Bard Subclass - College of Creation

College of Creation

Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art-the creation of the first dragons and gods. That creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as the Song of Creation. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance, music, and poetry, and their teachers share this lesson:

"Before the sun and the moon, there was the Song, and its music awoke the first dawn. Its melodies so delighted the stones and trees that some of them gained a voice of their own. And now they sing too. Learn the Song, students, and you too can teach the mountains to sing and dance."

Dwarves and gnomes often encourage their bards to become students of the Song of Creation. And among dragonborn, the Song of Creation is revered, for legends portray Bahamut and Tiamat-the greatest of dragons-as two of the song's first singers.

Mote of Potential

3rd-level College of Creation feature

Whenever you give a creature a Bardic Inspiration die, you can utter a note from the Song of Creation to create a Mote of Potential, which floats above that creature.

When the creature uses the Bardic Inspiration die, the mote provides an additional effect based on whether the die benefits an ability check, an attack roll, or a saving throw, as detailed below:

• []Ability Check. When the creature rolls the Bardic Inspiration die to add it to an ability check, the creature gains a +1 bonus to the roll. This bonus increases to +2 at 10th level.

  []Attack Roll. Immediately after the creature rolls the Bardic Inspiration die to add it to an attack roll against a target, the target and each enemy within 5 feet of it must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC or take thunder damage equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration die.

  []Saving Throw. Immediately after the creature rolls the Bardic Inspiration die and adds it to a saving throw, the creature gains temporary hit points equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration die plus your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1 temporary hit point).

  Author's Notes: The Ability Check is actually supposed to allow the creature to roll the Inspiration die twice and take the highest, but I don't know how to do that right now. So I did the next best thing which is gave the Ability Check a flat number bonus that put it as close to the average of rolling two dice and taking the highest:

  []1d6 - 3. 5 (average), 4. 47 (roll twice take highest), 4. 5 (average +1)