Quote Originally Posted by Akiudo View Post
to be fair, it has been like this forever, and made somewhat more sense back when you could call bard a support job without holding back either manic laughter or tears, so i highly doubt this could be called a bug, its definitely a feature.
Definitely a feature. Compare the wording to DRG's Battle Litany which actually specifies self and party members or DNC's Technical Finish which also specifies self and party members. Battle Voice is just party members so it's definitely functioning as intended by not including the BRD itself.