SRD:Bard Spell List

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Bard Spells

0-Level Bard Spells (Cantrips)

• Dancing Lights: Creates torches or other lights.
• Daze: Humanoid creature of 4 HD or less loses next action.
• Detect Magic: Detects spells and magic items within 60 ft.
• Flare: Dazzles one creature (–1 on attack rolls).
• Ghost Sound: Figment sounds.
• Know Direction: You discern north.
• Light: Object shines like a torch.
• Lullaby: Makes subject drowsy; –5 on Spot and Listen checks, –2 on Will saves against sleep.
• Mage Hand: 5-pound telekinesis.
• Mending: Makes minor repairs on an object.
• Message: Whispered conversation at distance.
• Open/Close: Opens or closes small or light things.
• Prestidigitation: Performs minor tricks.
• Read Magic: Read scrolls and spellbooks.
• Resistance: Subject gains +1 on saving throws.
• Summon Instrument: Summons one instrument of the caster’s choice.

1st-Level Bard Spells

• Alarm: Wards an area for 2 hours/level.
• Animate Rope: Makes a rope move at your command.
• Cause Fear: One creature of 5 HD or less flees for 1d4 rounds.
• Charm Person: Makes one person your friend.
• Comprehend Languages: You understand all spoken and written languages.
• Confusion, Lesser: One creature is confused for 1 round.
• Cure Light Wounds: Cures 1d8 damage +1/level (max +5).
• Detect Secret Doors: Reveals hidden doors within 60 ft.
• Disguise Self: Changes your appearance.
• Erase: Mundane or magical writing vanishes.
• Expeditious Retreat: Your speed increases by 30 ft.
• Feather Fall: Objects or creatures fall slowly.
• Grease: Makes 10-ft. square or one object slippery.
• Hideous Laughter: Subject loses actions for 1 round/ level.
• Hypnotism: Fascinates 2d4 HD of creatures.
• Identify^M : Determines properties of magic item.
• Magic Mouth^M : Speaks once when triggered.
• Magic Aura: Alters object’s magic aura.
• Obscure Object: Masks object against scrying.
• Remove Fear: Suppresses fear or gives +4 on saves against fear for one subject + one per four levels.
• Silent Image: Creates minor illusion of your design.
• Sleep: Puts 4 HD of creatures into magical slumber.
• Summon Monster I: Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.
• Undetectable Alignment: Conceals alignment for 24 hours.
• Unseen Servant: Invisible force obeys your commands.
• Ventriloquism: Throws voice for 1 min./level.

2nd-Level Bard Spells

• Alter Self: Assume form of a similar creature.
• Animal Messenger: Sends a Tiny animal to a specific place.
• Animal Trance: Fascinates 2d6 HD of animals.
• Blindness/Deafness: Makes subject blind or deaf.
• Blur: Attacks miss subject 20% of the time.
• Calm Emotions: Calms creatures, negating emotion effects.
• Cat's Grace: Subject gains +4 to Dex for 1 min./level.
• Cure Moderate Wounds: Cures 2d8 damage +1/level (max +10).
• Darkness: 20-ft. radius of supernatural shadow.
• Daze Monster: Living creature of 6 HD or less loses next action.
• Delay Poison: Stops poison from harming subject for 1 hour/ level.
• Detect Thoughts: Allows “listening” to surface thoughts.
• Eagle's Splendor: Subject gains +4 to Cha for 1 min./level.
• Enthrall: Captivates all within 100 ft. + 10 ft./level.
• Fox's Cunning: Subject gains +4 to Int for 1 min./level.
• Glitterdust: Blinds creatures, outlines invisible creatures.
• Glossolalia: Cone-shaped shriek distracts smart foes, makes concentrating difficult.
• Heroism: Gives +2 on attack rolls, saves, skill checks.
• Hold Person: Paralyzes one humanoid for 1 round/level.
• Hypnotic Pattern: Fascinates (2d4 + level) HD of creatures.
• Invisibility: Subject is invisible for 1 min./level or until it attacks.
• Locate Object: Senses direction toward object (specific or type).
• Minor Image: As silent image, plus some sound.
• Mirror Image: Creates decoy duplicates of you (1d4 +1 per three levels, max 8).
• Misdirection: Misleads divinations for one creature or object.
• Pyrotechnics: Turns fire into blinding light or choking smoke.
• Rage: Gives +2 to Str and Con, +1 on Will saves, –2 to AC.
• Scare: Panics creatures of less than 6 HD.
• Shatter: Sonic vibration damages objects or crystalline creatures.
• Silence: Negates sound in 20-ft. radius.
• Sound Burst: Deals 1d8 sonic damage to subjects; may stun them.
• Suggestion: Compels subject to follow stated course of action.
• Summon Monster II: Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.
• Summon Swarm: Summons swarm of bats, rats, or spiders.
• Tongues: Speak any language.
• Whispering Wind: Sends a short message 1 mile/level.

