Bards are skalds, minstrels, musicians, and storytellers who bolster other players with their songs and oratory. Bards may use any
non-Black weapon under 6â in length, may wear armor of no greater than AC 2 and may use a shield of no more than 24â at its
widest point.
Bards augment players with their Bardic Song which may consist of singing, played music or oratory. Music and singing may not rely on modern devices or be delivered in a way to agitate players or disrupt gameplay. If oratory is used it must be approved by an elder as being in character and consistent with good roleplay.
Level 1 Bard Spells
Light: 30 syllables
Itâs dark outside
Too dark to see
I hope a Grue
Does not eat me (Recite twice)
Detect Magic: 30 syllables
Magic has a certain sound
A ringing bell above the ground
Not quite mellow, not quite shrill (Recite twice)
Level 2 Bard Spells
Truthspeak:
75 syllables
Lies arenât easy to keep from me
Look me in the eyes and you shall see
I can hear your heart beating and see your pulse
So unless you are truthful youâll soon be a corpse (Recite twice)
Level 3 Bard Spells
Comprehend Languages: 75 words
There in front of me is a script
With letters and words that are torn from a crypt
They’re easy to read once you know what you see
All you have to do is translate from one to three (Recite three times)
Detect Traps: 100 syllables
Thereâs a trap, a ruse, a trick
A clever ploy to make it stick
I know that itâs here
No it wonât hide from me (Recite three times)
Level 4 Bard Spells
Word of Holding: 150 syllables
When you try to charge me down
I call a word to hold your feet to the ground
It sticks you in place and makes moving real hard
And thanks to my god wonât let you blowhard
Youâll stay right there
Til I say you can go
Huff and puff all you want
Youâll see that itâs only for show (Repeat three times)
Level 5 Bard Spells
Bardskin: 250 syllables
Iâve walked through nature
for many a year
My Gods all know
that iâm still here
Now I need armor
And itâs quite true
That without it
I could die to you
Gods hear me now
Please heed my plea
Send me armor strong and true
Armor I know, comes from you (Recite five times)
Level 6 Bard Spells
Release Portal: 100 syllables
You tried to lock away your riches
But weren’t thinking of me and my magical fixes
A few words spoken, some finger wiggles
And that door opens no need to solve riddles (Recite three times)
Level 7 Bard Spells
Legend Lore: 300 syllables
Inside this stump I hear a voice
It tells of the times of choice
Of what came earlier when I didn’t yet seek
What the tree saw, what the forest thinks
An item or artifact here in my hand
Will know tell me it’s secrets, or those of the land (Recite five times)
Cure Disease: 150 syllables
Now you lay before me
Pleading for my aid
You have leprosy
But you want to keep your leg
I speak to Nurgle quickly
Tell him to release his hold
Else youâll get quite sickly
Never to grow old (Recite four times)
Level 8 Bard Spells
There are no spells at this level
Level 9 Bard Spells
Vicious Mockery: 100 syllables
Did you know that as you stand
I call you names that if mom heard would get me banned
You’re small and strange and mean and icky
If you were ice cream you’d be all sticky
You are not fun you are not tall
And when you run I hope you fall (Recite twice)
Dispel Magic: 175 syllables
You think youâll fry me
Think that Iâll die
But you donât see whatâs happening
Or why I wonât cry
My gods have bestowed me
A gift thatâs quite great
One that allows me
To truly negate (Recite five times)