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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harzel" data-source="post: 7830783" data-attributes="member: 6857506">There are two things bundled here that I would separate.  One is the 'burst' of inspiration/guidance notion; that seems like a good narrative reason for allowing the inspiration/guidance to be applied regardless of the duration of the task.  The other is the notion that when a character is 'likely to fail', they will be aware of that and that the player knowing the d20 roll is a good model for that.Ok, now a weird thing has just happened to me.  When I started the last sentence of the previous paragraph, I thought I was about to argue against, e.g., the bard being allowed to grant inspiration after the d20 roll.  However, if one embraces the 'burst of inspiration' notion and justifies the RAW 'player can see the d20 roll before using inspiration' as 'character suspects they are failing and seeks extraordinary assistance', then disallowing the bard granting inspiration after the d20 roll would mean drawing a distinction between the character doing the task suspecting they were failing and the bard suspecting they were failing.  Provided that the fictional situation is such that the bard and the other character can communicate, that seems like a fine line to be drawing (particularly in a cooperative, group-oriented game).Two things here.  First, the PH says this about Bardic Inspiration.Disclosing DCs renders the second clause moot, which to me means this contravenes RAW.  That's fine, but seems like it should be acknowledged.Second, your 'solution' to guidance spamming shows misunderstanding of the dislike for it (in a way that, frankly, seems almost willful).  The issue is not the image of the cleric wandering about constantly muttering under their breath requesting a minor divine intercession (although that's eye-rolling by itself), nor is it the actual rolling of d4s; it's having a d4 added to every. single. ability. check.  Being able to check whether you actually needed the boost before rolling the extra die is completely irrelevant (and actually probably just complicates the process by adding a decision point).</blockquote>

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