🦸‍♀️5e - Bard🦸‍♀️

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Invoking magic through painting, music, dance, and verse, Bards are expert at inspiring others, soothing hurts, disheartening foes, and creating illusions. Bards believe the multiverse was spoken into existence and that remnants of its Words of Creation still resound and glimmer on every plane of existence. Bardic magic attempts to harness those words, which transcend any language.

Anything can inspire a new song or tale, so Bards are fascinated by almost everything. They become masters of many things, including performing music, working magic, and making jests.

A Bard’s life is spent traveling, gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer. But Bards’ depth of knowledge and mastery of magic sets them apart.

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.

Class Table

Core Class Traits

Starting Proficiencies

Armor Training	Light Armor
Weapon Proficiencies	Simple
Spellcasting Focus Proficiencies	Musical Instruments and one Spellcasting Focus Category of your choice
Saving Throw Proficiencies	Choose one proficiency of each A and B: (A) Dexterity OR Wisdom; (B) Intelligence OR Charisma
Skill Proficiencies	Choose any 3 Skills
Tool Proficiencies	Choose any 3 Musical Instruments
Starting Equipment	Choose A or B: (A) 1 Light Armor, 2 Weapons, a Musical Instrument, 30 SP; (B) 150 SP

Spellcaster Class

Spellcasting

Spellcasting Ability: Charisma
Spell Attack: CHA + Proficiency Bonus
Spell Save DC: 8 + CHA + Proficiency Bonus
Spell List: Bard Spell list, which includes the Occult Spell list.
Spell Slots: The Spellcaster Table shows how many Spell Slots you have to cast Spells. To cast one of these Spells, you must expend a Slot of the Spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a Long Rest.
Cantrips: Whenever you gain a Level in this Class, you can replace one of your cantrips with another cantrip of your choice from your Spell List.
Spells: You prepare a number of spells from your Spell List as shown in your Class’s the Spellcaster Table. Whenever you gain a Level in your Class, you can replace one of your prepared spells with another spell of your choice from your Spell List for which you have Spell Slots.
Spellcasting Focus Masteries: You can use the 🎩Spell Focus Mastery Properties of all 🎩Spellcasting Foci you are proficient in.

Spellcaster Table

Spellcaster Table: Full Caster

Level	Cantrips	Spells	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1st	2	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	2	5	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	3	6	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4th	3	7	4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5th	4	9	4	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
6th	4	10	4	3	3	—	—	—	—	—	—
7th	5	11	4	3	3	1	—	—	—	—	—
8th	5	12	4	3	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
9th	6	14	4	3	3	3	1	—	—	—	—
10th	6	15	4	3	3	3	2	—	—	—	—
11th	6	16	4	3	3	3	2	1	—	—	—
12th	6	17	4	3	3	3	2	1	—	—	—
13th	7	18	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	—	—
14th	7	19	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	—	—
15th	7	20	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	—
16th	7	21	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	—
17th	8	22	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1
18th	8	23	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1
19th	8	24	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1
20th	8	25	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1

Spell List

Class Features

Level 1: Jack of all Trades (Flavor)

You can add half your proficiency bonus (rounded down) to any ability check you make that doesn’t already include your proficiency bonus.

Level 1: Bardic Inspiration

You can supernaturally inspire others through words, music, or dance. This inspiration is epresented by your Bardic Inspiration die, which is a d6.

Using Bardic Inspiration: As a Bonus Action, you can inspire another creature within 60 feet of yourself who can see or hear you. That creature gains one of your Bardic Inspiration dice. A creature can have only one Bardic Inspiration die at a time.
Once within the next hour when the creature fails a d20 Test, the creature can roll that die and add the number rolled to the d20, potentially turning the failure into a success. A Bardic Inspiration die is expended when it’s rolled.

Number of Uses: You can confer a Bardic Inspiration die a number of times equal to your CHA modifier (minimum of 1), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

At Higher Levels: Your Bardic Inspiration die changes when you reach certain Bard levels, as shown in the Bardic Die column of the Bard table.

Level 1: Bardic Performance

As a ⚔️Magic Action you can start a magical performance for 1 Minute. The magical effects of that Performance extend in a 30 feet Emanation from you. When you use this feature, choose one of the performances below. While creatures of your choice are within that Emanation, they benefit from the performance. A creature can only benefit from one instance of each performance at a time.

• Battle Ballad: The creatures add 1d4 to the first Attack roll they make each turn.
• Clarity: The creatures gain 1d6 Temporary Hit Points at the start of their turns.
• Emotional: Choose one of the following conditions: ☠️Charmed, ☠️Frightened, ☠️Intimidated, ☠️Rattled, ☠️Taunted, or ☠️Terrified. The creatures have ADV on Saves against the chosen condition.
• Fast Tempo: The creatures’ Speed is increased by 10 feet.

Changing Performances: You can spend an Action to change your performance to a different one.

Ending Early The performance ends early if you become ☠️Incapacitated, you die, or choose to end it (no action required).

Number of Uses: You can use this feature once and must finish a Short or Long Rest to use it again. Alternatively you can spend a Spell Slot of any level to use it again as a Magic Action.

