"This is piddling poppycock from the likes of one who has never tangled with a true monster, such as a mighty Sphinx. This 'Esper' fellow calls himself a bard, yet I have not heard his songs sung in any halfway-decent establishment in all of Drekkengrim. I, Carderock Hawkness, hereby open a challenge to a bardly duel of word and wit. He knows where to find me should he accept. The prize shall be a wager. One thousand pieces of purest gold to the winner. The loser shall be thrown to the Sphinx of the old stones east of Grennedoa, I say. Then we will see if a monster truly struggles to pass a victim's sword... Have at thee! Oh, or are you a coward, who would stay in your tower, composing line after line of "narrated adventures" to entertain a loyal following on some magical moving-picture viewing platform within the web of the Æther? Well, have at the nonetheless, if your words be indeed half-sharp and your cittern half-tuned..." (Great stuff as always. Maybe the next narrated adventure will be a tie in to your recent maps?)
Carderock Hawkness One day drunken and frockless Did traipse a step too far And stumbled into a roc's nest He soiled his tights with a turd Upon beholding the monstrous bird "That doesn't squawk a roc! I'll bite your head off!" Was the last he ever heard
I can imagine playing a Bard who constantly says bold and empowering things, even in the most mundane of circumstances. "Please pass the butter." "I roll to pass the butter." "Not so fast! I give you Bardic Inspiration! My friend, today we secure our presence in the great books of history!" "You pass the butter with panache."
2nd use: "There is no greater companion than you. Besides Ultor of course" 3rd use: "There is no greater companion than you. Besides Ultor and Istignia of course" 4th use: "You are my lowest ranking companion. Go change my mind."
There's a category i think you're missing here, calming/grim/chilling. I say this as i'm running a bard who's more about keeping the party mellow and under control and i end up saying things like: "We've been through worse, this is just another day." "Breathe, stay calm and focus, your (spells/ammo type) will always hit their mark." "Remember how far you've come, do you really want this to be the end?" "Everything is fellable, even monsters." "Now is not the time to fear death, that will only serve to cause you panic." "Think of the joy we will share after all of this is through." "If you falter don't worry, we have your back." Ect ect, anyways though i should chip in because this whole subtype of bard i feel is really great and underused.
Yeah I'm the same type of bard in my group. We didn't have a healer for the first like 6 months, so I really took on that role, and it affected my character pretty heavily into going on in a.... how should I put it... in a parental direction? But either way, my Tabaxi Bard has been pretty caring towards his companions, and I feel these are the most likely to be used phrases-- though I do like the humorous and heartening ones haha
I’d also like to say that the bloodthirsty, menacing bard type doesn’t get used enough either. “Detest the enemy before you; turn that hatred into power, AND UNLEASH IT!” “Kill them however you want. Run wild to your heart’s content!” “We’re surrounded. They can’t get away now!” “‘Stop fighting already?’ I’m sorry, but we don’t have enough supplies to take you all prisoner.” “Unfortunately for you, we’re not averse to senseless killing.” “Move and I’ll shoot! Wait, I messed up. Shoot and I’ll move, in a flash.” “They’re like animals, so kill them like animals.” “The strong should protect the weak, for the meek shall inherit the earth. On that day, who then shall protect the strong?” “They chose this; give them what they want.” “You attacked us. You know what that means, right? That anything we do to you is just ‘self-defense.’ Heheheheh...HAHAHAHAHAHA!” “KILL THOSE DUMB SONS OF BITCHES!” “These are cannons. Light the fuses and don’t stop until they’re all _dead!”_ “What do you call a murder with no witnesses? A statistic.” “‘I chooseth this fate of my own free will.’ That was the agreement. Were you wrong?” “Suffer not the unclean to live!” And etc.
>be me Tiefling Bard who plays maracas >be not me rogue, fighter and sorcerer, everyone playing for the first time except for dm >rogue wants to enter alone into the misterious place where he would probably will be eaten. >ask my dm if i can cast prestidigitation to flavor an entire person. >dm let me do that >i shake my maracas >"At least if you get eaten they will not enjoy you"
I once played with this goth girl once. She wanted to be a poet bard. I had no problem with that medieval music was actually reciting poetry to music. She played her bard as a suffering artist and wold quote Edgar Allan Poe poetry for her spells.
@@aaronbarringer4913 Close, their kinda Broken in 5e but still fun to play, usually running a blue or black Dragon Born for Lightning or acid breath. Not to mention feats like flying, natural armor, claw and bite attacks, bonus to strength etc...
@@samuelcrow4701 Close, their kinda Broken in 5e but still fun to play, usually running a blue or black Dragon Born for Lightning or acid breath. Not to mention feats like flying, natural armor, claw and bite attacks, bonus to strength etc...
"Bold of you to assume you can be killed." "Your intelligence may be low, but your strength more than makes up for it!" "You're doing amazing, sweetie!" "Win this battle, and I'll guy you a pint! And maybe a cookie if you make it entertaining."
**playing a custom campaign where we have to stop a mad wizard from merging all the planes together and deleting everything from existence** "I wouldn't worry; if we fail, there won't be a world left to blame us."
My favorite is a classic "Go get em tiger!" with a nice slap on the butt as a direction, also works for heroism, enhance ability even cure wounds; if they're not unconscious.
