I am now questioning if this thread is an actual serious suggestion, or is in reality a thinly veiled attempt to snipe at another faction on the forums.
Again with the mind reading. Wildly presuming motives. Which is nothing more than a clumsy and entitled attempt to disqualify my argument. It's tiring, combative, and unnecessary.
I quote your last line because if your primary argument revolves around the existence of some bad idea and trying to use that as justification to suggest something else, you'd better at least make sure that the bad idea that you're framing your entire argument around actually EXISTS to begin with. For one, you can't hold onto a Bardic Inspiration die for 'hours', a party member can only hold it for 10 minutes maximum. And it only lasts for that long because 1) it's a class feature exclusive to Bards and not some spell that multiple classes can share and 2) it also has out of combat applications.
Even then, I can't think of anything else that exists in all of DnD that lets you hold onto a resource to use as a reaction for such a lengthy period of time (let alone something else that lets you outright give a reaction to another party member), which is probably why you've latched onto that nonexistent bardic inspiration argument. Maybe the closest thing would be Guidance, of which the Guidance bonus can be maintained for up to a minute as the caster is able to hold onto concentration.
1. Regarding ten minutes, it doesn't work that way in BG3,
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2. The point remains exactly the same that it's ridiculous to conveniently choose when to use the inspiration,
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3. Did it really take two paragraphs full of two hundred words to say the inspiration only sticks around for ten minutes?
And quite frankly, I'm pretty sure Larian has already thought about...
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So don't provide feedback because Larian already thought of it according to you?
The changes Larian did while omitting reactions were basically too many haphazardly thought out adjustments at once for them to have worked out in the long term, hence the majority of them being rolled back over the past year.
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But do provide feedback even though Larian already thought of it?
...but enough people universally complained about that to get it struck down.
Complaining works!
Unfortunately, in my observational opinion, it works for the overly loud handful of people when the vast majority, who are perfectly satisfied, tend to stay quiet.
And if you're going to rail against purists on this forum again...
1. I am not railing against purists.
2. Please refrain from the bossiness. It's not helpful. If you have children, by all means be a mother to them, not me.
Consider that we've already long since established that there aren't really any purists on this forum.
lol, no "we" have not established any such thing. The only thing that has been established is that people have different opinions.
Yet again, there's a huge gulf of difference between 'wanting certain things to be closer to the rules because they're better balanced than the new stuff' and 'wanting things to be closer to the rules because they're the rules'.
I've lived through every edition of DnD. I've heard the "balance" argument through every one. Only to see drastic changes followed by new assurances that things were delicately "balanced." Call me a cynic, but I long since came to the conclusion that most folks making that fine edge argument haven't open-mindedly explored a whole lot of other options.
