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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8131433" data-attributes="member: 72555">Sure!  But in my opinion Actor doesn't do enough.  I mean, why not go all the way to Inspiring Actor, which is Actor + Inspiring Leader fused.With Actor, in many D&D games you'll be like "well that was a waste".  Meanwhile, you'll use "Inspiring Actor" in every D&D game.  Inspiring Actor is still not commensurable with +2 to an attack stat.One of the original core plans of 5e was that feats would be bigger and meatier.  Actor is relatively narrow in my estimation.  In the area where it applies, it has a bit of mechanical heft.  The last point of Actor honestly sucks; to me, it reads like a classic "nerf by making a feature cost something".Barring Actor, anyone could mimic the speech or sounds of another creature.  And if you did that, you'd be using your ability to talk to decieve someone; so you'd be making a Charisma(Deception) check.  You'd be opposed by ... a Wisdom(Insight) check (or maybe (Perception)).The mechanics it describes match what you might do if you didn't have the feat at all.  All the feat does is say how a typical DM might adjudicate it, and by existing, says that people who don't have this feat should be worse at this task than someone who has this feat.If the feat said "you can flawlessly mimic the voice and sounds of creatures you have the anatomy to duplicate; managing the volume of a dragon roar would be beyond most humanoid lungs." then at least it wouldn't be "give permission for what you could do anyway".Inspiring PerformerYou have mastered mimicry, dramatics and inspiring speeches.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You have an advantage on Charisma (Deception) and Charisma (Performance) checks when trying to pass yourself off as a different person.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can mimic the speech sounds of another person or the sounds made by other creatures flawlessly, up to the limits of your biology; mimicking the volume of a dragon roar is beyond most humanoid lungs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can spend 10 minutes inspiring your companions.  Any friendly creature who listens to you over this 10 minutes gains temporary HP equal to your charisma bonus plus your level.  A creature cannot gain temporary HP this way again until they complete a short or long rest.</li> </ul>Maybe tune down the temporary HP slightly, but not much; compare with the "Chef" feat.</blockquote>

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