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Player’s Handbook
Core Bard Traits
Primary Ability
Charisma
Hit Point Die
D8 per Bard level
Saving Throw Proficiencies
Dexterity and Charisma
Skill Proficiencies
Choose any 3 skills
, including performing music, working magic, and making jests.
A Bard’s life is spent traveling, gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
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
the Beestinger clan. Now a self-taught mage, he specializes in making use of the dangerous spells and weird trinkets he often comes across in his role as a kind of arcane archaeologist. Seeking out
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
good at sniffing out lucrative business deals, and he makes friends easily.
Like many sun elves, Davil has an affinity for magic and is gifted with the kind of patience that comes with a long life span
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
part, she utilizes an instrument of dragonborn design in combat. Known as a war lute, this unique item comes replete with hidden storage and powerful weaponry.
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Boon of Immortality. Skabatha is immune to any effect that would age her, and she can’t die from old age.
Forgetfulness. The first creature that Skabatha sees after she finishes a long rest is
key between her hunched shoulders that rotates quickly when she’s in a good mood and slows down as her mood sours. When she is furious, the key comes to a dead stop.
Alignment. Neutral evil
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Boon of Immortality. Endelyn is immune to any effect that would age her, and she can’t die from old age.
Eclipsed Doom. Endelyn can be killed only if she is reduced to 0 hit points during a
bedevil Endelyn. Nothing much ever comes of these petty plots and squabbles, however.
SHARED SPELLS OF THE HOURGLASS COVEN
On the rare occasions when all three hags of the Hourglass Coven are
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
);{"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
;while trying not to expose the secret society to their mutual enemy. He thinks the wereravens might prove helpful when the time comes. Van Richten also wants to take out as many of Strahd’s spies
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Amphibious. Bavlorna can breathe air and water.
Boon of Immortality. Bavlorna is immune to any effect that would age her, and she can’t die from old age.
Widdershins Allergy. If a creature
against Bavlorna, and Skabatha and Bavlorna bedevil Endelyn. Nothing much ever comes of these petty plots and squabbles, however.
SHARED SPELLS OF THE HOURGLASS COVEN
On the rare occasions when all
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
unidentifiable as your true self. By removing your disguise and revealing your true face, you are no longer identifiable as your persona. This allows you to change appearances between your two personalities as
comes to us all eventually.
2
I never make eye contact or hold it unflinchingly.
3
I have no sense of humor. Laughing is uncomfortable and embarrassing.
4
I overexert myself
Bugbear
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
believe that this feeling of fear comes from being possessed by Skiggaret, and they don’t relish experiencing it. After the madness has passed, bugbears don’t dwell on things that were done
a bugbear gang with a special boon. A gang that gains the favor of Hruggek and Grankhul in this way might find that the head will emit a shout when an enemy gets too close (in the fashion of an alarm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, it counts as a secret learned for the whole party. Revealing Secrets A character can magically spend a secret like currency, revealing it to the multiverse to gain a momentary boon. To do this, the
immediately loses its power and counts as revealed. It remains in the minds of every character in the party, but the characters gain no benefit from revealing the secret. Keeping Secrets When the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
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. Bard Features ——Spell Slots
All Trades D6 2 5 3 — — — — — — — — 3 +2 Bard Subclass D6 2 6 4 2 — — — — — — — 4 +2 Ability Score Improvement D6 3 7 4 3 — — — — — — — 5 +3 Font of Inspiration D8 3 9 4 3 2 — — — — — — 6 +3 Subclass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
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. Bard Features ——Spell Slots
All Trades D6 2 5 3 — — — — — — — — 3 +2 Bard Subclass D6 2 6 4 2 — — — — — — — 4 +2 Ability Score Improvement D6 3 7 4 3 — — — — — — — 5 +3 Font of Inspiration D8 3 9 4 3 2 — — — — — — 6 +3 Subclass
Warlock
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
that are not fiendish. Sometimes a traveler in the wilds comes to a strangely beautiful tower, meets its fey lord or lady, and stumbles into a pact without being fully aware of it. And sometimes
Patron, Pact Magic 2 2 1 1st — 2nd +2 Eldritch Invocations 2 3 2 1st 2 3rd +2 Pact Boon 2 4 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
ability for your bard spells. Your magic comes from the heart and soul you pour into the performance of your music or oration. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability
situations. See chapter 10 for the general rules of spellcasting and chapter 11 for the bard spell list. Cantrips You know two cantrips of your choice from the bard spell list. You learn additional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
ability for your bard spells. Your magic comes from the heart and soul you pour into the performance of your music or oration. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability
situations. See chapter 10 for the general rules of spellcasting and chapter 11 for the bard spell list. Cantrips You know two cantrips of your choice from the bard spell list. You learn additional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
flank a stone double door engraved with a giant letter H.
If their handles are tugged, the double doors fly open, revealing a stone wall with a giant elder rune carved into it (see “Elder Runes”). Draw
a card from the Elder Runes Deck (see appendix B) to determine which rune waits beyond the doors. This rune targets all creatures in the room with the same effect (bane or boon, determined randomly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Spells I am less guarded with my spells than I am with my recipes. Magic shared is soon improved. But when it comes to my pudding, well, you can’t fix perfect.
-Fizban
This section contains new
Nathair’s Mischief Illusion Yes No Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
2nd Rime’s Binding Ice Evocation No No Sorcerer, Wizard
3rd Ashardalon’s Stride Transmutation Yes No Artificer,* Ranger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
for stirring poems written in old tongues, reading them to the rest of the group in a soft, resonant voice that comes directly from his soul.
