Bard College - Poesy

## Bard College
### College of Poesy

Bards of the College of Poesy study ancient odes and sonnets, searching old poems for incantations laced within the words by bard poets of old. Their understanding of how words can influence the soul allows them to not influence only the mind, but the heart as well. A poesy bard knows the value of words and the magic of verse.

#### Elevated Verse
When you pick this college at 3rd level, your prose weaves enchanting magic through each syllable. Whenever you succeed on a Deception or Persuasion check against a creature with a lower Charisma score than yours, the creature is charmed for a number of minutes equal to your proficiency bonus, or until you or a party member harms it.

If you use this feature to successfully charm the same creature more than once, it may make a Charisma saving throw equal to your spell save DC, becoming permanently immune to this feature on a successful save.

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#### Arcane Couplet
Also at 3rd level, you recite a poem of bravery and victory in battle. As an action, you may spend one inspiration die to give any number of creatures of your choice within 30 feet a +1 to any one attack roll or saving throw made in the next minute.

You may use this ability a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses after a long rest.

#### Ancient Refrain
When you reach 6th level, you learn of an ancient sonnet riddled with hidden incantations of warding. As an reaction, you may spend one inspiration die to take the dodge action.

#### Broken Elegy
Also at 6th level, attacks you make are infused with the remorse and regrets of dead poets and kings. As a bonus action, you can incant over a weapon you are holding, causing the next attack made with it to deal an additional 2d8 necrotic damage.

This effect may only be applied once to one weapon at a time and lasts for a number of rounds equal to your charisma modifier, so long as you are concentrating on this effect as if you were concentrating on a spell. This effect also ends if you land a hit with the infused weapon.

You may use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses after a short or long rest.

#### Ode of Undoing
At 14th level, the spells resonating within your verse wrack the minds of your foes. As an action, you speak in a cacophony of voices, up to 10 creatures within 60 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw, taking 4d10 psychic damage, or half as much on a successful save. A creature that fails its save is also sapped of its fighting spirit, and all weapon damage done by the creature is halved till the end of their next turn.

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**Created By:** *Underpaid_Goblin*  
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