BT1 Spells Database

BT1 Spells database is provided to help you plan your adventure and to help along the way as a reference. Check the Target data for spell ranges. Search and quickly access the Cant for the spell you need. Spell descriptions available in short and long form.

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A Bards Tale Spells

With 86 spells split between Conjurer, Magician, Sorcerer, Wizard, and Bard classes, your journey in mastering the arcane is a long one. Click or Tap on the Spell Row for more details.

Conjurer Spells

Level	Cant	Translation	Cost	Timing	Target	Duration	Description	Details	KEYWORDS
1	MAFL	Mage Flame	2 SP	Anytime	Party	Medium	Light (3 squares)	A small, mobile "torch" will appear, and float above the spell caster as he travels (lasts 10-14 hours).	Buff
1	ARFI	Arc Fire	3 SP	Combat	Foe	Instant	1d4 damage	A fan of blue flames will shoot from the spell caster's fingers, doing 1-4 hits of damage per level to a selected opponent.	Damage
1	SOSH	Sorcerer Shield	3 SP	Combat	Caster	Combat	AC-1	The mage is protected by an invisible "shield" of magic, that turns aside many blows that would otherwise hit him.	Buff
1	TRZP	Trap Zap	2 SP	Non-Combat	Forward 30'	Instant	Disarm traps	This spell will disarm any trap within thirty feet, in the direction the party is facing. It will also disarm traps on chests.
2	FRFO	Freeze Foes	3 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Combat	AC+1	This spell binds your enemies with magical force, slowing their movements and making them easier to hit.
2	MACO	Kiel's Magic Compass	3 SP	Anytime	Party	Medium	Show direction	A compass of shimmering magelight appears above the party, telling the direction they face (lasts 10-14 hours).	Buff
2	BASK	Battleskill	4 SP	Combat	Character	Combat	ToHit/Damage+4	This spell increases one of your party member's skill with weapons, increasing the accuracy and ferocity of his attacks.	Buff
2	WOHL	Word of Healing	4 SP	Anytime	Character	Instant	HP+2d4	With the utterance of a single word the spell caster can cure a party member of minor wounds, healing 2-8 points of damage.	Heal
3	MAST	Arcyne's Magestar	5 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Instant	Lose combat turn	A bright flare will ignite in front of a group of your enemies, temporarily blinding them and causing them to miss the next combat round.	Control
3	LERE	Lesser Revelation	5 SP	Anytime	Party	Long	Light (4 squares); Reveal secrets	This is an extended "Mage Flame" spell which also reveals secret doors (lasts 15-19 hours).	Buff
3	LEVI	Levitation	4 SP	Anytime	Party	Short	Float over traps and up portals	Partially negates the effect of gravity on the party, causing them to float over traps or up through portals (lasts 5-8 hours).	Buff
3	WAST	Warstrike	5 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Instant	4d4 damage	Causes a spray of energy to spring from the caster's extended finger, sizzling a group of opponents for 4-16 hits damage.	Damage
4	INWO	Elik's Instant Wolf	6 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Wolf	With this spell the caster can make a real wolf appear and join the party, fighting in its defense.	Summon
4	FLRE	Flesh Restore	6 SP	Anytime	Character	Instant	HP+6d4; Cure poison, nuts	This powerful healing spell will restore 6-24 hit points to a party member and cure poisoning and insanity.	Heal Cure
4	POST	Poison Strike	6 SP	Combat	Foe	Instant	Causes "Poison" condition	This spell hurls porcupine-sharp needles from the mage's finger into a selected monster, poisoning it.
5	GRRE	Greater Revelation	7 SP	Anytime	Party	Long	Light (5 squares); Reveal secrets	This spell functions like "Lesser Revelation" spell, only it illuminates a wider area (lasts 15-19 hours).	Buff
5	WROV	Wrath of Valhalla	7 SP	Combat	Character	Combat	ToHit/Damage+10	Makes a member of your party fight with the strength and accuracy of ancient Norse heroes for the entire combat.	Buff
5	SHSP	Shock Sphere	7 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Instant	8d4 damage	A large globe of intense electrical energy envelops a group of enemies, doing 8-32 hits of damage.	Damage
6	INOG	Elik's Instant Ogre	9 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Ogre	This incantation will cause a real ogre to appear and join the party.	Summon
6	MALE	Major Levitation	8 SP	Anytime	Party	Indefinite	Float over traps and up portals	This will make the party levitate as does the level 3 spell, but its effects will last until dispelled.	Buff
7	FLAN	Flesh Anew	12 SP	Anytime	Party	Instant	HP+6d4; Cure poison, nuts	This spell behaves like the "Flesh Restore" spell, except that it will affect every member of the party.	Heal Cure
7	APAR	Apport Arcane	15 SP	Non-Combat	Party	Instant	Change location	Allows the party to teleport anywhere within a dungeon, except for places protected by teleportation shields.

