Improved Bardic Inspiration (class action)

This article is about the class action granted by Alfira. For the passive feature gained by Bards at higher level, see Improved Bardic Inspiration (passive feature). For other uses, see Improved Bardic Inspiration (disambiguation).

Improved Bardic Inspiration is a class action that can be granted by  Alfira if she survives to Act Two. This ability allows a Bard to inspire their allies just like  Bardic Inspiration except the die is always +1d12 and can be used once per Long Rest without requiring a resource.

Description

Inspire an ally to go beyond their capabilities with your performance. They can add a +1d12 bonus to their next  Attack roll,  Ability check, or  Saving throw.

Properties

Cost

 Bonus Action

Details

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Targets: 1 ally that does not already have  Bardic Inspiration

 Recharge: Long rest

Technical details

UID

Target_SCE_TieflingFollowup_BardicInspiration

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Condition: Improved Bardic Inspiration

 Improved Bardic Inspiration

Duration: Until Long rest

• Can use  Bardic Inspiration to add a +1d12 bonus to the next Attack roll, Ability check, or Saving throw.

Grants:

•  Improved Bardic Inspiration: Attack Roll or Ability Check (Toggleable passive feature): Add a +1d12 bonus to your next Attack roll or Ability Check
•  Improved Bardic Inspiration: Saving Throw (Toggleable passive feature): Add a +1d12 bonus to your next Saving throw
•  Bardic Defence (Reaction): +1d6 bonus to the next Saving throw
•  Bardic Attack (Reaction): +1d6 bonus to the next Attack roll

How to learn

Other ways to learn:

• This class action is only gained if  Alfira survives to the end of Act Two, and the talking party member agrees to perform with her for the tiefling kids inside the throne room of Moonrise Towers.
  • Alfira must not be told to give up being a Bard when met in the Emerald Grove in Act One.
  • The talking party member must also be a Bard.
  • Multiple Bards in the party can acquire the ability by talking to Alfira one after another.

Notes

• As this effect triggers via a toggled passive rather than a  Reaction, the player has less control over when and how this bonus is used. For example, the bonus to Saving Throws is immediately expended the first time an affected character is targeted by any attack or ability (whether friendly or hostile), rather than only on a hostile attack or ability in which the Saving Throw bonus might prevent or mitigate an incoming effect.
• Internally, this class action is referred to in developer comments as Shining Dawn, a possible reference to her song in Act One which is called Weeping Dawn.

Bugs

• Due to a coding error, this condition also grants the Bardic Inspiration resource and reactions of a d6 Bardic Inspiration. Using one of the reactions expends the Bardic Inspiration charge but does not remove the Improved Bardic Inspiration condition, leaving non-bard characters with an empty, nonreplenishable Bardic Inspiration charge slot until the condition ends.