Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons (DnD or D&D) is a fantasy tabletop RPG originally developed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974. Today the game is published by Wizards of the Coast. The publication of D&D is considered to be the origin of modern RPGs.
Dungeons & Dragons 5e Spells
There are 9 classes in Dungeons & Dragons that can cast spells: Artificer, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Sorcerer, Warlock and Wizard. Other classes may also have access to certain spells under certain conditions. The spells can be also sorted by damage or effect. Information about spells was collected in the following books:
- Acquisition’s Incorporated
- Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
- Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount
- Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
- Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
- Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
- Players Handbook
- Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
- Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
- Xanathars Guide To Everything
All Bard Spells from D&D 5th Edition
The next table lists all Bard spells present in the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons.
L | Spell Name | V | S | M | Casting Time | RIT | CON | Range | Duration | Spell Save |
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0 | Blade Ward | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Self | 1 Round | ✗ |
0 | Dancing Lights | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 120 feet | 1 Minute | ✗ |
0 | Friends | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Self | 1 Minute | ✗ |
0 | Light | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | 1 Hour | Dexterity |
0 | Mage Hand | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 30 feet | 1 Minute | ✗ |
0 | Mending | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | Instantaneous | ✗ |
0 | Message | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 120 feet | 1 Round | ✗ |
0 | Minor Illusion | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 30 feet | 1 Minute | ✗ |
0 | Prestidigitation | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 10 feet | 1 Hour | ✗ |
0 | Thunderclap | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 5 feet | Instantaneous | Constitution |
0 | True Strike | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 30 feet | 1 Round | ✗ |
0 | Vicious Mockery | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | Instantaneous | Wisdom |
1 | Animal Friendship | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 30 feet | 24 Hours | Wisdom |
1 | Bane | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 30 feet | 1 Minute | Charisma |
1 | Charm Person | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 30 feet | 1 Hour | Wisdom |
1 | Color Spray | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Self (15-foot cone) | 1 Round | ✗ |
1 | Command | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | 1 Round | Wisdom |
1 | Comprehend Languages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✓ | ✗ | Self | 1 Hour | ✗ |
1 | Cure Wounds | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | Instantaneous | ✗ |
1 | Detect Magic | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✓ | ✓ | Self | 10 Minutes | ✗ |
1 | Disguise Self | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Self | 1 Hour | ✗ |
1 | Dissonant Whispers | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | Instantaneous | Wisdom |
1 | Distort Value | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Minute | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | 8 Hours | ✗ |
1 | Earth Tremor | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 10 feet | Instantaneous | Dexterity |
1 | Faerie Fire | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 60 feet | 1 Minute | Dexterity |
1 | Feather Fall | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | 1 Reaction | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | 1 Minute | ✗ |
1 | Healing Word | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Bonus Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | Instantaneous | ✗ |
1 | Heroism | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Touch | 1 Minute | ✗ |
1 | Identify | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✓ | ✗ | Touch | Instantaneous | ✗ |
1 | Illusory Script | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✓ | ✗ | Touch | 10 Days | ✗ |
1 | Longstrider | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | 1 Hour | ✗ |
1 | Silent Image | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 60 feet | 10 Minutes | ✗ |
1 | Sleep | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 90 feet | 1 Minute | ✗ |
1 | Speak with Animals | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✓ | ✗ | Self | 10 Minutes | ✗ |
1 | Tasha's Hideous Laughter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 30 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
1 | Thunderwave | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Self (15-foot cube) | Instantaneous | Constitution |
1 | Unseen Servant | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✓ | ✗ | 60 feet | 1 Hour | ✗ |
2 | Aid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 30 feet | 8 Hours | ✗ |
2 | Animal Messenger | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✓ | ✗ | 30 feet | 24 Hours | ✗ |
2 | Blindness/Deafness | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 30 feet | 1 Minute | Constitution |
2 | Calm Emotions | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 60 feet | 1 Minute | Charisma |
2 | Cloud of Daggers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 60 feet | 1 Minute | ✗ |
2 | Crown of Madness | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 120 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
