Alfryd
2007-07-17, 10:37 AM
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I was pondering what a revised and expanded Perform skill would resemble- especially when it comes to them pesky elvses- so I thought I might distribute my musings for general consumption. It gives you a little more flexibility in selecting a performance career, and covers some of the deficiencies in ability score dependancies that bugged me beforehand.
Lastly, there's no business like show business, so there's a whole bunch of feats covering how to enhance your career in entertainment.
I took a page out of Mr. Burlewe's book (http://www.giantitp.com/articles/jFppYwv7OUkegKhONNF.html) for relationship (or Relation) modifiers. In any case enjoy- or failing that, feel free to submit corrections and suggestions.
Performance (Cha)
Synergy Ability Requirements
Performance checks with synergy dependancies may not gain a synergy bonus in excess of the modifiers in each required ability score.
Instrument Performances
Plucked and bowed instrument performances gain synergy +1 from 5 ranks in Performance(string), tuned and tympanic from 5 ranks in Performance(percussion), and brass or woodwind from 5 ranks in Performance(wind). Checks may gain up to a +5 bonus from masterwork instruments.
10 ranks Concentrate, 10 ranks Listen, and 20 ranks Listen grant synergy +1 to all instrument performances.
Performance(oratory)
Covers: The public forum, folk tales, epic narrative
Cannot be conducted for a private audience, except during spontaneous performances at a -3 penalty. Performance(oratory) may also be used to make Mass Diplomacy or Mass Intimidate checks at a -5 penalty.
Synergy: 5 ranks Knowledge(religion), 5 ranks Knowledge(history), 5 ranks Performance(poetry), 10 ranks Diplomacy +1.
Synergy needs: Intelligence
Performance(song)
Covers: Ballads, opera, hymnals
All performances gain a +2 bonus from a successful Performance(poetry) check of matching DC.
Synergy: 5 ranks Performance(poetry), 10 ranks Knowledge(geography), 15 ranks Listen +1.
Performance(poetry)[language]
Covers: Sonnets, odes, haiku
This skill may be taken several times- each time, it applies to a different known language.
Subjects who do not understand the chosen language impose a -3 penalty to checks made, those who do grant a +1 bonus.
Synergy: 10 ranks Knowledge(nature), 10 ranks Decipher Script, 15 ranks Listen +1.
Synergy needs: Intelligence
Performance(dance)
Covers: Dervishes, flamenco, ballet
Every 5 ranks grants a +1 (max. +4) circumstance bonus against all Grapple, Bull Rush, Trip, Charge, or Overrun attempts by humanoids.
DC 20+ performances require Str 14.
Synergy: 5 ranks Performance(carnal), 5 ranks Performance(gymnast) +1, 10 ranks Balance +2.
Synergy needs: Dexterity
Performance(carnal)
Covers: Dance of the 7 veils, masseuse, bondage
A -5 check penalty applies during public performances.
Carnal performances that succeed by 8 points or more earn double normal pay.
Subjects with a sexual interest in the performer grant a +2 bonus to the check, those without impose a -10 penalty.
Synergy: 5 ranks Disguise, 5 ranks Tumble, 10 ranks Performance(gymnast) +1, 10 ranks Sense Motive +2.
Synergy needs: Wisdom, Dexterity
Performance(thespian)
Covers: Tragedy, romance and melodrama, mime
In public performance, every 5 ranks in Performance(oratory), or another performer's successful Performance(puppetry) check of matching DC, grant a +1 enhancement bonus (max. +4) to the check.
Synergy: 5 ranks Disguise, 5 ranks Intimidate, 10 ranks Sense Motive, 10 ranks Knowledge(nobility) +1, 5 ranks Performance(comedy) +2.
Synergy needs: Wisdom, Intelligence
Performance(comedy)
Covers: Stand-up, pantomine, limericks
Synergy: 10 ranks Performance(banter), 10 ranks Tumble, 10 ranks Knowledge(local) +2.
Synergy needs: Intelligence
Performance(puppetry)
Covers: Deus ex mechina, stage props, marionettes
Masterwork craftsmanship in props and materials provides a +2 bonus to checks made.
Synergy: 5 ranks Hide, 5 ranks Move Silently +1, 5 ranks Knowledge(architecture & engineering), 5 ranks Performance(comedy) +2.
Synergy needs: Wisdom, Dexterity
Performance(juggle)
Covers: Cup and ball, distraction, street act
You may substitute a Performance(juggle) check at a -5 penalty for an attack roll to resist Disarm or Sunder attempts.
