College of Oracles

"These bards, those that call themselves Oracles, are a cradle of knowledge that's unknown to most of the known world. Among this college, perhaps the most distinguished is an altruistic art which draws upon the wisdom of the cosmos. Dubbed somanoutics, the art seeks to heal and protect by manipulating corporeal planes through the use of a deck of Oracle cards.

Practitioners of this art are dedicated to the betterment of mankind, and for their charisma and compassion, eventually came to be known simply as Oracles."

- An Account: Clarity

Scholars have spent their living looking for a methods of predicting the future. These studies have led wizards to realising the merits of stargazing. There is an expansive historical record of man's attempts to read his own fate, these scholars hoped to separate the fables of superstition from the more reliable knowledge of evidence-based research. What their methodical scrutiny uncovered, however, was that much of the ancients' wisdom was founded in legitimate arcane theory. This revelation shifted the entire focus of their research, and his subsequent efforts to reconstruct and adapt these principles resulted in the creation of the college of Oracles-a bardic art which attuned the wielder's charisma to the movement of the heavens.

Following the discoveries that the moon and stars could tell the future, the deck of Oracles, with its cards representative of the constellations, became a means of these Bards to cast their spells. 

Minor Arcanum

When you choose the College of Oracles at 3rd level, you are bestowed with a deck of 16 Minor Arcanum cards, with 4 of every suit. These cards can be used as a spellcasting focus for your Bard spells.

At the start of a new dawn, you draw a number of cards from the top of your deck equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) + your proficiency bonus. If you have any remaining cards from your last draw, they get shuffled into your deck before you draw.

When a creature expends a use of your Bardic Inspiration, you can use a drawn card and give the inspired target the corresponding effect (alongside the Bardic Inspiration die):

Divine Reading

At 6th level, your deck of Oracles grants you sight into your future and fate, which lets you dictate it to you will.

You learn two Divination spells of your choice from any classes. A spell you choose must be of a level that you can learn (see PHB, pg. 201, spell slots). The chosen spells count as bard spells for you but don’t count against the number of bard spells you know. Furthermore, Divination spells you cast don't require material components, have their duration doubled, and saving throws you make to maintain concentration on a Divination spell are made with advantage.

Weaver of Fate

At 10th level, your cards become a direct link to the cosmos, and they carry more power than before.

Two cards form in your deck of Oracles: The Fool and the World. As a reaction, you can expend one of your Minor Arcanum cards and manifest one of these cards and use their effect:

• The Fool. When a creature you can see is healed or regains hit points, you can choose another creature within 30 feet of you to be healed for half the total hit points gained in that instance.
• The World. When or a creature you can see deals damage with a weapon or spell attack, you can choose one creature within 30 feet of you to make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC. On a successful save, the target takes a quarter of that damage as force damage. On a failed save, the target takes half of that damage as force damage (the target can be the same creature).

You can only use these cards once until you shuffle your deck on a new dawn.

Major Arcanum

At 14th level, you are bestowed with a deck of 20 Major Arcanum cards.

At the start of a new dawn, you draw a number of cards from the top of your Major Arcana deck equal to your proficiency bonus. If you have any remaining cards from your last draw, they get shuffled into your deck before you draw.

You can use your Action to expend a Major Arcanum card. The result can be determined by the Major Arcanum table below.