College of Snark

Bards of the College of Snark are master summoners who can also handle themselves, standing next to their summons rather than behind them.  They learn abilities that help with maintaining and fighting with, not with but... with? Sorry got sidetracked, anyway they don't like to sit back and let someone else do their job for them, but at the same time they still like... help... I guess. 

Bonus Proficiencies

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

Combat Conjurer

Also at 3rd level, when you take damage and are forced to make a concentration check on a spell from the conjuration school of magic, you get advantage on the roll. 

Varied Summons

Starting at 6th level, you learn the Conjure Animals spell. When you cast the Conjure Animals spell you can choose more than one beast to be summoned. The added CR of the beasts must not exceed 2 CR for when the spell is cast at 3rd level, 4 CR at 5th level, 6 CR at 7th level, and 8 CR at 9th level. The CR for any one summoned beast cannot exceed 2. For example, you could summon a giant spider and 4 giant wolf spiders when the spell is cast at 3rd level. 

Over Protective Summons

At 14th level, when ever you take an attack from an enemy, you can have your summoned animal take the attack instead of you. The enemy must have attacked you and your summon must be within 5 feet of you and the enemy.

This can only happen once per turn.