Synergy: 5 ranks Performance(gymnast) +1, 5 ranks Sleight of Hand, 10 ranks Sleight of Hand +2.
Synergy needs: Dexterity
Performance(gymnast)
Covers: Human pyramids, somersaults, sword-swallowing
Every 10 ranks in the skill grant a +1 dodge bonus to Touch AC and Reflex saves when lightly encumbered.
The skill may be used to perform Jump, Escape Artist, Balance or Climb checks at a -12 penalty.
Synergy: 10 ranks Jump, 10 ranks Climb, 5 ranks Escape Artist +1, 5 ranks Balance +2.
Synergy needs: Strength, Dexterity
Performance(banter)
Covers: Conversation, gossip, anecdotes
Cannot be conducted for public audiences, except at a -3 penalty during combined performances.
Synergy: 10 ranks Bluff, 10 ranks Sense Motive, 5 ranks Diplomacy +1.
Synergy needs: Intelligence
Performance(instrument)[string, percussion, wind, or clavier]
Covers: Proficiency with instruments of the selected type
The skill may be selected more than once, and applies to a different instrument type each time. String, percussion, and wind checks suffer a -5 penalty, clavier checks, a -3 penalty.
Synergy needs: Dexterity
Performance(instrument)[plucked, bowed, tuned, tympanic, brass, or woodwind]
Covers: Proficiency with instruments of the selected type
The skill may be selected more than once, and applies to a different instrument type each time. All checks suffer a -4 penalty.
Synergy needs: Dexterity
Performance(instrument)[]
Covers: Proficiency with a single chosen instrument
No checks are made with this skill. The skill may be selected more than once, and applies to a different instrument each time. Every 4 ranks in the skill grants a cumulative +1 synergy bonus to Performance checks with the chosen instrument, up to +5.
Action
Untrained Performance checks suffer a -3 penalty. Time taken for a successful Performance check is indicated on the table below.
The time taken for Performance can be halved at the cost of a -6 penalty to the check.
If the character can find a suitable venue in a prosperous city, she can expect to earn the sum indicated below with each successful appearance (typically once/day:)
{table=head]Check DC|Time taken|Income|Other
10|20 minutes|2d10 cp|A humdrum performance, just above begging.
15|1 hour|1d6 sp|An enjoyable performance, enough for an afternoon's diversion.
20|2 hours|4d10 sp|A fine performance, worth an evening and paid admission.
25|3 hours|1d8 gp|A great performance, drawing large crowds at select venues.
30|4 hours|3d10 gp|An extraordinary performance, winning devout adherents and public adulation.
35|5 hours|1d12 x10 gp|An epiphanal performance, a towering testiment to the muse of your art. (Spontaneous only.)
40|6 hours|2d20 x10 gp|A prodigous performance, proof of flair, virtuosity and demonstrative genius. (Spontaneous only.)
50|8 hours|1d10 x100 gp|A divine performance, altering lives. (Combined and Spontaneous only.)
[/table]
Performance for 2 hours or more requires Con 12. Performance for 4 hours or more inflicts fatigue, and 6 hours, exhaustion.
5 ranks in Spot or 10 ranks in Knowledge(local) grant synergy +1 to all public performances.
Venue conditions
Naturally, being unable to see or hear the Performer during various acts is an encumbrance to keeping all concerned enlivened.
Audience members who fail in Taking 10 on Listen checks apply the margin of failure as a penalty to all Performance checks involving song, poetry, puppetry, comedy, banter, theatrics or instrumental accompaniment.
Those who fail in Taking 10 on Spot checks apply margins of failure as a penalty to all Performance checks involving dance, theatrics, puppetry, juggling, gymnastics or erotic acts.
Typically speaking, if at least 9/10 audience members permit beating the check DC, your Performance is a success.
Try again
Yes, subject to cumulative -5 penalties for a jaded audience. Jaded audience modifiers stack to -20, but each -5 penalty can be alleviated by successful performance checks. These penalties apply only as long as the performer remains at a particular locale and the audience remembers prior performances. Typically, every year's passage of time eliminates 1 such -5 penalty.
Routine Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 13, 4 ranks in any Performance skill.
Benefit
Routine Performance allows you to Take 10 on performances once you decide on a given performance routine that you can repeat by rote. For an audience new to that routine, you perform a standard skill check without the benefit of Taking 10. You may make 1 additional appearance for each point by which the check succeeds and Take 10 against matching DC on each occasion.