Magician Spells

Level	Cant	Translation	Cost	Timing	Target	Duration	Description	Details	KEYWORDS
1	VOPL	Vorpal Plating	3 SP	Combat	Character	Combat	Damage+2d4	This spell causes the weapon (or hands) of a party member to be covered with a magical field, which causes him to do an additional 2-8 points of damage.	Buff
1	AIAR	Air Armor	3 SP	Combat	Caster	Combat	AC-1	This spell will make the air around the spell caster to bind itself into a weightless suit of "armor."	Buff
1	STLI	Sabhar's Steelight Spell	2 SP	Anytime	Party	Short	Light (3 squares)	Causes all metal near the party to glow with magical light, illuminating the surrounding area (lasts 5-8 hours).	Buff
1	SCSI	Scry Site	2 SP	Non-Combat	Party	Instant	Show location	The walls themselves will speak, under direction of this spell, revealing to the spell caster his location in the labyrinth.
2	HOWA	Holy Water	4 SP	Combat	Foe	Instant	6d4 damage to undead	A spray of water will emanate from the mage's fingers, doing 6-24 points of damage to any undead foe (e.g. skeleton, zombie, vampire)	Damage
2	WIST	Wither Strike	5 SP	Combat	Foe	Instant	Causes "Old" condition	Any foe at whom this spell is cast is likely to be turned old, thus reducing his ability to attack and defend in combat.
2	MAGA	Mage Gauntlets	5 SP	Combat	Character	Combat	Damage+4d4	Makes a party member's hands (or weapons) more deadly, adding 4-16 points of damage to every wound he inflicts.	Buff
2	AREN	Area Enchant	5 SP	Anytime	Special	Short	Locate stairways	This spell will cause the dungeon walls within thirty feet of a stairway to call out, if the party is traveling toward it (lasts 5-8 hours).
3	MYSH	Ybarra's Mystic Shield	6 SP	Anytime	Party	Medium	AC-2	The air in front of the party will bind itself into metallic hardness and will accompany the party when it moves, as a sort of invisible "shield" (lasts 10-14 hours).	Buff
3	OGST	Oscon's Ogre Strength	6 SP	Combat	Character	Combat	ToHit/Damage+7	Allows a member of your party to damage monsters as if he were as incredibly strong as an ogre.	Buff
3	MIMI	Mithril Might	7 SP	Combat	Party	Combat	AC-3	Increases the armor protection of each party member by enhancing their armor's natural strength by magic.	Buff
3	STFL	Starflare	6 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Instant	6d4 damage	The air surrounding a group of your enemies will instantly ignite, causing them to be burnt for 6 to 24 damage points.	Damage
4	SPTO	Spectre Touch	8 SP	Combat	Foe	Instant	12d4 damage	This spell will drain a single enemy of 12 to 48 points of damage, as if touched by a spectre.
4	DRBR	Dragon Breath	7 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Instant	8d4 damage	Allows the mage to breathe fire at a group of foes, doing 8 to 32 points of damage to each.	Damage
4	STSI	Sabhar's Stonelight Spell	7 SP	Anytime	Party	Medium	Light (5 squares); Reveal secrets	Makes all stone and earth within range of the party glow with magical light, revealing even secret doors (lasts 10-14 hours).	Buff
5	ANMA	Anti-Magic	8 SP	Combat	Party	Combat	Magic Resist+2	Causes the ground to absorb a portion of the magical energies cast at the party, frequently allowing the members to escape all damage. Also aids in disbelieving illusions and in turning back magical fire, like a dragon's breath.	Buff
5	ANSW	Aker's Animated Sword	8 SP	Combat	Special	Combat	Summon Joe the Sword	A magical sword will appear and fight like a summoned monster in defense of the party.	Summon
5	STTO	Stone Touch	8 SP	Combat	Foe	Instant	Cause "Stone" condition	This spell will often turn an enemy to stone, or a stone monster from living stone to dead stone. But it doesn't always work.
6	PHDO	Phase Door	9 SP	Non-Combat	Special	One Move	Allow passage through wall	This incantation will alter the structure of almost any wall directly in front of the party, turning it to air for exactly 1 move.
6	YMCA	Ybarra's Mystical Coat of Armor	10 SP	Anytime	Party	Indefinite	AC-2	Causes an effect like "Air Armor" to cover every member of the party, lasting indefinitely.	Buff
7	REST	Restoration	12 SP	Anytime	Party	Instant	Heal all HP; Cure poison, nuts	Makes all wounds disappear as your entire party is reforged into unflawed bodies. Also cures poisoning and insanity.	Heal Cure
7	DEST	Deathstrike	14 SP	Combat	Foe	Instant	Kill enemy	This incantation is very likely to kill one selected enemy, big or small.	Damage

