Frenchie did not grant you power — she removed the silence placed upon your cadence. Your voice now carries a subtle authority that reality itself hesitates to contradict.
Ability Score Increase
Increase your Charisma by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Speak the World Steady
Action — PB/LR (2 uses at level 4)
When a visible anomaly occurs within 60 ft, you may attempt to stabilize it through spoken cadence.
Make a Charisma (Performance) check.
Suggested DCs:
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Minor distortion — DC 12
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Dangerous instability — DC 14
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Severe rupture — DC 16
On a success, choose one:
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Dampen: Reduce the anomaly one severity tier.
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Contain: Prevent it from spreading for 1 minute.
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Clarify: The DM gives one clear truth about what the anomaly is doing or becoming.
On a failure:
The anomaly does not worsen — your voice still buys a moment of resistance.
Veil the Ripple
Reaction — Spend 1 Bardic Inspiration
When an anomaly triggers within 60 ft, you blur its metaphysical “signature.”
For the next 10 minutes:
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Magical tracking attempts are made at disadvantage, or
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Detection DC increases by your Bardic Inspiration roll
(DM chooses what fits the system.)
Narrative effect:
Reality records the event as coincidence, environmental error, or misremembered detail.
Stabilize (Counterspell-Adjacent)
Keeps him relevant in tense moments without stepping on wizard toes.
Reaction — 1 / Short Rest
When an anomaly produces a hostile magical effect you can see within 60 ft, make a Charisma (Performance) check.
DC = 10 + severity tier
(typically 12–16 at this level)
Success:
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Interrupt the effect
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Downgrade the anomaly one tier
You may spend a Bardic Inspiration to use this again before resting.
Passive: Stabilizing Presence
Your cadence subtly presses reality toward coherence.
When an anomaly appears within 30 ft, it cannot escalate until the end of its first round.
No action required.
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