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Thread: Variant Bardic spellcasting
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2006-09-24, 07:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Variant Bardic spellcasting
It irritates me that all bard spells must have verbal components: not all bards sing. Some dance, some are flutists, some use lutes.
- If you have the Perform (dance) skill, your spells must include somatic components.
- If you have the Perform (acting, comedy, oratory, or singing) skill, your spells must include verbal components.
- If you have the Perform (keyboard, percussion, stringed, or wind instruments) skill, your spells must include the instrument of your choice as a focus component.
If you have Perform skills in more than one category, choose one of them to be your primary Perform skill. This determines which component you cannot eliminate through metmagic.
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2006-09-24, 09:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Variant Bardic spellcasting
This makes complete sense, I like it. It seems a pretty simple and to the point rule, so probably not too many replies; but the rule makes sense and I'll likely make use of it.
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2006-09-25, 06:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Variant Bardic spellcasting
Seconded (other than making use of it: I'm not too keen on playing Bards).
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2006-09-26, 12:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Variant Bardic spellcasting
What about providing for Air Guitar Bards? Would they be Somatic or Verbal or both?
It is a joyful thing indeed to hold intimate converse with a man after one’s own heart, chatting without reserve about things of interest or the fleeting topics of the world; but such, alas, are few and far between.
– Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
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2006-09-26, 02:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Variant Bardic spellcasting
Originally Posted by Matthew
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2006-09-26, 02:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Variant Bardic spellcasting
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2006-09-26, 04:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Variant Bardic spellcasting
You know what I've always wanted to see? A rule (not aid another) that allows perform checks to be made in tandem, to provide a synergy bonus for each person participating. So maybe you can have a bard singing, another strumming on the lute, and a shadow danver dancing, giving a sort of synergy bonus. The problem I've always encountered is where to draw the line, and how to deal with two good performers and one bad one. Maybe average their rolls and then add synergy?
If this is a hijack, let me know, Iames.Water, Earth, Fire, and Air: Benders of the Avatar worldAvatar By the amazing Mephibosheth