Bard Spell List Overhaul
Cantrips
| Spell Name | School | Casting Time | Range | Duration | Components |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blade Ward | Abjuration | 1 Action | Self | 1 round | V, S |
| Dancing Lights | Evocation | 1 Action | 120 Feet | Concentration up to 1 minute | V, S, M |
| Friends | Enchantment | 1 Action | Self | Concentration, up to 1 minute | S, M |
| Light | Evocation | 1 Action | Touch | 1 hour | V, M |
| Mage Hand | Conjuration | 1 Action | 30 Feet | 1 minute | V, S |
| Mending | Transmutation | 1 Minute | Touch | Instantaneous | V, S, M |
| Message | Transmutation | 1 Action | 120 feet | 1 round | V, S, M |
| Minor Illusion | Illusion | 1 Action | 30 feet | 1 minute | S, M |
| Prestidigitation | Transmutation | 1 Action | 10 feet | Up to 1 hour | V, S |
| Spirit Blast | Evocation | 1 Action | 120 Feet | Instantaneous | V, S |
| True Strike | Divination | 1 Action | 30 feet | Concentration up to 1 round | S |
| Vicious Mockery | Enchantment | 1 Action | 60 feet | Instantaneous | V |
Blade Ward
0-level (Cantrip) Abjuration
You extend your hand and trace a sigil of warding in the air. Until the end of your next turn, you have resistance against bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage dealt by weapon attacks.
PHB, page 230
Dancing Lights
0-level (Cantrip) Evocation
You create up to four torch-sized lights within range, making them appear as torches, lanterns, or glowing orbs that hover in the air for the duration. You can also combine the four lights into one glowing vaguely humanoid form of Medium size. Whichever form you choose, each light sheds dim light in a 10-foot radius.
As a bonus action on your turn, you can move the lights up to 60 feet to a new spot within range. A light must be within 20 feet of another light created by this spell, and a light winks out if it exceeds the spell's range.
Friends
0-level (Cantrip) Enchantment
For the duration, you have advantage on all Charisma checks directed at one creature of your choice that isn’t hostile toward you. When the spell ends, the creature realizes that you used magic to influence its mood and becomes hostile toward you. A creature prone to violence might attack you. Another creature might seek retribution in other ways (at the DM’s discretion), depending on the nature of your interaction with it.
Light
0-level (Cantrip) Evocation
You touch one object that is no larger than 10 feet in any dimension. Until the spell ends, the object sheds bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet. The light can be colored as you like. Completely covering the object with something opaque blocks the light. The spell ends if you cast it again or dismiss it as an action.
If you target an object held or worn by a hostile creature, that creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw to avoid the spell.
Mage Hand
0-level (Cantrip) Conjuration
A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose within range. The hand lasts for the duration or until you dismiss it as an action. The hand vanishes if it is ever more than 30 feet away from you or if you cast this spell again.
You can use your action to control the hand. You can use the hand to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. You can move the hand up to 30 feet each time you use it.
The hand can't attack, activate magical items, or carry more than 10 pounds.
PHB
Mending
0-level (Cantrip) Transmutation
Message
0-level (Cantrip) Transmutation
You point your finger toward a creature within range and whisper a message. The target (and only the target) hears the message and can reply in a whisper that only you can hear.
You can cast this spell through solid objects if you are familiar with the target and know it is beyond the barrier. Magical silence, 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood blocks the spell. The spell doesn't have to follow a straight line and can travel freely around corners or through openings.
Minor Illusion
0-level (Cantrip) Illusion
You create a sound or an image of an object within range that lasts for the duration. The illusion also ends if you dismiss it as an action or cast this spell again.
If you create a sound, its volume can range from a whisper to a scream. It can be your voice, someone else's voice, a lion's roar, a beating of drums, or any other sound you choose. The sound continues unabated throughout the duration, or you can make discrete sounds at different times before the spell ends.
If you create an image of an object—such as a chair, muddy footprints, or a small chest—it must be no larger than a 5-foot cube. The image can't create sound, light, smell, or any other sensory effect. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it.
