When you take the Attack action, you can attack with your rapier and still cast a cantrip or a bard spell as part of the same turn, as described by your college’s martial magic feature.

You can inspire allies with words, music, or presence. As a bonus action, choose a creature within 60 feet that can hear you. It gains a Bardic Inspiration die, which it can add to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw within the next 10 minutes. You can use this a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier, and you regain all uses when you finish a long rest.

A burst of glacial music lashes a creature with psychic pain and cold resolve, fitting for a duelist who weaponizes applause.

A blade of razor-thin ice and force snaps into being, ideal for finishing a foe at close range.

You wreath yourself in reflective frost, punishing anyone who strikes you in melee.

A perfect defensive gesture turns aside a blow or spell at the last instant.

A cone of winter wind and hard light tears across the battlefield.

You know bard spells and can cast them using Charisma. You know 22 spells at 20th level, and you can replace one known bard spell whenever you gain a level. You can also cast bard spells as rituals if they have the ritual tag, and you can use a musical instrument as your spellcasting focus.

At 2nd level, choose two of your skill proficiencies. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for checks with those skills.

At 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that does not already include your proficiency bonus.

At 2nd level, you can use soothing music or oration during a short rest to help allies recover additional hit points when they spend Hit Dice. The extra healing increases with level.

At 3rd level, you join a bard college. This choice grants you college features at 3rd, 6th, and 14th level.

At 5th level, you regain all expended uses of Bardic Inspiration when you finish a short rest.

At 6th level, you can perform to protect minds from intrusion. You and friendly creatures within 30 feet who can hear you have advantage on saving throws against being frightened or charmed until the end of your next turn.

At 10th level, you learn two spells from any class list, and they count as bard spells for you.

At 14th level, you gain your college’s advanced feature and learn two more spells from any class list.

At 18th level, you learn two additional spells from any class list.

At 20th level, when you roll initiative and have no uses of Bardic Inspiration left, you regain one use.

You gain proficiency with medium armor, shields, and martial weapons, and when a creature uses one of your Bardic Inspiration dice, it gains a benefit in battle, such as added damage or improved defense.

You can always find a place to perform, and people are generally willing to provide you with food, lodging, and a modest audience if you put on a show.