Special
A -1 check penalty applies to routine Performance(comedy) checks.
Private Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 13, 4 ranks in any Performance skill.
Benefit
Up to 6 clients may be entertained in private audience, and every 2 members (rounding up,) will pay as much as the performer could expect to earn in an entire public performance. There are no intrinsic limits on her performances per day with a private audience, but she may typically allow herself 10 hours work per day in total. (Naturally, clients rich enough to afford the service of the truly gifted may well be few and far between.)
The character is subject to a cumulative skill check penalty of -1 per member of her audience, and applies the lowest-value Relation modifier with her clients.
Servants, retainers, and other bystanders are not considered members of an audience, nor are other performers, provided none of the above make demands on the character's attention. The normal penalties for a jaded audience and neccesity of switching routines apply to private audiences as they do to the public, but individual clients are considered rather than locale.
Special
During private Performance(banter) checks, every total 20 ranks in Knowledge and Profession skills in which any client possesses at least 5 ranks confer a cumulative +1 synergy bonus.
10 ranks in Sense Motive grants synergy +2 to all private performances.
A -3 check penalty applies to private Performance(thespian) checks.
Elating Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 13, 4 ranks in any Performance skill.
Benefit
A successful Elating Performance check of DC 15 or better has the potential to provide audiences with a +1 morale bonus toward saves and skill checks for 24 hours, subject to a -2 penalty to the check. All checks failed by 5 points or more instead impose -1 morale penalties.
Subjects can ignore effects with a +5 Will save against the same DC, but must make their save prior to the check.
Improved Elating Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 15, 9 ranks in any Performance skill, Elating Performance.
Benefit
Elating Performances of DC 30 or better can now provide a +2 morale bonus, instead of +1, and the check penalty is reduced to -1.
Greater Elating Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 15, 13 ranks in any Performance skill, Improved Elating Performance.
Benefit
Elating Performances of DC 45 or better can now provide a +3 morale bonus, instead of +2/+1, and check penalties are eliminated.
Dedicated Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 15, 9 ranks in any Performance skill, Elating Performance, Private Performance.
Benefit
During a Dedicated Performance, you can attempt to apply the morale modifiers of an Elating Performance toward your Relation with a single chosen character. The general minimum check DC for success = (10 - existing Relation modifier) x 2 (i.e., negative Relations increase the DC).
Only Relations between +5 and -5 may be affected by a dedicated performance.
You cannot accept payment from the subject for a dedicated performance unless you beat the DC by 8 points or more.
Special
You gain a +2 bonus on dedicated Performance(song), Performance(poetry) and Performance(carnal) checks.
Spontaneous Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Int 14, 1 rank in any chosen Performance skill.
Benefit
This feat may be taken several times. Each time it applies to a different performance skill.
Normal performance checks are made against a predetermined DC based on what the audience is expected to pay for admission. A spontaneous performance allows you to negotiate half price for a predetermined DC that you would beat by taking 10, and half price based on your actual Performance roll. The calibre of performance matches your check result.
Special
A spontaneous performance is required to beat Performance check DCs of 35 or more. Spontaneous performances have Intelligence as an additional Synergy requirement.
You gain a +2 bonus on spontaneous Performance(comedy) or Performance(juggle) checks.
Combined Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
5 ranks in two seperate Performance skills, Wis 14.
Benefit
Certain seperate Performance checks may be combined in a single Performance effort. For instance, poetry might be sung to accompany a string serenade, tumblling and oratory might be incorporated as part of a vaudeville comedy, or dance and gymnastics could be integral to an erotic liasion.
Alternatively (or in addition,) several participants might combine their talents in a single performance.
A total of up to 6 seperate skill checks may be combined in this way, provided they gel in some logical fashion as part of a single act (in general, performer skills that grant the other a synergy bonus may be combined.)
Tumble is considered a Performance skill. Performance(banter) or Performance(instrument) checks can be part of any combined performance.
Combining checks
In general, each seperate performance check during a combined performance grants a +2 bonus to all skill checks made (up to +10,) but the worst of all results is kept, and you may not Take 10 on these checks. If the check succeeds, the participants earn as much gold for each performance check as they could normally expect for an entire standard performance.
Multiple performers
Participants with 10 ranks in Diplomacy gains a +2 bonus during checks made with multiple participants. Any participants who don't possess the Combined Performance feat cannot gain synergy.
Multiple Performance(thespian), Performance(dance), and Performance(gymnast) checks gain a +1 synergy bonus.
Special
A combined performance is required to beat Performance check DCs of 45 or more.
