College of Sin

The College of Sin enables Bards to channel the evils of mortals into themselves for even more powerful magic. In addition, many Sin Bards not only utilize these wrongs for power, but often guide these abilities to fight the very monsters they stem from.

Chosen Sins, Part I

Starting at level 3 when you choose this subclass, you can choose between two of the legendary Seven Sins to channel for your power. At later levels, you will gain the ability to channel more Sins, but at level 3 you may choose one of the following:

• Gluttony.
• Lust.

Gluttony

Channeling the Sin of Gluttony grants you an insatiable hunger. Gluttony means to consume, devouring not just food, but the lifeblood of your opponents. When channeling the Sin of Gluttony, as a bonus action, whenever you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you regain 1d4 HP. This increases to 1d6 at level 8, 1d8 at level 13, and 1d10 at level 18. 

Lust

Channeling the Sin of Lust gives you an almost magical appearance that compels others to follow you. Lust represents powerful emotions, and the ability to control these gives you an amount of control over many. When channeling the Sin of Lust, you gain Proficiency in Persuasion and Deception.

Takes One to Know One

Starting at 3rd level, your familiarity with the evils of the world lets you understand when people are deceiving you. After spending at least 1 hour with someone, as an action, you can force them to make a Charisma saving throw against your Spell Save DC if they are within 15 feet of you. On a failure, for the next 10 minutes, you are able to detect when they are lying and when they are telling the truth. The creature can continue to make the saving throw every minute they are under these effects.

The creature does not know when they are under the effects of this feature. You will know when the creature succeeds or fails a saving throw. If, at any time, you are unable to see the creature, or the creature is not within 30 feet of you, the feature ends early. Regardless of how it ends, you must then finish a short or long rest before you can use this feature again.

Chosen Sins, Part II

At 6th level, you learn to call upon more powerful Sins to aid you. At 6th level, you can choose to channel either of the following:

• Envy.
• Greed.

Envy

Channeling Envy allows you to see what others have, and take it for yourself. Envy means to desire that of another, and allowing you to go so far as mimicking them in order to gain their power, if only for a brief moment. When channeling the Sin of Envy, whenever you finish a long rest, roll a d8, giving you an ability from another class. Once you gain an ability through this feature, you lose the ability you previously had.

d8	Class Ability
1	You gain the Barbarian's Rage feature.
2	You gain two of the Fighter's Fighting Styles.
3	You gain the Monk's Martial Arts feature.
4	You gain the Paladin's Lay on Hands feature, using your Bard level instead of your Paladin level. Whenever you use Lay on Hands using this feature, the pool of healing cannot exceed 30 hit points.
5	You gain the Ranger's Favored Enemy and Natural Explorer features.
6	You gain the Rogue's Sneak Attack feature, using your Bard level instead of your Rogue level. Whenever you use Sneak Attack using this feature, the bonus damage cannot exceed 3d6.
7	You gain an additional two cantrips and a 1st level spell from any spell list.
8	You gain the Eldritch Blast cantrip, as well as two of the Warlock's Eldritch Invocations. You may not choose any Eldritch Invocations whose prerequisite requires a certain Pact Boon, or that requires your Warlock level be above 5.

Envy

Channeling Envy allows you to see what others have, and take it for yourself. Envy means to desire that of another, and allowing you to go so far as mimicking them in order to gain their power, if only for a brief moment. When channeling the Sin of Envy, whenever you finish a long rest, roll a d8, giving you an ability from another class. Once you gain an ability through this feature, you lose the ability you previously had.

D8	CLASS ABILITY
1	You gain the Barbarian's Rage feature.
2	You gain two of the Fighter's Fighting Styles.
3	You gain the Monk's Martial Arts feature.
4	You gain the Paladin's Lay on Hands feature, using your Bard level instead of your Paladin level. Whenever you use Lay on Hands using this feature, the pool of healing cannot exceed 30 hit points.
5	You gain the Ranger's Favored Enemy and Natural Explorer features.
6	You gain the Rogue's Sneak Attack feature, using your Bard level instead of your Rogue level. Whenever you use Sneak Attack using this feature, the bonus damage cannot exceed 3d6.
7	You gain an additional two cantrips and a 1st level spell from any spell list.
8	You gain the Eldritch Blast cantrip, as well as two of the Warlock's Eldritch Invocations. You may not choose any Eldritch Invocations whose prerequisite requires a certain Pact Boon, or that requires your Warlock level be above 5.

