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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
encircling groups of guards, but they haven’t organized an attack. Nighthill thinks the raiders don’t intend to attack the keep; they seem interested only in loot. The real danger is to the town and to those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bard Music is the fruit of the divine tree that vibrates with the Words of Creation. But the question I ask you is, can a bard go to the root of this tree? Can one tap into the source of that power
? Ah, then what manner of music they would bring to this world!
— Fletcher Danairia, master bard
Bards bring levity during grave times; they impart wisdom to offset ignorance; and they make the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
encircling groups of guards, but they haven’t organized an attack. Nighthill thinks the raiders don’t intend to attack the keep; they seem interested only in loot. The real danger is to the town and to those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Disguise Self Level 1 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 hour
You make yourself—including your clothing, armor, weapons, and other
belongings on your person—look different until the spell ends. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear heavier or lighter. You must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Disguise Self Level 1 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 hour
You make yourself—including your clothing, armor, weapons, and other
belongings on your person—look different until the spell ends. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear heavier or lighter. You must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
achieve such a summoning, though I am sure he didn’t intend this result. Imbecile!
“I can save you months of research — time we clearly don’t have. The information I found here has confirmed my
foolhardy is the better word.”
If the characters seem hesitant to work with Vizeran, he reminds them of the peril facing the surface world should the demon lords escape from the Underdark. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Hallucinatory Terrain Level 4 Illusion (Bard, Druid, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 10 minutes
Range: 300 feet
Components: V, S, M (a mushroom)
Duration: 24 hours
You make natural terrain in
terrain. A pond can be made to seem like a grassy meadow, a precipice like a gentle slope, or a rock-strewn gully like a wide and smooth road. Manufactured structures, equipment, and creatures within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Hallucinatory Terrain Level 4 Illusion (Bard, Druid, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 10 minutes
Range: 300 feet
Components: V, S, M (a mushroom)
Duration: 24 hours
You make natural terrain in
terrain. A pond can be made to seem like a grassy meadow, a precipice like a gentle slope, or a rock-strewn gully like a wide and smooth road. Manufactured structures, equipment, and creatures within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Seeming Level 5 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 8 hours
You give an illusory appearance to each creature of your choice that
. The spell can change the appearance of the targets’ bodies and equipment. You can make each creature seem 1 foot shorter or taller and appear heavier or lighter. A target’s new appearance must have the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Mirage Arcane Level 7 Illusion (Bard, Druid, Wizard) Casting Time: 10 minutes
Range: Sight
Components: V, S
Duration: 10 days
You make terrain in an area up to 1 mile square look, sound
, smell, and even feel like some other sort of terrain. Open fields or a road could be made to resemble a swamp, hill, crevasse, or some other rough or impassable terrain. A pond can be made to seem like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Seeming Level 5 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 8 hours
You give an illusory appearance to each creature of your choice that
. The spell can change the appearance of the targets’ bodies and equipment. You can make each creature seem 1 foot shorter or taller and appear heavier or lighter. A target’s new appearance must have the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Mirage Arcane Level 7 Illusion (Bard, Druid, Wizard) Casting Time: 10 minutes
Range: Sight
Components: V, S
Duration: 10 days
You make terrain in an area up to 1 mile square look, sound
, smell, and even feel like some other sort of terrain. Open fields or a road could be made to resemble a swamp, hill, crevasse, or some other rough or impassable terrain. A pond can be made to seem like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
access to these new spells if they seem a good thematic fit for your character, as befits the wide-open, laissez-faire nature of an Acquisitions Incorporated campaign. For a more traditional approach
, consider the following allocation.
Bard Spells
1st level: distort value
2nd level: gift of gab
3rd level: fast friends, motivational speech
Cleric Spells
3rd level: fast friends, incite
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
called the “Lord of Blades,” these warforged don’t seem to recognize the people of Thrane as living people with souls, so it’s hard to appreciate why we should treat them that way.
The Lord of
. What do they do? Another way to explore the facets of this issue is to introduce a warforged supporter of the Lord of Blades who doesn’t engage in violence personally, such as a bard who moves among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
audience. 19–20 A destitute bard plays the harp with mediocre skill while asking for donations. 21–22 A deaf couple communicate with each other by sign language, but suddenly stop when they notice they are
faces of the guests. Not all of them are amused. 31–32 A shifter glowers in a corner booth, looking angry at the world. 33–34 A warforged bard uses its body as a percussion instrument to entertain the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
me push beyond my limitations. 6 My anger needed to be channeled into battle, or I risked becoming an indiscriminate killer. Bard d6 I became a bard because … 1 I awakened my latent bardic
abilities through trial and error. 2 I was a gifted performer and attracted the attention of a master bard who schooled me in the old techniques. 3 I joined a loose society of scholars and orators to learn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
enemies to avoid those hazards while fending off your blows.
