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| summary = '''Cutting Words''' is a Reaction available to the {{Class|College of Lore}}s. This ability allows these Bards to distract and confuse their foes, potentially causing attacks to miss, or ability checks or saving throws to fail.
| summary = '''Cutting Words''' is a Reaction available to the [[College of Lore]] Bards. This ability allows these Bards to distract and confuse their foes, potentially causing attacks to miss, or ability checks or saving throws to fail.
| description = Use your wit to distract a creature and sap its confidence. It receives a {{InfoBlob|{{DieIcon|d6|Physical}}-1d6}} penalty to {{Attack Roll}}, {{Ability Check}}, or {{Saving Throw}}.
| description = Use your wit to distract a creature and sap its confidence. It receives a {{InfoBlob|{{DieIcon|d6|Physical}}-1d6}} penalty to {{Attack Roll}}, {{Ability Check}}, or {{Saving Throw}}.
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| cost = reaction, bardin
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| class learns at level 3 = College of Lore
| class learns at level 3 = College of Lore
| notes = * Unlike in D&D 5th Edition Rules, Cutting Words cannot be applied to damage rolls. However, it can be applied to Saving Throws (which is normally available only to Eloquence Bards).
| notes = * Unlike in D&D 5th Edition Rules, Cutting Words cannot be applied to damage rolls. However, it can be applied to Saving Throws (which is normally available only to Eloquence Bards).
* In most cases using this action will cause the caster to make a verbal quip or insult to the target. These remarks are fully voice acted, including for characters who don't normally have access to the action.
* In most cases using this action will cause the caster to make a verbal quip or insult the target, drawing on the same pool of dialogue options as {{SAI|Vicious Mockery}}. [[List of Vicious Mockery insults|These remarks]] are fully voice acted, including for characters who don't normally have access to the action.
| bugs = '''Cutting Words''' may target friendly characters whose failed rolls prompted the effect, as opposed to the enemy character who rolled a save
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Latest revision as of 01:03, 18 December 2024

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Cutting Words is a Reaction available to the College of Lore Bards. This ability allows these Bards to distract and confuse their foes, potentially causing attacks to miss, or ability checks or saving throws to fail.

Description

Use your wit to distract a creature and sap its confidence. It receives a D6 Physical.png-1d6 penalty to Attack roll, Ability check, or Saving throw.

Properties

Cost:
Reaction + Bardic Inspiration Charge
Details:
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

At Higher Levels

  • At Bard Level 5, the Cutting Words penalty increases to D8 Physical.png-1d8
  • At Bard Level 10, the Cutting Words penalty increases to D10 Physical.png-1d10

How to learn

Classes:

Notes

  • Unlike in D&D 5th Edition Rules, Cutting Words cannot be applied to damage rolls. However, it can be applied to Saving Throws (which is normally available only to Eloquence Bards).
  • In most cases using this action will cause the caster to make a verbal quip or insult the target, drawing on the same pool of dialogue options as Vicious Mockery Vicious Mockery. These remarks are fully voice acted, including for characters who don't normally have access to the action.

Bugs

Cutting Words may target friendly characters whose failed rolls prompted the effect, as opposed to the enemy character who rolled a save

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