She can use an action to counter magical or fear-inducing effects with a bolstering song, granting allies within range advantage against being frightened or charmed while she maintains the effect.

Lysandra can channel inspiration to allies as a bonus action, giving them a Bardic Inspiration die that they can add to an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw.

She uses Charisma for spellcasting. She knows bard cantrips and spells, and can cast her spells using verbal, somatic, and material components as normal.

Her pool of Bardic Inspiration dice refreshes on a short or long rest.

She adds half her proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check she makes that does not already include her proficiency bonus.

She can spend one Bardic Inspiration die to reduce an enemy's attack roll, ability check, or damage roll after seeing the roll but before knowing the result.

She gains proficiency with three skills of her choice, here represented by additional scholarly and social expertise, and can double her proficiency bonus for chosen skills.

She learns two additional spells from any class list. The spells count as bard spells for her, but they need not be from the bard list.

She chooses two spells from any class list and adds them to her bard spell list.

Her Bardic Inspiration die improves, and she gains deeper mastery over her role as a master of lore and persuasion.

She can apply her expertise to two more skills, representing her exceptional breadth of knowledge and social finesse.

Her Bardic Inspiration die improves again, and she can add more powerful support and interruption to her repertoire.

At the end of a long rest, she regains one expended use of Bardic Inspiration if she has none left.

She chooses two more spells from any class list and adds them to her bard spell list.

She learns to inspire and undermine with near-effortless elegance, wielding language like a blade wrapped in silk.

Her Bardic Inspiration die becomes a d12.

She gains the ability to choose one Bardic Inspiration die and regain it without resting when she rolls initiative, if she has no dice remaining.

She can use inspiration to turn the momentum of a scene, whether in court, on stage, or in the middle of a heated argument.

Her Bardic Inspiration die becomes a d10 at 17th level, reflecting the full power of her performance and presence.

When she and her allies take a short rest, she can help any who can hear her regain extra hit points.

At 14th level, she gains an additional use of Magical Secrets, reflecting the Lore bard's extraordinary versatility.

She can add a Bardic Inspiration die to one ability check after seeing the roll, potentially turning failure into success.

Her study of lore and rhetoric makes her a living archive of half-remembered poems, debts, arguments, and forgotten names.

If Lysandra does not know a piece of lore herself, she usually knows where and from whom she can learn it. Scholars, archivists, librarians, and other keepers of knowledge recognize her training and often grant her access to records, theories, and academic communities.