Bard Guslar

WRITTEN RECORDS ARE
SCARCE in Zamanora, most
information traveling by word of
mouth. Alas, in the fleeting nature
of words and memories, many
things are changed, twisted, or forgotten. Guslari
bards take it upon themselves to preserve those
tales worth telling, the stories of stalwart heroes,
kind pilgrims, terrible beasts and cunning spirits.
These intrepid souls travel the land, collecting
yarns by sight or hearing, and recounting what
they have heard before. Most Guslari choose to
formulate these narrations into poems, the verse
and rhyme making it easier for folk to remember
and repeat, ensuring that the story lives on for
another generation.
EpiC Repertoire
3rd-level Guslar feature
At 3rd level, 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
Bard
Guslar
composed poems up to your proficiency bonus
and prepare them for the day.
As an action, you may expend a 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 30 feet of you that can
hear you gain the poem’s corresponding benefits.
The benefits last for 10 minutes, as long as you
concentrate on the recital as if concentrating
on a spell. Consult the Epic Repertoire table to
determine the
benefits yielded
by each poem’s
theme.

Epic Repertoire
Poem Theme 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 Inspiration.
A valiant stand against
overwhelming odds.
At the end of your turn while in a combat encounter of hard or deadly difficulty,
you gain a number of temporary hit points equal to your character level.

teller of tales
3rd-level Guslar feature
Also, at 3rd level, you have learned to entertain the
masses with a captivating performance. You gain
proficiency in the Performance skill and the gusle
musical instrument.
Additionally, you may take an hour to perform
for a willing audience that can hear you, reciting
poems accompanied by the melody of your gusle.
Roll a Charisma (Performance) check against a
DC set by the DM, 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.
Ancestral Heritage
6th-level Guslar feature
At 6th level, 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, creatures that
canhear and understand you treat you as if you
were under the effects of sanctuary 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.
Maker of Legends
14th-level Guslar feature
Upon reaching 14th level, 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 gains the following benefits until
the end of their next turn:
• Immunity to the frightened and charmed
condition.
• An amount of temporary hit points equal to a
roll of your Bardic Inspiration.
• Each time your ally rolls a 10 or lower on the
d20, they add a roll of your Bardic Inspiration
die to the result.
• Each time your ally deals damage, they deal
bonus damage equal to a roll of your Bardic
Inspiration.