Bard Spells

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0th Level Bard Spells (Cantrips)

Spell Name	School	Spell Level	Components	Description
Dancing Lights		Bard 0		Creates torches or other lights.
Daze		Bard 0		Humanoid creature of 4 HD or less loses next action.
Detect Magic		Bard 0		Detects spells and magic items within 60 ft.
Flare		Bard 0		Dazzles one creature (–1 on attack rolls).
Ghost Sound		Bard 0		Figment sounds.
Haunted Fey Aspect		Bard 0		You surround yourself with disturbing illusions.
Know Direction		Bard 0		You discern north.
Light		Bard 0		Object shines like a torch.
Lullaby		Bard 0		Makes subject drowsy (–5 on Perception checks, –2 on Will saves against sleep.)
Mage Hand		Bard 0		5-pound telekinesis.
Mending		Bard 0		Makes minor repairs on an object.
Message		Bard 0		Whisper conversation at distance.
Open/Close		Bard 0		Opens or closes small or light things.
Prestidigitation		Bard 0		Performs minor tricks.
Read Magic		Bard 0		Read scrolls and spellbooks.
Resistance		Bard 0		Subject gains +1 on saving throws.
Sift		Bard 0		See area as though examining it.
Spark		Bard 0		Ignites flammable objects.
Summon Instrument		Bard 0		Summons one musical instrument.
Unwitting Ally		Bard 0		Subject is considered ally for 1 round.

