Questions tagged [bard]
For questions about the bard, a charismatic class involving limited spontaneous casting, the use of songs to buff allies and average chance to hit with weapons. The bard class appears in D&D, Pathfinder and many other tabletop RPGs.
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Can a Dhampir Sword Bard use their fangs as a spellcasting focus? [duplicate]
A Dhampir's fanged bite is considered a simple melee weapon,
Vampiric Bite. Your fanged bite is a natural weapon, which counts as a simple melee weapon with which you are proficient.
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Satyr Bard Spells and College Choices [closed]
I'm a new Level 3 Satyr Bard! Any suggestions on college preferences (and why), along with spells that I might want to use for unexpected damage! Background, my Satyr is a freeloving girl who talks ...
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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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Can an Artificer Infusions or Armorer 's Arcane Armor be used with a College of Creation Bard's Performance of Creation? [closed]
Can an Artificer's Infusions or Armorer's Arcane Armor be used with a College of Creation Bard's Performance of Creation?
[...] create one nonmagical item of your choice [...] the gp value of the ...
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How can a bard play multiple instruments with the effect of a whole symphony performing?
Starting a new campaign as DM in the Forgotten Realms (Lost Mines of Phandelver, if it matters) and I have a player wanting to play a Bard who has the ability to play an instrument that somehow ...
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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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Is the Bardic College of Spirits "Tale of the Renowned Duelist" melee spell attack limited by your reach?
The Bardic College of Spirits, published in Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, has a feature called "Tales from Beyond":
You reach out to spirits who tell their tales through you. While you ...
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Can a College of Creation Bard use Bardic Inspiration on their Dancing Item?
Bards have the Bardic Inspiration feature which states:
You can use a bonus action on your turn to choose one creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you who can hear you. That creature gains ...
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Can a College of Creation Bard use Performance of Creation to duplicate an existing item?
My party is in possession of a book of accounts and ledgers which we have retrieved on behalf of a benefactor. We are supposed to return the book to the benefactor but the information contained within ...
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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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performance of creation to create explosives [closed]
Assuming a level 10 creation bard uses performance of creation to create a 200gp explosive that is any size up to large. How big would the explosive be, would it be blackpowder-based, and how much ...
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Mote of Potential and Magic Inspiration
I wanted to know whether Magical inspiration used for damage triggers Mote of Potential's Attack:
Magical Inspiration:
If a creature has a Bardic Inspiration die from you and casts a spell
that ...
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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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How does Blink work versus a readied action in this PvP scenario?
Bit of an odd one but I want rulings for this scenario:
Yes this is PVP and it ended up been fun at the table, and no one was upset.
Playing a Level 7 College of Swords Bard with a Homebrew Magic ...
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Which instrument of the Bards correspond to which Bard college?
The DMG entry for the Instrument of the Bards says:
Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a legendary bard college.
Do the colleges mentioned here refer to "Bard college&...
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