College of Strings

A bard college focused on the use of ranged weapons. Bards of the College of Strings entertain and fight through impressive feats of archery. Using their Bardic Inspiration a Strings Bard can bend their arrow to hit multiple targets or create an arrow out of nothing. Strings Bards are masters of staying at range during combat and as they progress learn to cast and attack in a single action. 

 

Bonus Proficiencies

When you join the College of Strings at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with medium armor and martial weapons. You may also use your ranged weapon as an arcane focus.

Fighting Style

At 3rd level, you adopt a ranged style of fighting as your niche. 

Archery: You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.

Nocked Around

At 3rd level, you are able to combine your charismatic skills with your own display of archery prowess. 

Whenever you hit with the attack action on your turn, you can use one of the following Knocked Around effects.

• Ricochet: You can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target you hit and one target within 10ft to it. The damage equals the number your roll on the Bardic Inspiration die. 
• Reflex Parry: You can expend one use your Bardic Inspiration after you deal weapon damage to a target. You may then add the Bardic Inspiration number rolled to your AC until the start of your next turn.
• Retreat: You can expend one use your Bardic Inspiration after you deal weapon damage to a target. You can push the target 5 feet away from you, plus a number equal to the number you roll on that die. You can then immediately use your reaction to dash.

Impressive Shooting

While progressing in the College of Strings you are able to learn spells to improve your archery prowess from the ranger spell list. These spells count against your bardic spells known if you choose them.

Level 3: Hail of Thorns (1st level)

Level 5: Flame Arrows (3rd level)

Level 9: Conjure Volley (5th level),

Extra Attack

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

Ranged Mastery

At 14th level, you have mastered the art of weaving spellcasting and ranged weapon use into a single harmonious act. When you use your action to cast a bard spell, you can make one ranged weapon attack as a bonus action. This weapon attack can make use of the Nocked Around effects.

You can choose to roll a d6 and use it instead of expending a Bardic Inspiration die.