If a creature uses its action to examine the sound or image, the creature can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the illusion becomes faint to the creature.
Prestidigitation
0-level (Cantrip) Transmutation
This spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within range.
- You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd odor.
- You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.
- You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than 1 cubic foot.
- You chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material for 1 hour.
- You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour.
- You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn.
If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.
PHB, page 237; Overhauled
Spirit Blast
0-level (Cantrip) Evocation
A beam of crackling spiritual energy streaks toward a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 force damage.
At higher levels: The spell creates more than one beam when you reach higher levels: two beams at 5th level, three beams at 11th level, and four beams at 17th level. you can direct the beams at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each beam.
True Strike
0-level (Cantrip) Divination
You extend your hand and point a finger at a target in range. Your magic grants you a brief insight into the target's defenses. On your next turn, you gain advantage on your first attack roll against the target, provided that this spell hasn't ended.
Vicious Mockery
0-level (Cantrip) Enchantment
You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within range. If the target can hear you (though it need not understand you), it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or take 1d4 1d4 psychic damage and have disadvantage on the next Attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.
At higher levels: This spell's damage increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th level (2d4) 2d4 , 11th level (3d4) 3d4 , and 17th level (4d4) 4d4 .
1st Level
| Spell Name | School | Casting Time | Range | Duration | Components |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Friendship | Enchantment | 1 Action | 30 feet | 24 hours | V, S, M |
| Bane | Enchantment | 1 Action | 30 feet | Concentration, up to 1 minute | V, S, M |
| Charm Person | Enchantment | 1 Action | 30 feet | 1 hour | V, S |
| Color Spray | Illusion | 1 Action | Self (15-foot cone) | 1 round | V, S, M |
| Command | Enchantment | 1 Action | 60 feet | 1 round | V |
| Comprehend Languages | Divination | 1 Action R | Self | 1 hour | V, S, M |
| Cure Wounds | Evocation | 1 Action | Touch | Instantaneous | V, S |
| Detect Magic | Divination | 1 Action R | Self | Concentration, up to 10 minutes | V, S |
| Disguise Self | Illusion | 1 Action | Self | 1 hour | V, S |
| Dissonant Whispers | Enchantment | 1 Action | 60 feet | Instantaneous | V |
| Distort Value | Illusion | 1 Minute | Touch | 8 hours | V |
| Healing Word | Evocation | 1 Bonus Action | 60 feet | Instantaneous | V |
| Heroism | Enchantment | 1 Action | Touch | Concentration, up to 1 minute | V, S |
| Identify | Divination | 1 Minute R | Touch | Instantaneous | V, S, M |
| Illusory Script | Illusion | 1 Minute | Touch | 10 days | S, M |
| Longstrider | Transmutation | 1 Action | Touch | 1 hour | V, S, M |
| Silent Image | Illusion | 1 Action | 60 feet | Concentration, up to 10 minutes | V, S, M |
| Silvery Barbs | Enchantment | 1 Reaction | 60 feet | Instantaneous | V |
| Sleep | Enchantment | 1 Action | 90 feet | 1 minute | V, S, M |
| Speak with Animals | Divination | 1 Action R | Self | 10 minutes | V, S |
| Tasha's Hideous Laughter | Enchantment | 1 Action | 30 feet | Concentration, up to 1 minute | V, S, M |
| Unseen Servant | Conjuration | 1 Action R | 60 feet | 1 hour | V, S, M |
PHB
Animal Friendship
1-level Enchantment
SRD
Bane
1-level Enchantment
Up to three creatures of your choice that you can see within range must make Charisma saving throws. Whenever a target that fails this saving throw makes an Attack roll or a saving throw before the spell ends, the target must roll a 1d4 and subtract the number rolled from the Attack roll or saving throw.
At higher levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 1st.
PHB
Charm Person
1-level Enchantment
Color Spray
1-level Illusion
A dazzling array of flashing, colored light springs from your hand. Roll 6d10 , the total is how many hit points of creatures this spell can effect. Creatures in a 15-foot cone originating from you are affected in ascending order of their current hit points (ignoring unconscious creatures and creatures that can't see).
