College of the Dirge

For many, a bard is a storyteller, singing of the praises of heroes, the treachery of villains, the epics of gods and men. Not all stories can be so uplifting, though. The pain and horrors of the past cannot be forgotten - no matter how much we might wish to.

Remembrance

As a bonus action, you can expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration to begin a mournful tune that calls to mind tragedy and disaster. Creatures that attempt to move within 15 feet of yourself or start their turn within 15 feet of you are forced to make a Wisdom saving throw against your Bard spell save DC. Creatures that fail this saving throw have their movement speed reduced to 0 until the start of their next turn.

When you use this feature, you can designate any number of creatures you can see to be unaffected by it.

Death Toll

When a creature within 30 feet of yourself hits 0 Hit Points, you can use your reaction to call upon the the horrors that you have seen, forcing a creature to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, it becomes frightened of you until the end of its next turn.

Witness

When you use your Remembrance feature, you can expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher as part of the same action to call upon the souls lost in the disasters that you have witnessed, and the disasters yet to come. A creature that fails its saving throw against your Remembrance feature takes necrotic damage equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration die, multiplied by the level of the spell slot expended. This damage is halved on a successful save.