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

[@caarthikraj8184]

The name's Bard... James Bard

[@Agamotto57]

YES

[@icferguson82]

Call that bardulance

[@adamloga3788]

This is another subclass that would make a surprisingly terrifying villain. Everything's going well until suddenly all the Nobles who used to shower you with praise and riches are calling for your arrest. You manage to escape the guards and hide out with the party's favorite NPC, deciding to lay low until the heat dies down. He seems nervous. But that's normal in this situation, right? He offers to let you all get some rest while he keeps watch, and feeling exhausted, the party agrees. A couple hours later, you wake to find yourselves surrounded by guards with all your equipment missing. Suddenly, you see a well-dressed person step forward through the guards with a self-assured look. "Well, this is quite the predicament for you, isn't it? If you all want to avoid the gallows, then you're going to be working for me from now on. And don't worry about your equipment, I'll keep it safe."

[@dewey-turbo]

If i had a nickel every time my fav dnd channels released videos on the wispers bard in the same week. Id have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[@allenwalker957]

Ah yes, a fellow Pointy Hat watcher? Nice meeting you.

[@rcschmidt668]

Must be brought to you by Fox Mulder. 😂

[@D4rkW4ri0]

The human familiar brought you here too?

[@Darthpuffi_Sub_Pls]

ah a fellow man of culture i see

[@gavinpacheco7807]

Yoooooooooo, same

[@funnyblog100]

I played a college of whispers bard and he became outright terrifying over the course of the campaign. He was absolutely brutal in combat encounters and was a musical whirlwind of death. I took the sharpshooter and crossbow expert feats so he could attack twice and add 50 damage to his attacks. Sharpshooter lets him add 10 damage at a -5 penalty to the roll with his ranged attacks thats on top of the additional damage he got from psychic blades. I also had a habit of coating my ammo with poisons and other things I would buy when we stopped in town for even more added damage. I used spells like faerie fire to give him and the entire party advantage on enemies and dipped some levels in rogue for cunning action and sneak attack. A lot of boss encounters got wrecked by this guy.

[@woutvanostaden1299]

5.24 is going to be a very fun playground for whisper bards.

[@elijahhayter3026]

I’m sorry, what?! What level were you?

[@funnyblog100]

@@elijahhayter3026 Around 5 or 6 the gm let us start with a feat.

[@elijahhayter3026]

@@funnyblog100 nice!

[@funnyblog100]

@@elijahhayter3026 The downside is he had low ac and would go down easily if enemies managed to close the distance. He nearly died a few times. Very much a glass cannon. The dm also made him a priority target in combat encounters. The big bads of that setting started to view him as a major threat. My character was a flamboyant half elf bard who always wore a silly costume like a jester or clown. He wore a comedy mask and played the fiddle. Keep in mind one of our party members was a forge cleric with absurdly high ac wielding a war hammer. We also had a divination wizard and a monk. The bard was still considered the biggest threat. Did I mention I took heat metal and would use barbed crossbow bolts that would stick out of enemies? So I could cast heat metal and deal damage over time if they survived his big damage attack.

[@jacobsedlack1173]

The best thing about playing a College of Whispers Bard? You get to sing your favorite Bond theme as your Bardic Inspiration song. Out of nowhere you can just bust out into a rendition of "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell and still be completely in character.

[@elijahhayter3026]

… you… I like you… you have good taste.

[@bthsr7113]

Let me whisper in your ear, "heat metal on that guy we're pretending not to be looking at, and play dumb"

[@anjelica948]

My first DnD character I ever rolled was a Whispers Bard. I haven’t had a chance to play yet, but I’m really hoping I do get to in the future, and now that I’ve watched this video, I realize I unintentionally rolled up James Bond, minus the dubious consent aspect, bc my guy is Not about that. The things you learn when you get someone else’s perspective, lol. Excellent video as always.

[@Kefkaownsall]

This bard also has the trend of dominating diplo focused games

[@genma200sj]

Def an underrated bard subclass. Nice vid!

[@bthsr7113]

Huh, James really would be a fun template for a bard/rogue. Edit: with a magically macabre dash of 47 too... huh. Guess we might not NEED the Rogue's knife work and sneak attack.

[@atomiskfawkes]

Absolutely love this subclass for evil characters that want to be subtle. Made a whispers bard a while back for a potential companion/npc, and he brought so much flavor to the campaign; gathering secrets, deceiving townspeople, and generally sowing discord. He ended up stealing the identity of the leader of the richest guild in the country, and is using his status to amass wealth, influence and information. Will definitely have to make a whispers bard again if I play another story-focused campaign.

