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<blockquote data-quote="RUMBLETiGER" data-source="post: 5891822" data-attributes="member: 6674868">Complete Scoundrel has the Cloaked Dancer PrC that is expected to build off a Bard, using Perform (Dance) skill to accomplish the class abilities- Beguiling Dance, Wearying Dance and Frightful Dance.&nbsp;Complete Adventurer has the Virtuoso PrC, which states in the Virtuoso Performance class ability, in part, &quot;He can use any form of performance as part of this ability. Although many of the names refer to musical performances, a virtuoso isn’t actually so limited—for example, an actor could perform a “sustaining soliloquy” or “sustaining dance” rather than a sustaining song.&quot;&nbsp;My understanding is that Bardic Music abilities could be done through Oration or Instrument as effectively as singing, it's simply a matter of how much your hands might be free to fight while you play a drum, for example.&nbsp;Painting would likely accomplish a Bard's class abilities, but would be less viable in a combat situation than Oration, for the obvious reasons. If that Bard was facinating a crowd on stage, or dancing on a hilltop to inspire the army ranks though, it should work just fine.&nbsp;Now, if you mean how every Bard spell has a verbal component to cast, and instead replacing it with an elaborate somatic component, I don't know of an existing variant that does this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RUMBLETiGER, post: 5891822, member: 6674868"] Complete Scoundrel has the Cloaked Dancer PrC that is expected to build off a Bard, using Perform (Dance) skill to accomplish the class abilities- Beguiling Dance, Wearying Dance and Frightful Dance. Complete Adventurer has the Virtuoso PrC, which states in the Virtuoso Performance class ability, in part, "He can use any form of performance as part of this ability. Although many of the names refer to musical performances, a virtuoso isn’t actually so limited—for example, an actor could perform a “sustaining soliloquy” or “sustaining dance” rather than a sustaining song." My understanding is that Bardic Music abilities could be done through Oration or Instrument as effectively as singing, it's simply a matter of how much your hands might be free to fight while you play a drum, for example. Painting would likely accomplish a Bard's class abilities, but would be less viable in a combat situation than Oration, for the obvious reasons. If that Bard was facinating a crowd on stage, or dancing on a hilltop to inspire the army ranks though, it should work just fine. Now, if you mean how every Bard spell has a verbal component to cast, and instead replacing it with an elaborate somatic component, I don't know of an existing variant that does this. [/QUOTE]

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