College of Swords

A Bard of the College of Swords is called a blade, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock combats. Though they use their weapons to entertain, they are also highly trained and skilled warriors in their own right.

Their talent with weapons inspires many blades to lead double lives. One blade might use a circus troupe as cover for nefarious deeds such as assassination, robbery, and blackmail. Other blades strike at the wicked, bringing justice to bear against the cruel and powerful. Most troupes are happy to accept a blade’s talent for the excitement it adds to a performance, but few entertainers fully trust a blade in their ranks.

Blades who abandon their lives as entertainers have often run into trouble that makes maintaining their secret activities impossible. A blade caught stealing or engaging in vigilante justice is too great a liability for most troupes. With their weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.

Class Features

Proficiencies

• Hand Crossbows
• Longswords
• Shortswords
• Simple Weapons
• Scimitars
• Rapiers
• Light Armor
• Medium Armor

Bardic Inspiration

You can inspire others through stirring words or music. To do so, you use a bonus action on your turn to choose one creature other than yourself within 6 tiles of you who can hear you. That creature gains one Bardic Inspiration die, a 1d10

Song of Rest

You can use soothing music or oration to help revitalize you and your allies as though you had taken a Short Rest. Usable once a long rest outside of combat.