"The taste of victory shall be sweet as divine honey... can you taste it?" Has potential to be heart breaking if the bard sacrifices himself for example
NOOOOOOO! You just made me imagine my dear bard sacrificing himself to protect a team member, falling to the ground, coughing up blood, and looking at them with a last bittersweet smile. Worst thing: he'd totally do that.
Started playing as a bard-necromancer recently, been inspiring party members with something like: "Go! And don't worry, I'll make sure that the death wouldn't stop you"... And by that I mean that I will provide healing if needed... At least I mean it most of the time... Yeah...
@@andrewdanis5067 my Bard would interlace some other encouragements in there too. Like "You're the best, around. Nothing's gonna ever keep you down." To answer your question: yes, I was playing my Bard as a giant reference machine.
Bear Grills which German joke?? There are quite a few good ones about them during the war. Or do you mean a joke told by the Germans? I haven’t heard any of the jokes they were telling.
@@Im-Not-a-Dog i mean the world's funniest joke, written by an english comedian, that's so incredibly funny that if you hear it you literally die if laughter. It was translated one word at a time by various different translators into german to be used during the war effort, so that allied troops could say it in german to the nazis making them die of laughter without also suffering from it as they didn't speak german. It was much better than the pre war joke by neville chamberlain.
"The songs of your victory shall be my masterpiece! Now, fight!" "You inspire me, allow me to return the favor." "We all stand witness to your glory!" "Look at them quake in your presence, show them why they are right to fear you!" "If you pull this off, I'll buy your ale for a month!" "We didn't come this far to give up, we're here to win!" "I think you'd look much more heroic with that [monster] on the end of your sword." "Go on, show them all how it's done!" "Show them that we will not go quietly!" "I will always vouch for how amazing you were when we recount this moment." And of course: "Don't believe in yourself. Believe in ME! Believe in in the [me] who believes in you!"
@@MrBizteck I used this one for a college of swords bard that i had modeled from Cicero of Skyrim. " ooooooooo goodie! More frowning faces! Worry not for soon you shall receive a crimson smile!
@@BrianWalker93 well sorry but you are in fact wrong. i came up with the OP just now and that is a quote from me from a game i played. i dont think ive ever seen jhin from league sorry but hey he sounds interesting
“These nightmarish creatures can be felled! They can be beaten!„ “Seize this momentum! Push on to the task's end!„ “Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.„
"A Moment of Valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair" "Anger is power, unleash it!" "Press this advantage, give them no quarter!" "Many fall in the face of chaos, but not this one. Not today"
The humorous phrases don't feel inspiring to me. They feel more like throw away, action heroes quips. The one exception, and my favourite in the video, "There is no sweeter music than the screams of our enemies. Now go compose!" My bard will definitely be using that one during our next game.
I love how a lot of these can easily be combined, Like all of the comedy ones being made so much better for invigorating someone if you add one of the ones from the previous two sections.
Well, I'd go with some classics in such a case "I fart in your general direction!" "Your father smelt of elderberries!" “What are you gonna do, bleed on me?”
One of my personal favorites that happened with my bard was to a hag. "You were more cunning while you were human!" my logic was to smack her in the vanity (it worked)
Zealtoy and harsh version(i usually like to put these in they are from commissars in 40k and they form a bard military person I want to play and some of them i had my rouge trader shout) "you do not have my permission to die" "take heart for my faith is bottomless" "glory to the first man that dies" "strike true" "we are his worthy weapons (insert deity or ruler)" "we've have not been given leave to doubt" "we are the dukes of our destiny bestowed victory by our(deity/ruler)" "take heart there is glory in our pain" "draw strength form me who shall never retreat." "not one step back, we hold this ground through all!" "your order is to make war upon the enemy go to-" "Faster harder meaner better!" "your wounds means nothing stand" "you die on my command not before" "watch the power of my zeal" "brace for a blast(or impact)" "fall back here without doubt or fear" "we shall fight here to the last" "no doubt no fear!" hard one to use straight so I put it in and you whom care can find a solution "be like general Tarsus of yours bulletproof and free of fear!" "do i need to die to prove my faith and fearlessness to you lots" etc
Here's a good one: "Look what I can do!" *does clearly fake removing own thumb gag* "If I, a humble bard, can do such a thing, how much more can you, a mighty warrior, do?"
What fortuitous timing. Starting a new campaign in two weeks. I intend to play as a "Skald". The DM said we start at 5th level. So I created a savage 3rd bard, 2nd level barbarian, 1st level fighter character. The DM has yet to get back with me on if he will allow me to play as half-giant, so for now he is a Goliath. Essentially imagine a big motherfucker with drums charging at you while singing the song of his people.
@@glasswolf2061 I forgot I even made this joke... and that campaign went up in smoke. Really disappointed that my fighter Barbarian bard didn't get utilized. It was going to be using the Dark Sun module. I really wanted to play that and curse of strahd but I can't get a group that can keep their Collective s*** together.
