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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xath" data-source="post: 1768476" data-attributes="member: 17040">The concept of bardic music strikes me as odd sometimes.  I can see how a warlike chant is applicable on the battlefield, but some things, like Inspire Competence, make me think of rediculous things like Elan singing "Eat, Eat, Eat the delicious sandwitch" (For those of you who don't get that, check out Order of the Stick.)  But in the end, it makes some sort of sense.  Music has a profound impact on people, and can inspire them to do amazing things.  Fantastic.  Whatevah.But here's my thing.  What about perform types that aren't, well....music?  Since the advent of 3.5, you don't simply gain a proficiency in a new type of perform for every rank you spend on it.  So what about those bards who aren't musically gifted?  Those who decide to persue perform Act, Comedy, or Dance?   If it isn't rediculous enough to have someone sing a song to grant special sandwitch-eating abilities, imagine having the group bard with maxed ranks in Perform(Act).  Players are inspired to mighty Courage by the intrepid act of....Mime!  Oh, ye gads...he's climbing an invisible rope!! +2 to attack and damage everyone!Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of bards.  But even with 15 ranks in Perform(Dance), the Shuffle off to Buffalo doesn't exactly get the battle rage brewing.  Especially since one of the prerequisites of BM is that you have to be able to hear the bard.  What do you do?  Do you ignore these types of Perform or do you allow bards with Perform(Comedy) to do stand-up in battle?  Yes, I realize this is Bardic Music, sound is implied in the name.  But if that's the case, why have non-musical perform types at all?</blockquote>

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