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I was pondering what a revised and expanded Perform skill would resemble- especially when it comes to them pesky elvses- so I thought I might distribute my musings for general consumption. It gives you a little more flexibility in selecting a performance career, and covers some of the deficiencies in ability score dependancies that bugged me beforehand.
Lastly, there's no business like show business, so there's a whole bunch of feats covering how to enhance your career in entertainment.
I took a page out of Mr. Burlewe's book (http://www.giantitp.com/articles/jFppYwv7OUkegKhONNF.html) for relationship (or Relation) modifiers. In any case enjoy- or failing that, feel free to submit corrections and suggestions.
Performance (Cha)
Synergy Ability Requirements
Performance checks with synergy dependancies may not gain a synergy bonus in excess of the modifiers in each required ability score.
Instrument Performances
Plucked and bowed instrument performances gain synergy +1 from 5 ranks in Performance(string), tuned and tympanic from 5 ranks in Performance(percussion), and brass or woodwind from 5 ranks in Performance(wind). Checks may gain up to a +5 bonus from masterwork instruments.
10 ranks Concentrate, 10 ranks Listen, and 20 ranks Listen grant synergy +1 to all instrument performances.
Performance(oratory)
Covers: The public forum, folk tales, epic narrative
Cannot be conducted for a private audience, except during spontaneous performances at a -3 penalty. Performance(oratory) may also be used to make Mass Diplomacy or Mass Intimidate checks at a -5 penalty.
Synergy: 5 ranks Knowledge(religion), 5 ranks Knowledge(history), 5 ranks Performance(poetry), 10 ranks Diplomacy +1.
Synergy needs: Intelligence
Performance(song)
Covers: Ballads, opera, hymnals
All performances gain a +2 bonus from a successful Performance(poetry) check of matching DC.
Synergy: 5 ranks Performance(poetry), 10 ranks Knowledge(geography), 15 ranks Listen +1.
Performance(poetry)[language]
Covers: Sonnets, odes, haiku
This skill may be taken several times- each time, it applies to a different known language.
Subjects who do not understand the chosen language impose a -3 penalty to checks made, those who do grant a +1 bonus.
Synergy: 10 ranks Knowledge(nature), 10 ranks Decipher Script, 15 ranks Listen +1.
Synergy needs: Intelligence
Performance(dance)
Covers: Dervishes, flamenco, ballet
Every 5 ranks grants a +1 (max. +4) circumstance bonus against all Grapple, Bull Rush, Trip, Charge, or Overrun attempts by humanoids.
DC 20+ performances require Str 14.
Synergy: 5 ranks Performance(carnal), 5 ranks Performance(gymnast) +1, 10 ranks Balance +2.
Synergy needs: Dexterity
Performance(carnal)
Covers: Dance of the 7 veils, masseuse, bondage
A -5 check penalty applies during public performances.
Carnal performances that succeed by 8 points or more earn double normal pay.
Subjects with a sexual interest in the performer grant a +2 bonus to the check, those without impose a -10 penalty.
Synergy: 5 ranks Disguise, 5 ranks Tumble, 10 ranks Performance(gymnast) +1, 10 ranks Sense Motive +2.
Synergy needs: Wisdom, Dexterity
Performance(thespian)
Covers: Tragedy, romance and melodrama, mime
In public performance, every 5 ranks in Performance(oratory), or another performer's successful Performance(puppetry) check of matching DC, grant a +1 enhancement bonus (max. +4) to the check.
Synergy: 5 ranks Disguise, 5 ranks Intimidate, 10 ranks Sense Motive, 10 ranks Knowledge(nobility) +1, 5 ranks Performance(comedy) +2.
Synergy needs: Wisdom, Intelligence
Performance(comedy)
Covers: Stand-up, pantomine, limericks
Synergy: 10 ranks Performance(banter), 10 ranks Tumble, 10 ranks Knowledge(local) +2.
Synergy needs: Intelligence
Performance(puppetry)
Covers: Deus ex mechina, stage props, marionettes
Masterwork craftsmanship in props and materials provides a +2 bonus to checks made.
Synergy: 5 ranks Hide, 5 ranks Move Silently +1, 5 ranks Knowledge(architecture & engineering), 5 ranks Performance(comedy) +2.
Synergy needs: Wisdom, Dexterity
Performance(juggle)
Covers: Cup and ball, distraction, street act
You may substitute a Performance(juggle) check at a -5 penalty for an attack roll to resist Disarm or Sunder attempts.
