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Dungeon Master’s Guide
This reinforced lute can be wielded as a magic Club that deals an extra 2d8 Thunder damage on a hit.
Sing and Swing. If you’re a Bard, you can use your Charisma modifier instead of your
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
trouble killing them and disposing of their bodies. He was eventually caught in the act and brought to the burgomaster. Instead of punishing the boy for his crimes, Baron Vallakovich pardoned Izek and
burgomaster’s will, Izek drinks copious amounts of wine.
Fiendish Gift. After years of doing Baron Vallakovich’s dirty work, Izek awakened from a drunken stupor one morning to find that he had
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
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
beguiling, glorious magic of the Feywild Bard College of Swords 3rd Entertains and slays with daring feats of weapon prowess Bard College of Whispers 3rd Plants fear and doubt in the minds of others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Lute of Thunderous Thumping Weapon (Club), Very Rare This reinforced lute can be wielded as a magic Club that deals an extra 2d8 Thunder damage on a hit. Sing and Swing. If you’re a Bard, you can use
your Charisma modifier instead of your Strength modifier when making a melee attack roll with the lute, provided you sing or hum while making the attack.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. Way of the Drunken Master The most dangerous adventurer in the room is the one that no one knows is an adventurer. As a monk who follows the Way of the Drunken Master, you excel at keeping your true
flames, cold, and thunder come streaking toward them instead, they’ll never know what hit them. As a monk of the Way of the Four Elements, you combine the striking power of a typical monk with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Identify Level 1 Divination (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute or Ritual
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a pearl worth 100+ GP)
Duration: Instantaneous
You touch an object throughout the
learn whether any ongoing spells are affecting the item and what they are. If the item was created by a spell, you learn that spell’s name. If you instead touch a creature throughout the casting, you learn which ongoing spells, if any, are currently affecting it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Identify Level 1 Divination (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute or Ritual
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a pearl worth 100+ GP)
Duration: Instantaneous
You touch an object throughout the
learn whether any ongoing spells are affecting the item and what they are. If the item was created by a spell, you learn that spell’s name. If you instead touch a creature throughout the casting, you learn which ongoing spells, if any, are currently affecting it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
burning candle and littered with plates cleared of food and half-drained tankards. The sounds of gamblers yelling and drunken adventurers singing bawdy songs nearly drown out the off-key strumming of a
young bard three tables over.
Then all the noise is eclipsed by a shout: “Ya pig! Like killin’ me mates, does ya?” Then a seven-foot-tall half-orc is hit by a wild, swinging punch from a male human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
:
Barbarian: Path of the Ancestral Guardian, Path of the Zealot
Bard: College of Glamour, College of Whispers
Druid: Circle of Dreams, Circle of the Shepherd
Fighter: Arcane Archer, Cavalier, Samurai
Monk: Way of the Drunken Master, Way of the Kensei, Way of the Sun Soul
Paladin: Oath of Conquest
Ranger: Gloom Stalker, Horizon Walker, Monster Slayer
Rogue: Mastermind, Scout, Swashbuckler
Sorcerer: Divine Soul, Shadow Magic, Storm Sorcery
Warlock: Celestial, Hexblade
Wizard: War Magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Tyger, Tyger Karl and Nikolai Wachter (see areas N2 and N4) are young, foolish men from a proud noble family. The drunken brothers sneak into Arasek’s Stockyard (area N5) while everyone else is
that the half-elf paid them for their silence. After the burgomaster learns that the tiger belongs to Rictavio, he commands his guards to arrest the mysterious bard. If Rictavio thinks the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Mirror Image Level 2 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute
Three illusory duplicates of yourself appear in your space
the spell’s duration, roll a d6 for each of your remaining duplicates. If any of the d6s rolls a 3 or higher, one of the duplicates is hit instead of you, and the duplicate is destroyed. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
True Strike Divination Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: S, M (a weapon with which you have proficiency and that is worth 1+ CP)
Duration
: Instantaneous
Guided by a flash of magical insight, you make one attack with the weapon used in the spell’s casting. The attack uses your spellcasting ability for the attack and damage rolls instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
True Strike Divination Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: S, M (a weapon with which you have proficiency and that is worth 1+ CP)
Duration
: Instantaneous
Guided by a flash of magical insight, you make one attack with the weapon used in the spell’s casting. The attack uses your spellcasting ability for the attack and damage rolls instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Mirror Image Level 2 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute
Three illusory duplicates of yourself appear in your space
the spell’s duration, roll a d6 for each of your remaining duplicates. If any of the d6s rolls a 3 or higher, one of the duplicates is hit instead of you, and the duplicate is destroyed. The
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Lord Dagult Neverember once told me, during a drunken tirade, that orcs are fearful of their gods, and, if one plays one’s cards right, they can be controlled through that fear and made to
, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death.
Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
your Bard spell list. Level 6: Extra Attack You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. In addition, you can cast one of your cantrips that has a casting time
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->Player’s Handbook
Scrying Level 5 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 10 minutes
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a focus worth 1,000+ GP, such as a crystal ball, mirror, or water
, remaining within 10 feet of it for the duration. If something can see the sensor, it appears as a luminous orb about the size of your fist. Instead of targeting a creature, you can target a location you have seen. When you do so, the sensor appears at that location and doesn’t move.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
of Solamnia character, consider playing a bard of the College of Valor (or the College of Swords from Xanathar’s Guide to Everything) or a barbarian devoted to the ideals of the nature god Habbakuk
(perhaps adopting the Path of the Zealot from Xanathar’s Guide to Everything).