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1st Level Bard Spells

Spell Name	School	Spell Level	Components	Description
Abstemiousness		Bard 1		Make a handful of food satisfy the nutritious needs of a Medium or smaller creature for 1 day.
Abundant Ammunition		Bard 1		Replaces nonmagical ammunition every round.
Adjuring Step		Bard 1		You can move slowly and safely and still cast spells, until you move quickly, make an attack, or cast a harmful spell.
Adoration		Bard 1		You gain a bonus on Diplomacy checks and performance combat checks.
Alarm		Bard 1		Wards an area for 2 hours/level.
Alter Musical Instrument		Bard 1	F	Make one instrument sound like a different kind of instrument.
Animate Rope		Bard 1		Makes a rope move at your command.
Anticipate Peril		Bard 1		Target gains a bonus on one initiative check.
Aspect of the Nightingale		Bard 1		You gain a +2 competence bonus on Perform (sing) checks and a +2 competence bonus on Diplomacy checks. Once per minute, if you are subject to a charm effect that allows a saving throw, you may roll twice and take the more favorable result.
Beguiling Gift		Bard 1		Subject immediately accepts an offered item and uses it.
Blurred Movement		Bard 1		As blur, but only while you are moving.
Borrow Skill		Bard 1		Make a skill check using another’s ranks.
Call Weapon		Bard 1		Telekinetically summon a weapon from an ally's possession.
Cause Fear		Bard 1		One creature of 5 HD or less flees for 1d4 rounds.
Charm Person		Bard 1		Makes one person your friend.
Chord of Shards		Bard 1		Performance deals 2d6 piercing damage.
Clarion Call		Bard 1		Make a sound like a mighty horn or trumpet and subject can speak in a booming voice that carries over great distances.
Compel Hostility		Bard 1		Compels opponents to attack you instead of your allies.
Comprehend Languages		Bard 1		You understand all languages.
Confusion, Lesser		Bard 1		One creature is confused for 1 round.
Cultural Adaptation		Bard 1		You gain the correct native accent and mannerisms when you speak a language with a spell like tongues, granting you bonuses to interactions with native speakers of that language.
Cure Light Wounds		Bard 1		Cures 1d8 damage + 1/level (max +5).
Dancing Lantern		Bard 1		Animates a lantern that follows you.
Darting Duplicate		Bard 1		You create an illusory duplicate of yourself that opponents might waste an attack of opportunity on.
Dazzling Blade		Bard 1		Make 1 metal weapon appear as if crafted from pure silver and heavily polished, wielder gains +1 competence bonus per 3 levels (max +5) to Bluff checks made to feint in combat, CMB checks to disarm and CMD to resist disarm attempts. Can be discharged in a burst of light which might blind or dazzle an adjacent opponent.
Deadeye’s Lore		Bard 1		Gain +4 sacred bonus on all Survival checks and do not have to move at 1/2 speed while traveling through wilderness or while tracking.
Delusional Pride		Bard 1		Target is penalized on attacks and checks but gains bonus against charms and compulsions.
Detect Charm		Bard 1		Detect strength and location of charms, compulsions, and possession auras on creatures in the area.
Detect Metal		Bard 1		You detect any metal objects or creatures within a 60-foot cone.
Detect Secret Doors		Bard 1		Reveals hidden doors within 60 ft.
Discern Next of Kin		Bard 1		Read the target's mind to learn about its family.
Disguise Self		Bard 1		Changes your appearance.
Disguise Weapon		Bard 1		Changes one weapon's appearance.
Ear-Piercing Scream		Bard 1		Deal sonic damage and daze target.
Enhance Water		Bard 1		Turn water into alcohol and removes poisons, diseases, and toxins.
Erase		Bard 1		Mundane or magical writing vanishes.
Expeditious Retreat		Bard 1		Your base land speed increases by 30 ft.
Feather Fall		Bard 1		Objects or creatures fall slowly.
Feather Step		Bard 1		Ignore movement penalty in difficult terrain.
Flare Burst		Bard 1		As flare, but on all creatures within 10 ft.
Forced Quiet		Bard 1		Target cannot make loud noises.
Fumbletongue		Bard 1		Target cannot speak intelligently.
Glue Seal		Bard 1		Makes one 5-ft. square or one object sticky.
Grease		Bard 1		Makes 10-ft. square or one object slippery.
Haze of Dreams		Bard 1		Target moves at 1/2 speed.
Heightened Awareness		Bard 1		Your recall and ability to process information improve.
Hideous Laughter		Bard 1		Subject loses actions for 1 round/ level.
