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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
(Acrobatics) or a Charisma (Performance) check while holding the primer, you can expend 1 charge to give yourself a 1d4 bonus to the check, immediately after you roll the d20.
In addition, if you study the
primer at the end of a long rest, you can choose one 1st-level spell from the bard or sorcerer spell list. Before you finish your next long rest, you can cast the chosen spell once without a spell slot
Magic Items
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
(Intimidation) or a Charisma (Persuasion) check while holding the primer, you can expend 1 charge to give yourself a 1d4 bonus to the check, immediately after you roll the d20.
In addition, if you study
the primer at the end of a long rest, you can choose one 1st-level spell from the bard or cleric spell list. Before you finish your next long rest, you can cast the chosen spell once without a spell
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
from Experience
True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires hard study
, 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
study in your new class, having a natural aptitude that is reflected by higher-than-average ability scores. Class Ability Score Minimum Barbarian Strength 13 Bard Charisma 13 Cleric Wisdom 13 Druid
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
outfit, objects pass through the hat, and anyone who touches it would feel nothing. To discern that you are disguised, a creature must take the Study action to inspect your appearance and succeed on an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC.
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
outfit, objects pass through the hat, and anyone who touches it would feel nothing. To discern that you are disguised, a creature must take the Study action to inspect your appearance and succeed on an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
study in your new class, having a natural aptitude that is reflected by higher-than-average ability scores. Multiclassing Prerequisites Class Ability Score Minimum Barbarian Strength 13 Bard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Silence Level 2 Illusion (Bard, Cleric, Ranger) Casting Time: Action or Ritual
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
For the duration, no sound can be
the Deafened condition while entirely inside it. Casting a spell that includes a Verbal component is impossible there. Silent Image Level 1 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard)
Casting Time: Action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Phantasmal Force Level 2 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a bit of fleece)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You attempt to
is no larger than a 10-foot Cube and that is perceivable only to the target for the duration. The phantasm includes sound, temperature, and other stimuli. The target can take a Study action to examine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
could be a lone sheriff seeking to protect your newly formed mining village. Your cleric could be the town preacher. As a sorcerer or bard with a criminal background, you could be a dashing
blends druidic traditions with the beliefs of the Silver Flame. You might have been sent to study the softskins—to learn about them and potentially serve as an envoy for your people. Alternatively
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Project Image Level 7 Illusion (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 500 miles
Components: V, S, M (a statuette of yourself worth 5+ GP)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 day
You create
be illusory, since things can pass through it. A creature that takes the Study action to examine the image can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Programmed Illusion Level 6 Illusion (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (jade dust worth 25+ GP)
Duration: Until dispelled
You create an illusion of an
appear and warn off others who attempt to open a trapped door. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be illusory, since things can pass through it. A creature that takes the Study action to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Project Image Level 7 Illusion (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 500 miles
Components: V, S, M (a statuette of yourself worth 5+ GP)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 day
You create
be illusory, since things can pass through it. A creature that takes the Study action to examine the image can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Minor Illusion Illusion Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: S, M (a bit of fleece)
Duration: 1 minute
You create a sound or an image of
an object within range that lasts for the duration. See the descriptions below for the effects of each. The illusion ends if you cast this spell again. If a creature takes a Study action to examine 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
creature examining the illusion can take the Study action to make an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC to disbelieve it. If a creature discerns that the terrain is illusory, the creature sees a vague image superimposed on the real terrain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Silent Image Level 1 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a bit of fleece)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
You create the image
image reveals it to be an illusion, since things can pass through it. A creature that takes a Study action to examine the image can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Phantasmal Force Level 2 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a bit of fleece)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You attempt to
is no larger than a 10-foot Cube and that is perceivable only to the target for the duration. The phantasm includes sound, temperature, and other stimuli. The target can take a Study action to examine
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
