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Dungeon Master’s Guide
rejects you but also places a curse on you, causing you to make D20 Test;D20 Tests with Disadvantage for 24 hours or until the curse is ended by a Remove Curse spell or similar magic. If you’re
minute. A creature repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. You can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.
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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. A paralyzed creature repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending
of a conquering army on the Material Plane. These fearsome Constructs obey their summoners until they are dismissed back to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might
Cadaver Collector
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
cadaver collector releases paralyzing gas in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a successful DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. A paralyzed creature repeats
back to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home.
Sweeping the Dead
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
of Seclusion
1
You led an ill-fated expedition into the Riverveins. Your friends were swept away by flooding, and you’ve never been able to shake the guilt of causing their deaths over
a frivolous lark. You’ve maintained a solitary vigil outside the cavern entrance ever since.
2
You crossed the Guild in a bad way. Fortunately, its members think you’re dead. Less
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Befuddlement Level 8 Enchantment (Bard, Druid, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 150 feet
Components: V, S, M (a key ring with no keys)
Duration: Instantaneous
You blast the mind
the end of every 30 days, the target repeats the save, ending the effect on a success. The effect can also be ended by the Greater Restoration, Heal, or Wish spell. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage only.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Befuddlement Level 8 Enchantment (Bard, Druid, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 150 feet
Components: V, S, M (a key ring with no keys)
Duration: Instantaneous
You blast the mind
the end of every 30 days, the target repeats the save, ending the effect on a success. The effect can also be ended by the Greater Restoration, Heal, or Wish spell. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage only.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Hold Monster Level 5 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S, M (a straight piece of iron)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Choose a creature that you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Paralyzed condition for the duration. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Hold Monster Level 5 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S, M (a straight piece of iron)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Choose a creature that you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Paralyzed condition for the duration. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Blindness/Deafness Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V
Duration: 1 minute
One creature that you can see within range must
succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or it has the Blinded or Deafened condition (your choice) for the duration. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats the save, ending the spell on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Hold Person Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a straight piece of iron)
Duration: Concentration, up
target repeats the save, ending the spell on itself on a success. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You can target one additional Humanoid for each spell slot level above 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Hold Person Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a straight piece of iron)
Duration: Concentration, up
target repeats the save, ending the spell on itself on a success. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You can target one additional Humanoid for each spell slot level above 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Hold Person Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a straight piece of iron)
Duration: Concentration, up
target repeats the save, ending the spell on itself on a success. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You can target one additional Humanoid for each spell slot level above 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Blindness/Deafness Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V
Duration: 1 minute
One creature that you can see within range must
succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or it has the Blinded or Deafened condition (your choice) for the duration. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats the save, ending the spell on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Compulsion Level 4 Enchantment (Bard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Each creature of your choice that you can see within range
target must use as much of its movement as possible to move in that direction on its next turn, taking the safest route. After moving in this way, a target repeats the save, ending the spell on itself on a success.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Blindness/Deafness Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V
Duration: 1 minute
One creature that you can see within range must
succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or it has the Blinded or Deafened condition (your choice) for the duration. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats the save, ending the spell on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Crown of Madness Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
One creature that you can
turn if you choose no creature or if no creature is within its reach. The target repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the spell on itself on a success. On your later turns, you must take the Magic action to maintain control of the target, or the spell ends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Compulsion Level 4 Enchantment (Bard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Each creature of your choice that you can see within range
target must use as much of its movement as possible to move in that direction on its next turn, taking the safest route. After moving in this way, a target repeats the save, ending the spell on itself on a success. RANDY VARGAS The icy Wizard Otiluke blasts monsters with Cone of Cold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Enthrall Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Warlock) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You weave a distracting string of words, causing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Enthrall Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Warlock) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You weave a distracting string of words, causing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Dragonmarked Characters Here are a few examples of characters with the Mark of Detection. House Agent Bard. With the kind of threats your house deals with, words are often more effective than weapons
