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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
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, armored reptile. A zaratan’s steps trigger shock waves severe enough to level structures. It expresses its rage through trumpeting calls and the occasional boulder or blast of debris it spews from
might be buried; a creature within half the distance of the structure’s height must make a DC 25 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 17 (5d6);{"diceNotation":"5d6
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, lightning bolt, sendingSpell Reflection. If the morkoth makes a successful saving throw against a spell or a spell attack misses it, the morkoth can choose another creature (including the spellcaster) it
ocean to the void of the Astral Plane. Anything on or within a certain distance of a morkoth’s isle is drawn with it in its journey through the planes. Thus, people from lost civilizations and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
effect that calls for a damage roll (including Magic Missile) even if the damage roll is not preceded by an attack roll. Which Spell Scrolls can Bards understand—spells from the Bard list only, or
Bard Do the benefits from Bardic Inspiration and the Guidance spell stack? Can they be applied to the same roll? Yes, different effects stack if they don’t have the same name. If a creature under the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
. You can use Cutting Words to reduce the damage from any effect that calls for a damage roll (including magic missile) even if the damage roll is not preceded by an attack roll. Can a bard replace
Bard Do the benefits from Bardic Inspiration and the guidance spell stack? Can they be applied to the same roll? Yes, different effects stack if they don’t have the same name. If a creature makes an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
mirror of ice sees their reflection as soulless, haggard, and encrusted with rime. This apparition stands in a frozen tundra, desolate save for a tower of ice far in the distance. Characters who succeed
on a DC 25 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognize the tower as Mephistar, lair of the archdevil Mephistopheles. Any character who witnesses their reflection in the mirror must succeed on a DC 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Locate Animals or Plants Level 2 Divination (Bard, Druid, Ranger) Casting Time: Action or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (fur from a bloodhound)
Duration: Instantaneous
Describe or
name a specific kind of Beast, Plant creature, or nonmagical plant. You learn the direction and distance to the closest creature or plant of that kind within 5 miles, if any are present.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Locate Animals or Plants Level 2 Divination (Bard, Druid, Ranger) Casting Time: Action or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (fur from a bloodhound)
Duration: Instantaneous
Describe or
name a specific kind of Beast, Plant creature, or nonmagical plant. You learn the direction and distance to the closest creature or plant of that kind within 5 miles, if any are present.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Temple, Upper Menthis) 3 Five Lives. A bitter reflection on the tragedy of the Last War, as seen through the eyes of five soldiers. Written by up-and-coming playwright Luca Syara. (Diamond Theater
opera by the bard Kessler, revolving around a Karrnathi count who is resurrected as a zombie. (Sharn Opera House, Upper Menthis) 6 The Carnival of Shadows. House Phiarlan’s traveling circus, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
shattered remains of trees, roads, and whole mountain ranges dot the barren landscape. In the distance, a lone castle is silhouetted against the crimson horizon. Two hulking figures wander around the
ruined structure in the distance is all that remains of a castle Kas once called home and is the unreality’s only noteworthy structure. The sun hangs along the horizon. The unreality distorts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Rary’s Telepathic Bond Level 5 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Paladin, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (two eggs)
Duration: 1 Hour
You forge a telepathic
affected by this spell. Until the spell ends, the targets can communicate telepathically through the bond whether or not they share a language. The communication is possible over any distance, though it can’t extend to other planes of existence.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Rary’s Telepathic Bond Level 5 Divination (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: Action or Ritual
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (two eggs)
Duration: 1 hour
You forge a telepathic link among up to
spell. Until the spell ends, the targets can communicate telepathically through the bond whether or not they share a language. The communication is possible over any distance, though it can’t extend to other planes of existence.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Sideshows Lurid banners with exaggerated art and the calls of barkers advertise the Carnival’s unusual performers. For 2 copper pieces, visitors enter a tent and watch a performer’s show. The
with visitors. At their last stop, he reveals his own uniqueness as the Amazing Soul-less Man: he casts no reflection and claims to lack a soul. Alti the Werehare. A quick-tongued rapper and dancer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Dimension Door Level 4 Conjuration (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 500 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
You teleport to a location within range. You
arrive at exactly the spot desired. It can be a place you can see, one you can visualize, or one you can describe by stating distance and direction, such as “200 feet straight downward” or “300 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
distance, you can see a dingy being tossed by the bay’s choppy waters. The vessel seems to be taking on water, sinking into the waves. You can make out one small occupant on the craft.