inspection. For example, if you use this spell to add a hat to a creature’s outfit, objects pass through the hat. A creature that takes the Study action to examine a target can make an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If it succeeds, it becomes aware that the target is disguised.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Minor Illusion Illusion Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: S, M (a bit of fleece)
Duration: 1 minute
You create a sound or an image of
an object within range that lasts for the duration. See the descriptions below for the effects of each. The illusion ends if you cast this spell again. If a creature takes a Study action to examine the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
chapter is for any D&D character who hopes or fears that they might one day face a dragon. But this chapter is also for the bard who has made a lifelong study of dragonsong, the cleric devoted to
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
creature examining the illusion can take the Study action to make an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC to disbelieve it. If a creature discerns that the terrain is illusory, the creature sees a vague image superimposed on the real terrain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Phantasmal Force Level 2 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet (10 ft. Square)
Components: V, S, M (a bit of fleece)
Duration: 1 Minute
You attempt to
that is no larger than a 10-foot Cube and that is perceivable only to the target for the duration. The phantasm includes sound, temperature, and other stimuli. The target can take a Study action to
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
inspection. For example, if you use this spell to add a hat to a creature’s outfit, objects pass through the hat. A creature that takes the Study action to examine a target can make an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If it succeeds, it becomes aware that the target is disguised.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
your newly formed mining village. Your cleric could be the town preacher. As a sorcerer or bard with a criminal background, you could be a dashing wandslinger looking for trouble and gold. Q’barra can
the Silver Flame. You may have been sent to study the softskins—to learn about them and potentially serve as an envoy for your people. Alternatively, you could be following a personal vision
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
memorization and the study of ancient songs, sagas, and history. Most bards of New Olamn belong to the College of Lore, as described in the Bard College class feature in the Player’s Handbook. The Cliffride
Bardic Colleges In addition to the tradition of apprenticing with a master bard, the Sword Coast has some bardic colleges where masters teach students the bardic arts. They hark back to the great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Programmed Illusion Level 6 Illusion (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (jade dust worth 25+ GP)
Duration: Until dispelled
You create an illusion of an
interaction with the image reveals it to be illusory, since things can pass through it. A creature that takes the Study action to examine the image can determine that it is an illusion with a successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Major Image Level 3 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (a bit of fleece)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
You create
a conversation, for example. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, for things can pass through it. A creature that takes a Study action to examine the image can determine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Major Image Level 3 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (a bit of fleece)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
You create
a conversation, for example. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, for things can pass through it. A creature that takes a Study action to examine the image can determine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
with Rage, and wade into hand-to-hand combat. Then follow the Path of the Berserker to unleash raw violence. Bard. Perform spells that inspire and heal allies or beguile foes. Then join the College of
sinister powers. Wizard. Study arcane magic and master spells for every purpose. Then embody the Evoker to create explosive effects.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
A Bard’s Muse Naturally, every bard has a repertoire of songs and stories. Some bards are generalists who can draw from a wide range of topics for each performance, and who take pride in their
versatility. Others adopt a more personal approach to their art, driven by their attachment to a muse — a particular concept that inspires much of what those bards do in front of an audience. A bard who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Silverquill Scholars The scholars of Silverquill College study the power of magic shaped through spoken and written words. They use that power either to illuminate and guide or to obscure and
Apprentice Silverquill Apprentice
Medium or Small Humanoid (Bard), Any Alignment
Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor)
Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
10 (+0)
DEX
14 (+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Tree to tap into cosmic vitality.
Zealot to rage in union with a god.
Bard. Perform spells that inspire and heal allies or beguile foes. Then join the College of...
Dance to harness agility in
forbidden lore.
Wizard. Study arcane magic and master spells for every purpose. Then embody the...
Abjurer to shield allies and banish foes.
Diviner to learn the multiverse’s secrets.
Evoker to create explosive effects.
Illusionist to weave spells of deception.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
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
origins to the beguiling magic of the Feywild. Bards who study this magic weave threads of beauty and terror into their songs and stories, and the mightiest among them can cloak themselves in