Bard Cantrips

Blade Ward

LEVEL Cantrip	CASTING TIME 1 Action	RANGE/AREA Self	COMPONENTS V, S
DURATION 1 Round	SCHOOL Abjuration	ATTACK/SAVE None	DAMAGE/EFFECT Combat

You extend your hand and trace a sigil of warding in the air. Until the end of your next turn, you have resistance against bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage dealt by weapon attacks.

Dancing Lights (C)

LEVEL Cantrip	CASTING TIME 1 Action	RANGE/AREA 120 ft.	COMPONENTS V, S, M*
DUARTION (C) 1 Minute	SCHOOL Evocation	ATTACK/SAVE None	DAMAGE/EFFECT Utility

You create up to four torch-sized lights within range, making them appear as torches, lanterns, or glowing orbs that hover in the air for the duration. You can also combine the four lights into one glowing vaguely humanoid form of Medium size. Whichever from you choose, each light sheds dim light in a 10-foot radius.
As a bonus action on your turn, you can move the lights up to 60 feet to a new spot within range. A light must be within 20 feet of another light created by this spell, and a light winks out if it exceeds the spell's range.
*(a bit of phosphorus or wychwood, or a glowworm)

Friends (C)

LEVEL Cantrip	CASTING TIME 1 Action	RANGE/AREA Self	COMPONENTS S, M*
DURATION (C) 1 Minute	SCHOOL Enchantment	ATTACK/SAVE None	DAMAGE/EFFECT Buff

For the duration, you have advantage on all Charisma checks directed at one creature of your choice that isn't hostile toward you. When the spell ends, the creature realizes that you used magic to influence its mood and becomes hostile toward you. A creature prone to violence might attack you. Another creature might seek retribution in other ways (at the DM's discretion), depending on the nature of your interaction with it.
*(a small amount of makeup applied to the face as this spell is cast)

Light

LEVEL Cantrip	CASTING TIME 1 Action	RANGE/AREA Touch (20 ft. circle)	COMPONENTS V, M*
DURATION 1 Hour	SCHOOL Evocation	ATTACK/SAVE DEX Save	DAMAGE/EFFECT Creation

You touch one object that is no larger than 10 feet in any dimension. Until the spell ends, the object sheds bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet. The light can be colored as you like. Completely covering the object with something opaque blocks the light. The spell ends if you cast it again or dismiss it as an action.
If you target an object held or worn by a hostile creature, that creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw to avoid the spell.
*(a firefly or phosphorescent moss)

Mage Hand

LEVEL Cantrip	CASTING TIME 1 Action	RANGE/AREA 30 ft.	COMPONENTS V, S
DURATION 1 Minute	SCHOOL Conjuration	ATTACK/SAVE None	DAMAGE/EFFECT Utility

A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose within range. The hand lasts for the duration or until you dismiss it as an action. The hand vanishes if it is ever more than 30 feet away from you or if you cast this spell again.
You can use your action to control the hand. You can use the hand to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. You can move the hand up to 30 feet each time you use it.
The hand can't attack, activate magic items, or carry more than 10 pounds.

Mending

LEVEL Cantrip	CASTING TIME 1 Minute	RANGE/AREA Touch	COMPONENTS V, S, M*
DURATION Instantaneous	SCHOOL Transmutation	ATTACK/SAVE None	DAMAGE/EFFECT Utility

This spell repairs a single break or tear in an object you touch, such as a broken chain link, two halves of a broken key, a torn cloak, or a leaking wineskin. As long as the break or tear is no larger than 1 foot in any dimension, you mend it, leaving no trace of the former damage.
This spell can physically repair a magic item or construct, but the spell can't restore magic to such an object.
*(two loadstones)

Message

LEVEL Cantrip	CASTING TIME 1 Action	RANGE/AREA 120 ft.	COMPONENTS V, S, M*
DURATION 1 Round	SCHOOL Transmutation	ATTACK/SAVE None	DAMAGE/EFFECT Communication

You point your finger toward a creature within range and whisper a message. The target (and only the target) hears the message and can reply in a whisper that only you can hear.
You can cast this spell through solid objects if you are familiar with the target and know it is beyond the barrier. Magical silence, 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood blocks the spell. The spell doesn't have to follow a straight line and can travel freely around corners or through openings.
*(a short piece of copper wire)

Minor Illusion

LEVEL Cantrip	CASTING TIME 1 Action	RANGE/AREA 30 ft. (5 ft. cube)	COMPONENTS S, M*
DURATION 1 Minute	SCHOOL Illusion	ATTACK/SAVE None	DAMAGE/EFFECT Control

You create a sound or an image of an object within range that lasts for the duration. The illusion also ends if you dismiss it as an action or cast this spell again.
If you create a sound, its volume can range from a whisper to a scream. It can be your voice, someone else's voice, a lion's roar, a beating of drums, or any other sound you choose. The sound continues unabated throughout the duration, or you can make discrete sounds at different times before the spell ends.
If you create an image of an object-such as a chair, muddy footprints, or a small chest-it must be no larger than a 5-foot cube. the image can't create sound, light, smell, or any other sensory effect. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it.
If a creature uses its action to examine the sound or image, the creature can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the illusion becomes faint to the creature.
*(a bit of fleece)

Prestidigitation

LEVEL Cantrip	CASTING TIME 1 Action	RANGE/AREA 10 ft.	COMPONENTS V, S
DURATION 1 Hour	SCHOOL Transmutation	ATTACK/SAVE None	DAMAGE/EFFECT Utility

This spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within range:

• You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd odor.
• You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.
• You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than 1 cubic foot.
• You chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material for 1 hour.
• You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour.
• You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn.

If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.

Thunderclap

LEVEL Cantrip	CASTING TIME 1 Action	RANGE/AREA 5 ft.	COMPONENTS S
DURATION Instantaneous	SCHOOL Evocation	ATTACK/SAVE CON Save	DAMAGE/EFFECT Thunder

You create a burst of thunderous sound that can be heard up to 100 feet away. Each creature within range, other than you, must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 thunder damage.
The spell's damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).

Vicious Mockery

LEVEL Cantrip	CASTING TIME 1 Action	RANGE/AREA 60 ft.	COMPONENTS V
DURATION Instantaneous	SCHOOL Enchantment	ATTACK/SAVE WIS Save	DAMAGE/EFFECT Psychic

You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within range. If the target can hear you (though it need not understand you), it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or take 1d4 psychic damage and have disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.
This spell's damage increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th level (2d4), 11th level (3d4), and 17th level (4d4).