College Dropout

Not all bards are as academically inclined as others. You were a gifted student, but you struggled to apply yourself for long. You tried your hand at a lot of fields of study, but nothing ever motivated you. Eventually, college just didn't seem worth it anymore. Even though you did not finish your education, that doesn't mean you lack talent or potential. You picked up a few useful things here and there. You've learned to think on your feet and often remember random lessons from college at the most unexpected times.

Plagiarized Idea

3rd Level College Dropout Feature

Great artists steal, but so do mediocre ones. Whenever an ally you can see or hear uses one of your inspiration dice to modify an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can use your reaction to copy their idea. If you do, the first time in the next 10 minutes when you make an attack roll against the same creature, check for the same ability, or roll the same saving throw that your ally made while using the inspiration die, you can add the same number that your ally rolled on the inspiration die to your roll. 

Life of the Party

3rd Level College Dropout Feature

After years of procrastinating and socializing with others, you've developed a knack for it! When you spend 10 or more minutes casually talking with friendly creatures, you can choose up to six friendly creatures (which can include yourself) within 30 feet of you who can hear you and who can understand you. Each creature can gain temporary hit points equal to your level + your Charisma modifier. A creature can't gain temporary hit points from this ability again until it has finished a short or long rest. Additionally, you have advantage on save throws against the poisoned condition.

Frequent Ditching

6th Level College Dropout Feature

You struggle to commit to anything for very long. As a free action once per short rest, you can swap any first or second level spell you know for another spell of the same level from the bard spell list. Additionally, when you finish a long rest, you can swap any one bard spell you know for another bard spell of the same level.

Misspell

14th Level College Dropout Feature

Your professors tried to teach you a lot of material, but you never found the motivation to study it very carefully. Once per long rest you can try to cast any spell from a level you have access to, regardless of its class restrictions or material components. However, you must change, add, or subtract one and only one letter in the spell's title so that it suggests a meaningful, but different effect. If your DM rules that the misspelling does not make sense as a meaningful phrase, the effect fails. Your DM will choose to either let you cast the original spell, or to create a useful but possibly unintended effect that reflects the misspelled spell's implied effect to the best of the DM's ability. The DM has great latitude in ruling what occurs in such an instance. For example, "chromatic orb" might be misspelled as "chromatic orc." In this case, the DM might rule that you summon a colorful orc under your control. Alternatively, "healing word" might be misspelled as "healing sword," with the DM ruling that you create a spiritual weapon that heals your allies upon a successful attack.