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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 589626" data-attributes="member: 2013">Nope.  It is not nearly impossible.  It is impossible.To have N ranks in a skill (like Perform), you must be at least level N-3.  That means you must be at least 7th level to meet the Perform prereq and a Bard1/Sorc 5 is 6th level.Furthermore, IIRC, the "official word" on skills (and I could be wrong) is that when spending "sorcerer skill points" on the perform skill, you purchase it at half ranks and you can only put Character Level + 3 total points (not Ranks) into it.Hence, the character goes 4 points at full value (Bard 1) then 5 points at half value (Sorc 5) for a total of 6.5 ranks in Perform.  The character has to advance at least another bard level with a 14+ Int and dump all of his/her Skill Points from Bard2 into Diplomacy - or gain 7(!) more sorcerer levels before s/he meets the prereqs... meaning you have a Bard2/Sorc5 or a Bard1/Sorc12.Not exactly the right way to go about the class, considering you can qualify most quickly with Bard7 (since a Sor5 has only 2nd-level spells, as does the Bard, you lose nothing in spellcastig power) - or better yet, wait a level and go from Bard8 (you get 3rd-level spells - just as though you had gone Brd2/Sor6 - AND you get an additional iterative attack due to your BAB being +6).--The Sigil</blockquote>