College of Rapturous Thunder

Bards of the College of Rapturous Thunder inspire and aid the other characters in their adventuring group, their strength lies in powers that protect their companions and effectively command explosive bombastic sound to harry foes.

 

Sonorous Soul

When you join this college at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in constitution saving throws, and in the performance skill if you are not already proficient, or another skill of your choice if you are. When you make a Charisma (performance) check while using a percussion instrument (such as a drum or cymbals), you make that check with advantage.

Whenever a spell you cast deals thunder damage, you may add your charisma modifier to the damage dealt.

 

 

 

Song of Impending Victory

Also at 3rd level, whenever you give a creature a Bardic Inspiration die, you can flourish with your instrument of choice, charging the recipient with the spirit of victory. While the creature retains the Bardic Inspiration die, their AC is increased by 1 and their critical range is increased by 1 (if they roll a critical on 20, they now do so on a roll of 19-20, if they already roll a critical on 19-20, they now roll a critical on 18-20 etc). When a creature is charged and they roll a critical hit, the die is expended, and their weapon deals extra thunder damage equal to your Bardic Inspiration die for that attack

At 10 level, the bonus AC a creature receives is increased to 2

 

 

Mastery of Cacophony

At 6 level, a creature dealt thunder damage by a spell you cast cannot take reactions, and has disadvantage on concentration checks. When you cast a spell that deals thunder damage, you can choose a number of creatures within that spell's range equal to 1 + Your Charisma Modifier. The chosen creatures automatically succeed on their saving throws against the spell, and they take no damage if they would normally take half damage on a successful save.

Also 6th level, you learn any one spell of your choice from any class that deals thunder damage. A spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, as shown on the Bard table, or a cantrip. The chosen spells count as bard spells for you but don’t count against the number of bard spells you know.

 

 

Rallying Prescence

Starting at 14 level, when a creature uses your Bardic Inspiration die, they gain temporary hit points equal to your level + your charisma modifier + the value rolled on the bardic inspiration die.

If a creature with your Bardic Inspiration die rolls a critical hit, that creature and all allies within 30 feet of them gains temporary hit points equal to your level + the extra thunder damage granted to their attack by your class feature.