You Might Be a College of Spirits Bard | Bard Subclass Guide for DND 5e

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You Might Be a College of Spirits Bard | Bard Subclass Guide for DND 5e

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Hey! Guess what. You're Awesome and thanks for watching. I promise this is the best DND tutorial based on a 30 year old Jeff Foxworthy joke you'll ever see. Stick around for more and vote in the comments for which subclass you'd like to next.
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@youmightbeadnd 9 ай бұрын

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@demonderpz7937 7 ай бұрын

Not sure how well the party dynamic would go, but an ancestral guardian barbarian, necromancer wizard, spirits bard, grave domain cleric, and phantom rogue would be an interesting death-themed party for a grimdark campaign

@dekira3545 4 ай бұрын

or a spooky Halloween theme

@Cleric0Youth 2 ай бұрын

What if it was a perfectly normal campaign and the party members just happened to all pick death themed characters independently of each other?

@pillarsofsnow7940 9 ай бұрын

Anyone else think the “you gain X if you roll initiative and have none” abilities would be so easily made awsome if it was instead “if you start you turn and have no X you gain 1 or 2”

@dharmeshmistry342 9 ай бұрын

I like your idea although the difficulty with that is that it would trivialize resource management. You would just have a resource to burn every single round and wouldn’t have to worry about when to drop them for support. It sounds nice in theory but from a DM perspective that’s like an entire bardic inspiration being slammed at you every single round, always, every encounter, no matter what.

@yournewmessiah3582 9 ай бұрын

@@dharmeshmistry342 I disagree. It is a capstone at level 20. As a player you'd maybe use this once for the campaign's last bossfight or for a oneshot. This would definitely as op as, idk, being able to cast Wish, since level 17, three levels prior to this. The Wizard nest to me has an infinite pool to cast Silvery barbs or other first and second level spells since level 18. The Paladin can go goblin mode and wreck an entire encounter in a minute. The balance at high levels has hurled itself out the window when we got to level 15. I would definitely welcome this change both as a player and as a dm. I don't know why wizards wants to give Bard, Monk and Sorcerer the dnd equivalents of foodstamps as their capstones, but they definitely don't feel like a capstone

9 ай бұрын

Frankly, these shitty capstone abilities are just asking for bards and sorcerers to take a hexblade level down the line. Even if your campaign somehow lasts until level 20 you don't really lose out on anything great, but you have a lot to gain.

@dharmeshmistry342 9 ай бұрын

@@yournewmessiah3582 You know now that you frame it like that with the other classes in mind, I think I might come over to the side of better bard capstones. Initially I was only considering how bard itself would have the potential to break rolls across the board even if it’s just one person being repeatedly bardically inspired, since they’d be able to add that to their rolls again and again and again endlessly, which would trivialize certain weak points of some classes. But it’s only SOME classes in hindsight, so I definitely think you make a good point.

@Bacon_and_Busch 9 ай бұрын

I'd rather the gains be "roll initiative and gain x" Just gain it at your initiative roll, whether you have them or not. It'd only be game breaking if you rolled initiative (big number) times a day, and only then if you didn't use the thing, which means you.... probably didn't need it. Maybe fighting a dozen separate trash mobs before you fought the big ass dragon? Anyway, that's how I'd DM it, especially for a Monk (well, Monk needs more). which is why I have to make stupidly powerful monsters because I make my players objectively too powerful. I homebrewed a Sun Blade last night that's a Great Sword, and has extra attack because I didn't think the Paladin/ Warlock/Sorcerer had enough juice.

@marcusblacknell-andrews1783 9 ай бұрын

I once created a hexblood “Spirits Bard” and built her as a medium. She was the culprit for a “Ghost Story” Whodunnit I wrote.

@dharmeshmistry342 9 ай бұрын

Gonna make a Reborn Spirits Bard who’s just a skeleton. Skull counts as a spiritual focus so he can cast spells by speaking aloud. Would fit really nice thematically too!

@edyan2478 9 ай бұрын

DM: No, you have to be holding your focus. Reborn: Okay! *(Pops skull off and carries it)* How's this? DM: ...uh... *(sighs)* sure

@SueDonym-qx7or 3 ай бұрын

Stealing this

@dharmeshmistry342 3 ай бұрын

@@SueDonym-qx7or Will gladly be stolen from. Our army only grows.

