[3.5] When Is Perform Worthwhile For Non-Bards

[PoeticallyPsyco]

Not sure if this one counts, since you still need at least one level of Bard to qualify, but the Stormsinger PrC will progress any arcane class and uses Perform to determine the damage of the lightning bolts you can call down, as well as being required for unlocking new Stormsinger music effects.

[Thurbane]

Magic item reqs/checks -

• Anstruth Harp: Perform (string instruments) 12 ranks
• Canaith Mandolin: Perform (string instruments) 8 ranks
• Cli Lyre: DC 14 Perform (string instruments) 10 ranks
• Doss Lute: Perform (string instruments) 6 ranks
• Drums of Marching: DC 15 Perform (percussion instruments) check
• Fochlucan Bandore: Perform (string instruments) 2 ranks
• Harp of Charming: DC 14 Perform (string instruments) check
• Lyre of Building: DC 18 Perform (string instruments) check
• Mac-Fuirmith Cithern: Perform (string instruments) 4 ranks
• Ollamh Harp: Perform (string instruments) 14 ranks
• Pipes of Frenzied Revelry (relic): DC 25 Perform (wind instruments) check
• Pipes of Haunting: DC 15 Perform (wind instruments) check
• Pipes of the Sewers: DC 10/15 Perform (wind instruments) check
• Pipes of Sounding: Perform (wind instruments) any ranks

[daremetoidareyo]

An alp horn covers 1d10 miles: you should be able to collect tips from an entire county with that