College of the Guslar

Heroic deeds inspire you to compose epic poems that impart magical benefits to those who listen to them. As part of a Long Rest after a day during which you were witness to such a deed, you can compose a poem according to the deed's theme. At the end of each of your Long Rests, you can choose a number of your composed poems up to your Proficiency Bonus and prepare them for the day. As a Magic Action, you may expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration to begin reciting a prepared poem and inspire your allies. Depending on the heroic deed recounted in the poem, you and a number of allies up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) within a 30-foot Emanation originating from yourself that can hear you, gain the poem's corresponding benefits. The benefits last for 10 minutes, as long as you maintain Concentration on the recital. Consult the Epic Repertoire table below to determine the benefits yielded by each poem's theme.

Epic Repertoire Table:

Poem Theme | Poem Benefit

A vicious monster falls before a brave warrior. | When you make an attack roll with Advantage, you add your Proficiency Bonus to your damage rolls. A noble sacrifice to save one's companions. | When you start your turn within 5 feet of an ally, you gain a bonus to your AC equal to half your Proficiency Bonus (rounded down). A hero, arisen from the brink of death. | When you succeed on a Death Saving Throw, you regain 1 Hit Point. A friend or lover avenged. | On each of your turns, the first attack you make against a creature that has dealt damage to one of your allies is made with Advantage. A leader's inspiring speech, during times of great peril. | When you succeed on an ability check, you gain Heroic Inspiration. A valiant stand against overwhelming odds. | At the end of your turn while in a combat encounter against a creature whose CR or Level is higher than yours, you gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to your character level.

You have learned to entertain the masses with a captivating performance. You gain Expertise in the gusle musical instrument. Additionally, you may take an hour to perform for an audience, reciting poems accompanied by the melody of your gusle. Such an audience could be a crowd of people, a creature held in high esteem by you, or one of social import. Roll a Charisma (Performance) check against a DC set by the Storyteller based on the setting and circumstantial factors that may apply, adding a roll of your Bardic Inspiration die to the total (this does not expend the die). On a success, your Bardic Inspiration die therefore counts as 1 category higher (for example, a d6 becomes a d8, a d8 becomes a d10, etc.) until you finish a Long Rest. You may use this feature once before finishing a Long Rest.

As you regale heroic deeds of yore, friends and foes alike recognize you for the trove of folkloric knowledge that you are. Every time you expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration to start recounting one of your poems, as per the Epic Repertoire feature, creatures that can hear and understand you treat you as if you were under the effects of the Sanctuary spell for the next minute or until you lose Concentration on your Epic Repertoire feature's effects. Creatures immune to the Charmed condition ignore this feature's effects.

When you expend a Bardic Inspiration die while maintaining Concentration on your Epic Repertoire feature's effects, you weave the target ally's current actions into your ongoing tale through improvised lyrics and inspire them to strive for heroism. Instead of gaining a Bardic Inspiration die as they normally would, the ally may instead gain the following benefits until the end of their next turn:

Determination. Each time your ally rolls a 10 or lower on the d20, they add a roll of your Bardic Inspiration die to the result.

Fortified Will. An amount of Temporary Hit Points equal to a roll of your Bardic Inspiration die.

Legendary Strikes. Each time your ally deals damage, they deal bonus damage equal to a roll of your Bardic Inspiration die.

Melody of Resolve. Immunity to the Charmed and Frightened condition.