Synergy: 5 ranks Performance(gymnast) +1, 5 ranks Sleight of Hand, 10 ranks Sleight of Hand +2.
Synergy needs: Dexterity
Performance(gymnast)
Covers: Human pyramids, somersaults, sword-swallowing
Every 10 ranks in the skill grant a +1 dodge bonus to Touch AC and Reflex saves when lightly encumbered.
The skill may be used to perform Jump, Escape Artist, Balance or Climb checks at a -12 penalty.
Synergy: 10 ranks Jump, 10 ranks Climb, 5 ranks Escape Artist +1, 5 ranks Balance +2.
Synergy needs: Strength, Dexterity
Performance(banter)
Covers: Conversation, gossip, anecdotes
Cannot be conducted for public audiences, except at a -3 penalty during combined performances.
Synergy: 10 ranks Bluff, 10 ranks Sense Motive, 5 ranks Diplomacy +1.
Synergy needs: Intelligence
Performance(instrument)[string, percussion, wind, or clavier]
Covers: Proficiency with instruments of the selected type
The skill may be selected more than once, and applies to a different instrument type each time. String, percussion, and wind checks suffer a -5 penalty, clavier checks, a -3 penalty.
Synergy needs: Dexterity
Performance(instrument)[plucked, bowed, tuned, tympanic, brass, or woodwind]
Covers: Proficiency with instruments of the selected type
The skill may be selected more than once, and applies to a different instrument type each time. All checks suffer a -4 penalty.
Synergy needs: Dexterity
Performance(instrument)[]
Covers: Proficiency with a single chosen instrument
No checks are made with this skill. The skill may be selected more than once, and applies to a different instrument each time. Every 4 ranks in the skill grants a cumulative +1 synergy bonus to Performance checks with the chosen instrument, up to +5.
Action
Untrained Performance checks suffer a -3 penalty. Time taken for a successful Performance check is indicated on the table below.
The time taken for Performance can be halved at the cost of a -6 penalty to the check.
If the character can find a suitable venue in a prosperous city, she can expect to earn the sum indicated below with each successful appearance (typically once/day:)
{table=head]Check DC|Time taken|Income|Other
10|20 minutes|2d10 cp|A humdrum performance, just above begging.
15|1 hour|1d6 sp|An enjoyable performance, enough for an afternoon's diversion.
20|2 hours|4d10 sp|A fine performance, worth an evening and paid admission.
25|3 hours|1d8 gp|A great performance, drawing large crowds at select venues.
30|4 hours|3d10 gp|An extraordinary performance, winning devout adherents and public adulation.
35|5 hours|1d12 x10 gp|An epiphanal performance, a towering testiment to the muse of your art. (Spontaneous only.)
40|6 hours|2d20 x10 gp|A prodigous performance, proof of flair, virtuosity and demonstrative genius. (Spontaneous only.)
50|8 hours|1d10 x100 gp|A divine performance, altering lives. (Combined and Spontaneous only.)
[/table]
Performance for 2 hours or more requires Con 12. Performance for 4 hours or more inflicts fatigue, and 6 hours, exhaustion.
5 ranks in Spot or 10 ranks in Knowledge(local) grant synergy +1 to all public performances.
Venue conditions
Naturally, being unable to see or hear the Performer during various acts is an encumbrance to keeping all concerned enlivened.
Audience members who fail in Taking 10 on Listen checks apply the margin of failure as a penalty to all Performance checks involving song, poetry, puppetry, comedy, banter, theatrics or instrumental accompaniment.
Those who fail in Taking 10 on Spot checks apply margins of failure as a penalty to all Performance checks involving dance, theatrics, puppetry, juggling, gymnastics or erotic acts.
Typically speaking, if at least 9/10 audience members permit beating the check DC, your Performance is a success.
Try again
Yes, subject to cumulative -5 penalties for a jaded audience. Jaded audience modifiers stack to -20, but each -5 penalty can be alleviated by successful performance checks. These penalties apply only as long as the performer remains at a particular locale and the audience remembers prior performances. Typically, every year's passage of time eliminates 1 such -5 penalty.
Routine Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 13, 4 ranks in any Performance skill.
Benefit
Routine Performance allows you to Take 10 on performances once you decide on a given performance routine that you can repeat by rote. For an audience new to that routine, you perform a standard skill check without the benefit of Taking 10. You may make 1 additional appearance for each point by which the check succeeds and Take 10 against matching DC on each occasion.
Special
A -1 check penalty applies to routine Performance(comedy) checks.
