Bard Spells

0 Level (Cantrips)
Name	Description	Source
Dancing Lights	Creates torches or other lights.	PHB
Daze	Humanoid creature of 4 HD or less loses next action.	PHB
Detect Magic	Detects spells and magic items within 60 ft.	PHB
Flare	Dazzles one creature (–1 on attack rolls).	PHB
Ghost Sound	Figment sounds.	PHB
Ghostharp	Object records, plays a song at your command.	SC
Know Direction	You discern north.	PHB
Light	Object shines like a torch.	PHB
Lullaby	Makes subject drowsy; –5 on Spot and Listen checks, –2 on Will saves against sleep.	PHB
Mage Hand	5-pound telekinesis.	PHB
Mending	Makes minor repairs on an object.	PHB
Message	Whispered conversation at distance.	PHB
Minor Disguise	Makes slight changes to your appearance.	SC
Open/Close	Opens or closes small or light things.	PHB
Prestidigitation	Performs minor tricks.	PHB
Read Magic	Read scrolls and spellbooks.	PHB
Resistance	Subject gains +1 on saving throws.	PHB
Songbird	Perform and gain +1 on your next Cha check.	SC
Stick	Glues an object weighing 5 pounds or less to another object.	SC
Summon Instrument	Summons one instrument of the caster’s choice.	PHB
1st Level
Name	Description	Source
Accelerated Movement	Balance, Climb, or Move Silently at normal speed with no penalty on skill check.	SC
Alarm	Wards an area for 2 hours/level.	PHB
Animate Rope	Makes a rope move at your command.	PHB
Amplify	Lowers Listen DC by 20.	SC
Appraising Touch	Gain +10 bonus on Appraise checks.	SC
Beastland Ferocity	Subject fights without penalty while disabled or dying.	SC
Cause Fear	One creature of 5 HD or less flees for 1d4 rounds.	PHB
Charm Person	Makes one person your friend.	PHB
Cheat	Caster rerolls when determining the success of a game of chance.	SC
Comprehend Languages	You understand all spoken and written languages.	PHB
Corrupt Weapon	Weapon confirms critical hits against good foes.	BoVD
Crabwalk	Touched creature gains bonus while charging.	SC
Critical Strike	For 1 round you gain +1d6 damage, doubled threat range, and +4 on attack rolls to confirm critical threats.	SC
Cure Light Wounds	Cures 1d8 damage +1/level (max +5).	PHB
Dead End	Removes spoor of one creature/level.	SC
Detect Secret Doors	Reveals hidden doors within 60 ft.	PHB
Disguise Self	Changes your appearance.	PHB
Distort Speech	Subject’s speech is 50% unintelligible, so it might miscast spells.	SC
Distract	Subjects take –4 on Concentration, Listen, Search, and Spot.	SC
Erase	Mundane or magical writing vanishes.	PHB
Expeditious Retreat	Your speed increases by 30 ft.	PHB
Extract Drug	Creates drug from inanimate object.	BoVD
Expeditious Retreat, Swift	Your speed increases by 30 ft. for 1 round.	SC
Feather Fall	Objects or creatures fall slowly.	PHB
Focusing Chant	Gain +1 on attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks.	SC
Grease	Makes 10-ft. square or one object slippery.	PHB
Guiding Light	+2 on ranged attacks against creatures in illuminated area.	SC
Healthful Rest	Subjects heal at twice the normal rate.	SC
Herald’s Call	Creatures of 5 HD or less within 20 ft. slowed for 1 round.	SC
Hypnotism	Fascinates 2d4 HD of creatures.	PHB
Identify M	Determines properties of magic item.	PHB
Improvisation	You gain a pool of luck bonus points equal to twice your caster level and can spend them to improve attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks.	SC
Incite	Subjects can’t ready actions or delay.	SC
Inhibit	Subject delays until next round.	SC
Insidious Rhythm	Subject has –4 penalty on Intelligence-based skill checks and Concentration checks, and must make Concentration check to cast spells.	SC