Wielding the Best It might seem ridiculous to say that your weapon, armor, or shield is your best friend and most stalwart companion — but
you’ll take that risk. If you had to choose between entering a battle without your favorite combat gear or without the party’s bard, Singy McLuteface can sit this one out. You and your equipment have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
retribution from the bullywugs, but he has spoken to a few fellow tribesfolk he trusts. Their response was interested but noncommittal; they intend to take revenge on the bullywugs, but not until the
comes to move against the bullywugs, the lizardfolk intend for every bullywug throat and belly to be slit open with a new, razor-sharp steel blade. Like the bullywugs, the lizardfolk’s first
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
bullywugs, but he has spoken to a few fellow tribesfolk he trusts. Their response was interested but noncommittal; they intend to take revenge on the bullywugs, but not until the omens are right. Meanwhile
the bullywugs, the lizardfolk intend for every bullywug throat and belly to be slit open with a new, razor-sharp steel blade. Like the bullywugs, the lizardfolk’s first assumption on seeing strangers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Purphoros’s Champions Alignment: Usually chaotic, often neutral Suggested Classes: Barbarian, bard, cleric, fighter, sorcerer Suggested Cleric Domains: Forge (described in Xanathar’s Guide to
. (Good)
6 Rage. I follow my passions, no matter how dark they might seem to others. (Evil)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Purphoros when you expand the god’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Kruphix’s Champions Alignment: Usually neutral Suggested Classes: Bard, cleric, druid, monk, ranger, wizard Suggested Cleric Domains: Knowledge, Trickery Suggested Backgrounds: Hermit, outlander
out of situations that seem morally straightforward, such as refusing to help a squad of hoplites finish off a band of vicious raiders. Kruphix’s Devotee Piety 3+ Kruphix trait As a devotee of Kruphix
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
feature with something purely combat focused, you’ve just made that class more powerful in combat, and it could overshadow the other classes in a way that you didn’t intend. There’s no formula that can
some missteps, as features that seem good on the surface fall apart in play. That’s all right. Everything you design will need to be playtested. When introducing new class features, be sure the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
I could make them laugh or cry with my stories or songs. 3 I ran away from home to follow a minstrel troupe. 4 I saw a bard perform once, and I knew from that moment on what I was born to do. 5 I
decided to leave it behind. Noble d6 I became a noble because … 1 I come from an old and storied family, and it fell to me to preserve the family name. 2 My family has been disgraced, and I intend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
extent of the characters’ successes. Unexpected Ends It’s fine if characters defeat a Darklord in combat before you intend. A Darklord loses control only after extraordinary events during an adventure’s
on the characters. Perhaps everyone in the domain whispers about them, wolves are curious about them, zombies flee from them, or the Mists seem to follow them. Cultivate the idea that the Darklord is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Two magic items are displayed here as well. Anstruth Harp. An exquisitely crafted harp sized for a human rests on a shelf. This instrument of the bards was acquired from a human bard who counseled
conch in her tower bedchamber (area 33), though he doesn’t know exactly where. If the characters seem intent on running amok, Thullen tries to defeat them quickly for the good of his family, calling on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
way in, the workers flee, hollering that they intend to summon the militia. Fortunately for the characters, they have an unknown ally pulling strings for them behind the scenes. Another of the local
(thugs) approach the characters to ask their business, and to direct them to Birsk Chumwell in area D2 if they ask odd questions or seem suspicious. If they see anyone trying to enter the loft (area D3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). The giant has the following bard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): minor illusion
objects and creatures that seem especially significant in their mad minds. Over time, the collected things accrete to their bodies, becoming encased in stone. Stone Giant Dreamwalker
Huge giant (stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
carved with images of a full-bodied woman (representations of Chauntea) cradling cornucopias. The gatehouse is a fortress in its own right. Above its tall, thick wooden doors are arrow slits that seem to
the Goldenfields compound that lies northwest of the wheat fields. G16. Apple Orchard Many a bard has sung songs about Goldenfields’ apple orchard; its old yet seemingly ageless trees yield thousands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Little Calimshan seem fractious and standoffish, in fact the opposite is true: the thick wall walks act as elevated streets, with locals able to look out over the layout from above and easily pick a path
individual. While Goodnight is always looking for new performers, at the moment he needs more than just a talented bard or contortionist. The cost of putting on his outrageous shows has landed him deep in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, marketplace, and places of industry such as smithies, armories, tanneries, or mills. While such an abundance of walls might make Little Calimshan seem fractious and standoffish, in fact the opposite
looking for new performers, at the moment he needs more than just a talented bard or contortionist. The cost of putting on his outrageous shows has landed him deep in debt, and his compulsive need to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
cultists stop playing. Frustrated with the mediocre initiates, Windharrow asks if the characters are skilled musicians and if they would like to audition for the band. If a bard character or a character
to trick the characters into going after her hated rival. If the characters seem eager to fight the earth cultists, Aerisi grants them safe passage from her territory. If seriously opposed, Aerisi uses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
area’s prisoners. Cell Occupants Cell Prisoners A A male half-ogre named Groz, a minotaur named Umpok, and a female orog named Charworl B Kidnapped Waterdavians: Xia Shung (NG female Shou human bard
curvature of the hall, and these eyes seem to track creatures as they pass by. This isn’t a magical effect but an optical illusion. Majordomo. If he’s not with Xanathar in the arena (area X6), Ahmaergo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
tricks with good humor. Copper dragons are particularly fond of bards. A dragon might carve out part of its lair as a temporary abode for a bard willing to regale it with stories, riddles, and music. To
within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair are prone to fits of giggling. Even serious matters suddenly seem amusing. If the dragon dies, the magic carvings fade over the course of 1d10 days. The other effects end