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Question is about bards masterpiece "Legato Piece on the Infernal Bargain"
And it is quite simple - does it need full payment (as described in Planar Ally) or lack of payment simply means +0 bonus on Charisma Check?

Example:

Bard had play hard-rock guitar solo and Beadred Devil appers in a flash of hellfire.

Bard - "Hello mighty fiend! Did you like my new masterpiece 'Highway to Hell'? Maybe you can help me to beat some bandits? I am lack of money and don't want to sell my soul, but i can offer you a big nice keg of beer - would you help me?"
Devil - "You are funny, pity mortal jester, but maybe i wil be statisfied by your music only...let me think"

Bard rolling opposed charisma check against devil - with +0 bonus because of lack of payment and task that does't suit for devil well
Let's assume that Bard wins and now he has devil at his service, with a keg of beer as payment.

Does it works in that way?

Hi to all, and let's try to find out.

The Сase:
Unchained Rogue with Sap crawls along the corridor and sneaks behind the guard's back, who does not see the rogue.
Rogue is aware of combat, guard isn't. So that means Surprise Round

- Surprise Round - Rogue hits Guard with sap, adding sneak attack damage and Bewildered condition(-4 AC against rogue), to soften his defence.
- Initiative Roll - Let's assume that rogue had win initiative.
- Regular Round - Rogue hits Guard with sap once again. BUT! at this step strange things are happening.

The Problem:
Combat Rules - "Effects that last a certain number of rounds end just before the same initiative count that they began on."

By the rules it looks like our clever sneaky Rogue with tacktical advantage and high initative cant get profit from her own debuff. And that is very strange.

So i need clarification and FAQ - Can unchained rogue make sneak attack in surprise round with Bewildered debuff and then, in regular round, make attack against bewildered foe?