. Rogue Folk Hero. You’re an inquisitive trained by your house. You grew up in a bad neighborhood, and while you could make more gold solving the problems of nobles, you’re more interested in helping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Embarrassment Almost every bard has suffered at least one bad experience in front of an audience, and chances are you’re no exception. No one becomes famous right away, after all; perhaps you had a
that a performance can go wrong are as varied as the fish in the sea. No matter what sort of disaster might occur, however, a bard has the courage and the confidence to rebound from it — either pressing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Lyre of Building Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a bard) While holding this lyre, you can cast mending as an action. You can also play the lyre as a reaction when an object or a structure
you can see within 300 feet of you takes damage, causing it to be immune to that damage and any further damage of the same type until the start of your next turn. In addition, you can play the lyre
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Dominate Monster Level 8 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
One creature you can see
damage, it repeats the save, ending the spell on itself on a success. You have a telepathic link with the Charmed target while the two of you are on the same plane of existence. On your turn, you can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Slow Level 3 Transmutation (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (a drop of molasses)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You alter time around
takes the Attack action. If it casts a spell with a Somatic component, there is a 25 percent chance the spell fails as a result of the target making the spell’s gestures too slowly. An affected target repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the spell on itself on a success.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Confusion Level 4 Enchantment (Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S, M (three nut shells)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Each creature
random creature within reach. If none are within reach, the target takes no action. 9–10 The target chooses its behavior. At the end of each of its turns, an affected target repeats the save, ending
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Confusion Level 4 Enchantment (Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S, M (three nut shells)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Each creature
random creature within reach. If none are within reach, the target takes no action. 9–10 The target chooses its behavior. At the end of each of its turns, an affected target repeats the save, ending
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Dominate Person Level 5 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
One Humanoid you can see within range
repeats the save, ending the spell on itself on a success. You have a telepathic link with the Charmed target while the two of you are on the same plane of existence. On your turn, you can use this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Dominate Monster Level 8 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
One creature you can see
damage, it repeats the save, ending the spell on itself on a success. You have a telepathic link with the Charmed target while the two of you are on the same plane of existence. On your turn, you can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Dominate Person Level 5 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
One Humanoid you can see within range
repeats the save, ending the spell on itself on a success. You have a telepathic link with the Charmed target while the two of you are on the same plane of existence. On your turn, you can use this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Slow Level 3 Transmutation (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (a drop of molasses)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You alter time around
takes the Attack action. If it casts a spell with a Somatic component, there is a 25 percent chance the spell fails as a result of the target making the spell’s gestures too slowly. An affected target repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the spell on itself on a success.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
where to go in the Lower City and Outer City for anonymity. In these slums and alley camps, you can get a damp bed and a bad meal, but also a degree of privacy and no questions asked. Living here
friends were swept away by flooding, and you’ve never been able to shake the guilt of causing their deaths over a frivolous lark. You’ve maintained a solitary vigil outside the cavern entrance ever since
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
where to go in the Lower City and Outer City for anonymity. In these slums and alley camps, you can get a damp bed and a bad meal, but also a degree of privacy and no questions asked. Living here
swept away by flooding, and you’ve never been able to shake the guilt of causing their deaths over a frivolous lark. You’ve maintained a solitary vigil outside the cavern entrance ever since. 2 You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
a conquering army on the Material Plane. These fearsome Constructs obey their summoners until they are dismissed to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might wander the
creature in that area must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or have the paralyzed condition for 1 minute. A paralyzed creature repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
A Bard’s Muse Naturally, every bard has a repertoire of songs and stories. Some bards are generalists who can draw from a wide range of topics for each performance, and who take pride in their
versatility. Others adopt a more personal approach to their art, driven by their attachment to a muse — a particular concept that inspires much of what those bards do in front of an audience. A bard who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Bard Subclasses A Bard subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Bard levels, as specified in the subclass. Bards form loose associations, which they call colleges, to preserve
condition (your choice) for 1 minute. The target repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Once you use this benefit, you can’t use it again until you






