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Player’s Handbook
Move in 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 through the motions of the smallest creatures. These Bards practice a way of being in harmony with the whirling cosmos that emphasizes agility, speed, and grace.
Classes
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
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
the Song of Creation. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance, music, and poetry, and their teachers share this lesson: “Before the sun and the moon, there
too can teach the mountains to sing and dance.”
Dwarves and gnomes often encourage their bards to become students of the Song of Creation. And among dragonborn, the Song of Creation is revered
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
the Song of Creation. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance, music, and poetry, and their teachers share this lesson: “Before the sun and the moon, there
too can teach the mountains to sing and dance.”
Dwarves and gnomes often encourage their bards to become students of the Song of Creation. And among dragonborn, the Song of Creation is revered
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
;{"diceNotation":"2d8+4","rollType":"heal","rollAction":"Heal Self"} hit points, and all levels of exhaustion end on him.Deflect Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, Bak Mei deflects
at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Bak Mei regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Crane Dance. Bak Mei moves up to 20 feet. This movement does not
Satyr
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Species
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
all, and the proper response to such a gift, as far as most satyrs are concerned, is to accept it with relish.
Born of the Wild
In their physical forms, satyrs embody a fusion of humanoid
jolly dance.
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Sometimes talking to a plant really helps.
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If stumped, I smoke a pipe. And if I’m going to smoke a pipe, it’s going to be a splendid pipe.
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I imagine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Choose A or B: (A) Leather Armor, 2 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
Bard EVYN FONG An Inspiring Performer of Music, Dance, and Magic Core Bard Traits Primary Ability Charisma Hit Point Die D8 per Bard level Saving Throw Proficiencies Dexterity and Charisma Skill
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
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Zephyr Step. In response to being hit by an attack roll, Nafas moves up to half his flying speed without provoking opportunity attack;opportunity attacks.Nafas is the breath of the multiverse, an
melodious chimes dance in the shutterless windows of its vaulted halls. Held aloft by genie magic and the staircases that branch from it, the palace is a pit stop for planar travelers and a haven for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
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 magic attempts to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Pentadrone Pentadrones oversee Mechanus’s worker populace and can improvise in response to new situations. Pentadrone
Large construct, lawful neutral
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points
ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Modron
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Axiomatic Mind. The pentadrone can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions.
Disintegration
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
with other art forms, which produces the complex dance of the bladesingers as well as the enchanting music of their bards and the meticulous craftwork of their artisans. Sun elf adventurers often bring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as the Song of Creation. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance
them gained a voice of their own. And now they sing too. Learn the Song, students, and you too can teach the mountains to sing and dance.” Dwarves and gnomes often encourage their bards to become
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
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
a tradition of wizardry that incorporates swordplay and dance. Originally created by elves, this tradition has been adopted by non-elf practitioners, who honor and expand on the elven ways. In combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
character is compelled to gaze into the divination pool. unless another character immediately pulls the curious victim away from the pool (and avoids gazing into it as he or she does so). If not pulled
divination pool has always required that a user make a personal sacrifice to gain its secrets. However, the pool’s magic has grown considerably hungrier over the long years of its isolation. In response to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. Performance Your Charisma (Performance) check determines how well you can delight an audience with music, dance, acting, storytelling, or some other form of entertainment. Persuasion When you attempt to
, rumors, and gossip Blend into a crowd to get the sense of key topics of conversation Spellcasting Ability Bards, paladins, sorcerers, and warlocks use Charisma as their spellcasting ability, which helps determine the saving throw DCs of spells they cast.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. Performance. Your Charisma (Performance) check determines how well you can delight an audience with music, dance, acting, storytelling, or some other form of entertainment. Persuasion. When you attempt to
, rumors, and gossip Blend into a crowd to get the sense of key topics of conversation Spellcasting Ability Bards, paladins, sorcerers, and warlocks use Charisma as their spellcasting ability, which helps determine the saving throw DCs of spells they cast.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
character is compelled to gaze into the divination pool unless another character immediately pulls the curious victim away from the pool (and avoids gazing into it as he or she does so). If not pulled
divination pool has always required that a user make a personal sacrifice to gain its secrets. However, the pool’s magic has grown considerably hungrier over the long years of its isolation. In response to the cruelty of the yuan-ti, using the pool requires the sacrifice of a sentient creature.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
where the circle meets, all given equal voice. Numerous circles are found across Faerûn, usually made up of no more than a dozen or so druids, plus their allies. They include the High Dance, guarding
circles in the North are often allied with the Harpers, as they have common purpose, with bards and rangers serving as go-betweens. Individual Harpers can usually expect a circle to at least grant them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
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Characters who know anything about myconids know that myconids don’t dance. If Stool is with the party, it points this out. This group is composed of three myconid adults and five myconid sprouts. Stool
standing by itself is named Rumpadump. It sends a subtle warning as a feeling of distress through its own rapport spores in response to Voosbur’s offer, saying that the other myconids aren’t behaving right
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
hit points, and all levels of exhaustion end on him.
