College of Swords

Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess.

Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess.

College of Swords is one of the Subclasses of Bard. These Bards focus entirely on improving their own combat prowess by combining the Extra Attack passive, being able to use Bardic Inspiration charges for utility and multi-attacks, and being the only Bard Subclass able to have a Fighting Style.

Subclass Features

This subclass obtains all the features from its base class, Bard, in addition to its unique features outlined below.

Level 3

• Gain Medium armour Proficiency
• Gain  Scimitars Proficiency

Blade Flourish

•  Defensive Flourish (Melee): Attack defensively, increasing your  Armour Class by 4 if you hit.

•  Defensive Flourish (Ranged): Attack defensively, increasing your  Armour Class by 4 if you hit.

•  Slashing Flourish (Melee): Attack up to 2 enemies at once.

•  Slashing Flourish (Ranged): Attack up to 2 enemies at once.

•  Mobile Flourish (Melee): Thrust your weapon with enough force to push your target back 6 m / 20 ft. Afterwards, you can Teleport to the target.

•  Mobile Flourish (Ranged): Shoot a target with enough force to push it back 6 m / 20 ft. Afterwards, you can Teleport to the target.

Fighting Style

•  Duelling: When you are wielding a melee weapon that is not Two-Handed or Versatile in one hand, and no weapon in the other hand, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon, increasing your chance to do heavy damage.
•  Two-Weapon Fighting: When you make an offhand attack, you can add your Ability Score Modifier to the damage of the attack.

Level 6

 Extra Attack

• You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.