Bards of the College of Hope have learned how to soothe wounds and strengthen resolve with a simple harmony. They travel the world searching for new songs and stories to tell, and places where there performances are most needed. Bringing with them a skip in their step and songs of hope and renewal, they inspire those around them to find something to live for, even when all seems lost.

When you join the College of Hope at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Medicine skill. If you are already proficient in the Medicine skill when you gain this feature, your proficiency bonus is doubled when making Medicine skill checks.

Hopeful Inspiration

Also at 3rd level, you learn to inspire others to stand ready against incoming attacks. As a bonus action, you can expend a use of Bardic Inspiration to give a healing performance. When you do so, choose a number of allies who you can see and who are conscious and can hear you within 30ft of you, up to a number of them equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one). Each target heals 1d6 hit points.

The number of hit points increases when you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to 1d8 at 5th level, 1d10 at 10th level, and 1d12 at 15th level. Starting at 7th level, targets healed in this way also gain resistance to all nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage until the start of your next turn. Starting at 11th level, when you use this ability, choose a damage type from among the following: cold, fire, lightning, thunder, and poison. Targets gain resistance to all nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, as well as the chosen damage type until the start of your next turn.

Alternatively, if a creature would fall unconscious within 60ft of you, you can use your reaction to give them Bardic Inspiration before they fall unconscious. If a creature's death saving throw would meet or exceed 20 after adding the result of a Bardic Inspiration die given by you in this way, they become stabilized and gain 1 hit point. A creature must finish a long rest before receiving this benefit again.