Bard and Organic Monster?

[EagleHunter]

If Bard can sing will they be able to make a forest come alive? A tree monster? Plants, animal, etc to do your bidding?

[Persk1760]

That would be awesome!
Is that compatible with DnD 5th edition, can't say however.

[Membi]

Woah. That was a huge jump in logic/wish 😆

Yes, bards can sing in the game but as far as I know, they don't have any special powers over nature and mostly their spell list is arcane, not divine like the Druids.

[seandeven]

The bards get their own spell lists. Bards are arcane casters sure, but they also get some spells that are on the Druids list like Speak with Animals, Animal Messenger and Animal Friendship. The bardsong sort of 'enthralls' humanoids in a close area easier for a pickpocket to work the crowd

[EagleHunter]

Messaggio originale di Persk1760:

That would be awesome!
Is that compatible with DnD 5th edition, can't say however.

HERE WE GO! THRE MORE


Name CR Speed Size Type Alignment
Abúhukü 1 40 ft., climb 40 ft. Medium monstrosity chaotic evil
Acid Bird 1/2 10 ft., fly 60 ft. Small monstrosity unaligned
Acid Bug 1 30 ft., fly 30 ft. Small beast unaligned
Actaeon 13 40 ft. (50 ft. in stag form) Large fey lawful good
Adult Cobalt Dragon 15 40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft. Huge dragon lawful good
Adult Orange Dragon 16 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft. Huge dragon chaotic evil
Adult Yellow Dragon 14 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft. Huge dragon chaotic evil
Ahool 5 25 ft., fly 60 ft. Medium monstrosity unaligned
Al-Mi'raj 1/4 40 ft., burrow 15 ft. Small beast unaligned
Amphisbaena 3 30 ft., swim 30 ft. Large monstrosity unaligned
Ancient Cobalt Dragon 22 40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft. Gargantuan dragon lawful good
Ancient Orange Dragon 23 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft. Gargantuan dragon chaotic evil
Ancient Stag Centaur (Guardian Stagtaur) 14 50 ft. Large fey neutral good
Ancient Yellow Dragon 21 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft. Gargantuan dragon chaotic evil
Angler Frog 1/4 30 ft., climb 30 ft., swim 30 ft. Medium beast unaligned
Ape Zombie 1 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Medium undead neutral evil
Arcane Archer 3 35 ft. Medium humanoid any alignment
Armored Goblin 1/2 30 ft. Small humanoid neutral evil
Armored Troll 8 30 ft. Large giant chaotic evil
Armoured Giant Bear 8 50 ft., climb 30 ft., swim 30 ft. Huge beast neutral good
Arrowplant 1/8 5 ft. Small plant unaligned
Artemion 4 40 ft. Large monstrosity chaotic evil
Awakened Rainbow Shrub 10 50 ft., burrow 30 ft., swim 30 ft. Small plant chaotic good
Aware Wolf 1/4 40 ft. Medium beast chaotic evil
Baku 5 40 ft. Large fey neutral good (95%) or neutral (5%)
Barbarian 1/4 30 ft. Medium humanoid any alignment
Battle Master 3 30 ft. Medium humanoid any alignment
Berserker Wolf 5 50 ft. Large beast unaligned
Bili Ape 2 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Medium monstrosity neutral evil
Black Ape 2 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Large monstrosity chaotic evil
Black Orc 3 30 ft. Medium humanoid lawful evil
Blackthorn 8 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Huge plant any chaotic alignment
Bladesinger 6 30 ft., or 40 ft. during Bladesong Medium humanoid any alignment
Blight Tree 3 15 ft. Large plant neutral evil
Blood Boar 4 40 ft. Large beast unaligned
Bonecrusher 7 40 ft. Large undead lawful evil
Bouda 4 40 ft. Medium monstrosity chaotic evil
Bounty Hunter 3 30 ft. Medium humanoid any alignment
Bowman 1/4 30 ft. Medium humanoid any alignment
Brain Mole 1/8 15 ft., burrow 15 ft. Tiny monstrosity unaligned
Brown Bear Zombie 1 30 ft., climb 20 ft. Large undead neutral evil
Bugbear Curser 2 30 ft. Medium humanoid chaotic evil
Bugbear Doomclaw 10 30 ft. Medium humanoid chaotic evil
Bugbear Elite Warrior 8 30 ft. Large humanoid chaotic evil
Bugbear Hammerer 2 30 ft. Medium humanoid chaotic evil
Bugbear Savage 18 40 ft. Medium humanoid chaotic evil
Bugbear Shaman 3 30 ft. Medium humanoid chaotic evil
Bugbear Vileclaw 4 30 ft. Medium humanoid chaotic evil
Canyon Viper 1 30 ft., swim 20 ft. Medium beast unaligned
Capybara 1/2 30 ft., swim 25 ft. Small beast unaligned
Carbon Giant 8 45 ft., burrow 30 ft. Huge giant chaotic good
Carbon Titan 16 45 ft., burrow 30 ft. Gargantuan giant chaotic good
