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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chimera" data-source="post: 4237159" data-attributes="member: 2002">Cue Monty Python;Oh do shut up!Amazingly, I was just thinking about this about an hour ago in regards to my Bard, and hadn't a clue that this thread was here.  Eventually, I came to the conclusion that you have to limit it to a Per Encounter deal.  Besides, beyond the first couple of levels, it's not like you're regularly running out of Bardic Music uses.Another alternative is to realize that this means the Bard is making a great deal more noise and will attract a lot more attention.  You could also just throw in some need for stealth or at least relative quiet once in a while.  Or you could enlist the aid of the other players by pointing out that the guy has been singing/playing the same bloody song for an hour now, he's been playing it every day and it's probably starting to get on their nerves.  Heck, if abused like that, I might even rule that the song loses it efficaciousness (in other words, it doesn't work anymore) if kept up for more than 5 minutes.  After all, a trumpet charge might inspire you; but endlessly, over and over for long periods of time?  That'd be the point where I'd be preparing Invisibility or some other form of escape so as to let the monster eat the annoying blankety-blank Bard!</blockquote>