{"name":"Bard","overview":"","hitdice":"d8","hitpointsfirstlevel":"8 + Con modifier","hitpointsathigherlevels":"1d8 per bard level + Con modifier","armorproficiencies":"Light armor","weaponproficiences":"Simple weapons, hand crossbows, long\/shortswords, and rapiers","tools":"Three musical weapons of your choice","savingthrows":"Dexterity and Charisma","skills":"Choose any three","equipment":"","spellcasting":"","features":"[b]Bardic Inspiration[\/b]\r\nYou can inspire others through stirring words or music. To do so, you use a bonus action on your turn to choose one creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you who can hear you. That creature gains one Bardic Inspiration die, a d6.\r\n\r\nOnce 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 lost. A creature can have only one Bardic Inspiration die at a time.\r\n\r\nYou 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.\r\n\r\nYour Bardic Inspiration die changes 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.\r\n\r\n[b]Jack of All Trades[\/b]\r\nStarting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn\u2019t already include your proficiency bonus.\r\n\r\n[b]Song of Rest[\/b]\r\nBeginning at 2nd level, you can use soothing music or oration to help revitalize your wounded allies during a short rest. If you or any friendly creatures who can hear your performance regain hit points at the end of the short rest by spending one or more Hit Dice, each of those creatures regains an extra 1d6 hit points.\r\n\r\nThe extra hit points increase when you reach certain levels in this class: to 1d8 at 9th level, to 1d10 at 13th level, and to 1d12 at 17th level.\r\n\r\n[b]Bard College[\/b]\r\nAt 3rd level, you delve into the advanced techniques of a bard college of your choice: the College of Lore detailed at the end of the class description or another from the Player's Handbook or other sources. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th and 14th level.\r\n\r\n[b]Expertise[\/b]\r\nAt 3rd level, choose two of your skill proficiencies. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.\r\n\r\n[b]Ability Score Improvement[\/b]\r\nWhen 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\u2019t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.\r\n\r\nUsing the optional feats rule, you can forgo taking this feature to take a feat of your choice instead.\r\n\r\n[b]Font of Inspiration[\/b]\r\nBeginning when you reach 5th level, you regain all of your expended uses of Bardic Inspiration when you finish a short or long rest.\r\n\r\n[b]Countercharm[\/b]\r\nAt 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 (no action required).\r\n\r\n[b]Expertise[\/b]\r\nAt 10th level, choose two more of your skill proficiencies. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.\r\n\r\n[b]Magical Secrets[\/b]\r\nBy 10th level, you have plundered 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, as shown on the Bard table, or a cantrip.\r\n\r\nThe chosen spells count as bard spells for you and are included in the number in the Spells Known column of the Bard table.\r\n\r\nYou learn two additional spells from any classes at 14th level and again at 18th level.\r\n\r\n[b]Magical Secrets[\/b]\r\nAt 14th level, you have plundered 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, as shown on the Bard table, or a cantrip.\r\n\r\nThe chosen spells count as bard spells for you and are included in the number in the Spells Known column of the Bard table.\r\n\r\nYou learn two additional spells from any classes at 18th level.\r\n\r\n[b]Magical Secrets[\/b]\r\nAt 18th level, you have plundered 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, as shown on the Bard table, or a cantrip.\r\n\r\nThe chosen spells count as bard spells for you and are included in the number in the Spells Known column of the Bard table.\r\n\r\n[b]Superior Inspiration[\/b]\r\nAt 20th level, when you roll initiative and have no uses of Bardic Inspiration left, you regain one use.","subclasses":"[b][i]College of Lore[\/i][\/b]\r\nBards 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.\r\n\r\nThe 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.\r\n\r\nThe college\u2019s 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 ity.\r\n\r\n[b]BONUS PROFICIENCIES[\/b]\r\nWhen you join the College of Lore at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with three skills of your choice.\r\n\r\n[b]CUTTING WORDS[\/b]\r\nAlso 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\u2019s 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\u2019t hear you or if it\u2019s immune to being charmed.\r\n\r\n[b]ADDITIONAL MAGICAL SECRETS[\/b]\r\nAt 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\u2019t count against the number of bard spells you know.\r\n\r\n[b]PEERLESS SKILL[\/b]\r\nStarting 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.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[b][i]College of Valor[\/i][\/b]\r\nBards 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\u2019t pass from the world. With their songs, they inspire others to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.\r\n\r\n[b]BONUS PROFICIENCIES[\/b]\r\nWhen you join the College of Valor at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with medium armor, shields, and martial weapons.\r\n\r\n[b]COMBAT INSPIRATION[\/b]\r\nAlso 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.\r\n\r\n[b]EXTRA ATTACK[\/b]\r\nStarting at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.\r\n\r\n[b]BATTLE MAGIC[\/b]\r\nAt 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","tabledata":"","tags":"Bard Features","templateId":"25","blockId":"441768","world":"","isShared":"on"}