Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Bug report : bardic inspiration

So i don't know exactly how to bug report in game, therefore i post here.
There's a recurrent bug with bardic inspiration, only happening since i got level 5. I can no longer bardic inspiration the same character twice, or this happen and the reaction system for bardic inspiration doesn't activate anymore.

You can also see bardic inspiration among her buffs in the left corner.



Hope this feedback might help !
Thanks for the amazing game, lahrian.

Happened to me as well. Couldn't use another Bardic Inspiration on that character and it also no longer showed up in Reactions menu.

Bumping this topic to say i've made another campaign, this time with a spellcaster party, including another Valor Bard.
Once again, same issue once i reached level 5.

Definitely sounds worth sending your save file and a bug report directly to Larian. You can do this via the “Feedback” option on the launcher or at https://larian.com/support/baldur-s-gate-3#modal, and attach a zipped version of the folder containing the save and its associated thumbnail.

[by design] can't be cast on YOURSELF

i have 3 Bard runs under my belt so far [starting a 4th now] and this has not happened yet but i play single player and you are effectively playing 3-4X multiplayer... if you fire up a normal [not modded or hacked] single player Bard does it still play up?

Thank you for your help !
Indeed, i do/did not know how to give feedback.

I'd like to attach my save file to the feedback, just like you said, however i can't find it in my BG3-local files folder. Where do i have look into ?


I am aware Bard can't cast it on themself, but in the screenshots, it's respectively a barbarian, and a cleric. Yet the game seems to believe otherwise.

I haven't done single player campaign for a while.
Origins characters ability-score-spread are too under-optimized for my taste (aside from Shadowheart who is alright since Larian changed her spread, tho her subclass is best in specific comp), not to mention a lot of classes are not available yet for them.

I could attempt a single player Bard run, but it would take me some time to reach level 5 (which is when the bug occured for me, in both campaign).
Did you pick College of Valor subclass, by the way ?

i like lore, my first Bard was valor and i didn't care for it but that was a while ago and my last two Bards are lore which i have double checked still work fine at level 5... my current run just started is evil halfling valor ... ill check again when she reaches level 5

my point about not self casting is the trick you used to play 3X your own characters means [as far as game code is concerned] you are trying to cast on yourself when casting on your own party because they are all copies of you

you can test this senario by fighting one of the battles where you get allies like the druid grove or saving the druid boss... i'll willing to bet you can cast bardic inspiration on them more than once?

For me, savegames are in:

C:\Users\[MyUserID]\AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames\Story

Errr, not for me apparently >.<

Thanks for help 'tho!

Ohhh, i understand your point now, that might be it indeed .

Alright, when i'm done with my current spellcaster campaign (2Cleric/1Warlock/1Sorcerer), i might just do a single-player Bard campaign to see if there is still issue or not.
Thanks for the hint (^_^)

That screenshot seems to be for “LarianStudios” rather than “Larian Studios”. I have both so you might have too: not sure if the former might have been a holdover from a previous patch or another Larian game.

it also looks like a share folder

Oh you are right, there is another one named "Larian Studios".
I found it, and the saves files along with it !

Thanks a bunch =D

Alright, i have an answer now.
I did try a single player bard game (+Lae'Zel / Shadowheart / Gale), and once i reach level 5... Tadaaa !





... Same bug.
You can see it being greyed out on Lae'Zel, which shouldn't happen, and you can also see it is not in the reaction system anymore.

interesting
if you goto her reactions and set only one [say combat] then cast your Bard reaction again does it still lock up the same?

I do not understand [say combat]. There is valiant attack, valiant defense, and valiant damage.
If i disable everything except [valiant attack], the exact same situation occur.

Ok can I ask what benefit you see from having more then 1 bard inspiration active?

When I first read your post I had it as you cast inspertion / used it/ then couldn't cast it on that person again ... Casting a bard inspertion on someone that already has it sounds like a waist

The graphic animation is still around Lae'Zel, but she did not have it anymore. Do not let that confuse you.
Lae'Zel used her bardic inspiration right before the video started (which is why her extra attack + GWM bonus attack are both ready : she killed a redcap).

Her bardic inspiration tooltip greyed out instead of disappearing (when it works properly, instead it disappear once used).
You can also see a red 'arrow' on the reaction system meaning "out of ressource" (again, when it works properly, instead it disappear from the reaction system once used).

If you watch the video, you will see that despite refreshing bardic inspiration on Lae'Zel, her tooltip remains greyed out. For color comparaison, on my bard at 0:09 it is yellow.
Also, as you can see at the end of the video, Lae'Zel does not benefit from bardic inspiration during her attack.

- Even more strange - As you can see at 0:29, once bardic inspiration was refreshed on Lae'Zel, not only [Valiant Defense] [Valiant Attack] [Valiant Damage] all disappeared from the reaction system, but the tooltip in the middle is STILL greyed out.

Do you want me to make another video to clarify what confuses you ?

i'll test my bard when she hits level 5... until then its just guess work but the vid helps, thanks for clearing things up

Ok i figured it out.

Its only getting bugged from valor bard and only after lvl 5.
If i used 1d8 to improve my attack it was fine and working as intended.
But if i used it to improve my damage or improve my savings or my armor its bugged. I could fix it if i was long resting.
But if i try to inspire the same character agan the it became broken forever.
Also after lvl 5 the bonus for skill improve is unlimited and its not removing the inspired effect.