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Player’s Handbook
;Daggers, Musical Instrument of your choice, Entertainer's Pack, and 19 GP; or (B) 90 GP
Invoking magic through music, dance, and verse, Bards are expert at inspiring others, soothing hurts
, disheartening foes, and creating illusions. Bards believe the multiverse was spoken into existence and that remnants of its Words of Creation still resound and glimmer on every plane of existence. Bardic
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
dream eater lies not in brute force but in the ability to pierce its illusions and wrest others from its terrors. As such, bards and other persuasive adventurers find themselves uniquely poised to
) check to convince the engulfed target the nightmare isn’t real, with the target escaping on a success. The creature making the check takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, friends, mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): disguise self, Jim's magic missile,* shield, mage armor
2nd level (3
follows him as chief arcanist (and occasional arsonist) for Acquisitions Incorporated. And although his skills as an adventurer and real wizard remain highly sought after, Jim looks forward to a well
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
hit with spell attacks). It has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): acid splash,* light, minor illusion, shocking grasp*
1st level (2 slots): detect magic, disguise self, magic
its remaining spell slots sparingly.
The sunken Netherese tower contains a special room that can transform the simulacrum into a real person—or any magical illusion into the real thing, for that matter
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
spell attacks). He has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): acid splash,* light, minor illusion, shocking grasp*
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, disguise self, magic missile
tower contains a special room that can transform the simulacrum into a real person—or any magical illusion into the real thing, for that matter. If this change occurs, the simulacrum
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). Prophetess has the following cleric spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will
strange creature that had seized his sister, then created a false Auspicia in her stead. Having long attempted to simply make her peace with the loss, she was overwhelmed by the real Auspicia's dramatic
Bard
Legacy
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation
still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of bards is an attempt to snatch and harness those echoes, subtly woven into their spells and powers. The greatest strength of bards is their sheer
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
spell attacks). Madam Eva has the following cleric spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): light, mending, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): bane, command, detect evil and good, protection
in her seventies, but she is, in fact, much older.
Royal Blood. Madam Eva is Strahd’s half-sister, though Strahd is unaware of this fact. Her real name is Katarina, and she is the daughter of a
Morkoth
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The morkoth has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): acid splash, mage hand, mending, ray of frost, shocking
each of its turns to enter the lair and to move toward the morkoth's location (the target doesn't realize it's heading toward a creature). The target moves toward the morkoth by the most direct route
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the impossible seem real. Some illusionists — including many gnome wizards — are benign tricksters who use their spells to entertain. Others are more sinister masters of deception, using their
choice. The cantrip doesn’t count against your number of cantrips known. When you cast minor illusion, you can create both a sound and an image with a single casting of the spell. Malleable Illusions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Bard Bards are gifted poets, storytellers, and entertainers who travel far and wide, but are commonly found in taverns or in the company of jolly bands of adventurers, rough-and-tumble mercenaries
spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): friends, mage hand, vicious mockery
1st level (4 slots): charm person, healing word, heroism, sleep, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, shatter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Creating a Bard Bards thrive on stories, whether those stories are true or not. Your character’s background and motivations are not as important as the stories that he or she tells about them
a story. Some bards acquire their magical music through extraordinary means, including the inspiration of fey or other supernatural creatures. Did you serve an apprenticeship, studying under a master
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
order: (1) any relevant damage immunity, (2) any relevant damage resistance, (3) any temporary hit points, and (4) real hit points. An abjurer gains resistance to spell damage at 14th level. Does the
abjurer’s Arcane Ward gain this resistance when a spell hits the abjurer? The abjurer, not the Arcane Ward, gains the resistance at 14th level. Does the evoker’s Potent Cantrip feature apply to cantrips
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
summary of those events. She then goes on to say that she believes Jarme Loveage was innocent, and that the real killer is still out there. She recommends that they meet with Master Refrum, who has
much more information about Loveage and the murders, and offers the characters a reward of 500 pp if they can find the real murderer and bring the culprit to justice. The mysterious contact is one of
Goblin
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
new leader can act as the real boss. If the creature brushes aside such manipulation, the tribe falls into line behind the new tyrant—better to abide the new rule than conspire against it and be
goblin is a sorcerer with the wild magic origin whose every casting, including cantrips, is accompanied by a wild magic surge. Use the mage stat block in the Monster Manual to represent this goblin, adding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Bard Bards are gifted poets, storytellers, and entertainers who travel far and wide, commonly found performing in taverns or in the company of jolly bands of adventurers, rough-and-tumble mercenaries
prepared:
Cantrips (at will): friends, mage hand, vicious mockery
1st level (4 slots): charm person, healing word, heroism, sleep, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, shatter
Song of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
the Attack action on your turn. Moreover, you can cast one of your cantrips in place of one of those attacks. Song of Defense 10th-level Bladesinging feature You can direct your magic to absorb damage
Bladesinging When faced with the endless onslaught of magical possibilities, many wizards suffer identity crises. Some overcome, some break, and some become sword-bards.
