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A bard is traditionally defined as "a poet, especially one who writes impassioned, lyrical, or epic verse." [5] In the fantasy tabletop role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons, bards are a playable class centered on the idea of accessing magic through some form of artistic expression. The bard first appeared in The Strategic Review Volume 2 ...
Many spells require the caster to speak certain words, or, in the case of a post-1st Edition bard, create music, to cast a spell. [1]: 239 Being prevented from speaking, by such means as a gag or magical effects that remove sounds, makes it impossible for a caster to cast such a spell.
The Spell Compendium was compiled by Matthew Sernett, Jeff Grubb, and Mike McArtor, and was published in December 2005.Cover art was by Victor Moray and Nyssa Baugher, with interior art by Steven Belledin, Mitch Cotie, Chris Dien, Wayne England, Jason Engle, Carl Frank, Brian Hagan, Fred Hooper, Ralph Horsley, Jeremy Jarvis, David Martin, Jim Nelson, William O'Connor, Lucio Parrillo, Michael ...
The Song and Silence guidebook provides supplemental information for characters belonging to the Rogue and Bard base classes. This book contained tips for creating and playing characters of the aforementioned class, as well as a large number of prestige classes.
21 spells, including 3 new spells attributed to Tasha. [12] 36 magic items; Introducing a new type of wondrous item: magic tattoos, including 11 magical tattoo entries [3] [13] Chapter 4: Dungeon Master's Tools Expanded rules options, such as session zero guidance; Advice on parley with monsters
The Compleat Spell Caster is a supplement intended to add new material to the magic systems existing in fantasy roleplaying games. [1] The book offered variant classes for magic-users, such as mystics, necromancers, sorcerers and witches.
Joe Kushner reviewed Wizard's Spell Compendium III in 1998, in Shadis #48. [1] Kushner found the icons to denote the campaign setting of origin for a spell to be "handy reference tools which augment the speed in which a player or DM can quickly find spells from a particular world". [1]
The 1st Edition of AD&D also included a subclass of the magic-user called the illusionist, [8] which had different spell lists, different experience level tables, and slightly fewer maximum hit dice (10 instead of 11). Gnomes were also able to become illusionists, even though only humans, elves, and half-elves could become magic-users.