Inspirational Boost	The bonuses granted by your inspire courage ability increase by 1.	SC
Invisibility, Swift	You are invisible for 1 round or until you attack.	SC
Ironguts	Subject gains +5 bonus on saving throws against poison.	SC
Ironthunder Horn	Intense vibrations trip those in area.	SC
Joyful Noise	You negate silence in a 10-ft.-radius emanation for as long as you concentrate.	SC
Lesser Confusion	One creature is confused for 1 round.	PHB
Magic Mouth M	Speaks once when triggered.	PHB
Master’s Touch	You gain proficiency in a weapon or shield touched for 1 minute/level.	SC
No Light	Prevents normal light from illuminating.	BoVD
Nystul's Magic Aura	Alters object’s magic aura.	PHB
Obscure Object	Masks object against scrying.	PHB
Phantom Threat	Subject thinks it’s flanked.	SC
Remove Fear	Suppresses fear or gives +4 on saves against fear for one subject + one per four levels.	PHB
Remove Scent	Hides touched creature’s scent.	SC
Serene Visage	Gain insight bonus on Bluff checks equal to half your level.	SC
Shock and Awe	Flat-footed creatures get –10 on initiative.	SC
Silent Image	Creates minor illusion of your design.	PHB
Sleep	Puts 4 HD of creatures into magical slumber.	PHB
Sorrow	Subject takes –3 penalty on attacks, saves, and checks.	BoVD
Sticky Fingers	You get +10 on Sleight of Hand checks.	SC
Summon Monster I	Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.	PHB
Targeting Ray	You and allies are +1 to hit/3 levels against subject.	SC
Tasha’s Hideous Laughter	Subject loses actions for 1 round/level.	PHB
Undersong	Make Perform checks instead of Concentration checks.	SC
Undetectable Alignment	Conceals alignment for 24 hours.	PHB
Unseen Servant	Invisible force obeys your commands.	PHB
Ventriloquism	Throws voice for 1 min./level.	PHB
2nd Level
Name	Description	Source
Addiction	Subject becomes addicted to a drug.	BoVD
Alarm, GreaterF	As alarm, and it works on coexistent planes.	SC
Alter Self	Assume form of a similar creature.	PHB
Animal Messenger	Sends a Tiny animal to a specific place.	PHB
Animal Trance	Fascinates 2d6 HD of animals.	PHB
Battle Hymn	Allies can reroll one Will save/round.	SC
Bladeweave	Your melee attack dazes your opponent.	SC
Blindness/Deafness	Makes subject blind or deaf.	PHB
Blur	Attacks miss subject 20% of the time.	PHB
BonefiddleF	Spectral fiddle bow deals 3d6 damage/round.	SC
Calm Emotions	Calms creatures, negating emotion effects.	PHB
Cat’s Grace	Subject gains +4 to Dex for 1 min./level.	PHB
Circle Dance	Indicates direction to known individual.	SC
Cloak Pool	Hide a color pool on the Astral Plane from view.	SC
Cloud of Bewilderment	Generates a nauseating 10-ftcube.	SC
Cure Moderate Wounds	Cures 2d8 damage +1/level (max +10).	PHB
Curse of Impending Blades	Subject takes –2 penalty to AC.	SC
Dance of Ruin	Nondemons take 2d20 damage.	BoVD
Dark Way	Creates temporary unbreakable bridge supporting up to 200 lb./level.	SC
Darkness	20-ft. radius of supernatural shadow.	PHB
Daze Monster	Living creature of 6 HD or less loses next action.	PHB
Delay Poison	Stops poison from harming subject for 1 hour/ level.	PHB
Delusions of Grandeur	Subject thinks it is better than it is.	SC
Detect Thoughts	Allows “listening” to surface thoughts.	PHB
Discolor Pool	Change the color of a color pool on the Astral Plane.	SC
Disquietude	Subject avoids physical contact with others.	SC
Dissonant Chant	Concentration checks more difficult within area of spell.	SC
Distracting Ray	Ray forces spellcaster to make Concentration check.	SC
