Hypnotist

You are a niche kind of entertainer that is able to put people under your control through psychological rituals.

Arcane Focuses

Starting at 3rd level, you are able to use a pocket watch as an arcane focus.

Hypnotist

You are able to put creatures in a deep trance, making your spells more potent on them.

Starting at 3rd level, you can use your action to put a number of humanoid creatures equal to your Charisma modifier, into a deep trance that lasts for 1 minute for every level in bard you have. While they are in this trance, your illusion and enchantment spells have double the duration on them. The creature(s) make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC, on a failed save, they are hypnotized.

Mind Scour

You are now able to put a creature into an even deep trance, causing that creature to tell you anything you ask it.

Starting at 6th level, you can use another action to put a hypnotized creature into an even deeper trance. At this point, for a number of rounds equal to half your bard level, the creature can no longer take actions, or bonus actions, and will tell you truthfully, anything you ask it.

Pull from the Past

When you have a creature in your mind scour trance, you can now pull up things from that creature's past that even they don't remember.

Starting at 14th level, when you have a creature locked in your mind scour trance, if you ask it something that the creature truly doesn't remember, but has still experienced, it can still accurately answer.