[@DKBalerdroch]

Same I'm getting ready to start an evil campaign With a Changeling planning on Multiclassing 18 Whispers Bard 1 Level of Aberrant Mind Sorcerer and 1 Level of Great Old One Warlock Faceless Background Excited asf to start

[@demonderpz7937]

I really love College of Whispers and mixing it with rogue, but I hate how everyone states that it is "just the rogue bard". As if swashbuckler isn't just the bard rogue XD. You know what, fuck it: I'm going swashbuckler college of swords and nobody can stop me

[@magegod989]

Swashbuckler is great on a swords bard extra skills and expertise, cunning actions, 2d6 sneak attack, and a boost to initiative as well as a free disengage after hitting something. I personally wouldn't go more then 3 in rogue and after extra attack at bard 6.

[@demonderpz7937]

@@magegod989 My personal intent would be to start it off with 3 levels into rogue cuz base rogue gets better saving throws, proficiencies, and one more skill. Then I'd go the rest in swords bard. I acknowledge how integral extra attack is and all, but ngl the first 3 levels of rogue are a banger

[@JacksonChadwick]

I saw a super sick Loki build once that made me fall in love with this subclass

[@andrade9172]

Are you and Pointy Hat in cahoots?

[@Doctersorcescp]

Yeah

[@brucewatkinson5254]

The sad thing is this subclass has the right ingredients to offer a very cool backstory for your OC with a ton of flavour (and for a Bard Subclass that bucks the trends that you'd associate with a bard), only to discover it can be very situational in very specific campaigns that are not combat-heavy. I eventually discovered that running an Eloquence Bard with Soul Knife Rouge as a multi-class was the better combo, for you can deal psychic damage and can come off as unnervingly charming to the poor sap who has unfortunately crossed paths with your character. Pointy Hat even posted a video critiquing the College of Whispers Bard, and his homebrew 'College of Lies' Bard subclass is something I wouldn't mind running in a future campaign. It repurposed the class to focus more on lies, subterfuge, illusions, and charms that shines in high-stakes social interactions, but that can be useful in other scenarios in a pinch.

[@DrunkButcher]

“How do you want to be remembered?” “I’d prefer to not be remembered at all.”

[@bobbyfartz5591]

Vaush cameo is insane

[@crookedfang1534]

You deserve more subscribers

[@Wintermist-SWE]

lol your songs are always so spot on

[@Kutterkaleb]

I get that it’s secret agent man… but why does the way he sings it sound like the teen titans song?? 😂

[@fcm3d]

Aaah yes the chismosa class my favorite.

[@Heavenly_Heal]

Damn that dancing toothless meme really died off just as fast as it started and I completely forgot about it

[@absolutleynotanalien8096]

12:12 Thanks for being a positive influence.

[@thomasvanspronsen4824]

WOW Its weird seeing artwork and knowing who made it because they were in the same class as you 5:08 Corne Cobbler check him out hes great

[@WolfHreda]

It's a shame the Whispers Bard doesn't get more support in combat.

[@jamesscheurich6006]

Maybe a good way to do a Thom Merrilin (Wheel of Time) inspired Bard.

[@woutvanostaden1299]

Whisper bard multiclasses are going to be fun in 5.24.

[@nonamegiven202]

I do enjoy the "not a entertainer" bards but that comes from my deep seated anger over the only Jack-of-all-trades class being build around that. like i got opinions on whispers itself, but there's a whole pointy hat video on that one.

[@wolfox7776]

In a Political Intrique, low combat campaign, this is probably the second best bard. If not, it'll do all it needs to, but not a smidge more

[@natehansen3098]

still cant get over that intro

[@grantbourgeois2436]

Mix with rogue for James Bond mix with monk for Jason Bourne

[@woutvanostaden1299]

I imagin a monk, druid, bard (adding also rogue might be a bit much) could get terrible efficient at infiltrating. 😊

[@magegod989]

I feel whispers bard would do really well in the right setting. I tried playing one in ice wind dale and wasn't really having a good time. That said a diffect module like dragon heist would have really had the whispers bard thrive.

[@TheHerrDoctor]

Kobold bard- Heck yeah!

[@billcipher3180]

so it's basically an agent 47 subclass... neat

[@Itachi45481]

Their main issue is they have mostly role play skill set and no combat abilities good abilities just far more utility funny due to how often it’s the lack of utility and more combat that’s an issue 😅

[@kubiakpella]

Oathbreaker Paladin pls

[@doodofhype]

Did you coordinate with pointy hat this week wth?

