TaranTheWanderer
Legend
I like the idea of handing out a dice. I'm going to start doing that.
Changing it to 'lasts until a short rest' but 'can only have one active at a time' would be a simple solution.
I also use 'scenes'. You could say it lasts until the end of the next scene. That could be a combat, it could be the entirety of sneaking through a castle until a combat starts, it could be a full day of exploring the forest(you spend the day tracking your enemy, make a survival role. - apply bardic inspiration). It's a bit hand-wavey but it gives you an easy way to track it.
Because sometimes a roll represents a single action(a shove attempt) or sometimes it represents 10 minutes of activity (searching a room) or sometimes it represents half a day of activity (foraging for food).
re: flavour. I'm playing a poet/writer, political essayist character. He can empower writing and knows 'secret True Names' that contain power. He casts all his spells by writing words(short poems or words of Power) on paper which flares and burns as the spell consumes it.
Same thing with his inspiration. He'll write a 'warm fuzzy' on a piece of paper and hand it to the character or just shout out something that incorporates the character's name in to a fitting bit of inspirational poetry. I find the travelling musician bard to be a bit overused.
Changing it to 'lasts until a short rest' but 'can only have one active at a time' would be a simple solution.
I also use 'scenes'. You could say it lasts until the end of the next scene. That could be a combat, it could be the entirety of sneaking through a castle until a combat starts, it could be a full day of exploring the forest(you spend the day tracking your enemy, make a survival role. - apply bardic inspiration). It's a bit hand-wavey but it gives you an easy way to track it.
Because sometimes a roll represents a single action(a shove attempt) or sometimes it represents 10 minutes of activity (searching a room) or sometimes it represents half a day of activity (foraging for food).
re: flavour. I'm playing a poet/writer, political essayist character. He can empower writing and knows 'secret True Names' that contain power. He casts all his spells by writing words(short poems or words of Power) on paper which flares and burns as the spell consumes it.
Same thing with his inspiration. He'll write a 'warm fuzzy' on a piece of paper and hand it to the character or just shout out something that incorporates the character's name in to a fitting bit of inspirational poetry. I find the travelling musician bard to be a bit overused.