Bard Feats

Key Terms

You'll see the following key terms in many bard class features.

Composition: To cast a composition cantrip or focus spell, you use a type of Performance. If the spell includes a verbal component, you must use an auditory performance, and if it includes a somatic component, you must use a visual one. The spell gains all the traits of the performance you used. You can cast only one composition spell each turn, and you can have only one active at a time. If you cast a new composition spell, any ongoing effects from your previous composition spell end immediately.

Metamagic: Actions with the metamagic trait tweak the properties of your spells. These actions usually come from metamagic feats. You must use a metamagic action directly before Casting the Spell you want to alter. If you use any action (including free actions and reactions) other than Cast a Spell directly after, you waste the benefits of the metamagic action. Any additional effects added by a metamagic action are part of the spell's effect, not of the metamagic action itself.

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Every level at which you gain a Bard feat, select one of the following feats. You must satisfy any prerequisites before taking the feat.

1st Level Bard Feats

• Bardic Lore (enigma muse) - Your studies make you informed on every subject.

• Hymn of Healing - You learn the hymn of healing composition spell, which imbues your music with rich melodies that help your allies recover from harm.

• Lingering Composition (maestro muse) - By adding a flourish, you make your compositions last longer.

• Martial Performance (warrior muse) - Your muse has taught you how to handle a wider variety of weapons than most bards, empowering you to effortlessly blend your performance into combat even with the most inelegant tools.

• Reach Spell - You can extend your spells' range.

• Versatile Performance (polymath muse) - You can rely on the grandeur of your performances rather than ordinary social skills.

• Well-Versed - You're resilient to performative influences that aren't your own.

2nd Level Bard Feats

• Cantrip Expansion - Study broadens your range of simple spells.

• Directed Audience - You can shape the area of your composition spells.

• Esoteric Polymath (polymath muse) - You keep a book of occult spells, similar to a wizard's spellbook.

• Inspire Competence (maestro muse) - You learn to aid your allies' skills with your performance.

• Loremaster's Etude (enigma muse) - You magcially unlock memories, making them easier to recall.

• Multifarious Muse - Your muse doesn't fall into a single label.

• Song of Strength (warrior muse) - Your performances inspire strength in your allies.

4th Level Bard Feats

• Combat Reading - You use a performer's cold reading techniques, aura reading, and other tricks to discover your foe's strengths and weaknesses.

• Courageous Advance (warrior muse) - With a rousing call, you exhort an ally to advance.

• Inspire Defense (maestro muse) - You learn to protect yourself and your allies with your performance.

• Melodious Spell - You subtly weave your spellcasting into your performance.

• Ritual Researcher (enigma muse, expert in Occultism) - Careful research into the art of rituals has made you better at performing them.

• Triple Time - You learn to speed up yourself and your allies with your performance.

• Versatile Signature (polymath muse) - You're always tweaking your available repertoire.

6th Level Bard Feats

• Defensive Coordination (warrior muse, Inspire Defense) - Like the storied heroes who persist in the face of overwhelming odds, you and your allies will hold the line.

• Dirge of Doom - You learn to frighten your enemies with your performance.

• Educate Allies (Well-Versed) - You tweak the properties of your composition spell to convey a bit of your defensive knowledge.

• Harmonize (maestro muse) - You can perform multiple compositions simultaneously.

• Song of Marching - You learn the song of marching composition cantrip, which enables you and your allies to cross vast distances without strain.

• Steady Spellcasting - You don't lose spells easily.

8th Level Bard Feats

• Accompany - You use your performances to supplement an ally's spellcasting, providing magical energy for their spells.

• Call and Response - Your composition takes the form of a call-and-response chant, which lets your allies continue the effect with you.

• Courageous Opportunity (warrior muse) - You bellow a ferocious call to arms, inspiring yourself to lash out at a foe.

• Eclectic Skill (polymath muse, master in Occultism) - Your broad experiences translate to a range of skills.

• Inspire Heroics (maestro muse) - Your performances inspire even greater deeds in your allies.

• Know-it-All (enigma muse) - Your knowledge of the world expands beyond what you have read.

• Soulsight (Sorcerer bloodline that greats divine or occult spells) - Your muse has opened your senses to the world beyond.

10th Level Bard Feats

• Annotate Composition - By putting composition to paper, you can create a source of stirring words or song that others can read and understand.

• Courageous Assault (warrior muse) - With a mighty shout, you can stir an ally to attack.

• House of Imaginary Walls - You erect an imaginary barrier others believe to be real.

• Ode to Ouroboros - You learn the ode to ouroboros composition spell, which enables you to temporarily spare your allies from death.

• Quickened Casting - You are able to quickly cast a spell.

• Symphony of the Unfettered Heart - You learn the symphony of the unfettered heart composition spell, which enables you to protect an ally against incapacitating conditions.

• Unusual Composition (polymath muse) - You can translate the emotion and power of a composition to other mediums.

12th Level Bard Feats

• Eclectic Polymath (Esoteric Polymath) - Your flexible mind can quickly shift spells.

• Enigma's Knowledge (Assured Knowledge) - Your muse whispers knowledge to you at all the right times.

• Inspirational Focus - Your connection to your muse has granted you unusual focus.

• Reverberate - You can manipulate the acoustics around you to deflect sonic damage back at its source.

• Shared Assault (Courageous Assault) - In the triumph of battle, you can share the glory with another ally.

14th Level Bard Feats

• Allegro - You can quicken your allies with a fast-paced performance.

• Earworm - By endlessly repeating a motif, you implant an earworm, a memorable song that repeats over and over again in your allies' heads, preparing them to respond to it later.

• Soothing Ballad - You soothe your allies' wounds with the power of your performance.

• Triumphant Inspiration (warrior muse) - With a triumphant shout, you inspire your allies.

• True Hypercognition (enigma muse) - Your mind works at an incredible pace.

• Vigorous Inspiration - You instill magical vigor in your allies when you inspire them to attack.