You can bet I'll use these translated to spanish for my new Lore Bard in our campain. In character's pompous voice: "It will always hurt, an humiliation, But it'd surely ache more with a bit of inspiration"
I have about 31 or so Good character ideas and about 1 total dnd games played in My life. One i want to play is a Guy who makes passionate speeches about the inherit value of life "If i Rob and kill a blacksmith, i might be able to buy a sword. If i save the life of a blacksmith, i can get the finest swords they can muster, and at a discount" And he was gonna be a fighter.... ..... maybe a class change is in order
Fun fact about "Death" You refere it as an "Him" but in post-latin languages it would be an "her" The whole depiction of death itself is reliant on language ever come to think about it? Great vid btw
I'm using all of these for my bard. She doesn't sing anymore (convoluted backstory bs) but she has undying loyalty to her friends and these are, for lack of a better term, inspirational.
God, the heartening category is too wholesome for my table. I once saw someone get bardic inspiration after the bard yelled "Could you not miss this time?" and the recipient went apeshit.
4:06 Hey! Cool to see one of my paintings in your video! I am far from being among the best D&D artists out there, and some of my pieces are cringe-worthy to me now, but I had fun working on it all those years ago! I still like that particular piece a fair amount, though I see things in it now that I would do differently. That character was described to me as wearing all kinds of mismatched, clashing clothing, and being carefree due to having unnaturally good luck. It was a fun one!
Love the video, though quick note on how you ended the video- you could’ve made a well placed pun about hoping the you video gave us.. inspiration for future characters or rp situations
I've actually played a meme dnd. Shrek, Pepsiman, and John Cena fighting McDonalds, Jake and Logan Paul, and Behind the meme. Cena went super Saiyan and Trump dropped a wall on the normies
@@beargrills3508 it was Homebrew, but the idea was based off the artificer wizard. Normal Pepsi healed, cherry increases initiative mid combat, coffee gave action surge, fire deals AoE, ice slows speed and removes reaction, and most powerful of all: crystal Pepsi can turn back time.
@@wetzel4806 perfection. Though could only pepsi man use them or could he give them to his allies? I imagine john cena with action surge would go quite well.
I feel like one could also use the Emperor's quote from Disney's animated Mulan in the inspiration line. "A wise man once said 'No Matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it'. BE that mountain."
"I say it's better to light your foe on fire and let him do the cursing," That one's my favorite followed by the one after it, at 4:57, those are my two favorite.
Imo the best phrase I've ever uttered as a bard was "Very few will have their names remembered through the ages but shall we fall upon the field of battle our names and deeds will be told, sung and praised for eternity. Let us claim what is rightfully ours. Immortality."
I've been playing a bard (first time playing d&d) and my DM had been having me actually play songs for inspirations, I've been writing and playing rhyming couplets about me party and playing accordion to accompany it.
This may be our last stand. Let us make it a memorable one. When you can't dispense justice, dispense vengeance! We don't do it for the glory! We do it for the money! They say the gods are on the side of the biggest battalions. Defeating today's overwhelming odds will make that a lie! Death is but a dreamless sleep. Now make your sword sing a lullaby! Ask not what the party can do for you, but what you can do for the party!
I know it's not D&D but this gave me some inspiration for my Arch Militant in a game of Rogue Trader I'm in when effectively leading our retinue of armsmen.
- covers Daniel Fisher's ears - Sorry about that Mark, we don't want this Barbarian to rage... He's not so good with the numbers... - takes his hands away - There you go, Big Guy! I set this pleb straight for you... Oh look, it's a gold... The house of Lady Favors loves a big man who slings gold...
I've been planning to play my first game for a couple months now and, after seeing this video, I think I've decided. I definitely want to play a chaotic neutral bard with a persona similar to the "humorous" one here. 👍🏼🙏🏼
Yeeeees these are so awesome. I just started D and D and am in my first campaign. I usually tell some joke in m bard voice and character style when I play. I cant wait to find a good moment to use one of these.
Started a dnd game last wk. Fiancee never played dnd before just seven seas and other things like it. So our friend convinced her to try a bard since she wanted to make a character based off a league of legends she enjoys. She didn't want to do anything musical. So since it's her first game/character I decided to be alittle nice and decided that she can play a dancing bard no music or poetry. She made a gypsy bell dancer, bells and tiny cymbels, flowy costume and all. It is weirdly enjoyable. She hasn't used bardic inspiration yet (she forgot about it) but I feel like its going to be hilarious considering how the party all ready reacts to his performances.
"This is piddling poppycock from the likes of one who has never tangled with a true monster, such as a mighty Sphinx. This 'Esper' fellow calls himself a bard, yet I have not heard his songs sung in any halfway-decent establishment in all of Drekkengrim. I, Carderock Hawkness, hereby open a challenge to a bardly duel of word and wit. He knows where to find me should he accept. The prize shall be a wager. One thousand pieces of purest gold to the winner. The loser shall be thrown to the Sphinx of the old stones east of Grennedoa, I say. Then we will see if a monster truly struggles to pass a victim's sword... Have at thee!
Oh, or are you a coward, who would stay in your tower, composing line after line of "narrated adventures" to entertain a loyal following on some magical moving-picture viewing platform within the web of the Æther? Well, have at the nonetheless, if your words be indeed half-sharp and your cittern half-tuned..."
(Great stuff as always. Maybe the next narrated adventure will be a tie in to your recent maps?)
Carderock Hawkness
One day drunken and frockless
Did traipse a step too far
And stumbled into a roc's nest
He soiled his tights with a turd
Upon beholding the monstrous bird
"That doesn't squawk a roc! I'll bite your head off!"
Was the last he ever heard
I like y'all...