Horn of Pursuit		Bard 1		Create three notes heard miles away.
Hypnotism		Bard 1		Fascinates 2d4 HD of creatures.
Identify		Bard 1		Gives +10 bonus to identify magic items.
Innocence		Bard 1		Gain +10 on Bluff checks to seem innocent.
Invigorate		Bard 1		Temporarily relieves fatigue or exhaustion.
Invisibility Alarm		Bard 1		As alarm, but reacting only to invisible creatures.
Jitterbugs		Bard 1		Targets gets –4 penalty on all Dex and Dex-based skill checks, and cannot take the delay, ready, or total defense actions.
Jury-Rig		Bard 1		Removes the broken condition from the targeted object.
Ki Arrow		Bard 1		Arrow deals damage as your unarmed strike.
Liberating Command		Bard 1		Target makes an Escape Artist check as an immediate action and gains a bonus on it.
Lighten Object		Bard 1		Reduce weight of 1 object by 50%.
Lock Gaze		Bard 1		Compels the target to look only at you for the duration of the spell.
Magic Aura		Bard 1		Alters object's magic aura.
Magic Mouth		Bard 1	M	Objects speaks once when triggered.
Memorize Page		Bard 1	F	Target perfectly memorizes one page of information.
Memory Lapse		Bard 1		Subject forgets events back to last turn.
Moment of Greatness		Bard 1		Doubles a morale bonus.
Nature's Paths		Bard 1		The target instinctively knows the shortest, easiest, and fastest way through the wilderness.
Negative Reaction		Bard 1		Targeted creature may not positively influence anyone.
Obscure Object		Bard 1		Masks object against scrying.
Play Instrument		Bard 1		Play instrument as if you were skilled.
Poisoned Egg		Bard 1		You transform the contents of a normal egg into a single dose of small centipede poison
Read Weather		Bard 1		Predict weather for next 48 hours.
Recharge Innate Magic		Bard 1		Regain one use of all 0 and 1st-level spell-like abilities of a racial trait.
Remove Fear		Bard 1		Suppresses fear or gives +4 on saves against fear for one subject + one per four levels.
Restful Sleep		Bard 1		Gain more hit points while sleeping.
Saving Finale		Bard 1		Subject rerolls failed saving throw.
See Alignment		Bard 1		Pick an alignment; in your sight, creatures and items with that alignment emit a ghostly radiance.
Share Language		Bard 1		Subject understands chosen language.
Silent Image		Bard 1		Creates minor illusion of your design.
Sleep		Bard 1		Puts 4 HD of creatures into magical slumber.
Solid Note		Bard 1		Creates tangible music note.
Summon Minor Monster		Bard 1		Summon 1d3 Tiny animals.
Summon Monster I		Bard 1		Summons extraplanar creature to fight for you.
Swallow Your Fear		Bard 1		Grants +2 morale bonus to Str and Con, +1 morale bonus to Will saves, and -2 penalty to AC to subjects suffering from a fear effect. Prevents frightened subject from running.
Tap Inner Beauty		Bard 1		You gain a +2 insight bonus on all Charisma ability checks and Charisma-based skill checks.
Technomancy		Bard 1		As detect magic, except detects the presence of technological objects instead of magical objects and grants the Technologist feat for attempting Knowledge (engineering) checks to identify the properties of technological items. If you already possess this feat, you gain a +10 bonus on Knowledge (engineering) checks to identify item properties.
Timely Inspiration		Bard 1		Gives bonus on failed check/attack.
Toilsome Chant		Bard 1		Apply Inspire Competence to a skill check that takes up to an hour to complete.
Touch of Gracelessness		Bard 1		Subject loses 1d6 + 1 Dex/two levels and is prone to falling down.
Transfer Tattoo		Bard 1		Move a magic tattoo from one creature to another.
Twisted Futures		Bard 1		A creature affected by this spell is unable to benefit from effects that grant the ability to roll multiple times and take the higher result.
Unbreakable Heart		Bard 1		Target gains a +4 bonus on saves against mind-affecting effects that rely on negative emotions.
Undetectable Alignment		Bard 1		Conceals alignment for 24 hours.
Unnatural Lust		Bard 1		Target is compelled to kiss or caress another.
Unprepared Combatant		Bard 1		Target takes -4 on initiative and Reflex saves.
Unseen Servant		Bard 1		Invisible force obeys your commands.
Vanish		Bard 1		As invisibility for 1 round/level (5 max).
Ventriloquism		Bard 1		Throws voice for 1 min./level.
Vocal Alteration		Bard 1		Disguise target's voice.
Weaponwand		Bard 1	F	Merge a magic wand with a weapon to wield both simultaneously.
Youthful Appearance		Bard 1		Target appears younger.