2 | Detect Thoughts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Self | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
2 | Enhance Ability | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Touch | 1 Hour | ✗ |
2 | Enlarge/Reduce | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 30 feet | 1 Minute | Constitution |
2 | Enthrall | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
2 | Gift of Gab | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Reaction | ✗ | ✗ | Self | Instantaneous | ✗ |
2 | Heat Metal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 60 feet | 1 Minute | ✗ |
2 | Hold Person | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 60 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
2 | Invisibility | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Touch | 1 Hour | ✗ |
2 | Knock | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | Instantaneous | ✗ |
2 | Lesser Restoration | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | Instantaneous | ✗ |
2 | Locate Animals or Plants | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✓ | ✗ | Self | Instantaneous | ✗ |
2 | Locate Object | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Self | 10 Minutes | ✗ |
2 | Magic Mouth | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✓ | ✗ | 30 feet | Until Dispelled | ✗ |
2 | Mirror Image | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Self | 1 Minute | ✗ |
2 | Phantasmal Force | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 60 feet | 1 Minute | Intelligence |
2 | Pyrotechnics | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | Instantaneous | Constitution |
2 | See Invisibility | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Self | 1 Hour | ✗ |
2 | Shatter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | Instantaneous | Constitution |
2 | Silence | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✓ | ✓ | 120 feet | 10 Minutes | ✗ |
2 | Skywrite | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✓ | ✓ | Sight | 1 Hour | ✗ |
2 | Suggestion | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 30 feet | 8 Hours | Wisdom |
2 | Warding Wind | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Self | 10 Minutes | ✗ |
2 | Zone of Truth | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | 10 Minutes | Charisma |
3 | Bestow Curse | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Touch | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
3 | Catnap | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 30 feet | 10 Minutes | ✗ |
3 | Clairvoyance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10 Minutes | ✗ | ✓ | 1 mile | 10 Minutes | ✗ |
3 | Dispel Magic | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 120 feet | Instantaneous | ✗ |
3 | Enemies Abound | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 120 feet | 1 Minute | Intelligence |
3 | Fast Friends | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 30 feet | 1 Hour | Wisdom |
3 | Fear | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Self (30-foot cone) | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
3 | Feign Death | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✓ | ✗ | Touch | 1 Hour | ✗ |
3 | Glyph of Warding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Hour | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | Until Dispelled or Triggered | Dexterity |
3 | Hypnotic Pattern | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 120 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
3 | Intellect Fortress | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 30 feet | 1 Hour | ✗ |
3 | Leomund's Tiny Hut | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✓ | ✗ | Self (10-foot-radius hemisphere) | 8 Hours | ✗ |
3 | Major Image | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 120 feet | 10 Minutes | ✗ |
3 | Mass Healing Word | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Bonus Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | Instantaneous | ✗ |
3 | Motivational Speech | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | 1 Hour | ✗ |
3 | Nondetection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | 8 Hours | ✗ |
3 | Plant Growth | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action / 8 Hours | ✗ | ✗ | 150 feet | Instantaneous | ✗ |
3 | Sending | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Unlimited | 1 Round | ✗ |
3 | Slow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 120 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
3 | Speak with Dead | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 10 feet | 10 Minutes | ✗ |
3 | Speak with Plants | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Self (30-foot radius) | 10 Minutes | ✗ |
3 | Stinking Cloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 90 feet | 1 Minute | Constitution |
3 | Tongues | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | 1 Hour | ✗ |
4 | Charm Monster | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 30 feet | 1 Hour | Wisdom |
4 | Compulsion | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 30 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
4 | Confusion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 90 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
4 | Dimension Door | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 500 feet | Instantaneous | ✗ |
4 | Freedom of Movement | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | 1 Hour | ✗ |
4 | Greater Invisibility | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Touch | 1 Minute | ✗ |
4 | Hallucinatory Terrain | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10 Minutes | ✗ | ✗ | 300 feet | 24 Hours | ✗ |
4 | Locate Creature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Self | 1 Hour | ✗ |
4 | Phantasmal Killer | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 120 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