....y'all are funny
@@esperthebard excuse me but what is the picture with the magician with the rapier called and where did you find it?
😂 Im picturing a bard v bard medieval rap battle of the ages... you guys just blew my mind xD
was this a quote from somewhere
“You may die, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”
- Lord Farquuad
amazing
You laugh now, but you've never had your entire party obliterated by an ogre, a red dragon, and a donkey.
@@tomskeleton talking donkey good sir
**YES**
t h a n k y o u
If you don't believe in yourself, then believe in me who believes in you!
That's a good one.
Help me to help you to help him lol
what anime is this from
aw shoot, gurren lagann, i'm slow! kamina is one swole bard out there, huh
ROW ROW, FIGHT THE POWER
One I came up with off the top of the video. "All the world's a stage. Let's make sure your play isn't a comedy."
"All the world's a stage. Let's keep this a comedy, not a tragedy."
"The world's a stage. Let's make your tale a comedy and their's a tragedy."
You stole that from Alistair
@@borklazer5907 "All our lives are plays and yours is a tragedy/comedy" I cast Viscous Mockery
@@stanleyyoung6233 bro his line is a rip from fucking Shakespeare: "All the worlds a stage, men and women the players"
I can imagine playing a Bard who constantly says bold and empowering things, even in the most mundane of circumstances.
"Please pass the butter."
"I roll to pass the butter."
"Not so fast! I give you Bardic Inspiration! My friend, today we secure our presence in the great books of history!"
"You pass the butter with panache."
*Bard sings the halo theme during the pass of the butter*
i absolutely neeeeeeed more examples!!
"It doesn't matter who's right. It matters who's left."
_woah that got deep for a sec_
Well, there exist a saying, "History is written by the victors" for a reason... ;)
Bard: "There is no greater companion than you."
Rest of Party: "Oh, well then..."
Many encounters later, after it has been said to the rest of the party...
"I mean, he's a nice guy, but I don't trust his compliments anymore"
@@HelimChimera repeatable npc frazes... but said by player... huh
2nd use: "There is no greater companion than you. Besides Ultor of course"
3rd use: "There is no greater companion than you. Besides Ultor and Istignia of course"
4th use: "You are my lowest ranking companion. Go change my mind."
Bard: "There is no greater companion than you."
The female target of his inspiration: "So you say i am FAT...?
"Hello! His name is Inigo Montoya, you killed his father! Prepare to Die!"
How does this not have all the likes already?
I can imagine a Bard with a cartoony Hypnotism medal thing, "Your name is Inigo Montoya, he killed your father, he should prepare to die."
"Hello! His name is Inigo Montoya, you killed his father! Prepare to Die!"
I Now have the idea to make inigo in dnd
@@samuelcrow4701 Either Vengance Paladin or Fighter + Rogue.
There's a category i think you're missing here, calming/grim/chilling. I say this as i'm running a bard who's more about keeping the party mellow and under control
and i end up saying things like:
"We've been through worse, this is just another day."
"Breathe, stay calm and focus, your (spells/ammo type) will always hit their mark."
"Remember how far you've come, do you really want this to be the end?"
"Everything is fellable, even monsters."
"Now is not the time to fear death, that will only serve to cause you panic."
"Think of the joy we will share after all of this is through."
"If you falter don't worry, we have your back."
Ect ect, anyways though i should chip in because this whole subtype of bard i feel is really great and underused.
Yeah I'm the same type of bard in my group. We didn't have a healer for the first like 6 months, so I really took on that role, and it affected my character pretty heavily into going on in a.... how should I put it... in a parental direction? But either way, my Tabaxi Bard has been pretty caring towards his companions, and I feel these are the most likely to be used phrases-- though I do like the humorous and heartening ones haha
This dude didn't go to the college of glamor, he went to the college that gives you 100k in student loans.
these fit pretty well into the heartening category
All of those lines are cheesy at best.
I’d also like to say that the bloodthirsty, menacing bard type doesn’t get used enough either.
“Detest the enemy before you; turn that hatred into power, AND UNLEASH IT!”
“Kill them however you want. Run wild to your heart’s content!”
“We’re surrounded. They can’t get away now!”
“‘Stop fighting already?’ I’m sorry, but we don’t have enough supplies to take you all prisoner.”
“Unfortunately for you, we’re not averse to senseless killing.”
“Move and I’ll shoot! Wait, I messed up. Shoot and I’ll move, in a flash.”
“They’re like animals, so kill them like animals.”
“The strong should protect the weak, for the meek shall inherit the earth. On that day, who then shall protect the strong?”
“They chose this; give them what they want.”
“You attacked us. You know what that means, right? That anything we do to you is just ‘self-defense.’ Heheheheh...HAHAHAHAHAHA!”
“KILL THOSE DUMB SONS OF BITCHES!”
“These are cannons. Light the fuses and don’t stop until they’re all _dead!”_
“What do you call a murder with no witnesses? A statistic.”
“‘I chooseth this fate of my own free will.’ That was the agreement. Were you wrong?”
“Suffer not the unclean to live!”
And etc.
>be me Tiefling Bard who plays maracas
>be not me rogue, fighter and sorcerer, everyone playing for the first time except for dm
>rogue wants to enter alone into the misterious place where he would probably will be eaten.
>ask my dm if i can cast prestidigitation to flavor an entire person.