Eagle’s Splendor	Subject gains +4 to Cha for 1 min./level.	PHB
Entice Gift	Subject gives caster what it’s holding.	SC
Enthrall	Captivates all within 100 ft. + 10 ft./level.	PHB
Fly, Swift	Gain fly speed of 60 ft. for 1 round.	SC
Fox’s Cunning	Subject gains +4 to Int for 1 min./level.	PHB
Glitterdust	Blinds creatures, outlines invisible creatures.	PHB
Grace	Silvery light grants +2 Dexterity, +10 feet to land speed, melee attacks treated as good; take –20 to Hide checks.	SC
Harmonic Chorus	Give another caster +2 to caster level and +2 on save DCs as long as you concentrate.	SC
Heartfire	Subjects outlined by fire, take 1d4 damage/round.	SC
Heroism	Gives +2 on attack rolls, saves, skill checks.	PHB
Hold Person	Paralyzes one humanoid for 1 round/level.	PHB
Hypnotic Pattern	Fascinates (2d4 + level) HD of creatures.	PHB
Invisibility	Subject is invisible for 1 min./level or until it attacks.	PHB
Iron Silence	Armor touched has no armor check penalty on Hide and Move Silently for 1 hour/level.	SC
Know Vulnerabilities	Determine subject’s vulnerabilities and resistances.	SC
Lively Step	You and allies gain +10 increase to speed.	SC
Locate Object	Senses direction toward object (specific or type).	PHB
Mesmerizing Glare	Your gaze fascinates creatures.	SC
Mindless Rage	Subject compelled to attack you physically for 1 round/level.	SC
Minor Image	As silent image, plus some sound.	PHB
Mirror Image	Creates decoy duplicates of you (1d4 +1 per three levels, max 8).	PHB
Misdirection	Misleads divinations for one creature or object.	PHB
Miser’s Envy	Subject jealously covets a nearby object.	SC
Nightmare Lullaby	Subject is confused.	SC
Portal Alarm	You are alerted when a creature passes through a warded portal.	SC
Pyrotechnics	Turns fire into blinding light or choking smoke.	PHB
Rage	Gives +2 to Str and Con, +1 on Will saves, –2 to AC.	PHB
Reflective Disguise	Viewers see you as their own species and gender.	SC
Reveille	Dead creature speaks a short sentence about what caused its death.	SC
Scare	Panics creatures of less than 6 HD.	PHB
Shatter	Sonic vibration damages objects or crystalline creatures.	PHB
Silence	Negates sound in 15-ft. radius.	PHB
Song of Festering Death	Subject takes 2d6 damage per round while caster concentrates.	BoVD
Sonic Weapon	Weapon touched deals +1d6 sonic damage with each hit.	SC
Sonic Whip	Whip of magical force keeps animals at bay and can frighten animals as ranged touch attack.	SC
Sonorous Hum	Removes need to concentrate to maintain next spell cast.	SC
Sound Burst	Deals 1d8 sonic damage to subjects; may stun them.	PHB
Speak to Allies	Subjects can converse at distance without moving lips.	SC
Sting Ray	Subject of ray can take only standard or move action, has –2 AC, and must make Concentration checks to cast spells.	SC
Suggestion	Compels subject to follow stated course of action.	PHB
Summon Elysian Thrush	Summon an Elysian thrush, which accelerates natural healing.	SC
Summon Monster II	Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.	PHB
Summon Swarm	Summons swarm of bats, rats, or spiders.	PHB
Surefooted Stride	You can move over rubble as easily as you can over open ground.	SC
Tactical Precision	Allies gain additional +2 bonus on attack rolls and +1d6 additional damage against flanked foes.	SC
Tongues	Speak any language.	PHB
War Cry	Gain +4 on attack rolls and damage rolls if you charge. Any opponent you damage must save or become panicked for 1 round.	SC
Wave of Grief	Cone imposes –3 penalty on attacks, checks, and saves.	SC
