College of Lore

Kind

Subclass

Hit points at level 1

8 + Constitution modifier

Hit die

d8

Primary ability

Charisma

You pursue beauty and truth, collecting knowledge from scholarly tomes to peasants' tales, and use your gifts to hold both audiences and enemies spellbound.

Level progression

What this subclass adds at each Bard level, from the game's progression table: what you get, what you choose.

1. Level 3
   Cutting Words

   Use your wit to distract a creature and sap its confidence.

   Grants the reaction Cutting Words

   Proficiency in 3 skills

   Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Arcana, Athletics, Deception, History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Performance, Persuasion, Religion, Sleight Of Hand, Stealth, Survival

2. Level 6
   Learn 2 spells

   Animate Dead, Warden of Vitality, Call Lightning, Counterspell, Crusader's Mantle, Daylight, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Haste, Hunger of Hadar, Lightning Bolt, Mass Healing Word, Remove Curse, Revivify, Sleet Storm, Slow, Spirit Guardians, Vampiric Touch, Arcane Lock, Blur, Darkness, Darkvision, Misty Step, Pass Without Trace, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, Spike Growth, Spiritual Weapon, Web, Armour of Agathys, Bless, Chromatic Orb, Command, Entangle, False Life, Guiding Bolt, Hellish Rebuke, Hex, Hunter's Mark, Ice Knife, Magic Missile, Sanctuary, Thunderous Smite, Bone Chill, Eldritch Blast, Fire Bolt, Ray of Frost, Sacred Flame

Spells 49

Can pick

• Bone Chill · Cantrip, from level 6
• Eldritch Blast · Cantrip, from level 6
• Fire Bolt · Cantrip, from level 6
• Ray of Frost · Cantrip, from level 6
• Sacred Flame · Cantrip, from level 6
• Armour of Agathys · Level 1, from level 6
• Bless · Level 1, from level 6
• Chromatic Orb · Level 1, from level 6
• Command · Level 1, from level 6
• Entangle · Level 1, from level 6
• False Life · Level 1, from level 6
• Guiding Bolt · Level 1, from level 6
• Hellish Rebuke · Level 1, from level 6
• Hex · Level 1, from level 6
• Hunter's Mark · Level 1, from level 6
• Ice Knife · Level 1, from level 6
• Magic Missile · Level 1, from level 6
• Sanctuary · Level 1, from level 6
• Thunderous Smite · Level 1, from level 6
• Arcane Lock · Level 2, from level 6
• Blur · Level 2, from level 6
• Darkness · Level 2, from level 6
• Darkvision · Level 2, from level 6
• Misty Step · Level 2, from level 6
• Pass Without Trace · Level 2, from level 6
• Ray of Enfeeblement · Level 2, from level 6
• Scorching Ray · Level 2, from level 6
• Spike Growth · Level 2, from level 6
• Spiritual Weapon · Level 2, from level 6
• Web · Level 2, from level 6
• Animate Dead · Level 3, from level 6
• Call Lightning · Level 3, from level 6
• Counterspell · Level 3, from level 6
• Crusader's Mantle · Level 3, from level 6
• Daylight · Level 3, from level 6
• Fireball · Level 3, from level 6
• Gaseous Form · Level 3, from level 6
• Grant Flight · Level 3, from level 6
• Haste · Level 3, from level 6
• Hunger of Hadar · Level 3, from level 6
• Lightning Bolt · Level 3, from level 6
• Mass Healing Word · Level 3, from level 6
• Remove Curse · Level 3, from level 6
• Revivify · Level 3, from level 6
• Sleet Storm · Level 3, from level 6
• Slow · Level 3, from level 6
• Spirit Guardians · Level 3, from level 6
• Vampiric Touch · Level 3, from level 6
• Warden of Vitality · Level 3, from level 6