College of the Wordsmith

Adherents of the College of the Wordsmith master the art of verbal melodies and rhythms. Using their voice to create quick and hard hitting lines is regarded as a high art, alongside well-spoken argument which often proves more powerful than objective truth. These bards wield a blend of logic and theatrical wordplay, winning over skeptics and detractors with logical arguments, and plucking at heartstrings to appeal to the emotions of entire audiences.

 

Natural Linguist

When you join the College of the Wordsmith at level 3 you learn 2 standard languages and 1 exotic language of your choice.

Master of Ceremonies

At 3rd level, you learn to use your words to sway the opinions of others. Expend a Bardic Inspiration to roll a die and add it to a charisma based skill check or subtract it from another creature's charisma based skill check. The inspiration may be spent after seeing the skill check roll but before knowing whether it succeeds or fails.

Vicious Melody

Starting at level 6, if you dont already have the Vicious mockery spell, you gain it. When you use vicious mockery and the enemy fails the saving throw, you may expend a use of your inspiration die to change the damage dice used for vicious mockery into an equal number of dice that match your bardic inspiration dice.

Quickened Flow

Starting at level 14, your inspiration dice can speed up spellcasting to a certain degree. You may expend a use of your inspiration dice to change the casting time of a spell from an action to a bonus action, or a bonus action to a reaction.