Bardic music

Bardic Music
Bards receive a series of active abilities collectively called bardic music or bardic songs. A bard may perform one song per rest period per level of bard. Each use of a song utilizes one of their songs per day. Use of bardic music requires bard levels and ranks in the perform skill. The bardic songs are:


 * Fascinate (requires bard level 1 and 3 ranks of perform)
 * Inspire Courage (requires bard level 1 and 3 ranks of perform), superceded at level 8 by Improved Inspire Courage
 * Inspire Competence (requies bard level 3 and 6 ranks of perform)
 * Suggestion (requires bard level 6 and 9 ranks of perform)
 * Inspire Greatness (requires bard level 9 and 12 ranks of perform)

There is a bard enhancement, extra song, which allows bards to use their music more times per rest period.

Note: The Required ranks of perform are actual skill point requirements that must be spent at each level in order to gain access to the specified song. Having a +Perform item, skill boosts, or any other artificial method of boosting your Perform skill will not allow you to gain access to the song if you do not have enough ranks in the first place.