@vek144 6 ай бұрын

I used to be a strict Sword Bard myself until I started doing tarot readings. After I learned one can use a Tarokka deck I started playing Spirit. I've flavored it where there are 12 spirits for the 12 stories and assigned them to 12 tarot cards.

@K4rm4ttack 9 ай бұрын

My favorite Spirits bard I made was a carnival medium who started seeing ghosts for real... And didn't like it. She'd learned how to read people and lie, she didn't get into this to talk to ghosts for real.

@K4rm4ttack 9 ай бұрын

(When she's lying she puts a bunch of production and acting effort into it, when she has to tell a tale from an actual ghost she's just like "So check this out, right-".)

@singularrookhart7501 Ай бұрын

Ha! I did pretty much the exact same thing 😊

@DapperPhantom 6 ай бұрын

I’ve got a spirits Bard who can’t talk to regular ghosts and definitely doesn’t have 100% spooky vibes. But the ghost (or soul? Unconfirmed?) of his grandpa lives in his golden lute and constantly reminds him that he needs to be writing down the adventure to tell stories later. He’s a fun little dude.

@Wintermute909 9 ай бұрын

Wowsers! TIL about the Aztec Death Whistle while laughing really hard.

@KuhntaSmash 9 ай бұрын

yeah, that whistle gave this video a well-deserved thumbs down.

@odinulveson9101 9 ай бұрын

Death whistle sounds like a fantastic tool for spreading sheer fright around! Gotta find out to get one/ make one 😈

@Riddlewizard 9 ай бұрын

Keep up the spooky, do Necromancer next! Don't let the early xmas decorations weirdos win!

@odinulveson9101 9 ай бұрын

Agree! Also the rogue Phantom would be nice too see

@truecross4090 9 ай бұрын

Is now a bad time to mention I got my tree up?

@Riddlewizard 9 ай бұрын

@@truecross4090 Boo. Let people have their turkey first.

@kapitankapital6580 9 ай бұрын

I like to imagine a bard who defeats his opponents by blasting Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You at them on repeat

@marcusblacknell-andrews1783 9 ай бұрын

What about a Werewolf Necromancer, who created an army of reborn wererats?

@kingsim9288 9 ай бұрын

I really hope oathbreaker is in the next subclass pole.

@MrWesternAUS 9 ай бұрын

If it is, vote for it, and don't just bounce afterwards, keep watching the rest of them, because they will all be entertaining

@marcusblacknell-andrews1783 9 ай бұрын

This subclass helped me build a phantom rider

@kubiakpella 9 ай бұрын

Bro I commented "Oathbreaker Paladin pls" under every Video (check it) and He once answered that Oathbreaker will be one of the last subclasses he will cover

@MrWesternAUS 9 ай бұрын

@@kubiakpella so....in a few more rounds then? Hopefully you watch the rest of the Paladin videos to see how they compare to Oathbreaker when he eventually covers it

@BassBumbass 9 ай бұрын

Holy shit, i did not realise it at the time, but...yea, Lirael (girl pictured at 12:00) WOULD be a spirit bard. I always wanted to somehow homebrew Abhorsen abilities and the magic of the bells from the bookseries into DnD...and now...now i can. FUCK. THANK YOU.

@ZpEB2741 9 ай бұрын

"You employ tools that aid you in channeling spirits, be they historical figures or fictional archetypes." _~Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft_ This subclass is more than ghosts stories straight from the ghosts. You can call upon spirits that embody character tropes from any stories your bard favors. In other words, you are harnessing the power of "the DNA of the soul": *_MEMES_*

@frasechico 4 ай бұрын

*power word kill* Your memes... end here

@Replica2901 2 ай бұрын

My 3 year old daughter started dancing to your singing, now she wants to listen to this all the time 😅

@jakewilsoncraw 9 ай бұрын

Medium detective is such a great character idea. Maybe multiclass with rogue.

