Bolstering Ballad

6th-level enchantment
Casting time: 1 action
Range: Self
Target: --
Components: V, S, M (a musical instrument worth at least 1 gp)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
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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.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, you can take the action to gain spell-song points one additional time per slot level above 6th.