>dm let me do that
>i shake my maracas
>"At least if you get eaten they will not enjoy you"
Lucas Zinovoy I’m just picturing a tall, intimidating looking Tiefling slowing reveal a pair of maracas and it’s making me laugh uncontrollably
Mattie Sheldon LMAO YOU SASS WITH THE BEAT OF MARACAS
Lol my first ever dnd character is a tiefling bard XD
Be me: High school German teacher bard that plays DragonForce on his bagpipes
@@gyrozeppeli4862 well that sounds terrifying😂
Or be me: 15 years old Hungarian archer
Your succes Shall be all our success.
*Soviet anthem Starts playing*
*Sounds like communist propaganda but ok*
@@jedwell9531 it's a Joke.
"Hesitate not, my comrade! Onward!"
@@limedragon3962 HUNGER ONLY FEEDS THE SOUL!
@@derdork3233 thats a meme too
I once played with this goth girl once. She wanted to be a poet bard. I had no problem with that medieval music was actually reciting poetry to music.
She played her bard as a suffering artist and wold quote Edgar Allan Poe poetry for her spells.
That's badass
Sounds like she would get along well with Trevor from Beneath Pale Man's Grave
Alright, now all we need is a Bard who plays Green day to inspire his allies.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S HILARIOUS!!
What about Disturbed songs
This is awesome. Please do a "Vicious mockery" insult phrases video for the bards!
One of the best that I've ever heard is "And you know what? I didn't really dig the sauce."
👏You ugly, 👏you ugly, 👏your momma says you ugly
@@kaelsfan1940 you so ugly yo mama was not at yo birth.
Of all the foes I have faced, you are surely the most pathetic.
@@kaelsfan1940 Scanlan for the win!
My groups Bard: "YOUR STRENGTH IS A DRAGONS ROAR!"
(Me)Dragonborn:
Fus Ro Dah?
This is funnier than it has any right to be, well played
@@aaronbarringer4913 Close, their kinda Broken in 5e but still fun to play, usually running a blue or black Dragon Born for Lightning or acid breath. Not to mention feats like flying, natural armor, claw and bite attacks, bonus to strength etc...
@@minigamer1967 WAIT DND HAS DOVAKIN HOLY HECCCC
@@samuelcrow4701 Close, their kinda Broken in 5e but still fun to play, usually running a blue or black Dragon Born for Lightning or acid breath. Not to mention feats like flying, natural armor, claw and bite attacks, bonus to strength etc...
**uses bardic inspiration**
Mercy voice: HEROES NEVER DIE
"YOU'RE POWERED UP, GET IN THERE!"
“I FEEL...POWERFUL!”
"Bold of you to assume you can be killed."
"Your intelligence may be low, but your strength more than makes up for it!"
"You're doing amazing, sweetie!"
"Win this battle, and I'll guy you a pint! And maybe a cookie if you make it entertaining."
Barbarian: FOR THE COOKIES!!
*one shots monster*
@@jaegercat6702 This seems like the exact phrase Grog would say before rushing off to face the BBEG.
@@jaegercat6702 Me as... Both honestly
**playing a custom campaign where we have to stop a mad wizard from merging all the planes together and deleting everything from existence**
"I wouldn't worry; if we fail, there won't be a world left to blame us."
I mean, this IS encouraging
That is true
W o a h
@@ST0ATI feel so much power coursing through my body
When I was playing, I forgot Bardic Inspiration wasn't a physical object.
I yelled, "Hey Cleric, catch!"
And threw my bardic inspiration die at her.
Senzu bean!!!
Jonathan Kowatch
OHH, THATS A GOOD IDEA.
I DIDNT THINK OF THAT.
My favorite is a classic "Go get em tiger!" with a nice slap on the butt as a direction, also works for heroism, enhance ability even cure wounds; if they're not unconscious.
Oh my god I'm so using this on my parties tabaxi monk.
Being the only halfling in a mostly human party, I technically HAD to smack someone on the butt to heal him, once. It was a good session
"The taste of victory shall be sweet as divine honey... can you taste it?" Has potential to be heart breaking if the bard sacrifices himself for example
Ohhh, that is brutal.
NOOOOOOO! You just made me imagine my dear bard sacrificing himself to protect a team member, falling to the ground, coughing up blood, and looking at them with a last bittersweet smile. Worst thing: he'd totally do that.
"There are brave men outside those walls... let's go kill them" - Tyrion Lannister
That's a great quote
Tyrion my man!
"I won't tell you if you can or cannot,
I only ask that it be entertaining to watch you try" XD
Started playing as a bard-necromancer recently, been inspiring party members with something like: "Go! And don't worry, I'll make sure that the death wouldn't stop you"... And by that I mean that I will provide healing if needed... At least I mean it most of the time... Yeah...
If I was your companion and I would've heard that
I'd reply: "If I die, paint my skeleton in a _Dia De muertos_ fashion!"
Before charging in
The necrodancer?
"In battle it doesn't matter who's right, it matters who's left"
I love this line
One Phrase I used: "Do this for your Holy Order!" (Said to a Paladin)
Later in the game: "Do this one because I told you too." (Said to Barbarian)
"For the holy order!"
"Because you told me to!"
DEUS VULT
I had an orc Barbar employed by a halfing, the 2nd one there I heard a bit too often, employers dead now
@@andrewdanis5067 my Bard would interlace some other encouragements in there too. Like "You're the best, around. Nothing's gonna ever keep you down."
