So before I end my turn, I always start jamming on my lute, standing over the body of the bugbear I just slaughtered.

    • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Having not played 5e in PnP yet (my group is kinda scattered 😮‍💨) I have to wonder if Performance is not tied to bardic inspiration or other bardic abilities that used to require performing a song to keep up, much like how casters use Concentration, or if it’s simply BG3.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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        1 year ago

        Performance is not an “ability” in DnD I’m pretty sure. It’s just something you do with an ability check. You can just go to a bar and play a song or whatever, and roll a performance check. I haven’t played Bard in BG3, but I assume what you’re talking about is an action you perform in the game that’s trying to emulate the feeling of tabletop. I wonder if you can do it around people and make money?

        • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          It’s a skill, like concentration. It’s used like concentration is, with it being checked when you’re attacked during a performance for a buff or other bard spell you’ve cast that requires focus. The game does do this (like, it checks your performance skill when attacked while concentrating on a spell), but instead of actually showing your character playing continuously while having one of these spells cast, you just pick a song to play as a free action to just add flavor totally optionally. Now, in, say, Neverwinter Nights when you are concentrating on a skill, your character will play their instrument until they fail a check or the spell ends completely automatically.

          Also: You can make money playing instruments. There is even an achievement to make so much.