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Basic Rules (2014)
, ensuring that her companions’ words will be well received. Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds
, create illusions, and even heal wounds. Music and Magic In the worlds of D&D, words and music are not just vibrations of air, but vocalizations with power all their own. The bard is a master
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
): augury, lesser restoration, protection from poison
3rd level (3 slots): magic circle, remove curse, speak with dead
4th level (3 slots): death ward, freedom of movement
5th level (1 slot): dispel
);{"diceNotation":"1d6+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Silvered Sword","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage (silvered sword).Several months ago, a colorfully dressed half-elf bard came to Barovia in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Greater Restoration Level 5 Abjuration (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger) Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (diamond dust worth 100+ GP, which the spell consumes
)
Duration: Instantaneous
You touch a creature and magically remove one of the following effects from it: 1 Exhaustion level The Charmed or Petrified condition A curse, including the target’s Attunement to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Find the Path Level 6 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Druid) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a set of divination tools—such as cards or runes—worth 100+ GP)
Duration
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Greater Restoration Level 5 Abjuration (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger) Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (diamond dust worth 100+ GP, which the spell consumes
)
Duration: Instantaneous
You touch a creature and magically remove one of the following effects from it: 1 Exhaustion level The Charmed or Petrified condition A curse, including the target’s Attunement to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Find the Path Level 6 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Druid) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a set of divination tools—such as cards or runes—worth 100+ GP)
Duration
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Music and Magic In the worlds of D&D, words and music are not just vibrations of air, but vocalizations with power all their own. The bard is a master of song, speech, and the magic they contain
sidelines in combat, using their magic to inspire their allies and hinder their foes from a distance. But bards are capable of defending themselves in melee if necessary, using their magic to bolster their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Music and Magic In the worlds of D&D, words and music are not just vibrations of air, but vocalizations with power all their own. The bard is a master of song, speech, and the magic they contain
sidelines in combat, using their magic to inspire their allies and hinder their foes from a distance. But bards are capable of defending themselves in melee if necessary, using their magic to bolster their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
fireplace are inscribed with runes extolling the god Hiatea and invoking her blessing upon all who shelter here. Many dynasties of giants have claimed ownership of Hiatea’s Hearth since its founding, and each
one has known vast prosperity within its walls—followed by a spectacular fall. The magic of the hall invokes Hiatea’s aspect as a tender of the hearth, but it also carries a curse laid by her brother
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
— Shatter Evocation — Silence Illusion C, R Suggestion Enchantment C Zone of Truth Enchantment — Level 3 Bard Spells Spell School Special Bestow Curse Necromancy C Clairvoyance Divination C, M
Bard Spell List This section presents the Bard spell list. The spells are organized by spell level and then alphabetized, and each spell’s school of magic is listed. In the Special column, C means
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
— Shatter Evocation — Silence Illusion C, R Suggestion Enchantment C Zone of Truth Enchantment — Level 3 Bard Spells Spell School Special Bestow Curse Necromancy C Clairvoyance Divination C, M
Bard Spell List This section presents the Bard spell list. The spells are organized by spell level and then alphabetized, and each spell’s school of magic is listed. In the Special column, C means
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Bestow Curse Level 3 Necromancy (Bard, Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You touch a creature, which must succeed on a
Wisdom saving throw or become cursed for the duration. Until the curse ends, the target suffers one of the following effects of your choice: Choose one ability. The target has Disadvantage on ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Bestow Curse Level 3 Necromancy (Bard, Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You touch a creature, which must succeed on a
Wisdom saving throw or become cursed for the duration. Until the curse ends, the target suffers one of the following effects of your choice: Choose one ability. The target has Disadvantage on ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
carved with frescoes depicting dwarves defending their mountain homes against ankhegs, purple worms, umber hulks, and other burrowing monsters. (Hidden behind a fresco of a dwarf battling a bulette is a
“Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 13b on level 9, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Teleportation Circle Level 5 Conjuration (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, M (rare inks worth 50+ GP, which the spell consumes)
Duration: 1
teleportation circles. Each circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
fought side by side for many years, expanding their domain and then defending it against adventurers and other invaders. By this time, Umbraxakar had stopped caring about anything except his friendship
help free the dragon from his dark curse. A character does not experience such visions within an antimagic field or while under the protection of a dispel evil and good spell. Characters also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Teleportation Circle Level 5 Conjuration (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, M (rare inks worth 50+ GP, which the spell consumes)
Duration: 1
teleportation circles. Each circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
local Jorasco enclave suddenly manifest strange abilities they never could before — and soon thereafter, a strange curse as well. 5 The Kundarak Bank needs brave adventurers to test their new wards by
killed defending their charge from assassins, but manages to force the attackers to drop a clue to the identity of their employer. 8 The characters are hired to protect a crucial shipment aboard an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Bard Spells Cantrips (0 Level)
Dancing Lights
Light
Mage Hand
Mending
Message
Minor Illusion
Prestidigitation
True Strike
Vicious Mockery
1st Level
Animal Friendship
