“The stars are not silent—they echo. Each note, each light, is a memory retold across eternity.”

Bards of the College of the Echoing Star are not ordinary performers. They are celestial archivists, wanderers who hear the hidden harmonies written into the cosmos. Where others see stars as distant fires, these bards hear songs—fragments of divine truth still ringing through the void.

To them, echoes are more than sound; they are stories, spells, and moments seeking to be remembered. These bards wield radiant power not through invention, but through recall—drawing on forgotten oaths, ancient music, and the memory of what should have been.

Whether weaving protective harmonics in battle, binding allies in silent song, or channeling their final breath into one last brilliant verse, these starlit songsmiths are the voice of memory itself.

In their hands, forgotten things sing again.

Level 3: Starlit Memory

You become a keeper of celestial memory.

- You learn Guidance and Sacred Flame, which count as bard spells for you and do not count against your spells known.
- Once per long rest, you can expend a use of Bardic Inspiration as a reaction when an ally fails a saving throw. They may reroll the saving throw and add your Bardic Inspiration die to the result.

Song of the Stars

You learn to shape radiant echoes into harmonic force.

You gain Cosmic Chorus dice (d6), which are equal in number to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1). You regain all expended dice on a long rest.

- As a bonus action, expend one die to do one of the following:

- Radiant Verse. Choose a creature within 60 feet. They take radiant damage equal to the die roll + your Charisma modifier.

- Harmonic Shield. When an ally within 30 feet takes damage, use your reaction to roll a Cosmic Chorus die. Reduce the damage they take by the result + your Charisma modifier.

At 10th level, your dice become d8s. At 14th, they become d10s.

Level 6: Celestial Bridge

You can link minds through stellar echoes.

As an action, you can link up to 3 creatures of your choice within 60 feet of you for 10 minutes. While linked:

- You and each linked creature can telepathically communicate with one another.
- You can cast spells with a verbal component on a linked target **without speaking**.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest.

Level 14: Echoes Never Die

The stars remember your song even when your body falters.

When you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can expend a use of Bardic Inspiration as a reaction to drop to 1 hit point instead. When you do, each enemy of your choice within 30 feet takes radiant damage equal to 2d10 + your Charisma modifier.

You may use this feature once per long rest.