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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 1658120" data-attributes="member: 6875">Sure it is.  Level eight, is 11 ranks maximum.  I'll assume a dexgterity of 18 base (start with a "mere" 16, and increase it at both 4th and 8th level).  That's +15 to the roll right there.  Add +2 for competence, +2 for aid another, and +1 for guidance, and that's a +20 modifier.  1d20+20 does max out at 40.  Consider though - for the character that achieved this, at his current level of skill and under those circumstances ... that was the ABSOLUTE BEST PERFORMANCE HE COULD POSSIBLY GIVE ... after all, he rolled a natural 20.  He won't be able to beat that performance without mroe training or magical aid ... and even *equalling* it would be a heck of a task.  The Mona Lisa, the ceiling of the sistine Chapel, the works of Monet and Renoir ... his tumbling-to-music performance was on a par with those - at least on par with them!  But it'snot permanent; it's ephemeral ... the performance happened, and it's done with ... maybe never to be repeated again.  and it's likely the performance of the DECADE, if not more.  It's easily on par with the sorts of "superstar" performers who're around, say, 15th level - the people who (like Mozart, for example) perform for Kings.  Play up on it - make the characters (bard and monk) instant, overnight sensations.  Have them invited to high society banquets; have nobles and wealthy merchants seeking to hire them, make them the "celebrity fad of the month". Then embroil them in some high-level intrigue - danger, hidden enemies, and (unlike the usual dungeon-crawl or tomb-exploring) no option to simply draw their swords and throw down; they'll have to be SUBTLE to survive the mess they stumble into ...!  IOW, use that lucky roll to springboard them in an entirely unexpected direction, and let your campaign take a (brief) turn into left field  Well, the god(s) probably won't actually show up in person, but if the PCs have occasion to pray to an appropriate deity, you might want to extend a bit of divine "applause" their way: whack 'em with a bless spell for a full day, or something similarly minor.  Maybe send a touch of good luck their way instead (e.g. if they're looking for obscure information on such-and-such a topic, have someone who knows a good, useful clue just coincidentally have been present at the show the PCs put on, and be more-than-usually inclined to be helpful ...).  Then again, yes - a performance-oriented deity *might* just send an Avatar to sit in the audience and enjoy the PC's next few performances.  Remember, even a deity of arts (etc) can simply sit quietly and enjoy a good song, admire a scultpure, or even comission a portrait from a talented painter!  If you're careful, you can even perhaps drop a clue or two that someone in the audience (who stops by after the show to specifically mention how much s/he enjoyed the performance, say) is, in fact, an Avatar ... that alone can be a nice reward for the characters.  Especially if one or another of those involved in the performance happens to venerate that deity.  Just knowing they'v ebeen noticed "in a good way" can be a heck of a reward.  ^_^  And heck, said Avatar may even have a job in mind for the adventurers ... especially since such an Avatar would know that the people involved couldn't have done any better, period.  ^_^</blockquote>

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