4 | Polymorph | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 60 feet | 1 Hour | Wisdom |
5 | Animate Objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 120 feet | 1 Minute | ✗ |
5 | Awaken | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 Hours | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | Instantaneous | ✗ |
5 | Dominate Person | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 60 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
5 | Dream | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✗ | ✗ | Special | 8 Hours | Wisdom |
5 | Geas | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Minute | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | 30 Days | Wisdom |
5 | Greater Restoration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | Instantaneous | ✗ |
5 | Hold Monster | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 90 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
5 | Legend Lore | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10 Minutes | ✗ | ✗ | Self | Instantaneous | ✗ |
5 | Mass Cure Wounds | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | Instantaneous | ✗ |
5 | Mislead | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Self | 1 Hour | ✗ |
5 | Modify Memory | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 30 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
5 | Planar Binding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Hour | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | 24 Hours | Charisma |
5 | Raise Dead | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Hour | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | Instantaneous | ✗ |
5 | Rary's Telepathic Bond | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✓ | ✗ | 30 feet | 1 Hour | ✗ |
5 | Scrying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10 Minutes | ✗ | ✓ | Self | 10 Minutes | Wisdom |
5 | Seeming | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 30 feet | 8 Hours | Charisma |
5 | Skill Empowerment | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Touch | 1 Hour | ✗ |
5 | Synaptic Static | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 120 feet | Instantaneous | Intelligence |
5 | Teleportation Circle | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✗ | ✗ | 10 feet | 1 Round | ✗ |
6 | Eyebite | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | Self | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
6 | Find the Path | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✗ | ✓ | Self | 1 Day | ✗ |
6 | Guards and Wards | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10 Minutes | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | 24 Hours | ✗ |
6 | Heroes' Feast | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10 Minutes | ✗ | ✗ | 30 feet | Instantaneous | ✗ |
6 | Mass Suggestion | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | 24 Hours | Wisdom |
6 | Otto's Irresistible Dance | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 30 feet | 1 Minute | Wisdom |
6 | Programmed Illusion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 120 feet | Until Dispelled | ✗ |
6 | True Seeing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | 1 Hour | ✗ |
7 | Dream of the Blue Veil | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10 Minutes | ✗ | ✗ | 20 feet | 6 Hours | ✗ |
7 | Etherealness | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Self | 8 Hours | ✗ |
7 | Forcecage | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 100 feet | 1 Hour | Charisma |
7 | Mirage Arcane | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 10 Minutes | ✗ | ✗ | Sight | 10 Days | ✗ |
7 | Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✗ | ✗ | 300 feet | 24 Hours | ✗ |
7 | Mordenkainen's Sword | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 60 feet | 1 Minute | ✗ |
7 | Prismatic Spray | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Self (60-foot cone) | Instantaneous | Dexterity |
7 | Project Image | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 500 miles | 1 Day | ✗ |
7 | Regenerate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | 1 Hour | ✗ |
7 | Resurrection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Hour | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | Instantaneous | ✗ |
7 | Symbol | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | Until Dispelled or Triggered | ✗ |
7 | Teleport | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 10 feet | Instantaneous | ✗ |
8 | Antipathy/Sympathy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Hour | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | 10 Days | Wisdom |
8 | Dominate Monster | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 60 feet | 1 Hour | Wisdom |
8 | Feeblemind | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 150 feet | Instantaneous | Intelligence |
8 | Glibness | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Self | 1 Hour | ✗ |
8 | Mind Blank | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | 24 Hours | ✗ |
8 | Power Word Stun | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | Instantaneous | ✗ |
9 | Foresight | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Minute | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | 8 Hours | ✗ |
9 | Mass Polymorph | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 120 feet | 1 Hour | Wisdom |
9 | Power Word Heal | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | Touch | Instantaneous | ✗ |
9 | Power Word Kill | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | Instantaneous | ✗ |
9 | Prismatic Wall | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 60 feet | 10 Minutes | Constitution |
9 | Psychic Scream | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✗ | 90 feet | Instantaneous | Intelligence |
9 | True Polymorph | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Action | ✗ | ✓ | 30 feet | 1 Hour | Wisdom |