@marcusblacknell-andrews1783 9 ай бұрын

The best way to do that is to multi-class the “Spirits” bard with the “Phantom” rogue

@raggierock2848 8 ай бұрын

@@marcusblacknell-andrews1783I'm doing this in a campaign rn.Both classes play so well into each other.I'm having an issue deciding how much I want to dip in both rn though. So far I'm thinking 14 in rouge 6 in bard.

@marcusblacknell-andrews1783 8 ай бұрын

@@raggierock2848 , so far so good, but make sure you use the “Investigator” background. That’s what makes the character

@erik8536 5 ай бұрын

Imagine a spirits bard that is just thriller’s Michael Jackson. The spiritual focus is a cursed glove that makes you say hee hee every time you cast a spell and whenever you summon the skeletons you just bust the thriller choreography.

@KnicKnac 9 ай бұрын

This is my favorite Bard subclass.

@ShanyA42 9 ай бұрын

I completely reflavored my spirits bard to be a screenwriter (it's a film industry focused campaign) who's obsessed with storytelling. She's not spooky at all, just an extremely supportive and friendly person.

@geekspeak1140 9 ай бұрын

Blessed be thy upload

@abigailblackmon1144 9 ай бұрын

I love thay he used the Abhorsen for one of the Spirit Bard images

@TheCelticCowboy98 9 ай бұрын

So you are telling me I can play a bard that buffs allies and attack enemies, by holding a human skull and aggressively quote Shakespeare's Hamlet!

@aarons.8161 21 күн бұрын

Was going to bring this up in the Lores Bard, given their 6th level Magical Secrets could grant them Animate Dead, but perhaps the Spirits Bard would fit better. Anyways, I've had this concept of a Necromantic Bard for a while, using spells like Animate Dead, Danse Macabre and Finder of Death to basically build up and lead his ever growing undead troupe. But he would never take up the title of being a necromancer, for he is in fact... *Straightens his white coat, flicks up the the back of his white fedora and strums his lute as his undead troupe assume a dancing pose* The Necrodancer. *Starts player Thriller as the undead troupe dance to the beat*

@thedeaderer8791 9 ай бұрын

Lol finally one of the coolest classes flavor wise at least get some recognition.

@patrickslayter9946 9 ай бұрын

I think they should be able to always have see invisibility (etheral creatures and plain only) and speak with dead on at all times. Like Cast them at will or as rituals.

@WolfHreda 9 ай бұрын

3:59 As someone who has been playing _way_ too much Dark and Darker recently, that Wizard is cheating! Damn hackers.

@nicholascasey6473 9 ай бұрын

Playing a level 9 Spirits bard rn, but when I was level 7, we done something we shouldn't have and had to fight 3 retrievers. My character has the rythem drums +2(flavored as an Aztech death wistle) and the horn of valhalla. We managed to win but had nothing left at the end of combat. Personally, the tales from beyond table is fine as they are with exception of the melee one, that one is crap and not even hiding it. Additionally, Countercharm actually came in handy last session against 15 harpies on a boat.

@nabun111 2 ай бұрын

The song of the old Addams tv show was great

@MrWesternAUS 9 ай бұрын

I'm a bit late to the party when it comes to voicing my opinion on the video, but I do tend to binge watch all of them, and leave the latest one for last, but these are still fun videos to watch. Can't wait for the 3rd Round of Polls, fingers crossed Bard isn't last again

@TheIdealofGreed 6 ай бұрын

Makes me think of a Spirit Bard-Ghost Slayer duo going around offering services to ghosts/undead.

@Kurooganeko 9 ай бұрын

Just realizing this subclass is basically Wei Wuxian... ºOº

@robert2german 7 ай бұрын

If this is ever implemented into BG3, either as official DLC or a mod, I can see Tales from Beyond being reworked to allow for choosing the tale, as well as adjusting the numbers to make them equally viable.

@sev1120 8 ай бұрын

Habe the tales from beyond table give you casts of divination, necromancy and illusion spells thematic to the spirits bard, and a few others as well Like maybe one could be spirit guardians, another could be Divination, a third could be silent image, etc.

@cxipz1644 9 ай бұрын

knew you would post today

@towelstien4258 9 ай бұрын

Dude great video

@jonathanstorms4530 9 ай бұрын

You are criminally underrated my guy.

