College of Portraiture

Master Artisan When you choose this college at 3rd level, you learn to create incredible works of art at a manic pace. You gain proficiency in any tools required to paint or create statuary, and you can add twice your proficiency modifier to rolls made to use these tools to create art. You no longer require sleep, but must still perform light activity to gain the benefits of a rest, such as reading, painting, or keeping watch. During a rest, you can use your bardic magic to summon the materials and tools required to create Small or Medium portraits or statues, and can complete one such work of art each hour. Once an artwork is finished, it becomes permanent and impossible to dispel. Art you create using this method can be sold, though giving away such an investment of your being causes you to gain one level of exhaustion once the sale is completed. Additionally, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to roll the die and add the result to any roll you use to create a work of art.
  Living Exhibition Also at 3rd level, you learn to tie the art you create to your soul, giving it life and purpose. If you create an artwork or statue that is a portrait of yourself and is equal to or smaller than your size, you can choose to bring it to life at the time of completion by expending a spell slot of 1st level or higher. When you do so, it animates, becoming a portrait-soldier. Each portrait-soldier has hit points equal to twice your bard level plus twice the level of the spell slot used to animate it, and has an AC equal to 10 + the level of the spell slot expended. Portrait-soldiers share your statistics and act on your initiative, though they automatically fail Wisdom and Intelligence skill checks and saving throws. Portrait-soliders cannot speak or cast spells, and lack sufficient animating force to attack without your intervention. As an action, you can choose to expend a spell slot of 1st
  level or higher, infusing a malevolent spark into your portrait- soldiers. This enables a number of soldiers equal to the level
  of the spell slot expended to make weapon attacks using the Attack action until the end of your current turn. The soldiers are equipped with non-magical versions of any simple or martial weapon you are proficient with, chosen when you animate them. You can have a number of portrait-soldiers equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum one). Each day at dawn, you must expend a new spell slot for each soldier in order to maintain the animation magic. If you fail to do so, the portrait crumbles to dust. Legion’s Defense At 6th level, your control over your portrait-soldiers improves. Whenever a creature would provoke an opportunity attack from a portrait-soldier, you can use your reaction to enable the soldier to make the attack. Also, whenever two or more of your portrait-soldiers make a saving throw against the same effect and one succeeds, the others also succeed automatically. Personal Unity At 14th level, you learn to tie your creations completely to your spirit, enabling you to unlock the latent power within them. Whenever you cast a spell, you can choose to cause one of your portrait-soldiers to deliver the spell as though they were the point of origin. Additionally, whenever a portrait-soldier would take damage, you can use a reaction to channel your own life energy into it, causing the soldier to regain hit points equal to the amount you choose to sacrifice, up to your bard level. Whenever you would take damage, you can use your reaction to sacrifice the life of one of your portrait-soldiers, destroying the soldier and reducing the damage you take by the amount of hit points the soldier had remaining. Also, you can now maintain a number of portrait-soldiers equal to twice your Charisma modifier (minimum two).