You play a stirring ballad filled with powerful chords and encouraging melodies that makes it easier for your companions to resist harm. When you cast this spell, you gain a number of spell-song points equal to your spellcasting ability modifier. Before the spell ends, you can expend spell-song points (no action required) when certain conditions are met to weave your melodic magic into the action:

• When a creature within 30 feet of you who can hear you takes damage, you can expend a spell-song point to roll 1d12 and subtract it from the damage dealt (to a minimum of 0 damage). If this reduces the damage to 0, the creature gains a bonus to its AC equal to the d12 result until the start of its next turn.
• When a creature within 30 feet who can hear you starts its turn, you can expend a spell-song point to give it resistance to a damage type of your choice until the start of its next turn.
• When a creature other than you within 30 feet who can hear you fails a saving throw, you can expend a spell-song point to roll 1d8 and add it to the saving throw result, potentially changing its failure into a success.

Until the spell ends, you can take an action on your turn to gain up to your spellcasting ability modifier in spell-song points. You can take this action six times each casting of this spell. You lose all remaining spellsong points immediately when this spell ends.