To answer your question: yes, I was playing my Bard as a giant reference machine.
For the Rogue: "Do this because their purse is too full"
"If we succeed, no one will remember! And if we fail, no one will forget!" -Carrot Ironfoundersson, Discworld (Terry Pratchett)
This messes with me.
Wait... This should be a thing to inspire NOT to loose de battle, right?
@@ThiagoGlady (The group he's rallying is trying to PREVENT a war.)
and my personal favorite "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!"
great movie with a great score
Was that Conan the BardBarian?
@@bornabratanic1745 . . .
@@Lucas-ky6nv you know someone had to do it.
Hello, Nicole.
This was awsome! Do one about vicious mockery! :D love your voice!
fantastic idea and thanks
“Your mother is an aardvark and your father smells of elderberries.” better make the list. That’s all I’m saying.
@@Im-Not-a-Dog hamster. But yes, that is to insults what the german joke used in ww2 is to jokes.
Bear Grills which German joke?? There are quite a few good ones about them during the war. Or do you mean a joke told by the Germans? I haven’t heard any of the jokes they were telling.
@@Im-Not-a-Dog i mean the world's funniest joke, written by an english comedian, that's so incredibly funny that if you hear it you literally die if laughter. It was translated one word at a time by various different translators into german to be used during the war effort, so that allied troops could say it in german to the nazis making them die of laughter without also suffering from it as they didn't speak german. It was much better than the pre war joke by neville chamberlain.
45 phrases for finals/midterms
A little Bardic inspiration for you all
"The songs of your victory shall be my masterpiece! Now, fight!"
"You inspire me, allow me to return the favor."
"We all stand witness to your glory!"
"Look at them quake in your presence, show them why they are right to fear you!"
"If you pull this off, I'll buy your ale for a month!"
"We didn't come this far to give up, we're here to win!"
"I think you'd look much more heroic with that [monster] on the end of your sword."
"Go on, show them all how it's done!"
"Show them that we will not go quietly!"
"I will always vouch for how amazing you were when we recount this moment."
And of course:
"Don't believe in yourself. Believe in ME! Believe in in the [me] who believes in you!"
I was expecting this to just be an entire video of Scanlan Shorthalt, but this is cool too haha
It sounds better in the original infernal!
Is this battle great? Yes. Is this battle stupid? ...also yes, but that doesn't mean we have to stop.
"Worry not if we fall in battle. Legends never die!"
~Clef Disharmony, Tiefling Bard, addressing the party of rogues.
ooooh Clef is a good name XD
"You're truly an artist such bueaty in spilled blood. Ahh look more paint approaches"
Love it !!!
@@MrBizteck I used this one for a college of swords bard that i had modeled from Cicero of Skyrim. " ooooooooo goodie! More frowning faces! Worry not for soon you shall receive a crimson smile!
Niiiiice~ I like that one!
I feel like this was a quote from Jhin from League. Correct me if I'm wrong. But his voice lines are perfect for a more sadistic bard
@@BrianWalker93 well sorry but you are in fact wrong. i came up with the OP just now and that is a quote from me from a game i played. i dont think ive ever seen jhin from league sorry but hey he sounds interesting
Bard: DIE
everyone: I so suddenly feel inspierd.
"Heroes always get remembered, but you know legends never die!" - P!ATD
My current bard is a Dwarf College of Valor who inspires his party with heavy metal music akin to Sabaton but about the party and their battles
Funny enough, their material is both great and versatile for the task.
I have a similar character, a minotaur Valor Bard that references Gloryhammer. he's named Angus Gloryhammer... I am not very creative with my names...
Started off reading that comment thinking "Oh, yet another person using metal" until I read Sabaton and now know you did the best version. lol
@@thered1s276 I didn't even know of gloryhammer until i saw them in consert last year with alestorm but that is great
“These nightmarish creatures can be felled! They can be beaten!„
“Seize this momentum! Push on to the task's end!„
“Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.„
god bless the darkest dungeon narrator
@@silverXwolf117 And now I think I can turn him into a character. An Eldrich patron warlock with a single level of bard for inspiration.
My fav is
"Confidence surges as the enemy fumbles!"
You left out the obvious one:
"It's time to perform beyond ones limits."
"A Moment of Valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair"
"Anger is power, unleash it!"
"Press this advantage, give them no quarter!"
"Many fall in the face of chaos, but not this one. Not today"
The humorous phrases don't feel inspiring to me. They feel more like throw away, action heroes quips. The one exception, and my favourite in the video, "There is no sweeter music than the screams of our enemies. Now go compose!" My bard will definitely be using that one during our next game.
milo14564 same here, especially since its in character
I fell the complete opposite, like they are made to inspire your ally in a unique way
My character is an Aarakocra bard.
Her bardic inspiration consists of screeching.
Aarakocra: *bird noices*
The rest of the party: Thanks... I think?
REEEEE
Like chowder?
Bard of college of whispers:(to rogue)If you die I’ll be the edgiest one here, let’s not let that happen
I love how a lot of these can easily be combined, Like all of the comedy ones being made so much better for invigorating someone if you add one of the ones from the previous two sections.
PLEASE, PLEASE! Do one with Vicious Mockery!
