Bard Spells
Spellcasting
Changing your Prepared Spells
Whenever you gain a Bard level, you can replace one spell on your list with another Bard spell for which you have Spell Slots.Spellcasting Focus
You can use a Musical Instrument as a Spellcasting Focus for your Bard spells.Comprehensive Spell List
The comprehensive list of spells available to Bards is found below. Anything marked with an asterick (*) is a spell modified from the core rules; the original version is never used.Cantrips
| Spell | School | Special |
|---|---|---|
| Blade Ward | Abjuration | C |
| Dancing Lights | Illusion | C |
| Friends | Enchantment | C |
| Light* | Evocation | — |
| Mage Hand | Conjuration | — |
| Mending | Transmutation | — |
| Minor Illusion | Illusion | — |
| Prestidigitation | Transmutation | — |
| Starry Wisp | Evocation | — |
| Thunderclap | Evocation | — |
| True Strike | Divination | — |
| Vicious Mockery | Enchantment | — |
1st Level
| Spell | School | Special |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Friendship | Enchantment | — |
| Bane | Enchantment | C |
| Charm Person | Enchantment | — |
| Color Spray | Illusion | — |
| Command | Enchantment | — |
| Comprehend Languages | Divination | R |
| Cure Wounds | Abjuration | — |
| Detect Magic | Divination | C, R |
| Disguise Self | Illusion | — |
| Dissonant Whispers | Enchantment | — |
| Faerie Fire | Evocation | C |
| Feather Fall | Transmutation | — |
| Healing Word | Abjuration | — |
| Heroism | Enchantment | C |
| Identify | Divination | R, M |
| Illusory Script | Illusion | R, M |
| Longstrider | Transmutation | — |
| Silent Image | Illusion | C |
| Sleep | Enchantment | C |
| Speak with Animals | Divination | R |
| Tasha's Hideous Laughter | Enchantment | C |
| Thunderwave | Evocation | — |
| Unseen Servant | Conjuration | R |
2nd Level
| Spell | School | Special |
|---|---|---|
| Aid | Abjuration | — |
| Animal Messenger | Enchantment | R |
| Blindness/Deafness | Transmutation | — |
| Calm Emotions | Enchantment | C |
| Cloud of Daggers | Conjuration | C |
| Crown of Madness | Enchantment | C |
| Dark Secret | Divination | — |
| Detect Thoughts | Divination | C |
| Enhance Ability | Transmutation | C |
| Enlarge/Reduce | Transmutation | C |
| Enthrall | Enchantment | C |
| Heat Metal | Transmutation | C |
| Hold Person | Enchantment | C |
| Invisibility | illusion | C |
| Knock | Transmutation | — |
| Lesser Restoration* | Abjuration | — |
| Locate Animals or Plants | Divination | R |
| Locate Object | Divination | C |
| Magic Mouth | Illusion | R, M |
| Mirror Image | Illusion | — |
| Phantasmal Force | Illusion | C |
| See Invisibility | Divination | — |
| Shatter | Evocation | — |
| Silence | illusion | C, R |
| Suggestion | Enchantment | C |
| Zone of Truth | Enchantment | — |
3rd Level
| Spell | School | Special |
|---|---|---|
| Bestow Curse | Necromancy | C |
| Blasphemy | Necromancy | C |
| Clairvoyance | Divination | C, M |
| Dispel Magic | Abjuration | — |
| Fear | Illusion | C |
| Feign Death | Necromancy | R |
| Glyph of Warding | Abjuration | M |
| Hypnotic Pattern | Illusion | C |
| Leomund's Tiny Hut | Evocation | R |
| Major Image | Illusion | C |
| Mass Healing Word | Abjuration | — |
| Nondetection | Abjuration | M |
| Plant Growth | Transmutation | — |
| Sending | Divination | — |
| Slow | Transmutation | C |
| Speak with Dead | Necromancy | — |
| Speak with Plants | Transmutation | — |
| Stinking Cloud | Conjuration | C |
| Tongues | Divination | — |
4th Level
| Spell | School | Special |
|---|---|---|
| Charm Monster | Enchantment | — |
| Compulsion | Enchantment | C |
| Confusion | Enchantment | C |
| Dimension Door | Conjuration | — |
| Fount of Moonlight | Evocation | C |
| Freedom of Movement | Abjuration | — |
| Greater Invisibility | Illusion | C |
| Hallucinatory Terrain | Illusion | — |
| Locate Creature | Divination | C |
| Phantasmal Killer | Illusion | C |
| Polymorph | Transmutation | C |
5th Level
| Spell | School | Special |
|---|---|---|
| Animate Object | Transmutation | C |
| Awaken | Transmutation | M |
| Dominate Person | Enchantment | C |
| Dream | Illusion | — |
| Geas | Enchantment | — |
| Greater Restoration | Abjuration | M |
| Hold Monster | Enchantment | C |
| Legend Lore | Divination | M |
| Mass Cure Wounds | Abjuration | — |
| Mislead | Illusion | C |
| Modify Memory | Enchantment | C |
| Planar Binding | Abjuration | M |
| Raise Dead | Necromancy | M |
| Rary's Telepathic Bond | Divination | R |
| Scrying | Divination | C, M |
| Seeming | Illusion | — |
| Synaptic Static | Enchantment | — |
| Teleporation Circle | Conjuration | M |
| Yolande's Regal Presence | Enchantment | C |
6th Level
| Spell | School | Special |
|---|---|---|
| Eyebite | Necromancy | C |
| Find the Path | Divination | C, M |
| Guards and Wards | Abjuration | M |
| Heroes' Feast | Conjuration | M |
| Mass Suggestion | Enchantment | — |
| Otto's Irresistable Dance | Enchantment | C |
| Programmed Illusion | Illusion | M |
| True Seeing | Divination | M |
7th Level
| Spell | School | Special |
|---|---|---|
| Etherealness | Conjuration | — |
| Forcecage | Evocation | C, M |
| Mirage Arcane | Illusion | — |
| Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion | Conjuration | M |
| Mordenkainen's Sword | Evocation | C, M |
| Power Word Fortify | Enchantment | — |
| Prismatic Spray | Evocation | — |
| Project Image | Illusion | C, M |
| Regenerate | Transmutation | — |
| Resurrection | Necromancy | M |
| Symbol | Abjuration | M |
| Teleport | Conjuration | — |
8th Level
| Spell | School | Special |
|---|---|---|
| Antipathy/Sympathy | Enchantment | — |
| Befuddlement | Enchantment | — |
| Dominate Monster | Enchantment | C |
| Glibness | Enchantment | — |
| Mind Blank | Abjuration | — |
| Power Word Stun | Enchantment | — |
9th Level
| Spell | School | Special |
|---|---|---|
| Foresight | Divination | — |
| Power Word Heal | Enchantment | — |
| Power Word Kill | Enchantment | — |
| Prismatic Wall | Abjuration | — |
| True Polymorph | Transmutation | C |