Cavigog 5 20 ft. Large monstrosity chaotic evil
Centripetal 1/4 15 ft. Small plant unaligned
Ceryneian Deer 6 80 ft. Large monstrosity unaligned
Chameleonfolk 1/2 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Medium humanoid neutral
Chitik 1/2 30 ft. Small humanoid chaotic neutral
Chitik Cavalier 2 30 ft. Small humanoid chaotic neutral
Chloromancer 3 30 ft. Medium humanoid any alignment
Cinder Hag 5 30 ft. Medium fey chaotic evil
Cobalt Dragon Wyrmling 2 30 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 60 ft. Medium dragon lawful good
Couatl Diamondscale 13 30 ft., fly 90 ft. Medium celestial lawful good
Couatl Scorned 4 30 ft., 90 ft. Medium undead chaotic evil
Daggerfish 1/2 5 ft., swim 40 ft. Small beast unaligned
Death's Head Tree 8 0 ft. Huge plant neutral evil
Deathbloom 8 15 ft., climb 25 ft. Large plant unaligned
Deathvine 2 5 ft. Large plant unaligned
Delver 1 30 ft., burrow 20 ft., swim 20 ft. Small monstrosity chaotic neutral
Devil Cat 1 40 ft. Large beast unaligned
Devilroot 7 30 ft. Medium plant neutral evil
Dingonek 6 40 ft., swim 50 ft. Large monstrosity neutral evil
Dire Bear 5 40 ft., climb 40 ft. Large beast unaligned
Dire Werefox 4 30 ft. (50 ft., burrow 20 ft. in fox form) Medium humanoid chaotic neutral
Dokufu 22 50 ft., burrow 50 ft., climb 50 ft. Gargantuan fiend neutral evil
Doom Cobra 3 40 ft., swim 40 ft. Huge beast unaligned
Dragon Frog 4 20 ft., fly 30 ft., swim 40 ft. Large dragon neutral
Dragonfly 2 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover) Medium dragon neutral
Drakeling 0 20 ft., fly 40 ft. Tiny beast unaligned
Dread Bat 2 20 ft., fly 60 ft. Large beast unaligned
Dread Oni 11 30 ft., fly 30 ft. Large giant lawful evil
Dread Rat 1 30 ft. Large beast unaligned
Dread Saurian 16 40 ft. Gargantuan monstrosity unaligned
Dugnutt 2 20 ft. Small humanoid neutral good
Eldritch Knight 3 30 ft. Medium humanoid any alignment
Elf 1/4 30 ft. Medium humanoid any alignment
Empowered Orc 5 30 ft. Medium humanoid chaotic evil
Ettercap, Variant 3 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Medium monstrosity neutral evil
Excremental 1/2 20 ft. Large elemental unaligned
Excremini 1/8 15 ft. Small elemental unaligned
Fairy of Life 0 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover) Tiny fey neutral good
Fairy of Navigation 0 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover) Tiny fey lawful good
Forest Avenger 3 30 ft. Medium plant neutral
Gargantuan Ancient Bear 16 50 ft., climb 30 ft., swim 30 ft. Gargantuan beast neutral good
Gargantuan Awakened 4 45 ft. Gargantuan plant unaligned
Geovishap 7 20 ft. Large dragon unaligned
Giant Ant 1/4 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Medium beast unaligned
Giant Ant Soldier 2 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Large beast unaligned
Giant Badger Skeleton 1/2 30 ft., burrow 10 ft. Medium undead lawful evil
Giant Bear 9 50 ft., climb 30 ft., swim 30 ft. Huge beast neutral good
Giant Butterfly 1 10 ft., fly 60 ft. Medium beast unaligned
Giant Caterpillar 1/8 30 ft. Small beast unaligned
Giant Dragonfly 1/2 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover) Medium beast unaligned
Giant Flytrap 10 15 ft. Large plant unaligned
Giant Fox 1 40 ft. Large beast unaligned
Giant Mantis 3 30 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 40 ft. Large beast unaligned
Giant Rabbit 1/2 40 ft., burrow 20 ft. Large beast neutral good
Giant Rat Skeleton 1/4 30 ft. Small undead lawful evil
Giant Sloth 1/4 20 ft., climb 20 ft. Medium beast unaligned
Giant Spider Wasp 4 30 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 60 ft. Large beast unaligned
Giant Stag Beetle 2 30 ft., fly 10 ft. Large beast unaligned
Giant Tiger 5 50 ft. Huge beast neutral
Gloom Stalker 5 30 ft. Medium humanoid any alignment
Gnoll Greater Pack Lord 5 30 ft. Medium humanoid chaotic evil
Gnoll Mummy 4 40 ft. Medium undead lawful evil
Gnoll Soul Feaster 3 30 ft. Medium humanoid chaotic evil
Gobbol 1 30 ft. Small humanoid chaotic evil
Goblin Alchemist 1/2 30 ft. Small humanoid neutral evil
Goblin Creeper 16 30 ft. Small humanoid neutral evil
Goblin Defender 1/2 30 ft. Small humanoid neutral evil
Goblin Hunter 1 30 ft. Small humanoid neutral evil
Goblin Lowwayman 1 30 ft. Small humanoid neutral evil
Goblin Outrider 2 30 ft. Small humanoid neutral evil
Goblin Romancist