@benjamincortez4259 9 ай бұрын

The bard was chosen last again. It's disappointing, but here's hoping that this doesn't happen a third time.

@casbot71 9 ай бұрын

At least there's no such class as the Druid's Bard...

@JL-gm8gy 9 ай бұрын

My favorite class finally

@NicoleTheDodo 9 ай бұрын

Gotta love the singing

@joshuakanapkey6570 6 ай бұрын

Very clever on the Tales!

@_demon_lord_1348 9 ай бұрын

I wanna see undead warlock

@marcusblacknell-andrews1783 9 ай бұрын

Ditto to the 10th power!!

@GKahla 9 ай бұрын

great theme, and fun mechanics

@topnotchplayer2255 9 ай бұрын

Can we see Wildfire Druid next? Such a cool subclass

@VerbenaComfrey 3 ай бұрын

Tulio!

@odinulveson9101 9 ай бұрын

The deas DO tell tales! Sing me a song you dead folks from beyond! A death whistle hmm? Wouldnt mind having a few of those, spreading some ter... erm fright around where I live. Maybe create a growthbed for a new folktale, rural legend... mohaha! I know about a hiking path through different pockets of forests with households nearby, eeeeexcellent! In the dead of night a phantoms vengeance howls at peak height!

@kharchieff 2 ай бұрын

so if i target myself with the tales from beyond and roll the tale of the duelist. do i then hit myself ? as it says make a melee spell attack against the target being yourself. or if i target a friend, do i hit my friend.? both 2 and 12 seem very bad and not sure if this would actually be a good or fun subclass if you constantly roll those 2. this can even lose you a important encounter

@zeos26 17 күн бұрын

I might be a Spirits Bard...

@leonardgreen4248 9 ай бұрын

THE SANDWICH

@Risky.official339 9 ай бұрын

Have you done collage of sword yet, I've played like 100000000 sword bards

@MrWesternAUS 9 ай бұрын

YMBA Has only done 2 rounds, College of Swords isn't one of them, so could turn up in Round 3 of the polls, so vote if it comes up tomorrow

@KraineSilva 9 ай бұрын

Nice video, next warlock pact of symbiont pls !

@kubiakpella 9 ай бұрын

Oathbreaker Paladin pls

@SimplexStorm 9 ай бұрын

Another banger

@utnequis9533 9 ай бұрын

YUUUUP

@VerbenaComfrey 3 ай бұрын

snap snap

@leoryff979 7 ай бұрын

Rip headphone users at 3:25

@benjamintengs4026 9 ай бұрын

Lets goo

@WAMTAT 9 ай бұрын

So spooky

@thedescendedangel 9 ай бұрын

Dungeon hunter 3 and 4 were great but 5 went ALL IN on micro transactions

@leia6577 9 ай бұрын

What's the art on the thumbnail?

@nikodemprymaczek1962 9 ай бұрын

If you think that the druids are overpowered then you should Really do a video about pun-pun.

@pookacara 9 ай бұрын

Love your spooky song to explain the spirit bard. You should definitely add a song to every bard explanation hence forth, y'know, for flavour.😅

@woodchuck94og 8 ай бұрын

Some one is a joecat fan

@kolheart183 17 күн бұрын

SSSSSSSSHHHPOOKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!

@kolheart183 17 күн бұрын

SCARY SKELETONS

@kolheart183 17 күн бұрын

Send shivers down your spine

@kolheart183 17 күн бұрын

Shrieking skulls will shock your soul

@kolheart183 17 күн бұрын

Seal your doom tonight

@kolheart183 17 күн бұрын

Spooky, scary skeletons Speak with such a screech You'll shake and shudder in surprise When you hear these zombies shriek

@thewholesomecultist6702 9 ай бұрын

Oh great one give us weeb sword man next poll

@absolutleynotanalien8096 8 ай бұрын

I support human sacrafice to increase the ghost population.

@generalpalpatine4008 9 ай бұрын

I get that its probably hard to find legit art to use in your videos but the amount of ai images you used in this is crazy. Please be more careful when looking for images.

@youmightbeadnd 9 ай бұрын

What?