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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7961282" data-attributes="member: 37579">The catch is that's still not much. A 5th level bard will be lucky to have 18 Charisma and use their Inspiration/ Words of Power four times between rests. If you have three combats, that's once per combat with a spare use. It's something you'll use once at the start of an encounter and then skip the remainder of the fight.It's a neat boost, but it's not defining your character. And as a bonus action, you're still doing something else most of the time as your one big thing, be it casting a non-bardic spell or making a poor attack with a secondary stat. The Lore bard is the bard that spends their action casting spells, and the Valour bard is the bard that spends their action stabbing. But the default bard needs to add some other active action power for all bards. If adding a Words of Power system, it probably needs to be additive. Something that takes your action but only lasts for a round, so you can swap it up each round. This could be more cantrips, or something the same power as cantrips gained as a bonus, relying on the action economy and limited turns per combat for balance.</blockquote>