| Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Cantrips | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Spellcasting, Bardic Inspiration | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 2 | Jack of All Trades, Song of Rest | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | 2 | Bard Archetype, Expertise | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 2 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 3 | Bardic Inspiration, Font of Inspiration | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | 3 | Countercharm, Bard Archetype Feature | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | 3 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | 4 | Song of Rest | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | 4 | Bardic Inspiration, Magical Secrets | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 12 | 4 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 13 | 5 | Song of Rest | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 14 | 5 | Bard Archetype Feature | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 15 | 5 | Bardic Inspiration | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 16 | 5 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 17 | 6 | Song of Rest | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 6 | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 6 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 6 | Superior Inspiration | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Proficiencies
Spellcasting Level: 1
You have learned to untangle and reshape the fabric of reality in harmony with your wishes and music. Your spells are part of your vast repertoire, magic that you can tune to different situations.
Cantrips
You know two cantrips of your choice from the bard spell list. You learn additional bard cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Bard table.
Spell Slots
The Bard table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. 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.
For example, if you know the 1st-level spell cure wounds and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast cure wounds using either slot.
Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
You know four 1st-level spells of your choice from the bard spell list.
The Spells Known column of the Bard table shows when you learn more bard spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots, as shown on the table. For instance, when you reach 3rd level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level.
Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the bard spells you know and replace it with another spell from the bard spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.
Spellcasting Ability
Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your bard spells. Your magic comes from the heart and soul you pour into the performance of your music or oration. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a bard spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier
Ritual Casting
You can cast any bard spell you know as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag.
Spellcasting Focus
You can use a musical instrument as a spellcasting focus for your bard spells.
Jack of All Trades Level: 2
Starting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn’t already include your proficiency bonus.
Song of Rest Level: 2
Beginning 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.
The 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.
Expertise Level: 3
At 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. At 10th level, you can choose another two skill proficiencies to gain this benefit.
Font of Inspiration Level: 5
Beginning when you reach 5th level, you regain all of your expended uses of Bardic Inspiration when you finish a short or long rest.
Countercharm Level: 6
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 (no action required).
Magical Secrets Level: 10
By 10th level, you have plundered magical knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two spells from any class, including this one. 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 and are included in the number in the Spells Known column of the Bard table.
You learn two additional spells from any class at 14th level and again at 18th level.
Superior Inspiration Level: 20
At 20th level, when you roll initiative and have no uses of Bardic Inspiration left, you regain one use.
Spell List
- Cantrips
- Dancing Lights
- Light
- Mage Hand
- Mending
- Message
- Minor Illusion
- Prestidigitation
- True Strike
- Thunderclap (EE)
- 1st Level
- Bane
- Charm Person
- Comprehend Languages
- Cure Wounds
- Detect Magic
- Disguise Self
- Faerie Fire
- Feather Fall
- Healing Word
- Heroism
- Hideous Laughter
- Identify
- Illusory Script
- Longstrider
- Silent Image
- Sleep
- Speak with Animals
- Thunderwave
- Unseen Servant
- Earth tremor (EE)
- 2nd Level
- Animal Messenger
- Calm Emotions
- Detect Thoughts
- Enhance Ability
- Enthrall
- Heat Metal
- Hold Person
- Invisibility
- Knock
- Lesser Restoration
- Locate Animals or Plants
- Locate Object
- Magic Mouth
- See Invisibility
- Shatter
- Silence
- Suggestion
- Zone of Truth
- Pyrotechnics (EE)
- Skywrite (EE)
- Warding wind (EE)
- 3rd Level
- Bestow Curse
- Clairvoyance
- Dispel Magic
- Fear
- Glyph of Warding
- Hypnotic Pattern
- Major Image
- Nondetection
- Plant Growth
- Sending
- Speak with Dead
- Speak with Plants
- Stinking Cloud
- Tiny Hut
- Tongues
- 4th Level
- Confusion
- Dimension Door
- Freedom of Movement
- Greater Invisibility
- Hallucinatory Terrain
- Locate Creature
- Polymorph
- 5th Level
- Animate Objects
- Awaken
- Dominate Person
- Dream
- Geas
- Greater Restoration
- Hold Monster
- Legend Lore
- Mass Cure Wounds
- Mislead
- Modify Memory
- Planar Binding
- Raise Dead
- Scrying
- Seeming
- Teleportation Circle
- 6th Level
- Eyebite
- Find the Path
- Guards and Wards
- Irresistible Dance
- Mass Suggestion
- Programmed Illusion
- True Seeing
- 7th Level
- Arcane Sword
- Etherealness
- Forcecage
- Magnificent Mansion
- Mirage Arcane
- Project Image
- Regenerate
- Resurrection
- Symbol
- Teleport
- 8th Level
- Dominate Monster
- Feeblemind
- Glibness
- Mind Blank
- Power Word Stun
- 9th Level
- Foresight
- Power Word Kill
- True Polymorph
Bards of the College of Heroes are found all over the world. The thing that gains these Bard’s attention more then anything is a sense of adventure and companionship, wherever they are. This desire often leads them to the deck of a ship, where the sense of camaraderie is hard to match. When a fight breaks out these Bards are quick to jump into the fray themselves and lead the battle efforts, inspiring others with their actions, not just their words and spells.
Bonus Proficiency Level: 3
When you join the College of Heroes at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with medium and heavy armor, and shields.
Lead by Example Level: 3
Also at 3rd level you are able to rally your allies into battle by example, inspiring with your own actions.
When you make a weapon attack roll, you can expend one use of Bardic Inspiration, while simultaneously inspiring others. Roll a Bardic Inspiration die and add the number rolled to your attack roll. You can choose to do so after you roll the die for the attack roll, but before the DM tells you whether you succeed or fail. If you use a bardic inspiration in this way, you can use a bonus action and give a bardic inspiration die to a give one creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you who can hear you a bardic inspiration die. Doing so does not subtract form your total bardic inspiration.
Coordinated Strike Level: 6
Starting at 6th level, you are able to not only lead your allies into a fight, but also guide their actions. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack roll, you can choose any one creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you who can hear you. The chosen creature can make a weapon attack roll against the creature you hit if it is able to do so.
Heroic Resolve Level: 14
Beginning at 14th level, you develop the resolve and fortitude of a hero, able to withstand the force of any foe.
When you have to make a saving throw, you can expend one use of Bardic Inspiration as a reaction. Roll a Bardic Inspiration die and add the number rolled to your saving throw. You can choose to do so after you roll the die for the saving throw, but before the DM tells you whether you succeed or fail. If you use a bardic inspiration in this way, you can give a bardic inspiration die to a give one creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you who can hear you a bardic inspiration die. Doing so does not subtract form your total bardic inspiration.