3rd-Level Bard Spells

• Blink: You randomly vanish and reappear for 1 round/level.
• Charm Monster: Makes monster believe it is your ally.
• Clairaudience/Clairvoyance: Hear or see at a distance for 1 min./level.
• Confusion: Subjects behave oddly for 1 round/level.
• Crushing Despair: Subjects take –2 on attack rolls, damage rolls, saves, and checks.
• Cure Serious Wounds: Cures 3d8 damage +1/level (max +15).
• Daylight: 60-ft. radius of bright light.
• Deep Slumber: Puts 10 HD of creatures to sleep.
• Dispel Magic: Cancels magical spells and effects.
• Displacement: Attacks miss subject 50%.
• Fear: Subjects within cone flee for 1 round/level.
• Gaseous Form: Subject becomes insubstantial and can fly slowly.
• Geas, Lesser: Commands subject of 7 HD or less.
• Glibness: You gain +30 bonus on Bluff checks, and your lies can escape magical discernment.
• Good Hope: Subjects gain +2 on attack rolls, damage rolls, saves, and checks.
• Haste: One creature/level moves faster, +1 on attack rolls, AC, and Reflex saves.
• Illusory Script^M: Only intended reader can decipher.
• Invisibility Sphere: Makes everyone within 10 ft. invisible.
• Major Image: As silent image, plus sound, smell and thermal effects.
• Phantom Steed: Magic horse appears for 1 hour/level.
• Remove Curse: Frees object or person from curse.
• Scrying^F: Spies on subject from a distance.
• Sculpt Sound: Creates new sounds or changes existing ones.
• Secret Page: Changes one page to hide its real content.
• See Invisibility: Reveals invisible creatures or objects.
• Sepia Snake Sigil^M: Creates text symbol that immobilizes reader.
• Slow: One subject/level takes only one action/round, –1 to AC, reflex saves, and attack rolls.
• Speak with Animals: You can communicate with animals.
• Summon Monster III: Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.
• Tiny Hut: Creates shelter for ten creatures.

4th-Level Bard Spells

• Break Enchantment: Frees subjects from enchantments, alterations, curses, and petrification.
• Cure Critical Wounds: Cures 4d8 damage +1/level (max +20).
• Detect Scrying: Alerts you of magical eavesdropping.
• Dimension Door: Teleports you short distance.
• Dominate Person: Controls humanoid telepathically.
• Freedom of Movement: Subject moves normally despite impediments.
• Hallucinatory Terrain: Makes one type of terrain appear like another (field into forest, or the like).
• Hold Monster: As hold person, but any creature.
• Invisibility, Greater: As invisibility, but subject can attack and stay invisible.
• Legend Lore^MF: Lets you learn tales about a person, place, or thing.
• Locate Creature: Indicates direction to familiar creature.
• Modify Memory: Changes 5 minutes of subject’s memories.
• Neutralize Poison: Immunizes subject against poison, detoxifies venom in or on subject.
• Rainbow Pattern: Lights fascinate 24 HD of creatures.
• Repel Vermin: Insects, spiders, and other vermin stay 10 ft. away.
• Secure Shelter: Creates sturdy cottage.
• Shadow Conjuration: Mimics conjuring below 4th level, but only 20% real.
• Shout: Deafens all within cone and deals 5d6 sonic damage.
• Speak with Plants: You can talk to normal plants and plant creatures.
• Summon Monster IV: Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.
• Zone of Silence: Keeps eavesdroppers from overhearing conversations.

