College of Sea Singers

Like other bardic colleges, sea singers do not attend an actual university, they gather to learn spells, lore and skills from one another, and of all the bardic colleges, the verbal tradition is most important to sea singers. Sea singers are most often found among selkie, merfolk and sea elves, though nomadic halflings, coastal and island dwelling humans, and some wood elves are also drawn to the vocal nature of the college.

Unlike other bards, the sea singer relies almost entirely on their singing voice to cast their spells. All spells cast by a sea singer have a verbal component in addition to the listed components and they may use their singing voice as a spellcasting focus for their spells. Silence spells and effects that cause a sea singer to lose their voice interfere with their ability to influence others through magic.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you join the college of sea singers at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with any two skills of your choice, as well as with heavy crossbows, tridents, and nets.

Master Singer

At 3rd level, all of your spells gain a verbal component if they did not already have one and you may use your singing voice as a spellcasting focus for your bard spells.

Enchanter

Also at 3rd level, when you cast any spell of the enchantment or illusion school, you may expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration and choose a single target of that spell. Whenever the target makes a saving throw associated with that spell, they must roll your inspiration die and subtract it from their roll (similar to the bane spell). This effect ends the first time the target succeeds at a saving throw against the spell.

Additional Magical Secrets

At 6th level, you learn two spells of your choice from any class. 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 but don’t count against the number of bard spells you know.

Peerless Skill

Starting at 14th level, when you make an ability check, you can expend one use of Bardic Inspiration. Roll a Bardic Inspiration die and add the number rolled to your ability check. You can choose to do so after you roll the die for the ability check, but before the DM tells you whether you succeed or fail.