Knight of Solamnia Trinkets. When you make your character, roll once on the Knight of Solamnia Trinkets table instead of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
roll, and add the total (minimum of 1) to your Hit Point maximum. Instead of rolling, you can use the fixed value shown in the Fixed Hit Points by Class table. Fixed Hit Points by Class Class Hit
Points per Level Barbarian 7 + Con. modifier Fighter, Paladin, or Ranger 6 + Con. modifier Bard, Cleric, Druid, Monk, Rogue, or Warlock 5 + Con. modifier Sorcerer or Wizard 4 + Con. modifier Record
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Scrying Level 5 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 10 minutes
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a focus worth 1,000+ GP, such as a crystal ball, mirror, or water
, remaining within 10 feet of it for the duration. If something can see the sensor, it appears as a luminous orb about the size of your fist. Instead of targeting a creature, you can target a location you have seen. When you do so, the sensor appears at that location and doesn’t move.
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
character gains proficiency in a skill. The character gains a feat. ALTERNATIVES TO EPIC BOONS
You might decide to grant one of the following rewards to a 20th-level character, instead of awarding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
roll, and add the total (minimum of 1) to your Hit Point maximum. Instead of rolling, you can use the fixed value shown in the Fixed Hit Points by Class table. Fixed Hit Points by Class Class Hit
Points per Level Barbarian 7 + Con. modifier Fighter, Paladin, or Ranger 6 + Con. modifier Bard, Cleric, Druid, Monk, Rogue, or Warlock 5 + Con. modifier Sorcerer or Wizard 4 + Con. modifier Record
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. MULTICLASSING EXAMPLE
Gary is playing a 4th-level fighter. When his character earns enough experience points to reach 5th level, Gary decides that his character will multiclass instead of continuing to
, martial weapons Bard Light armor, one skill of your choice, one musical instrument of your choice Cleric Light armor, medium armor, shields Druid Light armor, medium armor, shields (druids will not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
brought to the burgomaster. Instead of punishing the boy for his crimes, Baron Vallakovich pardoned Izek and took him into his home. Izek has been loyal to the burgomaster ever since, enjoying the power
dirty work, Izek awakened from a drunken stupor one morning to find that he had grown a new arm to replace the one he had lost. The new appendage has barbed spines, elongated fingers, and long nails
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the following variants. Choose whichever one best suits your campaign. Ability Check Proficiency With this variant rule, characters don’t have skill proficiencies. Instead, each character has
Proficiencies by Class Class Ability Check Barbarian Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom Bard Any one Cleric Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma Druid Intelligence or Wisdom Fighter Strength, Dexterity, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. With their 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 3rd Bonus
the scimitar. If you’re proficient with a simple or martial melee weapon, you can use it as a spellcasting focus for your bard spells. Fighting Style At 3rd level, you adopt a style of fighting as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
themselves. However, she is not convinced they would succeed, and having humanoid allies would reduce casualties for both sides. Attitude. Neutral. If any character is a dragonborn, Tazmikella is instead
cautious. If the party contains any character with a personal reputation for shady dealings (particularly a rogue or bard), she is unfriendly. Concession. Pick one magic item owned by a member of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
themselves. However, she is not convinced they would succeed, and having humanoid allies would reduce casualties for both sides. Attitude. Neutral. If any character is a dragonborn, Tazmikella is instead
cautious. If the party contains any character with a personal reputation for shady dealings (particularly a rogue or bard), she is unfriendly. Concession. Pick one magic item owned by a member of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
inspiration, or you can develop a unique location. Work with the players to develop the connections that each character has to the site. If the location is a tavern, for instance, a bard character
Base d12 Location 1 The Drunken Dragon (Clifftop, Upper Dura) is a tavern frequented by members of the Clifftop Adventurer's Guild. It has a wide selection of spirits, and its walls are covered with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
connection? The drunken lot huddled in the tavern offers no credible ideas, but sitting apart from them is an elderly shield dwarf with a nasty scar across her nose who looks like she has something worth
unarmored veteran who wields a battleaxe and handaxe instead of a longsword and shortsword. Plying her profession earned her a few too many enemies up and down the Sword Coast, which is why she wound up in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
legend. These bards are so eloquent that a speech or song that one of them performs can cause captors to release the bard unharmed and can lull a furious dragon into complacency. The same magic that
instead use this power to gladden the downtrodden and undermine oppressors. Illusions? How quaint. Before I destroy you, make one that looks like a really big goldfish — like as big as me! Hmm. That’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
No No Bard, sorcerer, warlock, wizard 3rd Antagonize Enchantment No No Bard, sorcerer, warlock, wizard 4th Spirit of Death Necromancy Yes No Sorcerer, warlock, wizard Antagonize 3rd-Level
choice that you can see. If the target can’t make this attack (for example, because there is no one within its reach or because its reaction is unavailable), the target instead has disadvantage on the next
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
another and decide to form a group. In those years when Shieldmeet falls, the town is instead treated to a great festival on that day, sponsored mainly by the local temple to Tymora, the Happy Hall of
Fortuitous Happenstance. The Shieldmeet festival features a number of games of chance, skill, and bravery, from dice and darts, to drunken running, to wrestling and other physical contests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Silverquill
Gargantuan Dragon (Bard), Neutral
Armor Class 21 (natural armor)
Hit Points 363 (22d20 + 132)
Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft.
STR
25 (+7)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
23 (+6
can choose to succeed instead.
Actions
Multiattack. Shadrix makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (1d10 + 7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Teleport Level 7 Conjuration (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 10 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
This spell instantly transports you and up to eight willing
enemy’s sanctum but instead viewed an illusion, or you are attempting to teleport to a location that no longer exists. Mishap. The spell’s unpredictable magic results in a difficult journey. Each