1. Notes

Bard Spells

spellcasting spell bard
Spells

Bard Spells

Cantrips
Spell Name School Duration
 Casting Time Components
 Concentration?
 Blade Ward  Abjuration  1 round 1 action  V, S  
Dancing Lights Illusion Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S, M (a bit of phosphorus or wychwood, or a glowworm) *
Friends Enchantment Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action S *
Light Evocation 1 hour 1 action V, M (a firefly or phosphorescent moss)  
Mage Hand Conjuration 1 minute 1 action V, S  
Malingering Dodge Enchantment Concentration, up to 1 round 1 action V, S *
Mending Transmutation Instantaneous 1 action V, S, M (two lodestones)  
Message Transmutation 1 round 1 action V, S, M (a short piece of copper wire)  
Minor Illusion Illusion 1 minute 1 action S, M (a bit of fleece)  
Prestidigitation Transmutation Up to 1 hour 1 action V, S  
Thunderclap Evocation Instantaneous 1 action S  
True Strike Divination Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action S *
Vicious Mockery Enchantment Instantaneous 1 action V  

 

1st Level Spells
Spell Name School Duration
 Casting Time Components
 Concentration? Ritual?
Animal Friendship Enchantment 24 hours 1 action V, S, M (a morsel of food)   *
Bane Enchantment Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S, M (a drop of blood) *  
Charm Person Enchantment 1 hour 1 action V, S    
Color Spray Illusion 1 round 1 action V, S, M (a pinch of powder or sand that is colored red, yellow, and blue)    
Command Enchantment 1 round 1 action V    
Comprehend Languages Divination 1 hour 1 action V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)   *
Cure Wounds Transmutation Instantaneous 1 action V, S    
Detect Magic Divination Concentration, up to 10 minutes 1 action V, S * *
Disguise Self Illusion 1 hour 1 action V, S    
Dissonant Whispers Enchantment Instantaneous 1 action V    
Earth Tremor Evocation Instantaneous 1 action V, S    
Faerie Fire Illusion Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V *  
Feather Fall Transmutation 1 minute 1 reaction, which you take when you or a creature within 20 meters of you falls V, M (a small feather or piece of down)    
Healing Word Evocation Instantaneous 1 bonus action V    
Heroism Enchantment Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S *  
Hideous Laughter Enchantment Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S, M (tiny tarts and a feather that is waved in the air) *  
Identify Divination Instantaneous 1 minute V, S, M (a white pearl worth at least 10000 wealth and an owl feather)   *
Illusory Script Illusion 10 days 1 minute S, M (A lead-based ink worth at least 1000 wealth, which the spell consumes)    
Longstrider Transmutation 1 hour 1 action V, S, M (a pinch of dirt)    
Silent Image Illusion Concentration, up to 10 minutes 1 action V, S, M (a bit of fleece) *  
Sleep Enchantment 1 minute 1 action V, S, M (a pinch of fine sand, rose petals, or a cricket)    
Speak with Animals Divination 10 minutes 1 action V, S   *
Thunderwave Evocation Instantaneous 1 action V, S    
Unseen Servant Conjuration 1 hour 1 action V, S, M (a piece of string and a bit of wood)   *

 

2nd Level Spells
Spell Name School Duration
 Casting Time Components
 Concentration? Ritual?
Aid Abjuration 8 hours 1 action V, S, M (a tiny strip of white cloth)    
Animal Messenger Enchantment 24 hours 1 action V, S, M (a morsel of food)   *
Blindness/Deafness Necromancy 1 minute 1 action V    
Calm Emotions Enchantment Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S *  
Cloud of Daggers Conjuration Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S, M (a sliver of glass) *  
Crown of Madness Enchantment Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S *  
Detect Thoughts Divination Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S, M (a copper piece) *  
Enhance Ability Transmutation Concentration, up to 1 hour 1 action V, S, M (fur or a feather from a beast) *  
Enlarge/Reduce Transmutation Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S, M (a pinch of powdered iron) *  
Enthrall Enchantment 1 minute 1 action V, S    
Heat Metal Transmutation Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S, M (a piece of iron and a flame) *  
Hold Person Enchantment Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S, M (a small, straight piece of iron) *  
Invisibility Illusion Concentration, up to 1 hour 1 action V, S, M (an eyelash encased in gum arabic) *  
Knock Transmutation Instantaneous 1 action V    
Lesser Restoration Abjuration Instantaneous 1 action V, S    
Locate Animals or Plants Divination Instantaneous 1 action V, S, M (a bit of fur from a bloodhound)   *
Locate Object Divination Concentration, up to 10 minutes 1 action V, S, M (a forked twig) *  
Magic Mouth Illusion Until dispelled 1 minute V, S, M (a small cylinder of wax and 1000 wealth worth of jade dust, which the spell consumes)   *
Mirror Image Illusion 1 minute 1 action V, S    
Phantasmal Force Illusion Concentration, up to 1 minute 1 action V, S, M (a bit of fleece) *  
Pyrotechnics Transmutation Instantaneous 1 action V, S    
See Invisibility Divination 1 hour 1 action V, S, M (a pinch of talc and a small sprinkling of powdered silver)    
Shatter Evocation Instantaneous 1 action V, S, M (a chip of mica)    
Silence Illusion Concentration, up to 10 minutes 1 action V, S * *
Skywrite Transmutation Up to 1 day 1 action V, S   *
Suggestion Enchantment Concentration, up to 8 hours 1 action V, M (a snake’s tongue and either a bit of honeycomb or a drop of sweet oil) *  
Warding Bond Evocation Concentration, up to 10 minutes 1 action V *  
Zone of Truth Enchantment 10 minutes 1 action V, S    

 

 

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