Base Class: Bard
Bards are known for following traditions and practicing centuries-old arts and craft. Bards of the College of Dissonance however, like to break every rule they are faced with, and enjoy creating a path uniquely fit for themselves. They are great inventors and creatives and can combine magic, mechanics, and music to alter their musical instruments, creating never before heard songs and sounds, enthralling and/or perturbing everyone that hears them.
These bards like to perform in front of great audiences, in order to showcase their creations to the people and improve upon them. They might travel alone, offering concerts in taverns or simply disrupting a town plaza, though they can often be seen traveling in packs, creating a band that makes music together.
Bardic Malice
When you join the College of Creation at 3rd level, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to distract others. To do so, you use a bonus action on your turn to choose one creature other than yourself within 30 feet of you who can hear you. That creature gains one Bardic Malice die, a d4.
Once within the next 10 minutes, as a reaction, you can force the creature to roll the die and subtract the number rolled to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes as long as it remains within 30 feet of you. Once the Bardic Malice die is rolled, it is lost. A creature can have only one Bardic Malice die at a time.
Your Bardic Malice die changes when you reach certain levels in this class. The die becomes a d6 at 7th level and a d8 at 11th level.
Dissonant Distortions
At 3rd level, you learn to distort your musical instrument used as a spellcasting focus with certain magical effects, turning it into a magic item which requires attunement.
Distortions Known
When you gain this feature, pick one Sound Distortion and two Magical Distortions to learn from the Dissonant Distortions table. You learn one additional Magical Distortion when you reach 5th, 10th and 15th level.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one distortion you learned with a new one.
Distorting your Spellcasting Focus
After you gain a level in this class, you can touch a musical instrument and imbue it with your known Dissonant Distortions, turning it into a magic item during a long rest, attuning yourself to it the instant you distort it. If you decide to attune to the item later, you must do so using the normal process for attunement (see the attunement rules in the Dungeon Master's Guide).
Your distortion remains in an item indefinitely, but when you die, the infusion vanishes after a number of days equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1 day).
Dissonant Distortions table
Dissonant distortions are extraordinary processes that rapidly turn a musical instrument into a magic item. The description of each of the following distortions details the effects they grant the instrument.
Some distortions specify a minimum bard level. You can't learn such a distortion until you are at least that level.
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Sound Distortions |
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Distortion |
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Glimmering Timbre |
Your musical instrument gains a disco sound and small specks of platinum light cascade from it when you play it. You learn the Dancing Lights cantrip, which doesn’t count against the number of bard cantrips you know. |
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Piercing Strikes |
Your musical instrument gains a heavy metal sound and dark purple fire erupts from it when you play it. You learn the Thunderclap cantrip, which doesn’t count against the number of bard cantrips you know. |
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Synthetic Beat |
Your musical instrument gains a synth-pop sound and looks as if it is digitally disintegrating when you play it. You learn the Mind Sliver cantrip, which doesn’t count against the number of bard cantrips you know. |
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Primal Drops |
Your musical instrument gains a reggae sound and looks as if multiple dots of different sizes and colors danced inside it when you play it. You learn the Minor Illusion cantrip, which doesn’t count against the number of bard cantrips you know. |
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Sharp Expression |
Your musical instrument gains a hip hop sound and quickly pulses changing size when you play it. You learn the Sword Burst cantrip, which doesn’t count against the number of bard cantrips you know. |
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Electric Repercussion |
Your musical instrument gains a techno sound and is engulfed in green electricity when you play it. You learn the Shocking Grasp cantrip, which doesn’t count against the number of bard cantrips you know. |
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Earth´s Song |
Your musical instrument gains a country sound and shines golden when you play it. You learn the Guidance cantrip, which doesn’t count against the number of bard cantrips you know. |
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Magical Distortions |
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Distortion |
Effect |
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Quick Sound |
Your walking speed increases by 5 feet while you’re holding your distorted instrument. |
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Charming Sound |
You have advantage on charisma saving throws while you’re holding your distorted instrument. |
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Precise Sound |
You gain +1 bonus to spell attack rolls while you’re holding your distorted instrument. |
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Sturdy Sound |
You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class while you’re holding your distorted instrument. |
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Nocturnal Sound |
You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light but can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray while you’re holding your distorted instrument. |
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Magical Sound |
You can combine verbal and somatic components into playing your distorted instrument for your spells. |
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Opportune Song |
Prerequisite: 5th level When you fail a saving throw, you can use your reaction to roll again if you’re holding your distorted instrument. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. |
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Estranging Song |
Prerequisite: 5th level When you hit a target with a spell while you’re holding your distorted instrument, you can attempt to push them 10 feet away from you if they fail a strength saving throw against your spell save DC. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier before you finish a long rest. |
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Selective Song |
Prerequisite: 5th level While you’re holding your distorted instrument, you have resistance to one of the following damage types, which you choose when you learn this distortion: Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks. |
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Intro Song |
Prerequisite: 5th level You have advantage on initiative rolls while you’re holding your distorted instrument. |
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Disarming Song |
Prerequisite: 5th level When you hit a target with a spell while you’re holding your distorted instrument, you can attempt to disarm the target, forcing them to drop one item of your choice they’re holding if they fail a strength saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the object lands at their feet. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier before you finish a long rest. |
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Giving Performance |
Prerequisite: 10th level While you’re holding your distorted instrument, you can recover one expended spell slot as an action. The recovered slot can be of 3rd level or lower. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. |
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Isolated Performance |
Prerequisite: 10th level While you’re holding your distorted instrument, the range of your spells which require a spell attack roll is doubled. |
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Potent Performance |
Prerequisite: 10th level You can add your charisma modifier to the damage you deal with a bard spell if it doesn´t already and you’re holding your distorted instrument. |
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Global Performance |
Prerequisite: 10th level While you’re holding your distorted instrument, you can teleport up to 15 feet as a bonus action to an unoccupied space you can see. |
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Widespread Concert |
Prerequisite: 15th level While you’re holding your distorted instrument, you ignore half and three-quarters cover for your spell attacks.
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Hidden Concert |
Prerequisite: 15th level You can store a spell in your distorted instrument. Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch it and store a spell in it, choosing a spell of 4th level or lower that you know and requires an action or bonus action to cast. While holding your distorted instrument, you can take an action to produce the spell's effect from it. If the spell requires concentration, you must concentrate. After the spell is used, it is lost. |
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Jinxed Concert |
Prerequisite: 15th level While you’re holding your distorted instrument, you can impose disadvantage on saving throws against magical effects produced by spells you cast a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier until you finish a long rest. |
Magical Disruption
At 6th level you learn to disrupt the flow of magic. You can cast Counterspell and Dispel Magic one time each at 3rd level without expending a spell slot even if you don’t know the spells. You regain the ability to use this trait when you finish a long rest.
Enveloping Dissonance
At 14th level, you gain the ability to distract targets with your music. As a bonus action on your turn, you can target a creature within 30 feet of you that you can see. Doing so gives advantage on attack rolls against that creature until the start of their turn.
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