I'm sick and tired bards using "yo mama jokes" to kill a monster
You're not a warlord. At most, you're a fisticuff peasant.
Well, I'd go with some classics in such a case
"I fart in your general direction!"
"Your father smelt of elderberries!"
“What are you gonna do, bleed on me?”
@@runedoom oof! Yeah that's good!
One of my personal favorites that happened with my bard was to a hag. "You were more cunning while you were human!"
my logic was to smack her in the vanity (it worked)
My bard once shouted the wonderful phrase "you're not even a real dog!" At a gnoll. ...
I will fight by your side, not because your the strongest, because you know your not and still you fight.
You should make more roleplaying lines like this for other classes. An excellent video!
"There is no greater sound them the screams of our enemies, now go compose." That's amazing
“YOU’RE POWERED UP, GET IN THERE!” Was the first thing that popped into my brain
Zealtoy and harsh version(i usually like to put these in they are from commissars in 40k and they form a bard military person I want to play and some of them i had my rouge trader shout)
"you do not have my permission to die"
"take heart for my faith is bottomless"
"glory to the first man that dies"
"strike true"
"we are his worthy weapons (insert deity or ruler)"
"we've have not been given leave to doubt"
"we are the dukes of our destiny bestowed victory by our(deity/ruler)"
"take heart there is glory in our pain"
"draw strength form me who shall never retreat."
"not one step back, we hold this ground through all!"
"your order is to make war upon the enemy go to-"
"Faster harder meaner better!"
"your wounds means nothing stand"
"you die on my command not before"
"watch the power of my zeal"
"brace for a blast(or impact)"
"fall back here without doubt or fear"
"we shall fight here to the last"
"no doubt no fear!"
hard one to use straight so I put it in and you whom care can find a solution
"be like general Tarsus of yours bulletproof and free of fear!"
"do i need to die to prove my faith and fearlessness to you lots"
etc
I'm the dm of the group and this brings even me on some ideas for the adventrue , thank you noble bard.
I am now going to add that to a random encounter table finding a dead monster who just tried to poop out a sword
I had to pause the video at "There is no sweeter music than the screams of our enemies. Now, go compose." Holy fuck, that line is Raw.
"Come on man get up and fight!!! I mean I am doing better then you, and i am a bard!!"
@Phantom Person why not both
Phantom Person
Inspiration + just enough damage to trigger berserk rage.
Here's a good one: "Look what I can do!" *does clearly fake removing own thumb gag* "If I, a humble bard, can do such a thing, how much more can you, a mighty warrior, do?"
The fact that i feel inspired right now, shows how good this video is
My evil-aligned bard I played for a one-shot: "You who's name I've forgotten, I believe in you or whatever!"
What fortuitous timing. Starting a new campaign in two weeks. I intend to play as a "Skald". The DM said we start at 5th level. So I created a savage 3rd bard, 2nd level barbarian, 1st level fighter character. The DM has yet to get back with me on if he will allow me to play as half-giant, so for now he is a Goliath. Essentially imagine a big motherfucker with drums charging at you while singing the song of his people.
Right on! I have always thought D&D and metal went together quite well.
I can't tell if you actually messed up your math or if you just did a really clever joke about a barbarian not being able to count...
@@glasswolf2061 I forgot I even made this joke... and that campaign went up in smoke. Really disappointed that my fighter Barbarian bard didn't get utilized.
It was going to be using the Dark Sun module. I really wanted to play that and curse of strahd but I can't get a group that can keep their Collective s*** together.
"You might fail, die even. But at least it won't be boring"
I live by those words.
I sing song for bardic inspiration like good old sam Rigel used to
You can bet I'll use these translated to spanish for my new Lore Bard in our campain.
In character's pompous voice:
"It will always hurt, an humiliation,
But it'd surely ache more with a bit of inspiration"
Me as a rogue
Bard: Time to change history
Me yeah *attacks big monster
Nat one
Me: is this what you ment!?
Dies by a single flick of the wrist
My spine was chilled through so many of these.
I have about 31 or so Good character ideas and about 1 total dnd games played in My life.
One i want to play is a Guy who makes passionate speeches about the inherit value of life
"If i Rob and kill a blacksmith, i might be able to buy a sword.
If i save the life of a blacksmith, i can get the finest swords they can muster, and at a discount"
And he was gonna be a fighter....
..... maybe a class change is in order
i come to this videos at least once a month and keep loving it everytime
Fun fact about "Death"
You refere it as an "Him" but in post-latin languages it would be an "her"
The whole depiction of death itself is reliant on language ever come to think about it?
Great vid btw
Party: Fight's 2 goblins they happened to bump into.
Bard: "THIS IS THE MOMENT WE CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY!"
I'm using all of these for my bard. She doesn't sing anymore (convoluted backstory bs) but she has undying loyalty to her friends and these are, for lack of a better term, inspirational.
God, the heartening category is too wholesome for my table. I once saw someone get bardic inspiration after the bard yelled "Could you not miss this time?" and the recipient went apeshit.
This is timing, I just rolled up a bard today. Thank you Esper!
one word comes from the bottom of my heart "More" pls more i love it.
4:06 Hey! Cool to see one of my paintings in your video! I am far from being among the best D&D artists out there, and some of my pieces are cringe-worthy to me now, but I had fun working on it all those years ago! I still like that particular piece a fair amount, though I see things in it now that I would do differently. That character was described to me as wearing all kinds of mismatched, clashing clothing, and being carefree due to having unnaturally good luck. It was a fun one!