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2nd Level Bard Spells

Spell Name	School	Spell Level	Components	Description
Acute Senses		Bard 2		Subject gains bonus on Perception checks.
Air Step		Bard 2		Tread unsteadily on air, with limitations.
Allegro		Bard 2		Gain haste while maintaining bardic performance.
Alter Self		Bard 2		Assume form of a Small or Medium humanoid.
Alter Summoned Monster		Bard 2		You swap a creature summoned by a conjuration (summoning) spell for a creature you could summon with a summon monster or summon nature's ally spell
Ancestral Communion		Bard 2		You contact your ancestors to bolster your own knowledge.
Animal Messenger		Bard 2		Sends a Tiny animal to a specific place.
Animal Purpose Training		Bard 2		Animal gains a new general purpose.
Animal Trance		Bard 2		Fascinates 2d6 HD of animals.
Anonymous Interaction		Bard 2		Creatures forget details about you and conversations with you.
Arcane Disruption		Bard 2		This spell makes it difficult for the subject to cast arcane spells, use spell-like abilities, and use some abilities granted by arcane spellcasting classes.
Bestow Insight		Bard 2		Target gain insight bonus on skill checks and is considered trained in that skill.
Bladed Dash		Bard 2		Swiftly move 30 feet and attack one foe along the way.
Blindness/Deafness		Bard 2		Makes subject blind or deaf.
Blistering Invective		Bard 2		Make an Intimidate check against all foes within 30 feet; those demoralized also take fire damage.
Blood Biography		Bard 2		Learn about a creature with its blood.
Blur		Bard 2		Attacks miss subject 20% of the time.
Boiling Blood		Bard 2		Targets take fire damage; orcs get +2 Strength.
Book Ward		Bard 2		As protection from energy, except lasting 1 day/level instead of 10 minutes per level and that the spell only protects against acid and fire damage (and while energy protection remains, the item is also completely waterproof).
Bullet Ward		Bard 2	M	Adamantine bullets intercept firearm attacks.
Buoyancy		Bard 2		Several creatures or objects become very buoyant, floating automatically and must struggle to submerge.
Cacophonous Call		Bard 2		Nauseates target.
Callback		Bard 2		If your familiar takes hp damage while within range of this spell, it immediately teleports to your space after the damage is applied.
Calm Emotions		Bard 2		Calms creatures, negating emotion effects.
Cat's Grace		Bard 2		Subject gains +4 to Dex for 1 min./level.
Charitable Impulse		Bard 2		Affected creature practices nonviolent combat behaviors according to a list of priorities.
Codespeak		Bard 2		Grant all recipients ability to speak, read and write a new secret language.
Commune with Birds		Bard 2		You can ask birds a question.
Compassionate Ally		Bard 2		Target compelled to help injured ally.
Create Treasure Map		Bard 2	M	Creates a treasure map out of a creature's corpse.
Cure Moderate Wounds		Bard 2		Cures 2d8 damage + 1/level (max +10).
Darkness		Bard 2		20-ft. radius of supernatural shadow.
Daze Monster		Bard 2		Living creature of 6 HD or less loses next action.
Delay Pain		Bard 2		Ignore pain for 1 hour/level.
Delay Poison		Bard 2		Stops poison from harming target for 1 hour/level.
Detect Thoughts		Bard 2		Allows “listening” to surface thoughts.
Determine Depth		Bard 2		With a touch, you determine the exact thickness of a wall, ceiling, or other solid barrier.
Discovery Torch		Bard 2		Touched object emanates bright light, granting Perception and Sense Motive bonuses.
Disguise Other		Bard 2		As disguise self, but affects you or another.
Distracting Cacophony		Bard 2		Noise makes it difficult to cast.
Distressing Tone		Bard 2		Sound sickens 1d4 creatures.
Dust of Twilight		Bard 2		Black particles extinguish light sources.
Eagle's Splendor		Bard 2		Subject gains +4 to Cha for 1 min./level.
Empower Holy Water		Bard 2		You empower a vial of holy water to deal additional damage to undead creatures.
Enshroud Thoughts		Bard 2		You are warded against the mental prying of others.
Enter Image		Bard 2		Transfers your consciousness to an object bearing your likeness.
Enthrall		Bard 2		Captivates all within 100 ft. + 10 ft./level.
Escaping Ward		Bard 2		Move 5 feet away from a larger attacking creature as an immediate action.
Focused Scrutiny		Bard 2		Gain skill bonuses when interacting with the target.
Fox's Cunning		Bard 2		Subject gains +4 to Int for 1 min./level.
Gallant Inspiration		Bard 2		+2d4 bonus on failed attack roll or skill check.
Ghostbane Dirge		Bard 2		Incorporeal creature takes half damage from non-magical weapons.
Ghostly Disguise		Bard 2		You look like a ghost of yourself.
Glitterdust		Bard 2		Blinds creatures, outlines invisible creatures.
Haunting Mists		Bard 2		Creatures are shaken and take Wis damage.
Heightened Reflexes		Bard 2		Each ally in area gains a +10 bonus on one Reflex save.
Heroic Fortune		Bard 2	M	The target gains 1 temporary hero point.
Heroism		Bard 2		Gives +2 on attack rolls, saves, skill checks.
Hidden Speech		Bard 2		Gain +10 on Bluff to send secret messages.
Hold Person		Bard 2		Paralyzes one humanoid for 1 round/level.
Honeyed Tongue		Bard 2		Roll 2 dice when using Diplomacy, take higher roll.
Hydrophobia		Bard 2		Targets in the area must succeed at a Will save or become deathly afraid of drowning.