5th-Level Bard Spells

• Cure Light Wounds, Mass: Cures 1d8 damage +1/level for many creatures.
• Dispel Magic, Greater: As dispel magic, but +20 on check.
• Dream: Sends message to anyone sleeping.
• False Vision^M: Fools scrying with an illusion.
• Heroism, Greater: Gives +4 bonus on attack rolls, saves, skill checks; immunity to fear; temporary hp.
• Mind Fog: Subjects in fog get –10 to Wis and Will checks.
• Mirage Arcana: As hallucinatory terrain, plus structures.
• Mislead: Turns you invisible and creates illusory double.
• Nightmare: Sends vision dealing 1d10 damage, fatigue.
• Persistent Image: As major image, but no concentration required.
• Seeming: Changes appearance of one person per two levels.
• Shadow Evocation: Mimics evocation of lower than 5th level, but only 20% real.
• Shadow Walk: Step into shadow to travel rapidly.
• Song of Discord: Forces targets to attack each other.
• Suggestion, Mass: As suggestion, plus one subject/level.
• Summon Monster V: Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.

6th-Level Bard Spells

• Analyze Dweomer^F: Reveals magical aspects of subject.
• Animate Objects: Objects attack your foes.
• Cat's Grace, Mass: As cat’s grace, affects one subject/level.
• Charm Monster, Mass: As charm monster, but all within 30 ft.
• Cure Moderate Wounds, Mass: Cures 2d8 damage +1/level for many creatures.
• Eagle's Splendor, Mass: As eagle’s splendor, affects one subject/level.
• Eyebite: Target becomes panicked, sickened, and comatose.
• Find the Path: Shows most direct way to a location.
• Fox's Cunning, Mass: As fox’s cunning, affects one subject/level.
• Geas/Quest: As lesser geas, plus it affects any creature.
• Heroes' Feast: Food for one creature/level cures and grants combat bonuses.
• Irresistible Dance: Forces subject to dance.
• Permanent Image: Includes sight, sound, and smell.
• Programmed Image^M: As major image, plus triggered by event.
• Project Image: Illusory double can talk and cast spells.
• Scrying, Greater: As scrying, but faster and longer.
• Shout, Greater: Devastating yell deals 10d6 sonic damage; stuns creatures, damages objects.
• Summon Monster VI: Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.
• Sympathetic Vibration: Deals 2d10 damage/round to freestanding structure.
• Veil: Changes appearance of group of creatures.

Notes

An ^M or ^F appearing at the end of a spell’s name in the spell lists denotes a spell with a material or focus component, respectively, that is not normally included in a spell component pouch. An ^Xdenotes a spell with an XP component paid by the caster.

Order of Presentation: In the spell lists and the spell descriptions that follow them, the spells are presented in alphabetical order by name except for those belonging to certain spell chains.

When a spell’s name begins with “lesser,” “greater,” or “mass,” the spell description is alphabetized under the second word of the spell name instead.

Hit Dice: The term “Hit Dice” is used synonymously with “character levels” for effects that affect a number of Hit Dice of creatures. Creatures with Hit Dice only from their race, not from classes, have character levels equal to their Hit Dice.

Caster Level: A spell’s power often depends on caster level, which is defined as the caster’s class level for the purpose of casting a particular spell. A creature with no classes has a caster level equal to its Hit Dice unless otherwise specified. The word “level” in the spell lists that follow always refers to caster level.

Creatures and Characters: The words “creature” and “character” are used synonymously in the spell descriptions.

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