I wanted to make a Bard that told puns as their bardic inspiration. DM allowed it. And that’s how Honeysuckle Bootbuckle was born.
Could you give us examples of the puns?
46. "Here you go, a chance to not die immediately, you good damn failure of a *insert DND class here*. You're welcome."
“Many men dream for the opportunity to make a name for themselves, I’m handing it to you on a silver platter!”
Love the video, though quick note on how you ended the video- you could’ve made a well placed pun about hoping the you video gave us.. inspiration for future characters or rp situations
Phrases for a meme campaign-
LETS GET THIS BREAD
YEET
REEEEEEEEEEE
Wait, those are for meme campaigns only? okay, i gotta rewrite my spellbook D:
I've actually played a meme dnd. Shrek, Pepsiman, and John Cena fighting McDonalds, Jake and Logan Paul, and Behind the meme. Cena went super Saiyan and Trump dropped a wall on the normies
@@wetzel4806 i need to know how you made pepsiman. I need to recreate it. Is he a bard whose bardic inspiration is just "PEPSI MAAAN"?
@@beargrills3508 it was Homebrew, but the idea was based off the artificer wizard. Normal Pepsi healed, cherry increases initiative mid combat, coffee gave action surge, fire deals AoE, ice slows speed and removes reaction, and most powerful of all: crystal Pepsi can turn back time.
@@wetzel4806 perfection. Though could only pepsi man use them or could he give them to his allies? I imagine john cena with action surge would go quite well.
I feel like one could also use the Emperor's quote from Disney's animated Mulan in the inspiration line.
"A wise man once said 'No Matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it'. BE that mountain."
I feel so inspired
Amazing video, thanks for the *inspiration*! Dados Críticos brought me here.
The first are like League of Legends hero's monologue....the humorous ones are like some lines of Deniro or Sparrow
"I say it's better to light your foe on fire and let him do the cursing," That one's my favorite
followed by the one after it, at 4:57, those are my two favorite.
Imo the best phrase I've ever uttered as a bard was "Very few will have their names remembered through the ages but shall we fall upon the field of battle our names and deeds will be told, sung and praised for eternity. Let us claim what is rightfully ours. Immortality."
"I bring Meaning to your life...Take some inspiration!!"
I've been playing a bard (first time playing d&d) and my DM had been having me actually play songs for inspirations, I've been writing and playing rhyming couplets about me party and playing accordion to accompany it.
These just make it a 100% better when the roll fails despite your bardic inspiration die and you have to eat your words.
This may be our last stand. Let us make it a memorable one.
When you can't dispense justice, dispense vengeance!
We don't do it for the glory! We do it for the money!
They say the gods are on the side of the biggest battalions. Defeating today's overwhelming odds will make that a lie!
Death is but a dreamless sleep. Now make your sword sing a lullaby!
Ask not what the party can do for you, but what you can do for the party!
I'm getting goosebumps listening to this.
I know it's not D&D but this gave me some inspiration for my Arch Militant in a game of Rogue Trader I'm in when effectively leading our retinue of armsmen.
These are impressive. This also gave me inspiration. I want to play a bard again.
Thank you for using so pictures from the 3rd edition books.
I have a strong urge to download all heartening phrases, do a playlist and play one or two phrases once I feel down or sad.
They might not use it in that moment, but it's always a great feeling when they crit just after a bardic inspiration
these sound like video game voice lines and I love them
I. AM. USING. THESE. THESE ARE SO GOOD!!!
I generally have my bards be flirty, funny, or mocking
Mark Frey why not both?
- covers Daniel Fisher's ears -
Sorry about that Mark, we don't want this Barbarian to rage... He's not so good with the numbers...
- takes his hands away -
There you go, Big Guy! I set this pleb straight for you...
Oh look, it's a gold... The house of Lady Favors loves a big man who slings gold...
This was a fun listen. I tried to picture the scenarios these were to be said in. Very fun indeed.
2:22 i used that one when a player, the leader of our group, was dying. Than i casted "Spare the Dying" while crying :')
I've been planning to play my first game for a couple months now and, after seeing this video, I think I've decided. I definitely want to play a chaotic neutral bard with a persona similar to the "humorous" one here. 👍🏼🙏🏼
Yeeeees these are so awesome. I just started D and D and am in my first campaign. I usually tell some joke in m bard voice and character style when I play. I cant wait to find a good moment to use one of these.
“All the world’s a stage and we are merely players; performers and portrayers.”
- Getty Lee, Rush’s Limelight.
Great song, and great lyrical homage to Shakespeare
Esper the Bard I credited Getty for saying it, but I’m pretty sure Neil Pert was the one that wrote it.
Started a dnd game last wk. Fiancee never played dnd before just seven seas and other things like it. So our friend convinced her to try a bard since she wanted to make a character based off a league of legends she enjoys. She didn't want to do anything musical. So since it's her first game/character I decided to be alittle nice and decided that she can play a dancing bard no music or poetry. She made a gypsy bell dancer, bells and tiny cymbels, flowy costume and all. It is weirdly enjoyable. She hasn't used bardic inspiration yet (she forgot about it) but I feel like its going to be hilarious considering how the party all ready reacts to his performances.