Bard Question

[Angelsboi]

In Song and Silence there is a feat that allows you to affect Plants and Undead. Would it be fine if (as the DM) i make a Feat that allows music to affect Animals and Beasts

Sooth the Savage Beast
Prerequisite: Bardic Music Ability, +8 ranks in Perform
Benefit: You can alter any of your mind affecting bardic musi performance effects so that they influence animals and beasts in addition to any other creatures that it may normally affect.

 

[officeronin]

I like it!

 

[Dr_Rictus]

What makes you believe that bardic music abilities don't already affect animals and beasts? Plants and undead are normally immune to mind-influencing effects, which is why feats are needed for those cases in the first place. Animals and beasts are not so immune.

 

[Angelsboi]

so if i wanted 'the Peid Piper of Hamlin' i could use it to fascinate a bunch of dire rats into town?

 

[Sejs]

The Dire Piper of Hamlin!

 

[CCamfield]

Well, the trouble with fascinate (to simulate the Pied Piper) is that it only works versus a single creature and it doesn't say that the fascinated creature will follow the bard. But some feats to improve fascinate (extra creatures, following) would be cool.

 

[Number47]

I would propose the feat would affect a number of hit dice for fascinate based on the Perform check. Perform -15, perhaps. The feat could also do the same for the Suggestion ability (needed for following), with no more Suggested than originally fascinated.