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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chupacabra" data-source="post: 1768645" data-attributes="member: 17708">A bard in my current group does a good job matching up the various Performs with the effect he is trying to achieve in a given situation.  Inspire Courage is usually a song, but often a story.  Fascinate is sometimes pratfalls and buffoonery, but it also may be a comedic tale.  Since he spreads his skill points thinner by not simply focusing on Perform(Musical Instrument) I generally give him a (behind-the-DM-screen) break on "Bardic Music" dice rolls to reward his attempt to broaden his class.His attempt to diversify came in handly when I gave him a finely crafted masterwork bardic instrument in one adventure, only to have an NPC steal it away from him the next session.  Even without an instrument to play, he remained an effective bard.</blockquote>