5e Bard Class and Subclass Improvements

## 5e Bard Improvements
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### Bard Class 
#### Magical Inspiration 
*(2nd level Bard feature)*

If a creature has a Bardic Inspiration die from you and casts a spell, the creature can roll that die and add the number rolled to one damage or healing roll of the spell. The Bardic Inspiration die is then lost.

#### Song of Rest
*(2nd-level Bard feature)*

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 by spending Hit Dice at the end of the short rest, each of those creatures regains an extra 1d6 hit points. These extra hit points gained using this feature increase your Bardic Inspiration does. The die becomes a d8 at 5th level, a d10 at 10th level, and a d12 at 15th level.

#### Skillful Versatility
*(4th-level Bard feature)*

Whenever you reach a level in this class that grants the Ability Score Improvement feature. Replace one of the skills you chose for the Expertise feature with one of your other skill proficiencies that isn't benefiting from Expertise.

#### Countercharm*
*(6th-level Bard feature)*

You gain the ability to use musical notes or words of power to disrupt mind-influencing effects. You may cast the *Calm Emotions* once without expending a spell slot. You regain the ability to do so again after completing a long rest. You may use your bonus action an expend a *Bardic Inspiration dice* if you do so you regain the use of the *Calm Emotions* spell, you may only regain it by expending a *Bardic Inspiration dice* twice per long rest.

#### Superior Inspiration* 
*(20th-level Bard feature)*

You increase the maximum amount of *Bardic Inspirations* you have by 1, and give a +1 bonus to any roll made using your *Bardic Inspiration dice*. Additionally creatures can freely add an *Bardic Inspiration dice* once per short rest, whenever they roll to regain Hit Points and are benefiting from *Song of Rest*.

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#### Spellcasting
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#### Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
*(1st level Bard feature [Within Spellcasting])*

You know four 1st-level spells of your choice from the bard spell list.

You learn an additional bard spell of your choice at each level except 12th, 16th, and 20th. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. 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.

#### Spell Versatility
*(1st-level Bard feature)*

Whenever you finish a long rest, you can replace one spell you learned from this Spellcasting feature with another spell from the bard spell list. The new spell must be the same level as the spell you replace.

#### Spellcasting Enhancement
*(1st-level Bard feature)*

The following spells are added to the Bard Spell list.

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Key

Purple- Added or Changed text

Black*-Completely Reworked feature

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## 5e Bard Improvements
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### Bard Subclasses

#### College of Eloquence: Bard

#### Silver Tongue
*(3rd-level College Feature)*

You are a master at saying the right thing at the right time. When you make a Charisma (Persuasion) or Charisma (Deception) check, you can treat a d20 roll of 7 or lower as a 8.

###### (No further changes to the College of Eloquence)
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#### College of Valor: Bard

#### Bonus Proficiencies
*(3rd-level College Feature)*

You gain proficiency with medium armor, heavy armour , shields, and martial weapons.

#### Battle Song*
*(14th-level College Feature)*

You have mastered the art of weaving poems and pummeling with your weapons into a single harmonious act. When you use your *Bardic Inspiration*, you can make one weapon attack within the same bonus action.

###### (No further changes to the College of Valor)
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#### College of Whispers: Bard

#### Mantle of Whispers
*(6th-level College Feature)*

At 6th level, you gain the ability to adopt a humanoid's persona. When a *humanoid, or shapechanger* dies that you can see. You can magically capture its shadow using your reaction. You retain this shadow until you use it or you finish a long rest.

You can use the shadow as an action. When you do so, it vanishes, magically transforming into a disguise that appears on you. You now look like the dead person, but healthy and alive. This disguise lasts for 8 hours or until you end it as a bonus action.

While you're in the disguise, you gain access to all information that the humanoid would freely share with a casual acquaintance. Such information includes general details on its background and personal life, but doesn't include secrets. The information is enough that you can pass yourself off as the person by drawing on its memories.

Another creature can see through this disguise by succeeding on a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by your Charisma (Deception) check. You gain a +5 bonus to your check.

Once you capture a shadow with this feature, you can't capture another one with it until you finish a short or long rest. When you reach 14th level in the Bard class you may retain up to two shadows using this feature, switching between them as a bonus action. You also gain an additional use regaining both uses after completing a short or long rest.

#### Shadow Lore
*(14th-level College Feature)*

You gain the ability to weave dark magic into your words and tap into a creature's deepest fears.

As an action, you magically whisper a phrase that only one creature of your choice within 60 feet of you can hear. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. It automatically succeeds if it doesn't share a language with you or if it can't hear you. On a successful saving throw, your whisper sounds like unintelligible mumbling and has no effect.

On a failed saving throw, the target is charmed by you for the next 8 hours and you have advantage on your first attack and may use *Psychic Blade* without expending a *Bardic Inspiration* when attacking the charmed creature. After you or your allies attack it, damage it, or force it to make a saving throw that dosen't charm the target further. The effect ends early.

The target interprets the whispers as a description of its most mortifying secret. You gain no knowledge of this secret, but the target is convinced you know it.

The charmed creature obeys your commands for fear that you will reveal its secret. It won't risk its life for you or fight for you, unless it was already inclined to do so. It grants you favors and gifts it would offer to a close friend.

When the effect ends, the creature has no understanding of why it held you in such fear.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

The target interprets the whispers as a description of its most mortifying secret. You gain no knowledge of this secret, but the target is convinced you know it.

When the effect ends, the creature has no understanding of why it held you in such fear.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

###### (No further changes to the College of Shadows)