Sorcerer Spells

Level	Cant	Translation	Cost	Timing	Target	Duration	Description	Details	KEYWORDS
1	MIJA	Mangar's Mind Jab	3 SP	Combat	Foe	Instant	2d4 damage	The mage casts a concentrated blast of psychic energy at one opponent doing 2-8 hits of damage for each experience level of the mage.	Damage
1	PHBL	Phase Blur	2 SP	Combat	Party	Combat	AC-1	The entire party will seem to waver and blur in the sight of the monsters, making the party very difficult to strike.	Buff
1	LOTR	Locate Traps	2 SP	Anytime	30 Feet	Short	Detect traps	In a state of magically-heightened awareness, the spell caster will be able to sense a trap within thirty feet, if he faces it (lasts 5-8 hours).	Buff
1	HYIM	Hypnotic Image	3 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Instant	Prevent attacks	If successfully cast, this spell will make a group of your enemies miss the following attack round.	Control
2	DISB	Disbelief	4 SP	Combat	Party	Instant	Dispel illusions	This spell will reveal the true of any illusion attacking the party, causing it to instantly vanish.
2	TADU	Target-Dummy	4 SP	Combat	Special	Combat	Summon Dummy Illusion	A magical illusion appears in the party's special slot. Unable to attack, it will serve to draw enemy attacks to himself.	Summon
2	MIFI	Mangar's Mind Fist	4 SP	Combat	Foe	Instant	3d4 damage	A higher power "Mind Jab," does 3-12 hits of damage to one foe, times the experience level of the mage.	Damage
2	FEAR	Word of Fear	4 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Combat	ToHit/Damage-1	This incantation will make a group of your enemies shake in fear, reducing their ability to attack and do damage.
3	WIWO	Wind Wolf	5 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Wolf Illusion	This spell creates an illusionary wolf to join the party. This and other illusions are only effective as long as an enemy "believes" them. Depending on power and location, the monster may see through the illusion, and cause it to vanish.	Summon
3	VANI	Kylearan's Vanishing Spell	6 SP	Combat	Caster	Combat	AC-5	The mage casting this spell will turn nearly invisible in the eyes of his enemies, who will have great difficulty in striking him.	Buff
3	SESI	Second Sight	6 SP	Anytime	Special	Medium	Detect special areas	The mage will experience heightened awareness and be able to sense stairways, special encounters, spell negation zones, and other unusual occurrences (lasts 10-14 hours).	Buff
3	CURS	Curse	5 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Combat	ToHit/Damage-3	Causes a group of your enemies to fear you greatly, lessening their morale and their ability to hit and damage you.
4	CAEY	Cat Eyes	7 SP	Anytime	Party	Indefinite	Light (5 squares)	The member's of the mage's party will all receive perfect night-vision, which will last indefinitely.	Buff
4	WIWA	Wind Warrior	6 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Mercenary Illusion	This spell will create the illusion of a battle-ready warrior that joins your party.	Summon
4	INVI	Kylearan's Invisibility Spell	7 SP	Combat	Party	Combat	AC-4	This invocation will perform a Vanishing Spell on the entire party.	Buff
5	WIOG	Wind Ogre	7 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Ogre Illusion	This spell will create the illusion of an ogre, which will accompany and fight with your party.	Summon
5	DIIL	Disrupt Illusion	8 SP	Combat	Party	Combat	Dispel illusions and dopplegangers	This spell will destroy any illusion fighting the party, and any new illusions created later in the combat. It will also point out any dopplegangers in the party.
5	MIBL	Mangar's Mind Blade	10 SP	Combat	All Foes	Instant	10d4 damage	A sharp explosion of psychic energy that inflicts 10-40 hits to each and every enemy you face.	Damage
6	WIDR	Wind Dragon	10 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Red Dragon Illusion	This incantation will create an illusionary red dragon to fight with your party.	Summon
6	MIWP	Mind Warp	9 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Instant	Causes "Nuts" condition	This spell will make a member of your party go totally insane. Useful for possessions.
7	WIGI	Wind Giant	12 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Storm Giant Illusion	This spell will create an illusionary storm giant, to join with, and fight for, your party.	Summon
7	SOSI	Sorcerer Sight	11 SP	Anytime	30 Feet	Indefinite	Detect special areas	This spell functions the same as the "second sight", but it will last indefinitely.	Buff

