45 PHRASES FOR BARDIC INSPIRATION

by Esper
Short phrases a bard character can say when giving bardic inspiration.

Heartening

1. You shall remember this victory forever.

2. One day, your grandchildren shall tell the tale of this moment.
3. You know your worth. It’s time to show it.
4. Your success shall be all our success.
5. We are relying on you. You must believe you can do this.
6. Once, I made the decision to stand by your side, and I make that same choice again now.
7. You were born for greatness.
8. Cast aside all your doubts, my friend.
9. There is no greater companion than you.
10. I am with you, from now until the end.
11. You have a gift unlike any other. I am proud to be your companion.
12. I have never been more certain about what must be done now.
13. I believe in you, not because you are infallible, but because you never give up.
14. Everyone else is watching you, doubting you. That is why they will not succeed, and you
will.
15. The sweetness of victory shall be like divine honey. Can you already taste it?

Bold

16. Let them cower before our fury!

17. Let them taste our might!
18. Your strength is a dragon’s roar!
19. Our foes are gnawing vermin! Scatter them before you!
20. Summon your courage from deep within!
21. No wall is too high, no sea too vast! You are as hurricane gale!
22. The fire burning within you is as great as a thousand suns!
23. Even the gods shall be awestruck by your deeds!
24. Hesitate not, my comrade! Onward!
25. This is the moment we change the course of history!
26. Look Death in the eye and tell him, “Not today!”
27. The heart of a lion beats within your chest!
 28. Do not listen to the critics and complainers! You are the one reaching ever closer to
glory!
29. Let your passion set the world on fire!
30. Give up and die, or fight and live!
31. The darkness is full of everything you fear, yet everything you seek!
32. Do you fear this monster? You should. But even more, it should fear you!

Humorous

33. Strike them down. We may not be in the right, but I don’t care. In battle, it doesn’t
matter who’s right, it matters who’s left.
34. By the end of this, we just might have to eat a bucket of worms. Well, better that than
be eaten by worms.
35. This might end in disaster. But it also might end in us becoming the richest bastards in
the world.
36. In goblin cities, they don’t throw out their garbage. They turn it into more goblins. Let’s
clean this place up. (or substitute “goblin” for other monster/race)
37. Worry not, when I tell the tale of this moment one day, I’ll leave out how you would
have failed spectacularly without my help.
38. They say it’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness. I say it’s better to light
your foe on fire and let him do the cursing.
39. If the monster eats you whole, take solace in knowing it will most likely die trying to shit
your sword.
40. You’re always dressed to kill. You use magic the same way too.
41. There is no sweeter music than the screams of our enemies. Now, go compose.
42. As much as I would enjoy looting your dead body, I truly do want you to succeed here.
43. If reckless shenanigans got us into this mess, then why can’t they get us out?
44. If it weren’t for foolish attempts at glory, then nothing would ever be accomplished.
45. You might fail, die even. But at least it won’t be boring.