D&D 5E (2024) can people give themselves Heroic inspiration with musician feat?

[lall]

Google “can you be your own ally”. AI response “Yes, you can be your own ally by practicing self-compassion.” Google: “does an ally include yourself”. AI: “No, you are not your own ally.”

It’s a pretty good feat, so many players are going to want to use it on their own characters.

 

[GMMichael]

Nobody.

I've seen enough gun fails on the interwebs to know that this guy is actually in danger.

And yes, you are your own ally. And friend. Aw!

 

[Snow Fallen]

this might be a silly thing to say
if someone already has inspiration they can give it to whoever, so if you make sure someone holds onto it you can give it to them and they'll give the spare charge to you?

 

[tombowings]

I seem to vaguely recall Jeremy Crawford saying you count as your own ally at some point. But, I don’t remember where, and I think it’s dumb, so I’m gonna go with no, you can’t inspire yourself with musician.

Crawford comes up with nonsense rulings all the time. Just look at the number of class abilities that clash with the logic of the game world.

Warlock: "I thought you were a master of the longsword."

Fighter: "That was yesterday. Today, I decided to switch. I forgot how to use the longsword quite so well and traded that expertise for mastery of the musket."

Warlock: "How?"

Fighter: "Uh...uh...I went to sleep."

I'm still waiting for him to clarify what a decent number of his rules are supposed to model.

Until then, I don't know what else to believe except that he'd uninterested in thee integrity of GMs' fantasy worlds.

 

[Charlaquin]

Crawford comes up with nonsense rulings all the time. Just look at the number of class abilities that clash with the logic of the game world.

Warlock: "I thought you were a master of the longsword."

Fighter: "That was yesterday. Today, I decided to switch. I forgot how to use the longsword quite so well and traded that expertise for mastery of the musket."

Warlock: "How?"

Fighter: "Uh...uh...I went to sleep."

I'm still waiting for him to clarify what a decent number of his rules are supposed to model.

Until then, I don't know what else to believe except that he'd uninterested in thee integrity of GMs' fantasy worlds.

Some of the language you’re using here is pretty loaded, but no, I don’t think the rules are necessarily supposed to model anything. 5e isn’t and has never really been designed under the notion that game rules’ purpose is to model anything. It has always focused more on using rules to facilitate desired play experiences, though early 5e did go to greater lengths to maintain an aesthetic of reification than post-2024 5e does.

 

[Tonguez]

I had a half-giant cleric PC who would sing battle hymns to inspire himself - so I'd allow it. You are your best ally