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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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Can a bard with ritual caster share spells in his book with a wizard? Could a tome warlock share their Book of Ancient Secrets rituals? [duplicate]
We currently have a party that has a wizard, a bard with Ritual Caster (Wizard), and a warlock with Pact of the Tome and the Book of Ancient Secrets invocations.
Could these characters share each ...
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Can Bards learn Oath of the Open Sea Spells via Magical Secrets? If so, does it require the GM's discretion?
The Oath of the Open Sea Spells section of Tal’dorei Campaign Setting: Reborn says:
Paladins of the Oath of the Open Sea automatically gain two new spells through their Oath Spells feature. These ...
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Can you use the Message cantrip to grant Bardic Inspiration?
I have never chosen Message (PHB, p.259) as a cantrip for my Bard but I wonder whether it could come in handy at times. For instance, if we are setting up a trap and I need to grant Bardic Inspiration ...
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What spells or features can be reasonably used to convey inspiration in place of an instrument for a bard with an action or reaction?
One of the common rulings my DM allows at my table is the usage of any source of music or wordplay to grant Bardic Inspiration, if you have that class feature. For example, I commonly use Minor ...
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Do bonus rolls, like guidance and Bardic Inspiration, affect a passive check? [duplicate]
After reading this question: Bless/Bane and their effects on Passive checks, I want to ask about the general bonus rolls to passive ability checks.
The description for passive check is:
A passive ...
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Can a College of Swords bard use the Slashing Flourish option to apply a Smite spell to all creatures in range?
The description of the Wrathful Smite spell says (PHB, p. 289):
The next time you hit with a melee weapon attack during this spell's
duration, your attack deals an extra 1d6 psychic damage. ...
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Can a lvl 20 CoC Bard waive the spell cost to cast and sustain the spell, Imprisonment, for six hours?
The relevant quotes are as follows:
Performance of Creation. Also at 3rd level, as an action, you can channel the magic of the Song of Creation to create one nonmagical item of your choice in an ...
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What bard spells work well with the minotaur's racial traits?
I'm going to be playing a level 3 Minotaur Valor bard in a future campaign. I will be the 2nd front liner of the party and want to optimize usage of Minotaur traits in combat.
Are there any bard ...
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Does the Death Ward spell prevent the side effect from the Nimbus of Pathos feature from the College of Tragedy bard?
The Nimbus of Pathos feature from the College of Tragedy bard states that after 1 minute the target immediately drops to 0 hit points and is dying. Does death ward prevent that?
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How does Magical Inspiration interact with Magic Missile
If you hit a creature with multiple missiles (which occur simultaneously and therefor use only one damage roll by the simultaneous damage rule), would you add the bonus to the damage taken to the ...
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Can you wait until a higher level to make a Magical Secrets selection?
I'm looking to build a an Eloquence Bard 17, Great Old One Warlock 3, Changling (Master of Disguise and Tongue)
If my character survives, and we play long enough, I believe I will get 4 Magical ...
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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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Divination on a bard [closed]
Suppose a bard uses Magical Secrets to take the spell Divination:
Your magic and an offering put you in contact with a god or a god's servants. You ask a single question concerning a specific goal, ...
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Are there any 3rd level spells a Lore Bard could pick at 6th character level to provide food and water to the party?
Just as the title says. I play a Bard, College of Lore. At 6th character level I will be able to pick up two spells, of up to 3rd spell level, from any class. I know we will be on the long-term ...
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