College of the Pathfinder

The College of the Pathfinder is home to bards who share a close bond with those they travel with. They use their bardic abilities to strengthen those around them.

The bards of this college are regarded as personable but often a little taxing. Their performances are a spectacle but often come across as over-complicated.

Inspire Greatness

You may use a full round action to provide a more powerful Bardic Inspiration. The creature gains an Inspiration die one higher than the normal Inspiration die for the level (d8 at 1st level, d10 at 5th level, a d12 at 10th level, and a d20 at 15th level).

Discordant Voice

When you join the College of the Pathfinder at 3rd level, you gain the ability to imbue your songs with powerful psychic magic. Whenever a creature uses a Bardic Inspiration to successfully hit a target, the target takes an additional 1d6 of psychic damage.

This abiliity’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach certain levels: 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).

Mass Performance

At 6th level, you gain the ability to provide Inspireation to up to three targets in a single bonus action, provided that you have sufficient uses of Bardic Inspiration. Each target you provide an Inspiration die to counts as an expended use.

Chord of Shards

Starting at 14th level, your inspirational words take form in a hail of glass shards. When you choose a creature to gain an Inspiration die, a cloud of glass shards erupts from the creature. Each creature who is hostile to the chosen creature within a 10-foot-radius sphere must make a Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 3d8 piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

You may expend any number of additional Inspiration die to add to this effect, increasing by 1d8 each time. This does not increase the amount of Inspiration die provided to the chosen creature.