College of Colors

While others seek out mastery in song or storytelling or swordsmanship, bards of the College of Colors find their inspiration through a palette and brush. They use their mastery of illustration and color ways to channel their skills in arcanum, most using either a pen or paintbrush as their focus. Though not always as musically inclined as their peers, color bards still find themselves just as capable of inspiration and creativity.

Artistic Proficiency

When you join the College of Color at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with Painter's Supplies, as well as advantage on performance checks using your artistic skill.

Artistic Flair

As your artistic abilities have grown, you have learned how to manipulate the paint with your brush masterfully. Starting at 3rd level, you can flourish your brush, extending a long colorful tendril of paint. You can consider this as a magical whip, which you are proficient with. If the attack hits, the creature takes 1d6 slashing damage. If the attack hits, as a bonus action you can make the creature make a dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, A glob of paint covers the creatures eyes and they are blinded until the end of your next turn. 

The whip's damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), an 17th level (4d6).

Painted Skies

At 6th level, you have mastered painting different weather patterns with uncanny realism. As an action, you can use a bardic inspiration to roll a d8. Based off of the number you rolled and the chart below, you can paint in the air in front of you a depiction of that type of weather pattern, giving a number of your allies equal to half of your level in a 30ft radius an extra damage die equal to your bardic inspiration die dealing the specified damage type when they hit with a melee attack for up to a minute. This ability is concentration. Once used, the same damage type cannot be used again until you have completed a long rest. 

 

1-Blizzard (Cold)

2-Wildfire (Fire)

3-Lightening Storm (Lightening)

4-Thunder Storm (Thunder)

5- Hail Storm (Bludgeoning)

6-Acid Rain (Acid)

7-Sunny Day (Radiant)

8-Hurricane Winds (Force)

War Paint

At 14th level, you have discovered the connection between arcane magics and different types of portraits. Once per day, you can spend up to 4 hours painting your greatest masterpiece across you and your allies belongings pertaining to the chart below. Each effect last for up to 8 hours, at which time the painting then shrivels up and disintegrates. Only one of each type of effect can be imbued. An individual may only benefit from one bonus at a time. The types of portraits include:

Shield: Additional +2 to armor class. if the wielder is hit, the target must make a dexterity saving throw equal to the bard's spell DC and take 2d8 force damage. On a failed save, the creature is pushed back 10ft and knocked prone. 1 hour

Armor: +1 to armor class. As a bonus action, the wearer can choose one creature they can see and trade armor classes with them until the end of their next turn. This effect can only be used once. 30 minutes.

Melee Weapons: +1 bonus to attack with that weapon. On a hit, this weapon now does an additional 2d8 elemental damage based on the artistic depiction painted. 1 hour

Ranged Weapons: +1 bonus to attack with that weapon. On a hit, this weapon does an additional  2d8 damage. This damage could be radiant, necrotic, or psychic, depending upon the artistic depiction. 1 hour

Quiver: This adds 20 additional arrows to the quivers supply. These arrows last until the end of the effect. This effect can be continued across multiple quivers as long as they happen consecutively. 10 minutes 

Spell Book: Adds +2 to the users spell save DC and spell attack bonus. 20 minutes.

Spell Caster's Robes: The wearer gains the benefits of the Mage Armor spell for the duration. As a bonus action, the wearer can cast Misty Step. This effect can be used a number of times equal to the bard’s charisma modifier, which resets during a short rest during the effects duration. 1 hour