| notes = * Unlike in D&D 5th Edition Rules, Cutting Words cannot be applied to damage rolls. However, it can be applied to Saving Throws (which is normally available only to Eloquence Bards).
| notes = * Unlike in D&D 5th Edition Rules, Cutting Words cannot be applied to damage rolls. However, it can be applied to Saving Throws (which is normally available only to Eloquence Bards).
* In most cases using this action will cause the caster to make a verbal quip or insult to the target. These remarks are fully voice acted, including for characters who don't normally have access to the action.
* In most cases using this action will cause the caster to make a verbal quip or insult the target, drawing on the same pool of dialogue options as {{SAI|Vicious Mockery}}. These remarks are fully voice acted, including for characters who don't normally have access to the action.
Cutting Words is a Reaction available to the College of Lores. This ability allows these Bards to distract and confuse their foes, potentially causing attacks to miss, or ability checks or saving throws to fail.
Unlike in D&D 5th Edition Rules, Cutting Words cannot be applied to damage rolls. However, it can be applied to Saving Throws (which is normally available only to Eloquence Bards).
In most cases using this action will cause the caster to make a verbal quip or insult the target, drawing on the same pool of dialogue options as Vicious Mockery. These remarks are fully voice acted, including for characters who don't normally have access to the action.