Greed

Channeling the Sin of Greed gives you a desire for everything. Greed is the want for material things, a feeling that you have a right to them, and therefore it grants you the ability to find what is rightfully yours. When channeling the Sin of Greed, as a bonus action, whenever you are looking at a nonliving object (magical or nonmagical), you instantly know one of three things about it of your choice:

• You know the item's exact value in your native currency.
• You know if the item is nonmagical, enchanted, cursed, or otherwise magical.
• You know the most expensive material(s) that the item is made from, that you can see.

Once you use this feature on an item, you cannot use it on that same object for 8 hours, but otherwise this feature can be used a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier + your Charisma modifier + proficiency bonus (minimum of once).

Greed

Channeling the Sin of Greed gives you a desire for everything. Greed is the want for material things, a feeling that you have a right to them, and therefore it grants you the ability to find what is rightfully yours. When channeling the Sin of Greed, as a bonus action, whenever you are looking at a nonliving object (magical or nonmagical), you instantly know one of three things about it of your choice:

• You know the item's exact value in your native currency.
• You know if the item is nonmagical, enchanted, cursed, or otherwise magical.
• You know the most expensive material(s) that the item is made from, that you can see.

Once you use this feature on an item, you cannot use it on that same object for 8 hours, but otherwise this feature can be used a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier + your Charisma modifier + proficiency bonus (minimum of once).

Chosen Sins, Part III

Starting at 14th level, you have the ability to channel a final Sin to aid you. You may choose to channel one of the following Sins:

• Pride.
• Sloth.
• Wrath.

Alternatively, you can choose to forgo choose any of the 3 Sins above, and instead channel both of the two Sins you declined at levels 3 and 6 in addition to your previous ones.

Gluttony and Envy

Channeling the Sin of Gluttony grants you an insatiable hunger. Gluttony means to consume, devouring not just food, but the lifeblood of your opponents. When channeling the Sin of Gluttony, as a bonus action, whenever you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you regain 1d4 HP. This increases to 1d6 at level 8, 1d8 at level 13, and 1d10 at level 18. 

 

Channeling Envy allows you to see what others have, and take it for yourself. Envy means to desire that of another, and allowing you to go so far as mimicking them in order to gain their power, if only for a brief moment. When channeling the Sin of Envy, whenever you finish a long rest, roll a d8, giving you an ability from another class. Once you gain an ability through this feature, you lose the ability you previously had.

D8	CLASS ABILITY
1	You gain the Barbarian's Rage feature.
2	You gain two of the Fighter's Fighting Styles.
3	You gain the Monk's Martial Arts feature.
4	You gain the Paladin's Lay on Hands feature, using your Bard level instead of your Paladin level. Whenever you use Lay on Hands using this feature, the pool of healing cannot exceed 30 hit points.
5	You gain the Ranger's Favored Enemy and Natural Explorer features.
6	You gain the Rogue's Sneak Attack feature, using your Bard level instead of your Rogue level. Whenever you use Sneak Attack using this feature, the bonus damage cannot exceed 3d6.
7	You gain an additional two cantrips and a 1st level spell from any spell list.
8	You gain the Eldritch Blast cantrip, as well as two of the Warlock's Eldritch Invocations. You may not choose any Eldritch Invocations whose prerequisite requires a certain Pact Boon, or that requires your Warlock level be above 5.

Gluttony and Greed

Channeling the Sin of Gluttony grants you an insatiable hunger. Gluttony means to consume, devouring not just food, but the lifeblood of your opponents. When channeling the Sin of Gluttony, as a bonus action, whenever you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you regain 1d4 HP. This increases to 1d6 at level 8, 1d8 at level 13, and 1d10 at level 18. 

 

Channeling the Sin of Greed gives you a desire for everything. Greed is the want for material things, a feeling that you have a right to them, and therefore it grants you the ability to find what is rightfully yours. When channeling the Sin of Greed, as a bonus action, whenever you are looking at a nonliving object (magical or nonmagical), you instantly know one of three things about it of your choice:

• You know the item's exact value in your native currency.
• You know if the item is nonmagical, enchanted, cursed, or otherwise magical.
• You know the most expensive material(s) that the item is made from, that you can see.

