Archery is a natural choice of fighting style for those wishing to support their front-line allies. Bards of the School of Archery learn to mix their unique magic with the art of the bow.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you join the College of Archery at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with medium armor, bows, and crossbows.

If you’re proficient with a simple or martial weapon, you can use it as a spellcasting focus for your bard spells.

Fighting Style:Archery

You are an exceptional archer and gain a +2 bonus to ranged weapon attacks.

Imbued Shot

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn augments that are fueled by Bardic Inspiration dice. These can only effect ranged attacks, whether projectile or thrown

Augments. You learn the following augments to your attacks, which are detailed under “Augments” below. They are powered by your Bardic Inspiration, requiring one use for each time you augment an attack. Many augments enhance an attack in some way. You can use only one augment per attack.

Saving Throws. Some of your augments require your target to make a saving throw to resist the augment’s effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows:

Augment save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your dexterity modifier (unless a different ability is used for the attack, then use that)

Extra Attack

Starting at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Arcane Shot

Choose a bard spell you know with a casting time of one action. Expend a spell slot equal to the level you wish to cast that spell at, minimum of 1st level.  You may use your weapon attacks and/or weapon range instead of the spell’s attributes to determine effects. If you hit the target with the weapon attack roll, you activate the spell effect instead of dealing normal damage. Use the target or target location as the origin of the spell when determining its effects; all other effects (saves, damage, etc) are as if you had cast the spell directly.   If you miss, the spell is spent and the action is wasted.

This may be combined with any of the Imbued Shot options above, though the Bardic Inspiration die cannot add to the damage, as the arrow or bolt is consumed on impact.