College of Symphonies

While most creatures are petrified at the sight and horrors of the battlefield, there are some artists and composers who are enthralled and captivated by the dynamic rhythms of combat. Bards of the college of Symphonies see the battlefield as a great orchestra, following the tempo between each strike and conducting friend and foe alike as instruments for their composition.

Harmonius Inspiration

You conduct your allies actions to harmonize with the shifting battlefield. When you give a Bardic Inspiration die to a creature, they can use their reaction to move up to their speed and make an attack or cast a 1st level spell or lower they know that only affects one creature.

Adagio

In combat, you can direct your enemies to decrease their tempo. As a bonus action, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to command a creature you can see and that can see you within 60 feet of you. The target must make a wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or be under the effects of the slow spell for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one). The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect early on a success.

Prestissimo

As a bonus action, you can start conducting an accelerating symphony of combat that increases the tempo of your allies actions. This symphony lasts for 1 minute or until you're restrained, incapacitated or stop concentrating on it. Choose a number of creatures you can see and that can see you within 60 feet of you (excluding yourself), up to a number equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one). For the duration, the creature's speed increases by 15 feet and they can use their bonus action as if it were an action. In addition, whenever a creature affected by the symphony takes a reaction as part of your Harmonious Inspiration feature, their movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks.

 

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Conductor of Combat

You are an expert at keeping up with the rhythm of combat, synchronizing your actions accordingly. Whenever you roll initiative you can roll twice and keep both results. On each round of combat you can choose which roll to use to determine your initiative.

 

In addition, you can cast spells through movement alone. When you cast a bard spell that requires a somatic component, you can cast it without providing verbal or material components (unless the component has a specified cost or is consumed by the spell).