I just watched a YT video earlier today that went through the math needed to determine the probability of the median score for a regular d20 and rolling a d20 with advantage. I had heard it was about 5 points better, but this is an illusion and the real average result of d20 with advantage was about 13.83. Five better would be 10.5 + 5 = 15.5, so that was not so close. But this put into perspective how epic bardic Inspiration really is.
Starting out with a Charisma Score of 16, a bard gets to hand out 1d6 3x per long rest. So with Bardic Inspiration, that same d20 roll would become 10.5 + 3.5 = 14, which is better than advantage and you get to hand out three of these by using a bonus action. That's pretty great.
Later you get Font of Wisdom and now you're handing out Bardic Inspiration so many times per short rest. My DM didn't know much about Lore Bards when we began playing. When I started using Cutting Words with my Charisma = 18 Bard (4x) per short rest, it made the Rogue practically unhittable unless they dog piled him. Now I could only do that once per round as a Reaction, but when he was going up against the Big Bad Ldr of the current gang we were facing off against and the Big Bad couldn't land a big hit, only the minions, the DM got pissed. Now admittedly, our Rogue got himself dog piled often, and there's only so much a Bard can do, but when it was working it was awesome. And of course, the bardic Inspiration die jumps to a d8 at level 5, so now its epic-epic.
At level 8 my bard had a Charisma of 20 and was able to throw out 5x Bardic Inspirations (d8) per short or long rest. I could even give a Bardic Inspiration as a Bonus Action and also use Cutting Words as a Reaction to use two in a single turn. Well, when you play a bard you begin to see these die usually turn the battle results for your side. Combine that with Cast a Spell as an Action, and nobody could say my bard wasn't making a difference in combat.
Anyway, I just wanted to share that a single Bardic Inspiration Die of d6 will create a result better than rolling with advantage, statistically.
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I just watched a YT video earlier today that went through the math needed to determine the probability of the median score for a regular d20 and rolling a d20 with advantage. I had heard it was about 5 points better, but this is an illusion and the real average result of d20 with advantage was about 13.83. Five better would be 10.5 + 5 = 15.5, so that was not so close. But this put into perspective how epic bardic Inspiration really is.
Starting out with a Charisma Score of 16, a bard gets to hand out 1d6 3x per long rest. So with Bardic Inspiration, that same d20 roll would become 10.5 + 3.5 = 14, which is better than advantage and you get to hand out three of these by using a bonus action. That's pretty great.
Later you get Font of Wisdom and now you're handing out Bardic Inspiration so many times per short rest. My DM didn't know much about Lore Bards when we began playing. When I started using Cutting Words with my Charisma = 18 Bard (4x) per short rest, it made the Rogue practically unhittable unless they dog piled him. Now I could only do that once per round as a Reaction, but when he was going up against the Big Bad Ldr of the current gang we were facing off against and the Big Bad couldn't land a big hit, only the minions, the DM got pissed. Now admittedly, our Rogue got himself dog piled often, and there's only so much a Bard can do, but when it was working it was awesome. And of course, the bardic Inspiration die jumps to a d8 at level 5, so now its epic-epic.
At level 8 my bard had a Charisma of 20 and was able to throw out 5x Bardic Inspirations (d8) per short or long rest. I could even give a Bardic Inspiration as a Bonus Action and also use Cutting Words as a Reaction to use two in a single turn. Well, when you play a bard you begin to see these die usually turn the battle results for your side. Combine that with Cast a Spell as an Action, and nobody could say my bard wasn't making a difference in combat.
Anyway, I just wanted to share that a single Bardic Inspiration Die of d6 will create a result better than rolling with advantage, statistically.
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt