A Ladder
2010-11-21, 06:02 PM
Soo... I can get a +1 weapon enhancement that allows me to have the same exact effect of lingering song and melodic casting. I can have a music effect last for ten rounds after I play something and then I can also cast spells due to effect being continued by harmonizing.
Is there something I'm missing? It looks like I can skip two "very important" feats in a bard build for a pithy +1 enchantment. (I realize that I cannot have two effects going at the same time [which is what Lingering does] and that I can't use perform for concentration checks [per Melodic Casting]).
So are these feats really worth it?
Harmonizing:
A harmonizing weapon accompanies you in song if drawn, granting a +2 competence bonus on Perform (sing) checks.
In addition, if you hold a harmonizing weapon when you begin a bardic music effect, the weapon can continue the effect for you, allowing you to focus on other efforts. One round after you begin a bardic music effect that allows or requires continued use or concentration (including inspire courage, countersong, fascinate, inspire competence, inspire greatness, song of freedom, and inspire heroics), the weapon picks up and continues the performance flawlessly for 10 rounds, until you start another bardic music effect, or until you command it to end as a swift (mental) action.
Lingering Song:
If you use bardic music to inspire courage, inspire greatness, or inspire heroics, the effect lasts for 1 minute after an inspired ally stops hearing you play.
Melodic Casting:
Whenever a Concentration check would be required to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability (such as when you cast defensively or are distracted or injured while casting), you can make a Perform check instead.
In addition, you can cast spells and activate magic items by command word or spell completion while using a bardic music ability. Bardic music abilities that require concentration still take a standard action to perform.
Is there something I'm missing? It looks like I can skip two "very important" feats in a bard build for a pithy +1 enchantment. (I realize that I cannot have two effects going at the same time [which is what Lingering does] and that I can't use perform for concentration checks [per Melodic Casting]).
So are these feats really worth it?
Harmonizing:
A harmonizing weapon accompanies you in song if drawn, granting a +2 competence bonus on Perform (sing) checks.
In addition, if you hold a harmonizing weapon when you begin a bardic music effect, the weapon can continue the effect for you, allowing you to focus on other efforts. One round after you begin a bardic music effect that allows or requires continued use or concentration (including inspire courage, countersong, fascinate, inspire competence, inspire greatness, song of freedom, and inspire heroics), the weapon picks up and continues the performance flawlessly for 10 rounds, until you start another bardic music effect, or until you command it to end as a swift (mental) action.
Lingering Song:
If you use bardic music to inspire courage, inspire greatness, or inspire heroics, the effect lasts for 1 minute after an inspired ally stops hearing you play.
Melodic Casting:
Whenever a Concentration check would be required to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability (such as when you cast defensively or are distracted or injured while casting), you can make a Perform check instead.
In addition, you can cast spells and activate magic items by command word or spell completion while using a bardic music ability. Bardic music abilities that require concentration still take a standard action to perform.