[@youmightbeadnd]

lol nope

[@masterofshadowfire]

Question for the more experienced players and yourself. Do the soulknife psychic blades and the college of whispers psychic blades stack. Based on my understanding, you make the blades on attack for the soulknife and with the college of whispers it is on hit

[@Kylora2112]

This subclass would be awesome if it had *any* combat utility.

[@jmangan17]

Hey, 3/4 of the way into a bard YMBA and he hasn't done the DJ bit yet...... SONOFAB!!!!!

[@ThePsychiatryofLiving]

That song sounded like Homer Simpson singing 😁😁

[@jamesvarela233]

Is this an official college for bards? This sounds like a really cool way to start building up a stealth bard.

[@firecookie1013]

you should do storm sorcery sub-class for a video i would love that

[@Baldgate69]

Btw love your videos

[@muhammadrafay8441]

Let me explain this to you The spy rogue is james bond The college of whispers is austin powers

[@ATK1734]

I think YMBA is trying to subtly tell us that James Bond is a Whispers Bard. Or, MAYBE, I'm looking too deep into this.

[@C_A_I_N_N]

I'd love the idea to play a college of Whispers bard but perhaps even work more like an interesting blend of Bard and Warlock what's a bit of the way warlock if you asked me should work being that your spells cost health to cast rather than having spell slots so the limit isn't the number of spell slots you have but rather the amount of your own life force you're willing to give for that power and then basically playing almost akin to like a natural born child of a devil and either a human or whatever other race you want to mix it with who has the innate ability to use the same magic as the devils and who's us has their greatest strength being in making deals and controlling the minds of those around them with rather than singing or playing an instrument, you weave together your words into deals you make with others Souls directly rather than even them consciously themselves....

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

crunkcore? I'm not going to look it up but I've never heard of it.

[@SilverScribe85]

Are there any Bard colleges that teach painting, writing or culinary skills

[@akirachiyoko2134]

7:40 where is the original song from

[@adamfitzpatrick2366]

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[@adamfitzpatrick2366]

A song called secret agent man

[@cerindraco8407]

I need you to do psiwarrior fighter

[@vetabeta9890]

Could you do a homebrew video on a dragonrider class

[@darkness52001]

Did anyone else hear the Teen Titans Theme song?

[@LordOblivion6]

How have you not done gunslinger?

[@viniciosmartins1279]

Make a Oath of Redemption video!! pls!!

[@TheDoomed]

Skipped right past the sandwich, 🙄

[@gabriellajoie9486]

🤘

[@MelissaPerez-d5g]

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[@renedamasio]

Knock destroys stealth. I'll never recommend this spell for a subtefurge type character xD

[@haku8135]

Most of the time you can just, pick the lock. But for those rare times where lockpicks aren't enough, having a silence spell up your sleeve would make knock a VERY useful spell. You can actually use it very effectively in stealth, because it can target something up to 60 feet away. So you can redirect attention to somewhere else in a wide area really easily. Of course if you can get to a location that's far away from other people, you can just cast knock regardless. Plus Knock actually will work on way more than just locks, it can LIFT things away from a door causing it to be STUCK or barring it. It's actually kinda insane when you realize the true scope of what it can do. An old trap door that's been rusted shut for decades, will just pop open. Shut it behind you and good luck to anyone trying to chase you after hearing the noise. Knock is a VERY powerful spell if you're clever about its use.

[@renedamasio]

@@haku8135 Interesting idea... i'll keep that in mind the next time i play 5e

[@rcschmidt668]

Knock is good as a distraction if you lead people to one place while you sneak somewhere else.

[@Kurooganeko]

Three DND youtubers releasing a whisper bard video in the same week? That's suspicious, that's weird...

[@youmightbeadnd]

Its coincidence lol

[@Kurooganeko]

@@youmightbeadnd Three is a pattern

[@youmightbeadnd]

@@Kurooganeko who was the 3rd? lol

[@Kurooganeko]

@@youmightbeadnd DND Builds, the Joker video

[@ElijahChurchill-xy4gi]

Hi ymba

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

As someone who was alive when his first movies came out, Sean Connery was ALWAYS problematic. It's just that through most of history being problematic wasn't, well, a problem for problematic people.

[@Baldgate69]

First

[@Shadow_Lord055]

I wish I was first