Lore know something about
College of Valor, both detailed atthe end of the class most things, collecting bits Dfknowledge from sources
description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd levei as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales.
and again at 6th and 14th leveI. Whether singing folk ballads in taverns or elaborate
compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts
EXPERTISE to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies
At 3rd leveI, choose two of your skill proficiencies. Your down, the audience members might find themselves
proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you questioning everything they held to be true, from their
make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies. faith in the priesthood of the localtemple to their
At 10th leveI, you can choose another two skill loyalty to the king.
proficiencies to gain this benefit. The loyalty Dfthese bards Iies in the pursuit Dfbeauty
and truth, not in fealty to a monarch or following the
ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT tenets of a deity. A noble who keeps such a bard as a
herald or advisor knows that the bard would rather be
When you reach 4th levei, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, honest than politic.
and 19th levei, you can increase one ability score Dfyour The college's members gather in libraries and
choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores Df sometimes in actual colleges, complete with classrooms
your choice by 1.As normal, you can't increase an ability and dormitories, to share their lore with one another.
score above 20 using this feature. They also meet at festivaIs or affairs of state, where they
can expose corruption, unravellies, and poke fun at self-
FONT OF INSPIRATION important figures of authority.
Beginning when you reach 5th leveI, you regain ali of
your expended uses of Bardic Inspiration when you BONUS PROFICIENCIES
finish a short or long rest. When you join the College of Lore at 3rd levei, you gain
proficiency with three skills of your choice.
COUNTERCHARM
CUTTING WORDS
At 6th levei, you gain the ability to use musica!notes or AIso at 3rd levei, you learn how to use your witto
words of power to disrupt mind-influencing effects. As distract, confuse, and otherwise sap the confidence and
ao actioo, you can slaft a perfonnance that lasts until competence of others. When a creatare that you can
the end of your nextturn. During that time, you and any see within 60 feet of you makes an atlack roll, an ability
friendly creatures within 30 feet of you have advantage check, or a damage roll, you can use your reaction to
on saving throws against being frightened or charmed. expend one Dfyour uses of Bardic Inspiration, rolling
A creature must be able to hear you to gain this benefit. a Bardic Inspiration die and subtracting the number
The performance ends early if you are incapacitated or rolled from the creature's roll. Vou can choose to use
silellced or if you voluntarily end it (no action required). this feature after the creature makes its roll, but before
the DM determines whether the atlack roll or ability

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