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Instrument of the Bards

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

An Instrument of the Bards is superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a bard college. The Instruments of the Bards table lists the

the next dawn. The spells use your spellcasting ability and spell save DC. Instruments of the Bards Instrument Rarity Spells All — Fly, Invisibility, Levitate, Protection

Bard

Classes Player’s Handbook

. But Bards’ depth of knowledge and mastery of magic sets them apart. Becoming a Bard... As a Level 1 Bard Gain all the traits in the Core Bard Traits table. Gain the Bard’s level 1

Creation D12 4 22 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 Bard Class Features As a Bard, you gain the following class features when you reach the specified Bard levels. These features are listed in the Bard Features table.

College of Valor

Classes Player’s Handbook

Sing the Deeds of Ancient Heroes Bards of the College of Valor are daring storytellers whose tales preserve the memory of the great heroes of the past. These Bards sing the deeds of the mighty in

vaulted halls or to crowds gathered around great bonfires. They travel to witness great events firsthand and to ensure that the memory of these events doesn’t pass away. With their songs, they inspire new generations to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.

Dracolich

Monsters Monster Manual

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"rend"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 7);{"diceNotation":"2d10+7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"rend", "rollDamageType":"Slashing

turn.Dracolich Lairs A dracolich lurks in a corrupted version of the lair it had in life. The region containing a dracolich’s lair is warped by its presence, creating the following effects: Sapping Mist

Corrupted Rat

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

Agile. The rat doesn’t provoke Opportunity Attacks when it moves out of an enemy’s reach. Death Burst. The rat explodes when it dies. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 9, each creature in a

5-foot Emanation originating from the rat. Failure: 1 Acid damage.Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1 Piercing

Dardew

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Fiery Claw", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType

fiery ambition. He knows how to delight an audience, even if it means making a few infernal pacts on the sly for a truly juicy spectacle. Dardew is a cambion, a former mortal corrupted by an

Bard

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Multiattack. The bard makes two Shortsword or Shortbow attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting. Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit

", "rollAction":"Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Shortsword", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage

Bard Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Spellcasting. The bard is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12, +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with

spell attacks). It has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): friends, mage hand, vicious mockery 1st level (4 slots): charm person, healing word, heroism, sleep, thunderwave 2nd level

Bard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires hard study

and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent

College of Whispers

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing songs, and telling

against others through extortion and threats. Many other bards hate the College of Whispers, viewing it as a parasite that uses a bard’s reputation to acquire wealth and power. For this reason

College of Spirits

Classes Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Bards of the College of Spirits seek tales with inherent power—be they legends, histories, or fictions— and bring their subjects to life. Using occult trappings, these bards conjure

spiritual embodiments of powerful forces to change the world once more. Such spirits are capricious, though, and what a bard summons isn’t always entirely under their control.

College of Glamour Legacy

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

The College of Glamour is the home of bards who mastered their craft in the vibrant realm of the Feywild or under the tutelage of someone who dwelled there. Tutored by satyrs, eladrin, and other fey

, these bards learn to use their magic to delight and captivate others. The bards of this college are regarded with a mixture of awe and fear. Their performances are the stuff of legend. These bards

College of Whispers (XGtE)

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing songs, and telling

against others through extortion and threats. Many other bards hate the College of Whispers, viewing it as a parasite that uses a bard’s reputation to acquire wealth and power. For this reason

Instrument of the Bards Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

An instrument of the bards is an exquisite example of its kind, superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a legendary bard college. The

College of Spirits (VRGtR)

Classes Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Bards of the College of Spirits seek tales with inherent power—be they legends, histories, or fictions— and bring their subjects to life. Using occult trappings, these bards conjure

spiritual embodiments of powerful forces to change the world once more. Such spirits are capricious, though, and what a bard summons isn’t always entirely under their control.

College of Valor Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

Bards of the College of Valor are daring skalds whose tales keep alive the memory of the great heroes of the past, and thereby inspire a new generation of heroes. These bards gather in mead halls or

from the world. With their songs, they inspire others to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.

College of Lore Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads in taverns or

elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning everything they held

Rakdos Lampooner

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

hit with spell attacks). It knows the following bard spells: Cantrips (at will): dancing lights, minor illusion, vicious mockery 1st level (4 slots): bane, dissonant whispers, silent image, Tasha's

hideous laughter, thunderwave 2nd level (3 slots): crown of madness, enthrall, suggestionClub. Melee Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Club"} to hit, reach 5

Orc Nurtured One of Yurtrus Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Aggressive. As a bonus action, the orc can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that it can see. Corrupted Carrier. When the orc is reduced to 0 hit points, it explodes, and any creature

within 10 feet of it must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Corrupted Carrier","rollDamageType

Windharrow

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). Windharrow knows the following bard spells: Cantrips (at will

","rollAction":"Rapier"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rapier","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.

Cloud Giant Smiling One Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

(spell save DC 15, +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The giant has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): minor

: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Morningstar"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d8 + 8);{"diceNotation":"3d8+8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Morningstar

Draconian Mage

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Trident or Necrotic Ray attacks. Trident. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Trident"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target

bipedal monsters born from dragon eggs that have been corrupted or warped by powerful magic. Most often, this corruption is a deliberate act, the work of an aspiring tyrant seeking to transform stolen eggs

Fire Hellion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

attacks. Morningstar. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Morningstar"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7);{"diceNotation":"3d8+7

, hoping to learn tactics the devils have fine-tuned over millennia and to acquire magical gifts to help the giant rise in the ordning. Over time, the giant is corrupted, becoming a Fiend in its own right

Wastrilith

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, responds to the wastrilith’s commands—perhaps hardening to prevent foes from escaping or erupting in a surge that drags victims into its reach. Creatures that ingest water corrupted by a

lightly obscured;lightly obscures the area until a current clears it away. Water in containers remains corrupted until it evaporates. A creature that consumes this foul water or swims in it must make a

Oinoloth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage plus 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Corrupted Healing

Davil Starsong

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

(spell save DC 14, +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). He has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): mage hand, mending

Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Dagger"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d4+2","rollType":"damage

Kalain

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

(spell save DC 12, +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). She has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): friends, mage

":"to hit","rollAction":"Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shortsword","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage

Garret Levistusson

Monsters Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): blade ward, vicious mockery 1st level (4 slots): charm person, detect magic, disguise self, identify, Tasha's hideous laughterShortsword. Melee

Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shortsword","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Cold, Fire

Pendragon Beestinger

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

): blindness/deafness, cloud of daggers, scorching rayShortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5

Brahma Lutier left the group. In fact, his first assignment was to assist in the team's attempts to apprehend the wandering bard. An adopted child of the “C” Team's Rosie Beestinger, Pendragon is his

Oinoloth Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing

"} slashing damage plus 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Corrupted Healing (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6

Draconian Infiltrator

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

way, the target is also paralyzed. Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Dagger"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target

that have been corrupted or warped by powerful magic. Most often, this corruption is a deliberate act, the work of an aspiring tyrant seeking to transform stolen eggs into a draconian army. A single

College of Swords

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock

weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers. College of Swords Features Bard Level Feature

College of Swords (XGtE)

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock

weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers. College of Swords Features Bard Level Feature

Brahma Lutier

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

(spell save DC 13, +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). She has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): mage hand

saving throws until the start of Brahma's next turn.War Lute. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"War Lute"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2

Feral Ashenwight

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Necrotic Shard", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a

or thoughts beyond a compulsive desire to destroy all living creatures they encounter. Ashenwights When a Humanoid consumed by cruelty and rage dies in an area corrupted by the Far Realm, the

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