You can attack twice instead of once when you take the Attack action.

As a bonus action, you can dig deep and gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage for 10 minutes, ignoring exhaustion below level 6.

As a bonus action, you can throw debris at a creature within 10 feet. On a failed Constitution save, it is blinded until the end of its next turn.

When you take damage, you can use your reaction to regain all expended Moxie Points. If you are bloodied, you also gain temporary hit points equal to four times your Pugilist level.

Enter a trance of poise and confidence, bolstering allies with temporary hit points and graceful movement.

Compel a target with regal command, forcing it to follow your spoken direction for a short time.

Use a performance to arrest violence or defuse a tense crowd.

Restore temporary hit points and reposition yourself or allies before an engagement.

Use a burst of close-range violence to overwhelm an enemy with follow-up strikes.

Strike and slip away in one fluid motion, combining offense with mobility.

Mock a creature into psychic irritation and target fixation.

Fight without hesitation, using whatever is at hand and pushing every advantage.

You know the basics of bardic magic and can cast spells using Charisma as your spellcasting ability.

You can use a musical or spoken inspiration to bolster allies. Your Bardic Inspiration die is d10, and you regain uses on a long rest or by spending a spell slot with Font of Inspiration.

You gain proficiency with three skills of your choice.

You can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn’t already include your proficiency bonus.

You can spend ten minutes performing to help the party recover. Allies who can hear you regain additional hit points when they spend Hit Dice during a short rest.

You gain expertise in two skills of your choice, doubling your proficiency bonus for those checks.

You join the College of Glamour, gaining fey-inspired charm, commanding presence, and the ability to turn performance into protection and momentum.

You can add a third skill to your Expertise choices, and your training deepens your specialized talents.

Your Bardic Inspiration die improves to d10 at this level and remains one of your core tools for support and control.

You gain two spells from any class list, adding them to your repertoire as bard spells known.

You gain immunity to being charmed and magical force cannot compel you to kneel to an audience or a tyrant. Creatures that try to attack you while you are surrounded by your fey majesty do so at disadvantage.

You gain two additional spells from any class list, expanding your magical versatility further.

You know cantrips and spells suited to a charismatic support and control bard, including illusion, enchantment, healing, and inspiration magic.

Your presence becomes a weapon, a shield, and a stage. You can hold an audience, soothe a crowd, or dominate a confrontation with sheer force of personality.

You are trained in the brutal art of close-quarters fighting, using swagger, grit, and underhanded technique instead of armor or weapons.

While unarmed or wielding only Pugilist weapons and wearing light or no armor and no shield, your base Armor Class equals 12 plus your Constitution modifier.

You have a pool of Moxie Points equal to your Pugilist level, which you can spend to fuel your combat tricks. You regain all expended points on a short or long rest.

When you fail a Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, or Charisma check, you can spend 1 Moxie Point to add your Fisticuffs die to the roll. If the check still fails, the point is refunded.

When you hit a creature with an Unarmed Strike, you can deal damage and also choose to grapple or shove the target.

You have a Pugilist archetype that focuses on taunting, cheating, and fighting dirty.

You gain proficiency in Intimidation, and you add your Strength modifier as a bonus to Intimidation checks, minimum +1.

You gain an Ability Score Improvement or feat.

When you make an attack with an Unarmed Strike or Pugilist weapon, you can spend 1 Moxie Point to deal maximum damage on a hit and then regain the point.

Your Unarmed Strike and improvised weapon damage can deal force damage instead of their normal type.

When you deal damage with an Unarmed Strike or Pugilist weapon, the target must save or have its speed reduced to 0 for 1 minute.

When you deal damage with an Unarmed Strike or Pugilist weapon, the target must save or attacks against it have advantage until the end of your next turn.

You can always find a place to perform, and people usually remember you fondly enough to provide free lodging, modest assistance, or an audience willing to listen.