Weapon Shift	Touched weapon changes form.	SC
Whirling Blade	Hurled slashing weapon magically attacks all foes in 60-ft. line.	SC
Whispering Wind	Sends a short message 1 mile/level.	PHB
3rd Level
Name	Description	Source
Allegro	You and your allies gain +30 ft. speed for 1 minute/level.	SC
Analyze Portal	Find a nearby portal and discover its properties.	SC
Blink	You randomly vanish and reappear for 1 round/level.	PHB
Charm Monster	Makes monster believe it is your ally.	PHB
Clairaudience/Clairvoyance	Hear or see at a distance for 1 min./level.	PHB
Confusion	Subjects behave oddly for 1 round/level.	PHB
Creaking Cacophony	Sound distracts and makes foes vulnerable to sonic damage.	SC
Crushing Despair	Subjects take –2 on attack rolls, damage rolls, saves, and checks.	PHB
Cure Serious Wounds	Cures 3d8 damage +1/level (max +15).	PHB
Curse of the Putrid Husk	Subject is unconscious for 1d10 minutes.	BoVD
Curse of Impending Blades, Mass	Enemies take –2 penalty to AC.	SC
Daylight	60-ft. radius of bright light.	PHB
Deep Slumber	Puts 10 HD of creatures to sleep.	PHB
Dirge of Discord	All within 20 ft. take –4 on attack rolls and Dexterity, and reduce speed by 50%.	SC
Dispel Magic	Cancels magical spells and effects.	PHB
Displacement	Attacks miss subject 50%.	PHB
Dissonant Chord	Deal 1d8/2 levels sonic damage in 10-ft. burst.	SC
Dolorous Blow	Weapon’s threat range is doubled and threats are automatically confirmed.	SC
Fear	Subjects within cone flee for 1 round/level.	PHB
G’elsewhere Chant	Teleport subject to random safe place within 100 ft.	SC
Gaseous Form	Subject becomes insubstantial and can fly slowly.	PHB
Geas, Lesser	Commands subject of 7 HD or less.	PHB
Glibness	You gain +30 bonus on Bluff checks, and your lies can escape magical discernment.	PHB
Good Hope	Subjects gain +2 on attack rolls, damage rolls, saves, and checks.	PHB
Haste	One creature/level moves faster, +1 on attack rolls, AC, and Reflex saves.	PHB
Haunting Tune	1 subject/level becomes shaken.	SC
Hymn of Praise	Add +2 to caster level to all good divine casters within range.	SC
Illusory Script M	Only intended reader can decipher.	PHB
Infernal Threnody	Add +2 to caster level to all evil divine casters within range.	SC
Invisibility Sphere	Makes everyone within 10 ft. invisible.	PHB
Know Opponent	Learn strengths and weaknesses of foe.	SC
Leomund’s Tiny Hut	Creates shelter for ten creatures.	PHB
Listening Coin	You can eavesdrop through a magic coin.	SC
Love’s Lament	Cone deals 1d6 Wisdom damage and causes nausea.	SC
Major Image	As silent image, plus sound, smell and thermal effects.	PHB
Phantom Steed	Magic horse appears for 1 hour/level.	PHB
Puppeteer	Subject mimics your actions.	SC
Ray of Dizziness	Subject can take only move or standard actions.	SC
Remove Curse	Frees object or person from curse.	PHB
Sadism	For every 10 hp damage caster deals, he gains +1 on attacks, saves, and checks.	BoVD
Scrying F	Spies on subject from a distance.	PHB
Sculpt Sound	Creates new sounds or changes existing ones.	PHB
Secret Page	Changes one page to hide its real content.	PHB
See Invisibility	Reveals invisible creatures or objects.	PHB
Sepia Snake Sigil M	Creates text symbol that immobilizes reader.	PHB
Shadow Cache	You open a small portal to the Plane of Shadow through which you can put an item for later retrieval.	SC
Slow	One subject/level takes only one action/round, –2 to AC and attack rolls.	PHB
Speak with Animals	You can communicate with animals.	PHB
Speechlink	You and one other creature can talk, no matter how far apart.	SC
