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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8196111" data-attributes="member: 6988941">Spellcasters with dips (generally 3 levels or less) in a second class can be awesome, but spellcasters even split are usually a bad idea in 5e unless there is something really specific you are trying to achieve.Bards are awesome, but you'll achieve most of what you get out of it with a 3 level dip. Consider 5 if you want to use an inspiration based feature a lot, because that makes you recover them on short rests and upgrades the dice. If it was Lore Bard the level 6 feature would be hard to resist at that point, but with Whisper Bard I wouldn't bother.Anyway, I wouldn't bother with it just for the psychic blades. But Bard also unlocks some cool spells you don't get as a Wizard (Healing Word, Fairy Fire, Heat Metal) and, as you mentioned, Jack of all Trades is awesome. It is worth noting that it is just a +1 until level 9 when it becomes a +2, so it is one of those low-level features that it often makes sense to grab with a multiclass later.Personally for a Bladesinger I'd probably pick Sword Bard instead of Whisper, as they also get fighting styles which apply every round rather than just when you spend inspiration dice, because the mobile and defensive flourishes can result in the occasional free disengage or improved shield, and because they get 10 feet extra movement anytime they take the attack action, which for a Bladesinger means that when you can't quite reach the enemy you can take the attack action with a cantrip to get the extra movement. But yes, you'll squeeze a bit more damage out of Whisper Bard and if you save those inspirations for a crit it will be awesome.Alternatively I'd lean into being a more typical Wizard and go Lore or Eloquence to debuff enemy saving throws.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Benjamin Olson, post: 8196111, member: 6988941"] Spellcasters with dips (generally 3 levels or less) in a second class can be awesome, but spellcasters even split are usually a bad idea in 5e unless there is something really specific you are trying to achieve. Bards are awesome, but you'll achieve most of what you get out of it with a 3 level dip. Consider 5 if you want to use an inspiration based feature a lot, because that makes you recover them on short rests and upgrades the dice. If it was Lore Bard the level 6 feature would be hard to resist at that point, but with Whisper Bard I wouldn't bother. Anyway, I wouldn't bother with it just for the psychic blades. But Bard also unlocks some cool spells you don't get as a Wizard (Healing Word, Fairy Fire, Heat Metal) and, as you mentioned, Jack of all Trades is awesome. It is worth noting that it is just a +1 until level 9 when it becomes a +2, so it is one of those low-level features that it often makes sense to grab with a multiclass later. Personally for a Bladesinger I'd probably pick Sword Bard instead of Whisper, as they also get fighting styles which apply every round rather than just when you spend inspiration dice, because the mobile and defensive flourishes can result in the occasional free disengage or improved shield, and because they get 10 feet extra movement anytime they take the attack action, which for a Bladesinger means that when you can't quite reach the enemy you can take the attack action with a cantrip to get the extra movement. But yes, you'll squeeze a bit more damage out of Whisper Bard and if you save those inspirations for a crit it will be awesome. Alternatively I'd lean into being a more typical Wizard and go Lore or Eloquence to debuff enemy saving throws. [/QUOTE]

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