The sailor in
to investigate the boat, delaying that hero’s arrival in Grakenok. The dingy is doomed, but its lone sailor is easily saved. This precocious human commoner calls himself Kai and is impressed by whoever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Subclasses Class Subclass Level Available Description Barbarian Path of the Ancestral Guardian 3rd Calls on the spirits of honored ancestors to protect others Barbarian Path of the Storm Herald
3rd Filled with a rage that channels the primal magic of the storm Barbarian Path of the Zealot 3rd Fueled by a religious zeal that visits destruction on foes Bard College of Glamour 3rd Wields the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Dimension Door Level 4 Conjuration (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 500 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
You teleport to a location within range. You
arrive at exactly the spot desired. It can be a place you can see, one you can visualize, or one you can describe by stating distance and direction, such as “200 feet straight downward” or “300 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
A Mysterious Dream After gaining the level 1 benefit and drawback of the scrivener’s mark, the characters experience a dream that comes to them during a time of rest, reverie, or quiet reflection
everyone: The dream is as vivid as anything you remember from your actual life. You feel the sweltering sun beating down as you take shelter in the shadow of a tumbledown tower. In the distance, a vast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
DM might allow a bard to engage in the Raise Morale activity by playing bawdy songs on deck to lift the crew’s spirits. The party’s pace has no effect on the activities they can engage in while
. Forage The character casts fishing lines, keeping an eye out for sources of food, making a Wisdom (Survival) check when the DM calls for it. Raise Morale (First Mate Only) The first mate can manage the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
perceiving the monsters from a distance. Of course, you also have the freedom to adjust the numbers, but it’s important to remember that not every encounter involving a monster needs to result in combat
include entries for what the Dungeon Master’s Guide calls “encounters of a less monstrous nature.” Many of these results cry out to be customized or detailed, which offers you an opportunity to connect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
The party hears chattering voices and the music of panpipes coming from a secluded area. 5 In the distance, the party sees a descending dragon pulling a caravan of wagons. 6 A dragon’s gentle voice
calls out to the characters in their dreams, giving them directions to the market but no further details.
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->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Sending Level 3 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Unlimited
Components: V, S, M (a copper wire)
Duration: Instantaneous
You send a short message of 25 words or
manner immediately. The spell enables targets to understand the meaning of your message. You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a
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->Player’s Handbook
Etherealness Level 7 Conjuration (Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: Up to 8 hours
You step into the border regions of the
spell. CRAIG J SPEARING The Wizard Evard calls on his infamous spell, Evard’s Black Tentacles, to teach reckless bandits a lesson
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Sending Level 3 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Unlimited
Components: V, S, M (a copper wire)
Duration: Instantaneous
You send a short message of 25 words or
manner immediately. The spell enables targets to understand the meaning of your message. You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
hit. Using the zombies’ average damage (4 Bludgeoning damage), the Fighter takes 8 Bludgeoning damage. After seeing the Fighter mauled by zombies, the Bard casts Shatter, centering the spell on the
Fighter. (The Bard trusts that the Fighter will succeed on the Constitution saving throw and survive the resulting damage.) The spell affects a 10-foot-radius Sphere, and the Targets in Area of Effect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
through town, a handful of murmuring villagers follow you at a distance. More villagers emerge from houses on all sides, and soon you’re surrounded by a small mob. A farmer carrying a pitchfork points at
you and calls you interlopers. Other folks brandish brooms, axes, and large stones. They scream at you to leave the village.
The mob consists of twenty hostile commoners who surround the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
glows with purple light. The character can see this glow at any distance and through solid objects. The closer the character gets to the unreality’s secret, the brighter the symbol glows. When the
no longer reflects images of the unreality, and after 50 feet, the tunnel terminates at a featureless, obsidian wall. After all three unrealities are dismantled, the crystals in area E1 shatter, clearing the way to the Cave of Shattered Reflection, which is described later in this chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
Travel in the Domain Visitors to a Domain of Delight are often confounded by the Feywild’s power to distort distance, time, and reality. A traveler might see a hilltop that appears to be a mile away
while skipping counterclockwise around a tree 3 Eating a mushroom while gazing at one’s own reflection in a clear pool or stream of water 4 Doing a headstand in a ring of stones 5 Staring at firelight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, giving her AC 16. She keeps her distance from the poisoned guards as she tries to kill Azra Nir using produce flame and thunderwave. She has three more doses of biza’s breath, but they are prepared for
bloodshed. Spirit of Vengeance If Kala is reduced to 0 hit points or apprehended, she calls out to the biza she made a pact with. If the characters convince Kala to call off her attack, this breaks her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
dangerous, she doesn’t build them with violence in mind. She’s particularly interested in devices for long-distance communication and inventions that mechanize the work of farm animals. Personality Trait
whenever they want to go; she just needs to grab her invention. The Fargab Rookledust calls her newest invention the “fargab” (see appendix A). She was supposed to design a new weapon for the Red Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
influence is strongest in certain rooms. When a room’s description calls for it, or whenever a creature casts a spell in Delphi Mansion, roll on the Eldritch Surges table to see how Krokulmar’s influence
once per turn. 3 Illusory magic causes one to perceive objects and creatures a short distance from their actual locations. While in the room, a creature has disadvantage on attack rolls. 4 An animated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
for their stat block) remained to prey on lost travelers. When the characters arrive in the village, these meenlocks become aware of their presence and stalk them from a distance, staying hidden in
abnormally across the floor to reach for them. Characters who view themselves in a reflection momentarily see the face of a lost loved one or a hated enemy instead of their own. The hair on their arms and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
outside the tent and calls out for Rubin, hoping he will return. Approaching the Hall of Illusions This large tent is painted with a mural of shifting images that show grinning faeries diving into pools
gazing worriedly into a mirror, and a little girl in a pig mask can be seen in the pane, whispering to the halfling’s youthful reflection. As soon as she sees the characters, the girl turns and