Bonus Actions
Nimble Escape. Bak Mei takes the Disengage or Hide action.
Reactions
Deflect Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged
of another creature’s turn. Bak Mei regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Crane Dance. Bak Mei moves up to 20 feet. This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.
Thunder Strike (Costs 2 Actions). Bak Mei uses Thunder Strike.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of the chamber sometimes ripples or swirls ominously, perhaps in response to unpredictable desert winds, the dragon’s magic, or some creature lurking beneath the sand. Hoard Display. Just off the
instead of the effects described in the Monster Manual: Blue Luster. Creatures that spend a year within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair find blue objects fascinating and feel compelled to acquire them at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
domes, and melodious chimes dance in the shutterless windows of its vaulted halls. Held aloft by genie magic and the staircases that branch from it, the palace is a pit stop for planar travelers and a
that area must succeed on a DC 22 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 15 feet away from him.
Zephyr Step. In response to being hit by an attack roll, Nafas moves up to half his flying speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, after all, and the proper response to such a gift, as far as most satyrs are concerned, is to accept it with relish. (STEVE PRESCOTT) Born of the Wild In their physical forms, satyrs embody a fusion of
, and discover their silent secrets.
2 There isn’t a tree or statue that isn’t fun to climb.
3 Nothing wards off bad luck like a jolly dance.
4 Sometimes talking to a plant really helps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
to position that Cube. Can a creature under the effect of Compelled Duel teleport more than 30 feet away from the caster? No. You can’t move farther than 30 feet away from the caster of Compelled Duel
action, Dispel Magic can be cast in response to another spell being cast, yet Dispel Magic can’t substitute for Counterspell. The main reason is that Dispel Magic removes a spell that is already on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Weeping eye
Ye’Cind CG Music, enchantment Life, Trickery Recorder
Zandilar CN Romance, lust, dance Life Lips
*Appears in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
**Appears in Sword Coast
be with. Stories of Hanali’s romantic adventures among elves and other mortals are perennial favorites when sung by elf bards and poets. In Arvandor, Hanali maintains a hidden pool called Evergold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Although some of the dancing is wanton and performed for show, large-scale ring dances in the street for all ages are also popular. All the dancing ends at dusk, after which bards and minstrels perform at
of faithfulness). Even if you have no paramour, indulge a little in the dance and food of this fine tradition. The night might be cold, but your heart will be warmed. Ches 1: Rhyestertide This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
spell (save DC 14). On a successful saving throw, the creature resists the spell. On a failed saving throw, the creature is compelled to leave the room empty-handed and not return for 8 hours (the
duration of the spell). Once the glyph is triggered, the trunk is safe to open. Treasure. The trunk contains, among personal items and clothing of little value, the instrument of the bards (Canaith mandolin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
working behind the black curtain, but she peeks out in response to the wights’ challenge. She whispers to order the lead wight to attack. A character who succeeds on a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check
do away with it completely. Any non-undead creature that starts its turn within 5 feet of the arch must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be compelled to run through the opening (a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
rats in a merry dance. 77–80 Four orcs jab at an ochre jelly with long staffs, trying to herd the ooze into the sewers. 81–82 Several Cyran refugees are gathered in a circle, singing a haunting song. 83
drunken pair sings louder in response. 95–96 Two children reeking of sewage argue over who gets to wear a shiny helmet that sits on the ground between them. 97–00 You find a pamphlet on the ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, causing creatures to create works of art on the spot and obsess over them Joy: Appears in glens or flowering fields, inspiring creatures to dance, relax, and sing Love: Appears along beaches or
serve as trade routes or secret connections between distant lands. Others shift locations at noteworthy times or in response to external phenomena, like on specific anniversaries or in response to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
those whom the harpies lured to destruction. When the harpies spot intruders, they begin to sing. Those who are affected by the harpies’ song are compelled to climb. The nests are 80 feet above the
whether the adventurers are friends or foes, based on their response to its question and the gear they wear. If the characters look like air cultists and reply that they serve elemental air or the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
on a grid, unless the DM says effects snap to the grid. There are many ways to position that cube. Can a creature under the effect of compelled duel teleport more than 30 feet away from the caster? No
. You can’t move farther than 30 feet away from the caster of compelled duel by any means, including teleportation. Is the damage dealt by a beast from conjure animals considered magical? The stat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
chapter 13 told the characters. Colcook determines what counts as a valuable secret. If coerced, he behaves as detailed in the “Interrogating the Staff” section. If compelled to aid the characters
). Treasure. A character who searches the room finds curios worth 15,000 gp, a dagger of venom, a suit of demon armor, and an instrument of the bards (Anstruth harp), all designed with vulpine shapes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
holy symbol of Oghma, god of knowledge and patron to bards and wizards. If the check succeeds by 3 or more, the character intuits that rededicating the shrine to Oghma could help against the zombies
leader commands, “Now! Release your secrets unto me! Let the truths hidden in your soul come forth and become stronger!” As if in response, the cultists’ silhouettes warp into two lanky shadowy entities