Private Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 13, 4 ranks in any Performance skill.
Benefit
Up to 6 clients may be entertained in private audience, and every 2 members (rounding up,) will pay as much as the performer could expect to earn in an entire public performance. There are no intrinsic limits on her performances per day with a private audience, but she may typically allow herself 10 hours work per day in total. (Naturally, clients rich enough to afford the service of the truly gifted may well be few and far between.)
The character is subject to a cumulative skill check penalty of -1 per member of her audience, and applies the lowest-value Relation modifier with her clients.
Servants, retainers, and other bystanders are not considered members of an audience, nor are other performers, provided none of the above make demands on the character's attention. The normal penalties for a jaded audience and neccesity of switching routines apply to private audiences as they do to the public, but individual clients are considered rather than locale.
Special
During private Performance(banter) checks, every total 20 ranks in Knowledge and Profession skills in which any client possesses at least 5 ranks confer a cumulative +1 synergy bonus.
10 ranks in Sense Motive grants synergy +2 to all private performances.
A -3 check penalty applies to private Performance(thespian) checks.
Elating Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 13, 4 ranks in any Performance skill.
Benefit
A successful Elating Performance check of DC 15 or better has the potential to provide audiences with a +1 morale bonus toward saves and skill checks for 24 hours, subject to a -2 penalty to the check. All checks failed by 5 points or more instead impose -1 morale penalties.
Subjects can ignore effects with a +5 Will save against the same DC, but must make their save prior to the check.
Improved Elating Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 15, 9 ranks in any Performance skill, Elating Performance.
Benefit
Elating Performances of DC 30 or better can now provide a +2 morale bonus, instead of +1, and the check penalty is reduced to -1.
Greater Elating Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 15, 13 ranks in any Performance skill, Improved Elating Performance.
Benefit
Elating Performances of DC 45 or better can now provide a +3 morale bonus, instead of +2/+1, and check penalties are eliminated.
Dedicated Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Cha 15, 9 ranks in any Performance skill, Elating Performance, Private Performance.
Benefit
During a Dedicated Performance, you can attempt to apply the morale modifiers of an Elating Performance toward your Relation with a single chosen character. The general minimum check DC for success = (10 - existing Relation modifier) x 2 (i.e., negative Relations increase the DC).
Only Relations between +5 and -5 may be affected by a dedicated performance.
You cannot accept payment from the subject for a dedicated performance unless you beat the DC by 8 points or more.
Special
You gain a +2 bonus on dedicated Performance(song), Performance(poetry) and Performance(carnal) checks.
Spontaneous Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
Int 14, 1 rank in any chosen Performance skill.
Benefit
This feat may be taken several times. Each time it applies to a different performance skill.
Normal performance checks are made against a predetermined DC based on what the audience is expected to pay for admission. A spontaneous performance allows you to negotiate half price for a predetermined DC that you would beat by taking 10, and half price based on your actual Performance roll. The calibre of performance matches your check result.
Special
A spontaneous performance is required to beat Performance check DCs of 35 or more. Spontaneous performances have Intelligence as an additional Synergy requirement.
You gain a +2 bonus on spontaneous Performance(comedy) or Performance(juggle) checks.
Combined Performance[Performer]
Prerequisites
5 ranks in two seperate Performance skills, Wis 14.
Benefit
Certain seperate Performance checks may be combined in a single Performance effort. For instance, poetry might be sung to accompany a string serenade, tumblling and oratory might be incorporated as part of a vaudeville comedy, or dance and gymnastics could be integral to an erotic liasion.
Alternatively (or in addition,) several participants might combine their talents in a single performance.
A total of up to 6 seperate skill checks may be combined in this way, provided they gel in some logical fashion as part of a single act (in general, performer skills that grant the other a synergy bonus may be combined.)
Tumble is considered a Performance skill. Performance(banter) or Performance(instrument) checks can be part of any combined performance.
Combining checks
In general, each seperate performance check during a combined performance grants a +2 bonus to all skill checks made (up to +10,) but the worst of all results is kept, and you may not Take 10 on these checks. If the check succeeds, the participants earn as much gold for each performance check as they could normally expect for an entire standard performance.
Multiple performers
Participants with 10 ranks in Diplomacy gains a +2 bonus during checks made with multiple participants. Any participants who don't possess the Combined Performance feat cannot gain synergy.
Multiple Performance(thespian), Performance(dance), and Performance(gymnast) checks gain a +1 synergy bonus.
Special
A combined performance is required to beat Performance check DCs of 45 or more.
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