Perform

Perform

Description
The Perform skill represents the ability to entertain via a performance. Unlike PnP D&D, in DDO there is a single Perform skill.

From Update 19, it adds 1 point of Sonic Spell Power per point of skill.

The Bard class gets the most use from this skill, as it serves two additional roles for it:
 * It, along with the Bard's class level, determines which Bardic Music songs the character may use. Only the character's base number of skill ranks counts for this purpose. Bonuses are ignored.
 * The Bard's Perform skill + 1d20 is the Difficulty Class of the Fascinate and Enthrallment abilities.

Cutpoints
Some builds, especially multi-class bards, only need a minimum number of ranks of Perform. Here are the minimums for various abilities and enhancements: