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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janos Antero" data-source="post: 761660" data-attributes="member: 4480">Well, all those to benefit from Inspire Courage have to be able to hear it, so it isn't really likely he can keep it super quiet.  To get around this limitation requires the feat Subsonic.  If at any point any individual stops hearing the bard sing for a round or longer, his particular duration of Inspire Courage becomes 5 more rounds, then ends.  There is not a specific clause if the ally can hear the song again after skipping it a round, and that would be a DM call (reasonable if the bard himself never interrupted his own song).The default for Inspire Courage is singing, and you must be able to speak to use Speak With Animals, while the Somatic component of the casting itself doesn't apply, the ability to speak still does.Theoretically I suppose you could have a character versed in Drow sign language activate his Speak with Animals and the animal would then be able to understand and act upon his actions, but the spell uses tangible communication rather than telepathy, so some language the character is proficient in and can currently use is going to be required.If the bard is singing, excluding the afore mentioned loss of vocal ability, all other skills/feats/actions are possible.  His hands are free so yes he can use rope, disable a trap, etc.  Basically, if it takes vocal sound, he can't do it.  If it doesn't take vocal sound, he can do it.Note, the above is based solely upon the concept of a bard Singing.If you have a bard whom uses an instrument rather than singing, then he could take any action that didn't require use of his hands.And there is nothing to stop a bard from creating custom songs to work within his Inspire Courage, but if he's trying to fight, create the song with words relating to the current battle, and Inspire Greatness for example, the DM at the least should require a Perform check to come up with good words/verses/lyrics/tunes, with some sort of penalty for too much action/inability to focus.Now granted, whether or not a bard can write the song during action is crossing into the realm of house rules, in that regard the rules are vague.And if you're going to make a house rule on that, I'd strongly suggest a house rule requiring endurance checks of some sort to keep playing that long.  A bard needs fine tuned instruments, be it his voice, or his fingers, and neither is intended to play for hours upon hours on end.  He's going to run out of breath, ruin his lute, rip up his fingertips, go hoarse, etc.</blockquote>

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