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Tagged with bard spellcasting
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Does Casting Enlarge/Reduce on a College-of-Creation-Bard's Dancing Item Cause that Item to be Inanimate?
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Enlarge. The target’s size doubles in all dimensions, and its weight is multiplied by eight. This growth increases its size by one category – from Medium to Large, for example. ...
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Are Sorcerer spells like Aspect of the Platinum Dragon on Sorc/Wiz spell list for a Sublime Chord?
The sublime chord spellcasting description states that a sublime chord can choose spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list or the bard spell list.
Does that mean that the spells must be on both the ...
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Can a bard cast a Bard spell from a spellbook?
In our campaign we found a spellbook containing 3 spells that are on the Bard's spell list: comprehend languages, detect magic and disguise self.
If a Bard can cast any Bard spell from a scroll, would ...
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How does learning spells work when multiclassing out of Warlock? [duplicate]
I am trying to prepare a Warlock/Bard multiclass in DnD 5e (starting at Warlock and multiclassing into Bard) and am a bit tied up on the specifics of learning Bard spells.
As a 6th level Warlock ...
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How can I add material components to my bardic spells?
College of Spirits in Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft seems to be a really great subclass. Powerful enough, and having an interesting spin for storytelling purposes. But, as a D&D Beyond author ...
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When do College of Swords bards still use musical instruments?
In 5e, after a bard has joined the College of Swords at 3rd level, when (if at all) would they need their instrument(s)?
At 1st and 2nd levels, they would have used musical instruments as spell ...
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Can a Glamour bard cast a level 1+ spell and cast the Command spell using the Mantle of Majesty feature in the same turn?
For clarity
It's already clear from several other questions that a Glamour bard may not maintain concentration on Mantle of Majesty and another concentration spell at the same time. This is not my ...
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Does switching the bard incantation stat from charisma to wisdom create major balance issues? [duplicate]
I have a player who want to play a shaman. He really wants to keep the bard classes but he is much more interested in the druid lore. He doesn't want to be charismatic and handle social interaction, ...
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Can Bard spellcasting go unnoticed by their audience?
I've noticed that it explicitly states in some spells, such as Dissonant whispers which has a verbal component only, that it can only be heard by the target
The caster would whisper a cacophonous ...
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How does a changeling's Divergent Persona affect bard spells cast using musical instruments?
My character is a level 1 Changeling Bard. In my character's story, his Bard personality is what I'm using for his Divergent Persona racial feature. So it says under the description for divergent ...
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Can the Metamagic Song feat be used multiple times on the same spell?
The Metamagic Song feat from Races of Stone (p. 142) allows you to expend Bardic Music uses in place of increasing the level of the spell when applying metamagic. It comes with the stipulation that:
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Can a bard choose to prepare spells, and thereby benefit from items that allow recall of previously prepared spells?
I'm considering whether to place a high-level magic item in my epic-level game.
On page 28 of the PHB, under the bard 'spells' section, it states (emphasis mine):
As noted above, a bard need not ...
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What type of spellcasting bonus do I use as a multiclassed bard/cleric? [duplicate]
I'm fairly new to D&D, and I'm going to multiclass for the first time - Bard/Cleric, to be specific.
What kind of spellcasting bonus do I use for spells like Healing Word which is bard and cleric?...
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Can you reduce the metamagic cost before applying Metamagic Song?
The description of Metamagic Song states:
When applying a metamagic feat to a spell, you must either use Metamagic Song to completely offset the increase in the spell's effective level or apply the ...
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Can you use Metamagic Song and Quicken Spell together?
The description for the feat Metamagic Song in Races of Stone states (emphasis mine):
When you spontaneously cast an arcane spell that is enhanced by a metamagic feat, you can spend a number of ...
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