Extracurriculars: Dead Languages Society
Job
: Biblioplex book clerk
Bond Boon: Drazhomir writes you poetry, and the smile it puts on your face makes you likable to everyone on campus except the most stone-hearted.
Bond Bane: Other students who work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Grayson Wildemere Neutral Human First Year (Silverquill)
Grayson comes from an old, moneyed, and influential family. To him, studying at Strixhaven is a means to an end. Learning business acumen
paying for poorer students’ books and other supplies—a fact he tries to keep secret.
Extracurriculars: Future Entrepreneurs of Strixhaven, Strixhaven Star
Job: None
Bond Boon: Whenever you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
boon or a nuisance, since the Cabal of Thar-Zad has a fearsome reputation. If you go this route, you can treat schools of magic, bardic colleges, and druid circles as organizations, using the guidelines
for organizations presented earlier in this chapter. A player character necromancer might cultivate renown within the Cabal of Thar-Zad, while a bard seeks increasing renown within the College of Mac-Fuirmidh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. They are faded and difficult to read.
The bone harpsichord has been enchanted to play on its own but stops when a living creature comes within 10 feet of it. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of
away, revealing the treasure (see “Treasure” below). On a failed check, the performer must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. If the saving throw fails, the performer takes 22 (4d10) necrotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
absentminded bard whose plays and poetry are known throughout the land. A character who agrees to training as a reward must spend downtime with the trainer (see chapter 6 for more information on downtime
an epic boon. These two options can be awarded to a character more than once.
Ability Score Improvement. The character can increase one ability score by 2 or increase two ability scores by 1 each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Lost Memories When revealing lost memories, cultivate the disquiet that comes with vivid recollections out of sync with a character’s history. The scenes on the Suppressed Memories table include
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse
how to resume control of the Recluse. Kreffik is clever and understands that ethics and principles serve only as obstacles to academic pursuits. He has few reservations about lying when it comes to
for trying to hijack the Recluse, but a character that takes the Search action and makes a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check discerns that he’s hiding something. Kreffik comes clean and offers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
like wildfire. Everyone comes out to greet you, including Honorary Mayor Jenna Bean, who snorts contentedly. Frody apologizes to everyone for the trouble he has caused and says he looks forward to
take more than a few hours. While Frody waits, he performs his favorite music to an enrapt crowd outside My Left Boot. If there’s a bard or another musically inclined individual among the player
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Character Options Each player has options when it comes to choosing a character race, class, and background. These options are summarized in the Character Options table. If there are multiple players
play an all-dwarf party or a troupe of adventuring entertainers. Character Options Races Classes Backgrounds Dwarf Bard Acolyte Elf Cleric Criminal Halfling Fighter Entertainer Human Rogue Sage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
tarnished silver platter with a lid (worth 25 gp). If a character comes within 5 feet of the servant, it lifts the lid, revealing a bunch of moldy scones. The first character to eat a scone gains
, their cracked and bloodstained lips open wide, revealing sharp fangs. These minions of Strahd—former adventurers all—creep along ceilings and drop down on unsuspecting prey. The vampire spawn fight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
scraps of parchment. He plans to become an adventuring bard but hasn’t the courage to tell his parents, who would never tolerate such a pedestrian, dangerous life for their son. Mazia Foulard (lawful good
a gold-trimmed wheelchair. When it comes to music, his lack of discipline prompted his parents to send him to the Skalderang Conservatory. He was unhappy at first, but he warmed to the company of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
and decay. Its traditional name comes from the prominence of vampires within the college, whose conceptions of draining life through the vein have long proven an important counterweight to the growth
, using concoctions of noxious ingredients for withering magic Decay 2 Bleed doctor, drain the essence of living creatures to fuel sinister spells Decay 3 Boon witch, brewing drafts to empower the living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
apprehend the wandering bard. An adopted child of the “C” Team’s Rosie Beestinger, Pendragon is his mother’s foil in almost every way — including his goal of wanting to mainstream some of the family’s
and weird trinkets he often comes across in his role as a kind of arcane archaeologist. Seeking out the family feeling that an adventuring group provides keeps him in the “B” Team, even if that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Shadow Dragon Treasures Shadow dragons retain the preferences of their original form when it comes to treasure. With each passing year, though, the more lustrous objects in their hoards begin to
7 A pile of loose sheet music representing the lost dirges of a famous shadar-kai bard
8 An exquisitely crafted mirror that drains all color from the reflections of those who look into it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Antipathy/Sympathy Level 8 Enchantment (Bard, Druid, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a mix of vinegar and honey)
Duration: 10 days
As you cast the spell
chosen kind makes a Wisdom saving throw when it comes within 120 feet of the target. Your choice of antipathy or sympathy determines what happens to a creature when it fails that save: Antipathy. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Antipathy/Sympathy Level 8 Enchantment (Bard, Druid, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a mix of vinegar and honey)
Duration: 10 days
As you cast the spell
chosen kind makes a Wisdom saving throw when it comes within 120 feet of the target. Your choice of antipathy or sympathy determines what happens to a creature when it fails that save: Antipathy. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Heroes of the Dragon Sorcerers whose magic comes from a draconic origin, rangers with a drake companion, and monks who learn the ways of dragon masters are not the only adventurers whose skills
, ranger)
3 I was part of an order that preserves the teachings of an ancient dragon founder. (Fighter, monk, paladin, wizard)
4 I have a dragon for a mentor or patron. (Bard, druid, fighter