Bard
Base Class: Bard

There's harmony in the dissonance of every different note in the circus.  As a member of the College of Entertainment, you find your song with the rest of the performers to make a symphony for the largest of crowds to hear and enjoy.  You've spent your early years in the traveling circus making your way along with performers from all different walks of life.  The circus is never one to turn away any people from any background and employs a variety of races and backgrounds to help make the circus livelier than ever.

Jester's Spirit

Your time in the circus has prepared you to be in front of crowds and looking your best.

When you join the College of Entertainment, you gain proficiency in the performance skill and the disguise kit. 

Boon of Three Rings

After spending so much time at the circus and watching all of the different performers, you gain the insight needed to help others replicate their feats and give advice on the go.

Beginning at 3rd level, when expending a Bardic Inspiration on a creature allows you to give the creature a chosen boon from the Three Rings table below for 10 minutes.  

This effect cannot stack with itself and whenever this feature affects a target again, it is overwritten.

Three Rings Table

Boon Effect

Boon of the Strongman

The creature has advantage on Strength checks and their carrying capacity doubles

Boon of the Trapezer 

The creature has advantage on Dexterity checks and can triple their jump distance until the effect ends.

Boon of the Sword Swallower

The creature has advantage on Constitution checks and gains temporary hit points equal to 2 rolls of your Bardic Inspiration Die.

Boon of the Fire Breather

The creature has advantage on Intelligence checks and can cast Control Flames at will until the effect ends.

Boon of the Fortune Teller

The creature has advantage on Wisdom checks and has proficiency in the Insight skill until the effect ends. 

Boon of the Lion Tamer

The creature has advantage on Charisma checks and can cast Speak with Animals without using a spell slot until the effect ends.

Ringmaster

You've seen every song and dance needed for a situation.  Given a chance to help, you can help anyone look like an expert performer.

Beginning at 6th level, you gain expertise in the performance skill.  While you are providing the help action to an ally making a Charisma check, both you and the ally gain expertise in persuasion, deception, and performance for that check. 

If you are not providing the help action, you do not gain the expertise in persuasion and deception provided by the latter part of this feature.

Master of the Circus

Your abilities to help others use your knowledge from the circus has evolved to help others achieve incredible feats. 

Upon reaching 14th level, while under the effect of your Boon of Three Rings, you bestow additional effects based on the boon provided to them.  This boon is not chosen separately and will be the same for both this feature and the Boon of Three Rings feature.

Three Rings Table

Boon Extra Effect

Boon of the Strongman

The creature has their Strength score increased to 20 for the duration of this effect.  If their score already exceeds this, it does not decrease it.

Boon of the Trapezer 

The creature has gains a +2 to their AC and when making a dexterity save against an area of effect, takes no damage on a success for the duration of this effect.

Boon of the Sword Swallower

The creature gains immunity to being blinded, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, and stunned for the duration of this effect.  This does not cure the effect if it has already been applied.

Boon of the Fire Breather

As an action, the creature can exhale fire in a 20-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 10d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.  This can occur once while under the effect of this feature

Boon of the Fortune Teller

The creature can cast any one spell from the Divination school that is level 3 or lower without expending a spell slot and without needing material components while under the effect of this feature.

Boon of the Lion Tamer

The creature can cast dominate beast once while under the effect of this feature using your spell modifiers for the effects of this spell.

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