Hypnotic Pattern		Bard 2		Fascinates (2d4 + level) HD of creatures.
Instant Weapon		Bard 2		You create a masterwork melee weapon sized appropriately for you from opaque force. As a force effect, it can strike and damage incorporeal creatures.
Investigative Mind		Bard 2		Roll twice and take the higher roll when using certain mental skills.
Invisibility		Bard 2		Subject is invisible for 1 min./level or until it attacks.
Locate Object		Bard 2		Senses direction toward object (specific or type).
Mad Hallucination		Bard 2		Target takes penalties to mental actions.
Marching Chant		Bard 2		Allies can hustle without penalty while you sing or chant.
Masterwork Transformation		Bard 2	M	Make a normal item into a masterwork one.
Mindlocked Messenger		Bard 2		Target gains a message that can be given only to its intended recipient.
Minor Image		Bard 2		As silent image, plus some sound.
Mirror Image		Bard 2		Creates decoy duplicates of you (1d4 + 1 per three levels, max 8).
Misdirection		Bard 2		Misleads divinations for one creature or object.
Miserable Pity		Bard 2		Opponents cannot attack a pathetic creature.
Muffle Sound		Bard 2		Allies gain a bonus on Stealth checks but risk verbal spell failure.
Oppressive Boredom		Bard 2		Target loses its next action.
Path of Glory		Bard 2		Create an expanding glow that heals allies within it of 1 hp of damage.
Piercing Shriek		Bard 2		Target is staggered by a painful sound.
Pilfering Hand		Bard 2		You may seize an object or manipulate it from afar.
Pugwampi’s Grace		Bard 2		One creature rolls 2d20 whenever it needs to roll a d20, and must take the lower result.
Pyrotechnics		Bard 2		Turns fire into blinding light or choking smoke.
Qualm		Bard 2		Target gains penalties on ability checks, skill checks, and concentration checks until it spends an entire round doing nothing.
Rage		Bard 2		Gives +2 to Str and Con, +1 on Will saves, –2 to AC.
Reckless Infatuation		Bard 2		Target is compelled to stay near another.
Resounding Clang		Bard 2		You create a loud, resonating clangor that causes metallic objects to vibrate wildly.
Retrieve Item		Bard 2		Call an item instantly to you hand from nearby by speaking a special word and snapping your fingers. The spell fails if the item is in the possession of another creature.
Returning Weapon		Bard 2		Grants a weapon the returning special weapon quality.
Scare		Bard 2		Panics creatures of less than 6 HD.
Seducer's Eyes		Bard 2		You gain a bonus on Charisma-based skill checks equal to +1 (+1 per 4 caster levels (max +5)) towards those who might find you attractive.
Shadow Anchor		Bard 2		Target needs to make a bull rush to move more than 5 feet away from his current square.
Share Language, Communal		Bard 2		As share language, but you may divide the duration among creatures touched.
Share Memory		Bard 2		Share one memory with the target.
Shatter		Bard 2		Sonic vibration damages objects or crystalline creatures.
Silence		Bard 2		Negates sound in 20-ft. radius.
Silent Table		Bard 2		Give yourself privacy by muffling sound leaving the area.
Silk to Steel		Bard 2		Use a scarf as a shield or whip.
Snapdragon Fireworks		Bard 2		Create 1 dragon firework/level.
Sonic Scream		Bard 2		Create a cone of damaging sound at will.
Sound Burst		Bard 2		Deals 1d8 sonic damage and may stun subjects.
Spell Gauge		Bard 2		You become aware of a selection of spells the target creature has prepared or knows.
Steal Voice		Bard 2		Target gains the croaking spellblight.
Suggestion		Bard 2		Compels subject to follow stated course of action.
Summon Monster II		Bard 2		Summons extraplanar creature to fight for you.
Summon Swarm		Bard 2		Summons swarm of bats, rats, or spiders.
Tactical Acumen		Bard 2		You gain an additional +1 on attack rolls or to AC due to battlefield positioning.
Tattoo Potion		Bard 2	M	Cause a potion to turn into a spell tattoo when it is drunk.
Thunder Fire		Bard 2		Ammunition in the targeted firearm deafens opponents.
Tongues		Bard 2		Speak and understand any language.
Touch of Mercy		Bard 2		The target creature deals only nonlethal damage with all of its weapon attacks.
Track Ship		Bard 2		Track a ships location and movement with the aid of a nautical chart and a piece of the ship to be tracked.
Trail of the Rose		Bard 2		Creates an illusory misty, faint pink-tinged rose-scented trail that ripples and flows in the area that you and up to six others can see.
Umbral Weapon		Bard 2		1/rnd wielder of target touched melee weapon can reroll a failed attack roll. If reroll hits, the attacked creature suffers 1d8 cold damage, plus 1 per 2 caster levels (maximum 1d8+10).
Unadulterated Loathing		Bard 2		Target is compelled to avoid another creature.
Versatile Weapon		Bard 2		Weapon bypasses some DR.
Wartrain Mount		Bard 2		Animal gains the combat training general purpose.
Whip of Spiders		Bard 2		Create a whip made of poisonous spiders.
Whispering Wind		Bard 2		Sends a short message 1 mile/level.

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3rd Level Bard Spells

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4th Level Bard Spells

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5th Level Bard Spells

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6th Level Bard Spells

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