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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 3745230" data-attributes="member: 8439">Neither of my last two bard attempts sang. Both had perform : oratory. One used it for inspirational speeches and battlefield control, the other was a priestly type who shouted blessings and promised damnation as well as ruin to their enemies. Not that there's anything wrong with the idea of music as an inspiration to fighter types. My mental images of stirring American Revolution scenes seem to have had a piper and drummer permentantly linked to troops thanks to some artist out there, and even the orcs in LotR got war drums. Come to think of it, my image of modern infantry troops seems to have a lot of singing during training. (or at least rhythmic and slightly medodious shouting that rhymes.) And while the real life examples may not give boosts during combat, neither do most real life military chaplains cast bless.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> If your bard actually sings a pleasant ditty (possibly with the words "Plus one, plus ONE, my friends have plus oooone....") while gently strumming a lute, the mental incogruity of this giving combat boosts is entirely in your hands.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />  (When I did have a bard who sang, she was presumed to be singing "Do You Hear the People Sing" from Les Mis unless otherwise noted. I did not have trouble linking that image to a supernatural mechanical bonus to combat.)</blockquote>

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