You can use musical or poetic words to disrupt mind-affecting effects. As an action, choose friendly creatures within 30 feet who can hear you. They have advantage on saving throws against being frightened or charmed until the end of your next turn.

You can inspire another creature that can hear you within 60 feet as a bonus action. It gains a d8 Bardic Inspiration die, usable within 10 minutes to add to an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw. You have three uses, regained on a long rest.

When a creature you can see within 60 feet makes an attack roll, ability check, or damage roll, you can use your reaction and expend a Bardic Inspiration die to subtract it from the roll. You can use this after the roll, but before its effects are applied.

Add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to ability checks that do not already include your proficiency bonus.

During a short rest, you can use music or oration to help your allies recover. You and friendly creatures who hear your performance regain an extra 1d6 hit points if they spend Hit Dice.

Choose three additional skill proficiencies: Arcana, Intimidation, and Investigation.

Increase Charisma by 2, from 15 to 17.

Choose two proficient skills, Persuasion and Perception. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for checks using them.

You learn two spells of your choice from any class. They count as bard spells for you and do not count against your bard spells known. Nilus has chosen Counterspell and Fireball.

People are inclined to think well of you and accept your place in high society. You can secure an audience with local nobility, and common folk make an effort to accommodate you, provided your behavior does not bring your status into question.