Combat Inspiration

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Combat Inspiration is a Class Feature available to  College of Valours. This ability is an enhanced version of Bardic Inspiration that adds the ability to increase the target's armour class and damage.

See also: Bardic Inspiration, the base ability available to non-Valour Bards

Description

Inspire an ally to add a +1d6 bonus to their next Attack roll, Ability check, Saving throw, weapon damage, or  Armour Class.

Properties

Cost:

Bonus action + Bardic Inspiration Charge

Details:

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

At Higher Levels

When the College of Valour Bard reaches Level 5, the bonus increases to +1d8

When the College of Valour Bard reaches Level 10, the bonus increases to +1d10

Condition: Combat Inspiration

 Combat Inspiration

Duration: Until Long rest

• Can use their Bardic Inspiration to add a +1d6 bonus to their next Attack roll, Ability check, or Saving throw.
• They can also choose a +1d6 bonus to the damage their next weapon attack deals, or to their  Armour Class for one attack.
• Bonus depends on the originating Bard's level.

Grants:

•  Valiant Roll (Toggleable Passive Feature): +1d6 bonus to the next Ability check
•  Valiant Defence (Reaction): +1d6 bonus to the next Saving throw or bonus to  Armour Class for the next attack
•  Valiant Attack (Reaction): +1d6 bonus to the next Attack roll
•  Valiant Damage (Reaction): +1d6 bonus damage to the next Weapon Attack

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: College of Valour

Notes

• When the recipient of Combat Inspiration expends the granted Bardic Inspiration Charge on Valiant Damage or Valiant Defense, the buff will not get removed. This leaves a non-functional, lingering buff that prevents Combat Inspiration from being reapplied until it is somehow removed.
  • A workaround to this is to use Valiant Roll which will correctly remove Combat Inspiration. This works even after you have expended the Bardic Inspiration Charge. The most readily accessible way to do this is to enable Valiant Roll and  Shove anything.
  • This bug only occurs with the upgraded +1d8 and +1d10 variants of Combat Inspiration. The base version works correctly.
  • On the other hand, this bug can work in your favor. If you apply Combat Inspiration to another Bard, the recipient can continue to use Valiant Damage on each attack without having to reapply the buff until they run out of Bardic Inspiration Charges.