Level 2: Feats

You gain one 🥇Class Feat, one 🥇General Feat and one 🥇Skill Feat for which you qualify.

Level 3: Archetype (Subclass)

Choose one Archetype, which represents you best. Your Archetpye grants you new abilities at 3rd, 7th, 11th, 15th, and 19th level.

Level 4: Feats

You gain one 🥇Class Feat, one 🥇General Feat and one 🥇Skill Feat for which you qualify.

Level 5: Countercharm

You can use musical notes or words of power to disrupt mind-influencing effects. If you or a creature within 30 feet of you fails a Save against an effect that applies the ☠️Charmed, ☠️Frightened, ☠️Intimidated, ☠️Rattled, ☠️Taunted, or ☠️Terrified condition, you can take a Reaction to cause the save to be rerolled, and the new roll has ADV.

Level 5: Font of Inspiration

You now regain all your expended uses of Bardic Inspiration when you finish a Short or Long Rest.

In addition, you can expend a spell slot (no action required) to regain a number expended uses of Bardic Inspiration equal to the Spell Slot's level.

Level 6: Feats

You gain one 🥇Class Feat, one 🥇General Feat and one 🥇Skill Feat for which you qualify.

Level 7: Archetype Feature

You gain the 7th-level Archetype Feature of the Archetype you chose at 3rd level in this class.

Level 8: Feats

You gain one 🥇Class Feat, one 🥇General Feat and one 🥇Skill Feat for which you qualify.

Level 9: Magical Secrets

You’ve learned secrets from various magical traditions. Whenever you reach a Bard level (including this level) and the Prepared Spells number in the Spellcaster table increases, you can choose any of your new prepared spells from the ☄️Bard, ☄️Arcane, ☄️Divine, ☄️Occult, and ☄️Primal spell lists. In addition, whenever you replace a spell prepared for this class, you can replace it with a spell from those lists.

Level 10: Feats

You gain one 🥇Class Feat, one 🥇General Feat and one 🥇Skill Feat for which you qualify.

Level 11: Archetype Feature

You gain the 11th-level Archetype Feature of the Archetype you chose at 3rd level in this class.

Level 12: Feats

You gain one 🥇Class Feat, one 🥇General Feat and one 🥇Skill Feat for which you qualify.

Level 13: Superior Inspiration

When you roll 🎲Initiative, you regain three expended uses of your Bardic Inspiration.

Also, instead of giving a creature a normal Bardic Inspiration die, you can spend 2 uses of your Bardic Inspiration, to give the creature a d20 instead.

Level 14: Feats

You gain one 🥇Class Feat, one 🥇General Feat and one 🥇Skill Feat for which you qualify.

Level 15: Archetype Feature

You gain the 15th-level Archetype Feature of the Archetype you chose at 3rd level in this class.

Level 16: Feats

You gain one 🥇Class Feat, one 🥇General Feat and one 🥇Skill Feat for which you qualify.

Level 17: Virtuoso

Your capacity for drawing a crowd reaches dizzying new heights. As an Action, you can expend a use of Bardic Inspiration to start an epic performance that lasts for 1d4 rounds. During that time, you can choose up to 50 creatures that are within 120 feet of you. Each creature able to hear or see your Epic Performance makes a CHA Save against your ☄️Spell Save DC. Failure: The Creature is ☠️Charmed by you for the duration plus 6 days, or until you or your companions do anything harmful to it. A charmed creature regards you as a friendly acquaintance.

The performance ends early if you are incapacitated or silenced, or if you voluntarily end it (no action required). At the end of the duration, you can expend an additional use of Bardic Inspiration to extend the duration by 1d4 rounds.

When your Epic Performance lasts at least 1 minute, at the end of the duration you can target each charmed creature as if using the ☄️Mass Suggestion spell cast at 9th-level. Creatures do not make saving throws to resist this effect. The commands you give a charmed creature are not obvious, and other creatures must make a Wisdom (Insight) check opposed by your Charisma (Performance) check to understand that you are doing anything more than giving a performance.

You can give each creature its own set of commands, but can only give out 6 different sets of commands.

Number of Uses: You can use this feature once and must finish a Long Rest to use it again.

Level 18: Feats

You gain one 🥇Class Feat, one 🥇General Feat and one 🥇Skill Feat for which you qualify.

Level 19: Archetype Feature

You gain the 19th-level Archetype Feature of the Archetype you chose at 3rd level in this class.

Level 20: Words of Creation

You have mastered two of the Words of Creation: the words of life and death. You therefore always have the ☄️Power Word Heal and ☄️Power Word Kill spells prepared. When you cast either spell, you can target a second creature with it if that creature is within 10 feet of the first target.

Level 20: Feats

You gain one 🥇Epic Boon Feat, one 🥇Class Feat, one 🥇General Feat and one 🥇Skill Feat for which you qualify.

Inspiration/Quelle

Inspiration/Quelle

Class Artwork: Evyn Fong; Class Artwork Bard D&D5e 2024 Player’s Handbook