[EagleHunter]

Messaggio originale di c.evald85:

Woah. That was a huge jump in logic/wish 😆

Yes, bards can sing in the game but as far as I know, they don't have any special powers over nature and mostly their spell list is arcane, not divine like the Druids.

Maybe could be the elves of any spell caster that can summon these things?

[Cirrus]

Messaggio originale di EagleHunter:

If Bard can sing will they be able to make a forest come alive? A tree monster? Plants, animal, etc to do your bidding?

If I eat at mcdonalds tonight will you kill your mother?

It is hard to see correlation between singing and forest coming alive or mcdonalds and your mother.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Just check the Bard spell list on D&D Beyond (Google "D&D 5e Bard Spell List" and it should be the top result).

I don't recall off the top of my head whether Bard's get any of the Druid's nature spells or not (like Entangle, Plant Growth, etc.) but they might have a couple. While Bard's tend to have a spell list focused on the Arcane, they do draw a little bit from everywhere, and later on they get a Bard class feature that let's them choose spells from any spell list in the game, so regardless of what their base spell list is, the answer is ultimately yes: they can take some nature based spells regardless.

[The Seraph of Tomorrow]

Messaggio originale di EagleHunter:

If Bard can sing will they be able to make a forest come alive? A tree monster? Plants, animal, etc to do your bidding?

Keep in mind 5e is what this game is based on..... so don't expect anything cool or interesting from the spell system. Just copy-paste versions of the same boring 5e spells.

If they had instead gone 3.5e with the magic system that'd be actually interesting.

[GrandMajora]

Paladins and Clerics both got a nature themed subclass for them. Wouldn't surprise me to see somebody eventually come up with a forest themed Bard at some point.