Tasha
Bladesingers master
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Bard: College of Spirits 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
, which doesn’t count against the number of bard cantrips you know. For you, it has a range of 60 feet when you cast it. Spiritual Focus 3rd-level College of Spirits feature You employ tools that aid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Illusionist Illusionists are specialist wizards who twist light, sound, shadow, and even minds to create false and quasi-real effects. They can be flamboyant and use their powers in spectacular and
attacks). The illusionist has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): dancing lights, mage hand, minor illusion, poison spray
1st level (4 slots): color spray,* disguise self,* mage
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
Harmony with the Cosmos Bards of the College of Dance know that the Words of Creation can’t be contained within speech or song; the words are uttered by the movements of celestial bodies and flow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
arsonist) for Acquisitions Incorporated. And although his skills as an adventurer and real wizard remain highly sought after, Jim looks forward to a well-earned retirement, at which point he hopes to
become a “real wizard” — by which he means a fake wizard — full time. Jim Darkmagic
Medium humanoid (human), chaotic neutral
Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor)
Hit Points 40 (9d8)
Speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
this kind of work. Characters with the criminal background excel at putting their skills and contacts to use on the church’s behalf. Prophet. The Prophet is a visionary with a more-or-less direct
this character’s divine connection. The Prophet is often a cleric or druid, but could also be an NPC with no real adventuring skills, who needs the group’s protection. Scholar. The Scholar brings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Traversing the Astral Sea The Astral Sea not only has gravity (see “Gravity Planes” above) but also breathable, comfortable air. But is the air real, or does this heavenly realm merely trick
directional awareness. In other words, a creature can get to where it wants to go by thinking of its destination, at which point it becomes aware of the most direct route to that location. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
was fun for a while, but the zombie started to smell real bad, so we doused it in oil and set it on fire. Beek would’ve found that hilarious.”
— Fonkin Hoddypeak, on friendship
Hideous Forms
, swollen and reeking after weeks in the water.
Mindless Soldiers. Zombies take the most direct route to any foe, unable to comprehend obstacles, tactics, or dangerous terrain. A zombie might stumble
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
engulfing its prey in a phantasmagorical nightmare. The key to defeating a dream eater lies not in brute force but in the ability to pierce its illusions and wrest others from its terrors. As such, bards
requires the creature to use its action to make a DC 16 Charisma (Persuasion) check to convince the engulfed target the nightmare isn’t real, with the target escaping on a success. The creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
firmly in the world by associating the class with a particular race or culture. For example, you might decide that bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards represent the magical traditions of four
. You could break that down still further: bards of the College of Lore could be high elves, and bards of the College of War could be wood elves. Gnomes discovered the school of illusion, so all wizards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Hero’s Epilogue Most adventurers hope their lives come to an end with some worthy conclusion. Sometimes in the heat of battle, though, that end can be abrupt and without real resolution. An epilogue
symbolic or direct examples of their past failings and rebuke their old vices in a final, crystallizing act of growth. Funerary masks help the newly dead resist the erosion of memory and identity in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
your head and chin high conveys confidence. Use Voices. Changing the volume of your voice and borrowing speech patterns from real life, movies, or television can make NPCs distinctive. Engaging the
that the characters can’t use the information they receive until they interpret those obscure facts. Or the NPC refuses to give a direct answer, speaking only in vague hints that the characters must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
: Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, ray of frost 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, magic missile, shield, thunderwave 2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, enlarge/reduce, Melf’s acid
butterfly swarm is an instrument of the bards (Anstruth harp). The yellow sapphires carried by the animal-headed guards fit into the pillars in area 8. Each gemstone is worth 1,000 gp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to the highest standards of behavior, and wields cold magic. The Brass Order could be a loose affiliation of good-hearted scoundrels, including rogues and bards, who favor fire magic and trickery. An
in direct conflict with the other two factions, but that doesn’t always inspire cooperation. For example, the Chromatic Circle might focus on self-aggrandizement, as each member of the faction tries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Respect for the DM As the DM, you have the right to expect your players to respect you and the effort you put into making a fun game for everyone. The players need to let you direct the campaign
lets them, through their characters, do things they can’t do in real life—fight monsters, cast spells, and so on. However, for some players, this means wreaking havoc in towns or betraying their allies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
wildfire as they march forward. More broadly, they favor the direct approach and the simple plan to more oblique machinations. That’s one reason they loathe the cultists of elemental water, with all their
(spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). It knows the following sorcerer spells (an asterisked spell is from appendix B):
Cantrips (at will): control flames,* create bonfire,* fire bolt, light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Respect for the DM As the DM, you have the right to expect your players to respect you and the effort you put into making a fun game for everyone. The players need to let you direct the campaign
character’s knowledge and allow the other players to discover it through play. Antisocial Behavior People often play D&D because it lets them, through their characters, do things they can’t do in real
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, the Xanathar is able to efficiently supervise and direct the efforts of many creatures at the same time. It holds sway over a dozen specialized lieutenants. Each lieutenant is responsible for operating
their boss’s sometimes erratic behavior. Each lieutenant is allowed to manage its part of the guild operation as desired. Some use a direct, hands-on approach, and some establish a chain of command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Attack action on your turn. Moreover, you can cast one of your cantrips in place of one of those attacks. Song of Defense Beginning at 10th level, you can direct your magic to absorb damage while your