Wizard Spells

Level	Cant	Translation	Cost	Timing	Target	Duration	Description	Details	KEYWORDS
1	SUDE	Summon Dead	6 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Zombie or Skeleton	This will gate into our universe a zombie or skeleton to fight for the party.	Summon
1	REDE	Repel Dead	4 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Instant	16d5 damage to undead	This spell will do 16 to 80 points of damage to a group of undead creatures.	Damage
2	LESU	Lesser Summoning	8 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Lesser Demon	This spell will gate into our universe a lower power elemental or demon, who will (under protest) join the party.	Summon
2	DEBA	Demon Bane	8 SP	Combat	Foe	Instant	32d4 damage to demon	This spell will do 32 to 128 points of damage to a single demon. The power to summon is the power to destroy.	Damage
3	SUPH	Summon Phantom	10 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Ghoul or Wraith	This spell will bring a medium level undead creature into the party.	Summon
3	DISP	Dispossess	10 SP	Anytime	Character	Instant	Cure "Possessed" condition	This spell will make any possessed party member to his normal state.	Cure
4	PRSU	Prime Summoning	12 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Demon	This spell gates in a medium level elemental or demon, to fight with the party.	Summon
4	ANDE	Animate Dead	11 SP	Anytime	Character	Instant	Allow dead character to fight	Gives a dead character undead strength, making him attack your enemies as though he were truly alive.
5	SPBI	Baylor's Spell Bind	14 SP	Combat	Foe	Instant	Causes "possessed" condition	This spell if successful possesses the mind of any enemy, forcing him to join your party and fight in its defense.
5	DMST	Demon Strike	14 SP	Combat	Foe Group	Instant	32d4 damage to demons	This spell works like Demon Bane, but it will affect an entire group of demons.	Damage
6	SPSP	Spell Spirit	15 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Lich or Spectre	This spell will gate in a higher-level undead creature to fight for the party.	Summon
6	BEDE	Beyond Death	18 SP	Anytime	Character	Instant	Cure "Dead" condition	This spell will restore life and one hit point to a character.	Cure
7	GRSU	Greater Summoning	22 SP	Anytime	Special	Instant	Summon Demon Lord or Greater Demon	This spell will gate a greater demon into our universe and bind him to the party.	Summon

Bard Songs

Level	Name	Timing	Target	Duration	Description	Details	KEYWORDS
1	Falkentyne's Fury	Anytime	Party	Short	Increase melee damage	This tune increases the damage your party will do in combat, by driving them into a berserker rage (lasts 3 hours).	Buff
1	The Seeker's Ballad	Anytime	Party	Short	Light (3 squares); Increase to-hit	This song will produce light when exploring, and during combat it will increase the party's chance of hitting a foe with a weapon (lasts 3 hours).	Buff
1	Wayland's Watch	Anytime	All Foes	Short	Reduce damage	This song will soothe your savage foes, making them do less damage in combat (lasts 3 hours).
1	Badh'r Kilnfest	Anytime	Party	Short	Restore HP	This is an ancient Elven melody, which will heal the Bard's wounds during traveling (1 HP every 15 minutes), and heal the party's wounds during combat (1 HP every round) (lasts 3 hours).	Heal
1	The Traveller's Tune	Anytime	All Foes	Short	Reduce to-hit	This melody makes the members of your party more dexterous and agile, and thus more difficult to hit (lasts 3 hours).	Buff
1	Lucklaran	Anytime	Party	Short	Increase spell defense	This song sets up a partial "anti-magic" field, which gives party members some increased protection against spell casting (lasts 3 hours).	Buff

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How to obtain a copy of this game

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