You can add half your Proficiency Bonus (round down) to any ability check you make that uses a skill proficiency you lack and that doesn't otherwise use your Proficiency Bonus.
For example, if you make a Strength (Athletics) check and lack Athletics proficiency, you can add half your Proficiency Bonus to the check.
{
"name": "Jack of All Trades",
"page": 60,
"level": 2,
"srd52": true,
"__prop": "classFeature",
"source": "XPHB",
"entries": [
"You can add half your {@variantrule Proficiency|XPHB|Proficiency Bonus} (round down) to any ability check you make that uses a skill proficiency you lack and that doesn't otherwise use your {@variantrule Proficiency|XPHB|Proficiency Bonus}.",
"For example, if you make a Strength ({@skill Athletics|XPHB}) check and lack {@skill Athletics|XPHB} proficiency, you can add half your {@variantrule Proficiency|XPHB|Proficiency Bonus} to the check.",
{
"name": "A Bard's Repertoire",
"type": "inset",
"entries": [
"Does your Bard beat a {@item drum|XPHB} while chanting the deeds of ancient heroes? Strum a {@item lute|XPHB} while crooning romantic tunes? Perform arias of stirring power? Recite dramatic monologues from classic tragedies? Use the rhythm of a folk dance to coordinate the movement of allies in battle? Compose naughty limericks?",
"When you play a Bard, consider the style of artistic performance you favor, the moods you might invoke, and the themes that inspire your own creations. Are your poems inspired by moments of natural beauty, or are they brooding reflections on loss? Do you prefer lofty hymns or rowdy tavern songs? Are you drawn to laments for the fallen or celebrations of joy? Do you dance merry jigs or perform elaborate interpretive choreography? Do you focus on one style of performance or strive to master them all?"
]
}
],
"className": "Bard",
"classSource": "XPHB",
"basicRules2024": true
}