College of Cacophony

Those who are members of this college are one thing, loud. Bards who can’t play an instrument to save their life, sing a single good note, or just like making tons of noise are welcomed into this college with open arms. And while their performances might not be nice to listen to, their skills in audio based chaos make them a worthy addition to any party.

Sour Note

When you join this college at 3rd level, you can play a note so foul to listen to that it debilitates and harms creates. Whenever you cast a spell, you can expend a use of bardic inspiration to add the bardic inspiration die + proficiency bonus thunder damage to the spell.

When you reach 6th level, you roll 2 bardic inspiration die when you use this feature instead of 1.

Painful performance

Additionally at 3rd level, whenever you cast a spell that does thunder damage, you only require the verbal components for the spell.

Broken Note

Once you reach 6th level, you are capable of ringing out notes of painful and awkward noise. As an action you can expend a use of bardic inspiration to play one of the following broken notes:

Screeching Note. you play a high pitched and painful note. All creatures within 30 feet of you must make a constitution saving throw against your spell save dc, taking thunder damage equal to the bardic inspiration die and being deafened until end of their next turn on a failure.

Booming note. you play a note that echoes through the battle field in a painful boom, all creatures within 30 feet of you must make a constitution saving throw against your spell save dc, taking 2 bardic inspiration die + your charisma modifier thunder damage on a fail and half as much on a success.

Confusing note.you play an inconsistent and confusing note, all creatures within 30 feet of you must make a constitution saving throw against your spell save dc, with their speed being halved and being unable to take bonus actions for a minute on a failure. the creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending the effects on a success.

Final Cacophony

At 14th level, you are able to unleash a single note so foul and painful to listen to that it shakes the world around you. As an action, you can gain the benefit of casting a 4th level Shatter spell centered on yourself in the size of a 15 foot sphere. Charisma is the Spellcasting ability for this spell.

You can use this feature once before a long rest.