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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 7057100" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya!The Bard isn't "broken"...the DM is. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Player: "I'll cast Dancing Lights with my flute as a focus, as usual. Oh, and I'm going to use Bardic Action to help out".DM: "Ok, you start playing your flute. It's a happy little ditty that evokes images of dancing faerries over a calm lake, with small little bursts of energy. Everyone in your group smiles as they remember the song you've regaled them with many times before. Some of the orcs follow the lights down the corridor to your left where you cast them, thinking the lights are more of you guys".Player: "Hah! Oh, as they go down the corridor I'll use Cutting Words on the last one"DM: "Hmmm....ok, the tune takes a surprise turn, with a whaaaaauuu... whaauuu, whaaaaahhhh... whaaaaaaaa sort of 'fail song' that you hear on game show's nowadays when someone fails. The last orc understands the tones and shoots your a sharp gaze. He's not impressed and stops, turning around. The others continue on following the lights".There. Bard "fixed". You're welcome. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />As I said...rules aren't broken...DM is. Yes, there are some combinations of things that happen in the game due to RAW. And, as I've said in another thread, when RAW just isn't going to work, casually take off the RAW glasses, reach over, and put on the RAI glasses. Then re-read the rules. Adjudicate as necessary.^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

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