Stunning Screech	All within 30 ft. are stunned for 1 round.	BoVD
Summon Monster III	Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.	PHB
Suppress Breath Weapon	Subject can’t use breath weapon.	SC
Treasure Scent	You detect valuable metals and gems.	SC
Unluck	Subject remakes all rolls, uses worse result for 1 round/level.	SC
Weapon of Impact	As keen edge, but aids bludgeoning weapons.	SC
Wounding Whispers	Sonic aura damages foes that strike you.	SC
4th Level
Name	Description	Source
Break Enchantment	Frees subjects from enchantments, alterations, curses, and petrification.	PHB
Cacophonic Shield	Shield 10 ft. from you blocks sounds, deals 1d6 sonic damage +1/level, and deafens creatures passing through.	SC
Celebration	Intoxicate subjects.	SC
Cure Critical Wounds	Cures 4d8 damage +1/level (max +20).	PHB
Detect Scrying	Alerts you of magical eavesdropping.	PHB
Dimension Door	Teleports you short distance.	PHB
Dominate Person	Controls humanoid telepathically.	PHB
Ethereal Mount	You conjure swift mounts on the Ethereal Plane.	SC
Freedom of Movement	Subject moves normally despite impediments.	PHB
FugueF	Your Perform check creates variety of effects.	SC
Hallucinatory Terrain	Makes one type of terrain appear like another (field into forest, or the like).	PHB
Hold Monster	As hold person, but any creature.	PHB
Invisibility, Greater	As invisibility, but subject can attack and stay invisible.	PHB
Lay of the Land	You gain an overview of the geography around you.	SC
Legend Lore M F	Lets you learn tales about a person, place, or thing.	PHB
Leomund’s Secure Shelter	Creates sturdy cottage.	PHB
Locate Creature	Indicates direction to familiar creature.	PHB
Modify Memory	Changes 5 minutes of subject’s memories.	PHB
Neutralize Poison	Immunizes subject against poison, detoxifies venom in or on subject.	PHB
Portal Alarm, Improved	Warded portal alerts you or a creature designated by you to creatures passing through it.	SC
Protégé	Subject can use bardic music and bardic knowledge as bard of half your level.	SC
Rainbow Pattern	Lights fascinate 24 HD of creatures.	PHB
Ray Deflection	Ray attacks are reflected away.	SC
Repel Vermin	Insects, spiders, and other vermin stay 10 ft. away.	PHB
Resistance, Greater	Subject gains +3 on saving throws.	SC
Resonating Bolt	Sonic energy deals 1d4 damage/level (max 10d4).	SC
Ruin Delver’s Fortune	Cast on another creature’s turn and choose one of several benefits.	SC
Shadow Conjuration	Mimics conjuring below 4th level, but only 20% real.	PHB
Shout	Deafens all within cone and deals 5d6 sonic damage.	PHB
Sirine’s Grace	You gain bonuses to Charisma and Dexterity, AC, and Perform checks, and can breathe water.	SC
Speak with Plants	You can talk to normal plants and plant creatures.	PHB
Spectral Weapon	Use quasi-real weapon to make touch attacks.	SC
Stone Shatter	Shatter a stone object or creature.	SC
Summon Monster IV	Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.	PHB
Voice of the Dragon	+10 on Bluff, Diplomacy, and Intimidate checks; can use one suggestion.	SC
Zone of Silence	Keeps eavesdroppers from overhearing conversations.	PHB
5th Level
Name	Description	Source
Blink, Greater	Controlled blinking between the Material and Ethereal Planes grants defenses for 1 round/level.	SC
Body HarmonicF	Piercing tone deals 1d10 damage to one ability/round.	SC
Bolts of Bedevilment	One ray/round, dazes 1d3 rounds.	SC
Cacophonic Burst	Noise deals 1d6/level sonic damage to all within area.	SC
Cure Light Wounds, Mass	Cures 1d8 damage +1/level for many creatures.	PHB