Bane
Invisibility
Knock
Lesser Restoration
Locate Animals or Plants
Locate Object
Magic Mouth
See Invisibility
Shatter
Silence
Suggestion
Zone of Truth
3rd Level
Bestow Curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Geas Level 5 Enchantment (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 60 feet
Components: V
Duration: 30 days
You give a verbal command to a creature that you can see
Remove Curse, Greater Restoration, or Wish spell ends this spell. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. If you use a level 7 or 8 spell slot, the duration is 365 days. If you use a level 9 spell slot, the spell lasts until it is ended by one of the spells mentioned above.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Bard Spells Cantrips (0 Level) Blade Ward
Dancing Lights
Friends
Light
Mage Hand
Mending
Message
Minor Illusion
Prestidigitation
True Strike
Vicious Mockery
1st
Locate Object
Magic Mouth
Phantasmal Force
See Invisibility
Shatter
Silence
Suggestion
Zone of Truth
3rd Level Bestow Curse
Clairvoyance
Dispel Magic
Fear
Feign
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Geas Level 5 Enchantment (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 60 feet
Components: V
Duration: 30 days
You give a verbal command to a creature that you can see
Remove Curse, Greater Restoration, or Wish spell ends this spell. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. If you use a level 7 or 8 spell slot, the duration is 365 days. If you use a level 9 spell slot, the spell lasts until it is ended by one of the spells mentioned above.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Endless Rockslide Adventures Here are sample adventure hooks to bring characters to the Endless Rockslide or to give them missions to pursue there. Constructive Endeavors Runes harnessing the
the crafts to bring misfortune. The stone giants ask the characters to find the fomorian and end the curse before they’re overwhelmed with creatures drawn from the Fomorian Encounters and Giant Kin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
herder boasted that his cattle were Theros’s finest because Heliod and Nylea had created them, Heliod persuaded Mogis to curse the cattle, transforming them into the first catoblepases. Heliod had
hoped to win Nylea’s favor by defending her honor in this way, but she was outraged to be associated with the creation of these abominations. To this day, Nylea offers a boon to anyone who hunts down a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
thieves’ tools. Also, the doors and windows have an AC of 12 and break with 25 points of damage. Magical runes, as per the glyph of warding spell, protect the cloak room and barn doors. If the party
opens the doors without first removing or disabling the runes, they take thunder damage as per the spell. A window at the back of the inn on the second floor is open (see “The Upstairs” below). A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
motivation, but it also might explain some of your class features or magic. A bard of the College of Lore might focus on the study of giants, a Rune Knight fighter (from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
) might use the magic of Giant runes, or a paladin’s Sacred Oath could involve allegiance to the tenets of a philosophy or organization of giants (such as those described in chapter 2). Giant-Made
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
“Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 26d on level 1, in the closest
transmutation magic around the helm, which is cursed. Once the helm is donned, it can’t be removed until its wearer dies or until a remove curse spell or similar magic is cast on the helm. Any humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
concocted this theory to dupe the characters into testing his latest escape plan. Characters who examine the standing stones and succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check discern that the arcane runes
from the standing stone.
Transmutation Your skin turns blue for the next 24 hours. A remove curse spell ends the effect on you.
Development Dropping its disguise, the barlgura demon implores
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
22. Rooms of Magic Ezzat summons and speaks to planar beings in area 22a, and keeps his spellbook in area 22b. 22a. Magic Circle Circle. A circle of runes is inscribed on the floor.
Door Symbol
, flesh to stone, geas, hold person, ice storm, imprisonment, knock, levitate, magic mouth, maze, meteor swarm, mislead, plane shift, prismatic wall, remove curse, telekinesis, true polymorph, unseen servant, wall of force, and web.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Modify Memory Level 5 Enchantment (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You attempt to reshape another creature’s
as a false memory of how much the creature enjoyed swimming in acid, is dismissed as a bad dream. The DM might deem a modified memory too nonsensical to affect a creature. A Remove Curse or Greater
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
audience. 19–20 A destitute bard plays the harp with mediocre skill while asking for donations. 21–22 A deaf couple communicate with each other by sign language, but suddenly stop when they notice they are
faces of the guests. Not all of them are amused. 31–32 A shifter glowers in a corner booth, looking angry at the world. 33–34 A warforged bard uses its body as a percussion instrument to entertain the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Modify Memory Level 5 Enchantment (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You attempt to reshape another creature’s
as a false memory of how much the creature enjoyed swimming in acid, is dismissed as a bad dream. The DM might deem a modified memory too nonsensical to affect a creature. A Remove Curse or Greater
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
cautionary tale meant to warn people to keep their attention on their chores. When a traveling gnome bard heard the tale, he was so intrigued that he set the story down in the book, Shemshime’s Bedtime
F11) and opened it. The music box started to play, and she became the subject of Shemshime’s curse. The rhyme is presented in the accompanying handout. Until the music box is repaired, it always skips
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
from the room becomes cursed for as long as they remain within the tower or until the curse is removed by a remove curse spell or similar magic. While cursed, the character has disadvantage on all
the platform stands a stone archway sculpted with sharp runes and the heads of five dragons. Within the arch swirls dense gray mist.
The darkness beyond this room’s broken walls is only an illusion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
composed recounting of deeds, events, and important persons. Dwarves combine their runes into patterns, present pictorial histories in seemingly unconnected murals and images, and otherwise leave their
clan and stronghold are inextricably tied together — if one comes undone, the other fails as well. As such, defending the stronghold is a concern that the dwarves address even in the earliest stages






