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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JPL" data-source="post: 1025039" data-attributes="member: 1964">I don't think it strains credulity to say that an opera tenor is maxed out in both Perform: Act and Perform: Sing.  From what I understand, it's a rigorous discipline.  I'm not sure that those high ranks in Acting are really needed, since the acting is, as you state, secondary to the singing.  A professional opera singer also need to know some French, German, and Italian...maybe all those skill points is one of the reasons it's such a rare accomplishment to become a professional-level tenor.   And I don't have trouble with the idea that a professional in the field of musical theatre is maxed out in Perform, Sing, and Dance.  But in 3.0, it's impossible to improve at a single form of performance.  Granted, in 3.5, every fiddle player can also play all other stringed instruments, but I simply find that easier to swallow than the "instant mastery" effect when a 3.0 character adds a new level of Proficiency. I think that very few people are a true "triple threat", however.  More common are those high Charisma folks who have a primary field but also dabble elsewhere, relying mainly on that Charisma boost.  Many actors who sing and singers who act probably fall under that category.</blockquote>