Starting with the creature that has the lowest current hit points, each creature affected by this spell is blinded until the spell ends. Subtract each creature's hit points from the total before moving on to the creature with the next lowest hit points. A creature's hit points must be equal to or less than the remaining total for the creature to be affected.
At higher levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, roll an additional 2d10 for each slot level above 1st. 2nd level 8d10 , 3rd level 10d10 , 4th level 12d10 , 5th level 14d10 , 6th level 16d10 , 7th level 18d10 , 8th level 20d10 , 9th level 22d10 .
Command
1-level Enchantment
You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. The spell has no effect if the target is undead, if it doesn't understand your language, or if your command is directly harmful to it.
Some typical commands and their effects follow. You might issue a command other than one described here. If you do so, the DM determines how the target behaves. If the target can't follow your command, the spell ends.
Approach: The target moves toward you by the shortest and most direct route, ending its turn if it moves within 5 feet of you.
Drop: The target drops whatever it is holding and then ends its turn.
Flee: The target spends its turn moving away from you by the fastest available means.
Grovel: The target falls prone and then ends its turn.
Halt: The target doesn't move and takes no actions. A flying creature stays aloft, provided that it is able to do so. If it must move to stay aloft, it flies the minimum distance needed to remain in the air.
At higher levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can affect one additional creature for each slot level above 1st. The creatures must be within 30 feet of each other when you target them.
Comprehend Languages
1-level Divination
For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any spoken language that you hear. You also understand any written language that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text.
This spell doesn’t decode secret messages in a text or a glyph, such as an arcane sigil, that isn’t part of a written language.
PHB
Cure Wounds
1-level Evocation
PHB, page 231
Detect Magic
1-level Divination (ritual)
For the duration, you sense the presence of magic within 30 feet of you. If you sense magic in this way, you can use your action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that bears magic, and you learn its school of magic, if any.
The spell can penetrate most barriers, but is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
PHB, page 233
Disguise Self
1-level Illusion
You make yourself, including your clothing, armor, weapons, and other belongings on your person, look different until the spell ends or until you use your action to dismiss it. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear thin, fat, or in between. You can't change your body type, so you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs. Otherwise, the extent of the illusion is up to you.
The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, if you use this spell to add a hat to your outfit, objects pass through the hat, and anyone who touches it would feel nothing or would feel your head and hair. If you use this spell to appear thinner than you are, the hand of someone who reaches out to touch you would bump into you while it was seemingly still in midair.
To discern that you are disguised, a creature can use its action to inspect your appearance and must succeed on an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC.
Dissonant Whispers
1-level Enchantment
You whisper a discordant melody that only one creature of your choice within range can hear, wracking it with terrible pain. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 3d6 psychic damage and must immediately use its reaction, if available, to move as far as its speed allows away from you. The creature doesn’t move into obviously dangerous ground, such as a fire or a pit. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage and doesn’t have to move away. A deafened creature automatically succeeds on the save.
At higher levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st.
Distort Value
1-level Illusion
Do you need to squeeze a few more gold pieces out of a merchant as you try to sell that weird octopus statue you liberated from the chaos temple? Do you need to downplay the worth of some magical assets when the tax collector stops by? Distort Value has you covered.
You cast this spell on an object no more than 1 foot on a side, doubling the object’s perceived value by adding illusory flourishes or polish to it, or reducing its perceived value by half with the help of illusory scratches, dents, and other unsightly features. Anyone examining the object can ascertain its true value with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC.
At higher levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the maximum size of the object increases by 1 foot for each slot level above 1st.
PHB
Healing Word
1-level Evocation
PHB, page 250
Heroism
1-level Enchantment
A willing creature you touch is imbued with bravery. Until the spell ends, the creature is immune to being frightened and gains temporary hit points equal to your spellcasting ability modifier at the start of each of its turns. When the spell ends, the target loses any remaining temporary hit points from this spell.
At higher levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 1st.
