College of the Planes

Bards of the College of the Planes traffic with realms beyond their own. They specialize in summoning spells and interactions with extraplanar creatures.

College of the Planes Features
Bard Level Feature
3rdPlanar Fortitude, Planar Wisdom
6thSummoning Secrets
14thEffortless Binding

Planar Fortitude

3rd-level College of the Planes feature

By spending a use of your Bardic Inspiration die, each creature you choose within 30 feet of you, including you, gains temporary hit points equal to the number rolled. If the creature is a conjured or summoned creature from one of your bard spells, it gains additional temporary hit points equal to your level in this class. These temporary hit points are lost after 1 minute.

Planar Wisdom

3rd-level College of the Planes feature

You gain proficiency in two of the following languages: Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal, Primordial. Additionally, you have advantage on Intelligence checks regarding the Inner or Outer Planes and Charisma checks in your interactions with creatures from them.

Summoning Secrets

6th-level College of the Planes feature

You can choose to add one spell from the Summoning Secrets Spells table of a level you can cast spells. You may choose an additional spell when you reach 14th level. Each spell is in the Player’s Handbook, unless it has an asterisk, in which case it is in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, two asterisks, in which case it is in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, or a dagger, in which case it is in chapter X. Whenever you choose a spell from your Magical Secrets feature, you can replace a spell you know from this feature with a different spell from the Summoning Secrets Spells table.

College of the Planes Spells
Spell Level Spells
3rdconjure animals, magic circle, summon fey**, summon lesser demons*
4thbanishment, conjure minor elementals, dimensional anchor†, summon elemental**, summon greater demon*
5thconjure elemental, contact other plane, infernal calling*, planar binding, summon celestial**
6thconjure fey, planar ally, summon fiend**
7thconjure celestial, plane shift

Effortless Binding

14th-level College of the Planes feature

When you cast a spell you know from your Summoning Secrets feature which conjures or summons a single creature and requires concentration, you can choose to cast it with a duration of 1 hour by using a spell slot one level higher instead. You don’t need to concentrate to maintain the spell, but it gains no other benefit from being cast with a higher level spell slot. The spell ends early if you cast another spell which conjures or summons a creature. Optionally, you can cast a spell which conjures or summons more than one creature, but can choose to only retain control of a single creature with this feature.

Once you use this feature you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.