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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dvvega" data-source="post: 607944" data-attributes="member: 524">The perfom skill has always been of interest to me (I love the bard). I went and read the SRD for d20 modern, and the SRD for D&D and I've come to the following conclusion ...d20 modern uses BROAD categories. Thus when you choose Perform (Stringed) you are actually skilled in a lot of instruments but just strings.D&D uses SPECIFIC talents, based on your rank.The one is simple (take a category), the other is flexible (choose things you want to know). They both work fairly well as they're written as long as everyone uses the same system.I have never 100% agreed with D&D, but I don't agree 100% with modern either.Against d20 Modern ... I can play the guitar, however I can't play a lute or violin. I haven't tried a lute, but I guess I'll be able to transplant guitar to it.Against D&D ... I can play most vertically held woodwinds but I've never had training in each seperate woodwind.Another reason is that a Bard should be better than everyone at music. They've dedicated themselves to their art. So why should everyone else get to choose a heap of instruments, and a Bard gets nothing extra.So a compromise between the two should exist. Perhaps make non-music types choose a specific instrument/art, while a Bard gets more arts (maybe based on level? or skill points spent?).</blockquote>