Once you use this feature on an item, you cannot use it on that same object for 8 hours, but otherwise this feature can be used a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier + your Charisma modifier + proficiency bonus (minimum of once).

Lust and Envy

Channeling the Sin of Lust gives you an almost magical appearance that compels others to follow you. Lust represents powerful emotions, and the ability to control these gives you an amount of control over many. When channeling the Sin of Lust, you gain Proficiency in Persuasion and Deception.

 

Channeling Envy allows you to see what others have, and take it for yourself. Envy means to desire that of another, and allowing you to go so far as mimicking them in order to gain their power, if only for a brief moment. When channeling the Sin of Envy, whenever you finish a long rest, roll a d8, giving you an ability from another class. Once you gain an ability through this feature, you lose the ability you previously had.

D8	CLASS ABILITY
1	You gain the Barbarian's Rage feature.
2	You gain two of the Fighter's Fighting Styles.
3	You gain the Monk's Martial Arts feature.
4	You gain the Paladin's Lay on Hands feature, using your Bard level instead of your Paladin level. Whenever you use Lay on Hands using this feature, the pool of healing cannot exceed 30 hit points.
5	You gain the Ranger's Favored Enemy and Natural Explorer features.
6	You gain the Rogue's Sneak Attack feature, using your Bard level instead of your Rogue level. Whenever you use Sneak Attack using this feature, the bonus damage cannot exceed 3d6.
7	You gain an additional two cantrips and a 1st level spell from any spell list.
8	You gain the Eldritch Blast cantrip, as well as two of the Warlock's Eldritch Invocations. You may not choose any Eldritch Invocations whose prerequisite requires a certain Pact Boon, or that requires your Warlock level be above 5.

Lust and Greed

Channeling the Sin of Lust gives you an almost magical appearance that compels others to follow you. Lust represents powerful emotions, and the ability to control these gives you an amount of control over many. When channeling the Sin of Lust, you gain Proficiency in Persuasion and Deception.

 

Channeling the Sin of Greed gives you a desire for everything. Greed is the want for material things, a feeling that you have a right to them, and therefore it grants you the ability to find what is rightfully yours. When channeling the Sin of Greed, as a bonus action, whenever you are looking at a nonliving object (magical or nonmagical), you instantly know one of three things about it of your choice:

• You know the item's exact value in your native currency.
• You know if the item is nonmagical, enchanted, cursed, or otherwise magical.
• You know the most expensive material(s) that the item is made from, that you can see.

Once you use this feature on an item, you cannot use it on that same object for 8 hours, but otherwise this feature can be used a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier + your Charisma modifier + proficiency bonus (minimum of once).

Pride

Channeling the Sin of Pride reveals to you your own inspiring power. The Sin of Pride allows you to see your own strengths and manipulate them for yourself. When channeling the Sin of Pride, you gain the following benefits:

• Whenever you are being healed by someone else, you gain additional healing equal to double your Charisma modifier.
• You are immune to the Frightened condition.
• You gain an additional +1 to your Proficiency bonus.

Sloth

Channeling the Sin of Sloth grants you an inherent opposition to action. Those who follow the Sin of Sloth rarely move unless they must, with an understanding when their effort is not yet needed. When channeling the Sin of Sloth, you gain the following effects:

• Whenever you move less than half of your total movement speed, you restore 2d6 Hit Points to a creature within 15 feet of you.
• You cannot be moved against you will.
• Whenever you make an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can choose to fail it.
• You can gain all of the benefits of a short rest in 30 minutes, or all of the benefits of a long rest in 6 hours.

Wrath

Channeling the Sin of Wrath bestows you with an otherworldly sense of rage. To be wrathful is to be powerful, and to use that power against your enemies at all opportunities, never holding back or stopping until they are little more than flesh and blood. When channeling the Sin of Wrath, as a bonus action, whenever you hit with an attack, you deal additional damage. The damage is the same type as the attack, and if the attack deals multiple types of damage, you choose which is deals. You choose to add the damage before you make your attack.

The damage equals half of the total amount of damage you have taken from the end of your previous turn to the start of your turn (rounded down), but cannot be more than your Bard level X5. You may use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier. If the attack misses, you do not expend a charge. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.