Bardic Inspiration

[GavinRuneblade]

Got a secret
Can you keep it?
Swear this one you'll save
Better lock it, in your pocket
Taking this one to the grave
If I show you then I know you
Won't tell what I said
'Cause two can keep a secret
If one of them is dead!

[Myrdin Potter]

It is standard 5e rules to not use the ability unless you know the roll. Shield spell, for example, you do after the roll.

In theory, you are not supposed to know if the ability hits or not, but if you know the roll most players can take a pretty accurate guess, so the exact hit or miss message is not that important.

Fighter - Battlemaster dice work the same way. So Bardic Inspiration is not really any different or more powerful than any other similar ability.

Bards cannot do it unlimited times, it is a shame to make them waste it.

[Johnny Opie]

Bards cannot do it unlimited times, it is a shame to make them waste it.

... or make it cumbersome to play. I agree whole-heartedly.

[JennyRB]

Add a power and call it Bardic Inspiration (in both names). Then go to the tab net to the power group and add how many uses the set it to rest. Almost forgotten add a effect by left clicking on the power.
This link will help. though it dose not show how to input the dice it only have a / <---this in the coding part, but I'll figure that out some how.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...Tf9oQ2YzU/edit

[AlchemicalAgent]

Almost forgotten add a effect by left clicking on the power.

What I ended up doing in my campaign is setting up a custom effect under the Power called "Bardic Inspiration" with a duration of 10 min. The bard can drag the effect to whatever character he's giving insp. and they'll have 10 min to use it. The downside is you then need to roll a die manually to modify whatever roll you're targeting, but I'm not sure how else you can do it when they're not required to use the roll immediately. I also have current effects set to show by the character name when their turn comes around so it's a nice reminder that they have inspiration to spend.