College of Physique

The College of Physique is the home of bards whose bodies are the talk of the land. Aesthetic is their lore, and gains are their instruments. The bards of this college are regarded with a mixture of awe and fear. These bards are so physically superb, they are known to shut down entire cities with a quick flex.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you join the College of Physique at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with medium armor, shields, and martial weapons.

Striking Pose

Also at 3rd level, you learn how to use your physique to distract, confuse, and otherwise sap the confidence and competence of others. When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a damage roll, you can use your reaction to expend one of your uses of Bardic Inspiration, rolling a Bardic Inspiration die and subtracting the number rolled from the creature’s roll. You can choose to use this feature after the creature makes its roll, but before the DM determines whether the attack roll or ability check succeeds or fails, or before the creature deals its damage. The creature is immune if it can’t see you or if it’s immune to being charmed.

Extra Attack

Starting at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Ascendant Aesthetic

At 14th level, your appearance permanently gains a godly aspect that somehow manages to make you look even more magnificent.

In addition, as a bonus action, you can assume a magically majestic presence for 1 minute or until you are incapacitated. For the duration, whenever any creature tries to attack you for the first time on a turn, the attacker must make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, it can’t attack you on this turn, and it must choose a new target for its attack or the attack is wasted. On a successful save, it can attack you on this turn, but it has disadvantage on any saving throw it makes against your spells on your next turn.

Once you assume this majestic presence, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest.