Bard College of Sword Dancing

These Bards have taken their inspiration from their worship of Eilistraee.  Most adepts of this College are Drow or Half-Drow.

Most have endured the difficult journey out of the Underdark to the surface in order to escape the tyranny of the harsh Drow society.  Under the radiance of the moon, these bards have found healing and enjoyment in the freedom to express themselves in dance, blade work, and song, which they combine in rituals to honor the Lady of Dance who give them hope for a better future.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you join the College of Sword Dancing at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with medium armor and scimitar.

Bladed Weapon Fighter

Starting at 3rd level, when you take the attack action to make a melee weapon attack with a bladed weapon, you can use your bonus action to make a second melee attack with another bladed weapon in your offhand. You can add either your strength or dexterity modifier to the damage for the second attack, even if neither weapon is light.

Sword Dance

At 3rd level, you can use your bonus action to begin a sword dance while you wield a bladed weapon in each hand.  For one minute, you nimbly weave your way through melee, attempting to skillfully avoid attacks while landing weapon strikes with a flourish.

While this feature is active, you gain a +1 bonus to your AC, melee weapon attacks, and melee weapon damage. This bonus increases to +2 at 14th level.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.

Extra Attack

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

Moonfire weapon

At 14th level, you can use your action to imbue one melee weapon you're holding with moonfire.  For one minute, the weapon sheds dim azure light in a 10-foot radius, and deals an extra 1d8 radiant damage to any target it hits.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.