### College of Skalds Bards of the College of Skalds are wanderers who hate telling the same story twice. Focusing on recording stories of battle and heroism that took place in recent history, skalds master the use of armor and weaponry and channel their bardic spirit into a barbaric rage. #### Bonus Proficiencies When you join the College of Skalds at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in medium armor and martial weapons. #### Inspired Rage Also at 3rd level, you can channel your bardic knowledge of combat into a ferocious rage. As a bonus action, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to enter an inspired rage. While raging, you gain the following benefits if you aren't wearing heavy armor: * You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. * When you make a melee weapon attack using Strength, you gain a bonus to the damage roll equal to half your proficiency bonus. * You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. Your rage lasts for 1 minute. It ends early if you are knocked unconscious. You can also end your rage on your turn as a bonus action. #### Extra Attack Starting at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. #### Raging Song Also at 6th level, your allies are empowered by your rage. While you are raging, allied creatures within 15 feet of you that can hear you gain a bonus to Strength checks and Strength saving throws equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration die. In addition, they gain a bonus to melee damage rolls equal to half your proficiency bonus. #### Song of War At 14th level, all creatures under the effects of your Raging Song class feature gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. In addition, while raging, you and all creatures under the effect of your Raging Song class feature score a critical hit on a roll of a 19 or 20 on the d20.