Dispel Magic, Greater	As dispel magic, but +20 on check.	PHB
Dragonsight	Gain low-light vision, darkvision, and blindsense.	SC
Dream	Sends message to anyone sleeping.	PHB
False Vision M	Fools scrying with an illusion.	PHB
Heroism, Greater	Gives +4 bonus on attack rolls, saves, skill checks; immunity to fear; temporary hp.	PHB
Hidden Lodge	Creates sturdy cottage camouflaged to blend into natural surroundings.	SC
Hide from Dragons	Dragons can’t perceive one subject/2 levels.	SC
Mind Fog	Subjects in fog get –10 to Wis and Will checks.	PHB
Mirage Arcana	As hallucinatory terrain, plus structures.	PHB
Mislead	Turns you invisible and creates illusory double.	PHB
Morality Undone	Subject becomes evil.	BoVD
Nightmare	Sends vision dealing 1d10 damage, fatigue.	PHB
Persistent Image	As major image, but no concentration required.	PHB
Reflective Disguise, Mass	Viewers see subjects as their own species and gender.	SC
Seeming	Changes appearance of one person per two levels.	PHB
Shadow Evocation	Mimics evocation of lower than 5th level, but only 20% real.	PHB
Shadow Walk	Step into shadow to travel rapidly.	PHB
Song of Discord	Forces targets to attack each other.	PHB
Soul Shackles	Imprisons soul of dead creature in talisman, from which caster can question it.	BoVD
Surefooted Stride, Mass	As surefooted stride but multiple subjects.	SC
Suggestion, Mass	As suggestion, plus one subject/level.	PHB
Summon Monster V	Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.	PHB
Wail of Doom
6th Level
Name	Description	Source
Analyze Dweomer F	| Reveals magical aspects of subject.	PHB
Animate Objects	Objects attack your foes.	PHB
Bestow Greater Curse	Subject takes –6 penalty to two abilities; –8 penalty on attacks, saves, and checks; or 75% chance of taking no action.	BoVD
Cat’s Grace, Mass	As cat’s grace, affects one subject/level.	PHB
Charm Monster, Mass	As charm monster, but all within 30 ft.	PHB
Cure Moderate Wounds, Mass	Cures 2d8 damage +1/level for many creatures.	PHB
Dirge	Enemies take 2 points of Str and Dex damage/round.	SC
Eagle’s Splendor, Mass	As eagle’s splendor, affects one subject/level.	PHB
Eyebite	Target becomes panicked, sickened, and comatose.	PHB
Find the Path	Shows most direct way to a location.	PHB
Fox’s Cunning, Mass	As fox’s cunning, affects one subject/level.	PHB
Geas/Quest	As lesser geas, plus it affects any creature.	PHB
Heroes’ Feast	Food for one creature/level cures and grants combat bonuses.	PHB
HindsightM	You see into the past.	SC
Nixie’s Grace	You gain a swim speed, water breathing, lowlight vision, damage reduction 5/cold iron, and enhancements to Dexterity and Wisdom.	SC
Otto’s Irresistible Dance	Forces subject to dance.	PHB
Permanent Image	Includes sight, sound, and smell.	PHB
Programmed Image M	As major image, plus triggered by event.	PHB
Project Image	Illusory double can talk and cast spells.	PHB
Ray of Light	Ray blinds subject.	SC
Revenance	Restores dead creature to life for 1 minute/level.	SC
Resistance, Superior	Subject gains +6 on saving throws.	SC
Scrying, Greater	As scrying, but faster and longer.	PHB
Shout, Greater	Devastating yell deals 10d6 sonic damage; stuns creatures, damages objects.	PHB
Summon Monster VI	Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.	PHB
Sympathetic Vibration	Deals 2d10 damage/round to freestanding structure.	PHB
Symphonic NightmareM	Discordant noise haunts subject’s sleep.	SC
Veil	Changes appearance of group of creatures.	PHB
Wave of Pain	Stuns all within cone for 1 round/2 levels.	BoVD