PHB, page 252
Identify
1-level Divination (ritual)
You choose one object that you must touch throughout the casting of the spell. If it is a magic item or some other magic-imbued object, you learn its properties and how to use them, whether it requires attunement to use, and how many charges it has, if any. You learn whether any spells are affecting the item and what they are. If the item was created by a spell, you learn which spell created it.
If you instead touch a creature throughout the casting, you learn what spells, if any, are currently affecting it.
PHB, page 252
Illusory Script
1-level Illusion (ritual)
You write on parchment, paper, or some other suitable writing material and imbue it with a potent illusion that lasts for the duration.
To you and any creatures you designate when you cast the spell, the writing appears normal, written in your hand, and conveys whatever meaning you intended when you wrote the text. To all others, the writing appears as if it were written in an unknown or magical script that is unintelligible. Alternatively, you can cause the writing to appear to be an entirely different message, written in a different hand and language, though the language must be one you know.
Should the spell be dispelled, the original script and the illusion both disappear.
A creature with truesight can read the hidden message.
PHB
Longstrider
1-level Transmutation
Silent Image
1-level Illusion
You create the image of an object, a creature, or some other visible phenomenon that is no larger than a 15-foot cube. The image appears at a spot within range and lasts for the duration. The image is purely visual, it isn't accompanied by sound, smell, or other sensory effects.
You can use your action to cause the image to move to any spot within range. As the image changes location, you can alter its appearance so that its movements appear natural for the image. For example, if you create an image of a creature and move it, you can alter the image so that it appears to be walking.
Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it. A creature that uses its action to examine the image can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the creature can see through the image.
Strix haven
Silvery Barbs
1-level Enchantment
Sleep
1-level Enchantment
This spell sends creatures into a magical slumber. Roll 5d8 , the total is how many hit points of creatures this spell can affect. Creatures within 20 feet of a point you choose within range are affected in ascending order of their current hit points (ignoring unconscious creatures).
Starting with the creature that has the lowest current hit points, each creature affected by this spell falls unconscious until the spell ends, the sleeper takes damage, or someone uses an action to shake or slap the sleeper awake. Subtract each creature's hit points from the total before moving on to the creature with the next lowest hit points. A creature's hit points must be equal to or less than the remaining total for that creature to be affected.
Undead and creatures immune to being charmed aren't affected by this spell.
At higher levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, roll an additional 2d8 for each slot level above 1st.
2nd level: 7d8 hit points affected
3rd level: 9d8 hit points affected
4th level: 13d8 hit points affected
5th level: 15d8 hit points affected
6th level: 17d8 hit points affected
7th level: 19d8 hit points affected
8th level: 21d8 hit points affected
9th level: 23d8 hit points affected
PHB
Speak with Animals
1-level Divination
PHB, page 280; SRD 5.1, page 151
Hideous Laughter
1-level Enchantment
A creature of your choice that you can see within range perceives everything as hilariously funny and falls into fits of laughter if this spell affects it. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or fall prone, becoming incapacitated and unable to stand up for the duration. A creature with an Intelligence score of 4 or less isn't affected.
At the end of each of its turns, and each time it takes damage, the target can make another Wisdom saving throw. The target has advantage on the saving throw if it's triggered by damage. On a success, the spell ends.
Unseen Servant
0-level (Cantrip) Conjuration (ritual)
This spell creates an Invisible, mindless, shapeless force that performs simple tasks at your Command until the spell ends. The servant springs into existence in an unoccupied space on the ground within range. It has AC 10, 1 hit point, and a Strength of 2, and it can't Attack. If it drops to 0 hit points, the spell ends.
Once on each of your turns as a Bonus Action, you can mentally Command the servant to move up to 15 feet and interact with an object. The servant can perform simple tasks that a human servant could do, such as fetching things, cleaning, Mending, folding clothes, lighting fires, serving food, and pouring wine. Once you give the Command, the servant performs the task to the best of its ability until it completes the task, then waits for your next Command.
If you Command the servant to perform a task that would move it more than 60 feet away from you, the spell ends.
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