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Magical Secrets: how many spells a bard can take from other lists

Magical Secrets lets a D&D bard prepare spells from the cleric, druid and wizard lists from level 10 under the 2024 rules (SRD 5.2.1). It covers no cantrips. Because a bard swaps one prepared spell per level gained, a bard can hold 2 such spells at level 10 and 19 by level 20. BardRoll enforces that cap.

Magical Secrets spells allowed by bard level (2024 rules)
Bard levelMagical SecretsPrepared
10215
11416
12516
13717
14817
151018
161118
171319
181520
191721
201922
In the app
Magical Secrets2 / 2
Magical Discoveries1 / 2

Fireball

Evocation

Wizard

Spirit Guardians

Conjuration

Cleric

Moonbeam

Evocation

Druid

Fire Bolt

Evocation

WizardAlways prepared

How many Magical Secrets spells can a bard have at level 10?

2. From level 10, the new prepared spells a bard gains, and the one spell they may swap each time they gain a level, can come from the cleric, druid or wizard list as well as their own. At level 10 that adds up to 2 spells, and by level 20 it is 19 of the bard's 22 prepared spells. The table gives every level between.

Can Magical Secrets take a cantrip?

No. The feature works through the Prepared Spells column, which counts no cantrips, and a bard replaces a cantrip only from the bard list. A bard's cantrips stay bard cantrips at every level, so BardRoll's prepare screen offers other-list spells only above cantrip level.

What does a College of Lore bard get at level 6?

Magical Discoveries: 2 spells from the cleric, druid or wizard list, each a cantrip or a spell the bard has slots for. They are always prepared, they count against no budget, neither the prepared spells nor Magical Secrets, and one can be replaced each time the bard gains a level. The College of Lore is the only college in the SRD 5.2.1, which is why it is the only one BardRoll offers.

How does BardRoll count Magical Secrets?

As a third budget beside cantrips and prepared spells. The prepare screen names each spell's list, counts the other-list spells against the allowance for your level, and refuses one more once it is full. Lower your bard's level and the hand is trimmed to what that level allows. BardRoll follows the 2024 rules only.

Questions

Do Magical Secrets spells count as bard spells?
Yes. Under the 2024 rules a spell chosen through Magical Secrets counts as a bard spell for you, so it is cast with Charisma and takes a place among your prepared spells like any other. BardRoll counts it twice, once in the prepared total and once in the Magical Secrets allowance, and refuses it when either is full.
Can a bard below level 10 learn a wizard spell?
Only a College of Lore bard. From level 6, Magical Discoveries gives a Lore bard 2 spells from the cleric, druid or wizard list, always prepared. Every other bard waits for Magical Secrets at level 10. A spell on both lists, such as Sleep, is a bard spell already and needs neither feature.

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