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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Griffon" data-source="post: 1024601" data-attributes="member: 9425">Exactly. The game benefit of having multiple styles may only come up on rare occasions, but rare occasions are what being prepared for anything is all about. I had to redo my bard the other day and I was pretty upset at first too. I had already well established the character as a singer and player of the liuquin (chinese mandolin). But then I realized the above and one other thing: the instruments themselves. Sure it seems like the best way to go is singing because you have both hands free (especially since my character is multi-classed with TWF ranger) and don't have to buy an instrument, but then you can't get +2 on Perform checks for a masterwork instrument and forget about using that Lyre of Building until you've leveled up and had to put all your new skill points into one skill. Both styles have their advantages, and my character isn't willing to do without either singing or stringed instruments. (Besides, it took forever to glue those little instruments onto my mini <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />)Now as far as it being a role playing penalty, if I'm really more interested in role playing then my "flavor" choices are more important than the game mechanics anyway. So I got more skill points in 3.5 and then I had to spend them. Oh well. Besides, I don't want my bard to be the same as every other bard, and with the old perform every bard in a given culture knew pretty much the same types of perform.If it really bothers you, how about a feat that lets you apply your ranks in Perform to a number of different styles equal to your Cha modifier. Call it Gifted Performer.</blockquote>

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