A Bardic College for Truth-Seekers, Investigators, and Story-Shapers

Truth is power—and someone has to write it down.

The College of the Chronicle is a bardic subclass for players who want to weaponize information instead of steel. These bards are not minstrels or performers, but reporters, journalists, historians, and investigators, traveling battlefields and back alleys alike to uncover secrets that others want buried.

A Chronicler doesn’t just tell stories—they decide which ones survive.

Through sharp questions, exposés, and carefully controlled narratives, this bard subclass excels at:

• Uncovering enemy weaknesses

• Manipulating public perception

• Turning truth into psychic and tactical pressure

• Elevating allies into legends—or tearing villains apart with scandal

🔍 What’s Inside

• College of the Chronicle Bard Subclass

  • Investigative Eye – unmatched perception and insight

  • Cutting Question – extract vital facts from enemies mid-combat

  • Exposé – reveal a foe’s secrets and turn them into a battlefield debuff

  • Shape the Narrative – define whether the world sees heroes, scandals, or lies

• Expanded Spell List focused on investigation, divination, and information control

• New Original Spell: Echoes of Ancients, allowing you to witness fragments of the past tied to locations and objects

🎭 Perfect For Players Who Love:

• Political intrigue and social manipulation

• Noir, mystery, or investigative campaigns

• Playing the “smartest person in the room”

• Support roles with teeth

• Roleplay-driven abilities that matter in and out of combat

Whether you’re exposing a corrupt noble, unraveling an ancient conspiracy, or shaping the legend that history remembers, the College of the Chronicle proves one thing:

The pen isn’t mightier than the sword.
It decides who history blames for the blood.