Designer Notes Greetings, I have always been interested in the Bladesinger archetype, but it felt underwhelming. I, along other wizard players, have agreed that a revision should occur, and that revision should not replicate the Eldritch Knight fighter nor the War Magic wizard. Thus, I created this revision as of December of 2018. As the features go, the potential of the class does not seem to scale as well as the other arcane traditions provided in both the Player's Handbook and Xanathar's Guide to Everything. The benefits of playing a bladesinger seemed to help Eldritch Knight more than the wizard as it was intended to. The Bladesong feature proves useful, but the rest of the features may need to be improved or additional features may need to be added to support playing this arcane tradition in longer campaigns. For 2nd level, you are granted two features. Training in War and Song did not provide enough support to capture the bladesingers that are described to utilize multiple styles as described under the Bladesinger Styles section (page 142 of Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide) nor did it assist in the sustain of a class that has a d6 hit die unlike sorcerer's Draconic Bloodline would. Bladesong is the defining feature of this archetype, and it is great on its own. However, I saw a need to have occur more often, or, at least, it should last longer than how it starts at 2nd level at later levels. I believe additional uses could solve both issues. Although, two uses proves to be enough uses at lower levels through playtesting. The Extra Attack at 6th level helps the bladesinger being a front line spellcaster. If I were to change it, then I think I would cause the Eldritch Knight to be competing with it more than it should. An additional feature at 6th level may overload the early benefits of the arcane tradition, so I decided, alongside the feedback I obtained, to include additional features at later levels, i.e. 10th level and/or 14th level. At 10th level, the Song of Defense proves great for bladesingers in reducing damage taken akin to Monk's Slow Fall feature. It should not be changed. Although, I did include another feature to be gained at this level to aid with the previously mentioned issues. Upon researching previous implementations of the Bladesinger in other editions of Dungeons & Dragons, I found another song that bladesinger used to utilize. Song of Celerity would aid in the lack of mobility benefits that bladesinger had. I thought about using this song to aid in my revision to this arcane tradition. User HerpDerp1909 (/u/HerpDerp1909) provides the best solution to include this would-be feature without overstepping the benefits of your Bladesong. However, I did not wish to take away from War Magic wizards, so I did not include the initiative bonus equal to your Intelligence modifier. I did include the other suggestions. The final benefit of being a bladesinger comes from Song of Victory. With my current feedback on this revision, I realized the true potential of this feature. Since Dexterity proves important to this arcane tradition in addition to Intelligence, I understand how replacing more of the need for Dexterity would be undermining it due to how its presented in both features and lore. I decided, like the Extra Attack, to leave it unchanged. Furthermore, with the current revisions, the later levels are supported more than before, so I may not need to change it anyways. If you have any suggestions to improve upon the current version of this revision to Bladesinger, please go to this Unearthed Arcana subreddit link.