Bard Substitution Levels (Help Wanted)

[Samothdm]

I'm working on some bard variants for my homebrew and am looking for advice on some bardic performance substitutions for a "dancer" bard variant and an "actor" bard variant. Basically, I want to keep the rest of the class mostly the same, but trade out some of the more musically-oriented bardic performances for more dance-oriented and/or more actor-oriented ones.

My general thinking is that some of the dancer ones would involve things like faster movement, gracefully moving through threaten zones, easier ways of flanking foes, etc.

For the actor variant, I'm thinking along the lines of impersonating specific people, maybe mimicking other class abilities in a limited way, etc.

I'm not looking to replace every bardic performance - an actor's rousing speech works well with "inspire courage", and a dancer's seductive dance is sure to "fascinate". I'm just looking for suggestions to help slightly alter each type of bard to make them a little different.

Suggestions and ideas are welcome.

[rando1000]

Just a suggestion, check out the D20 Modern SRD, particularly the abilities for Charismatic Hero and Personality. There are a couple abilities you might be able to cannibalize from there, maybe upping the power a bit or gifting them at lower levels.

http://12tomidnight.com/d20modernsrd/Personality.php

[Tom Baumbach]

I have some alternate performances listed on my page here, but you'll probably have to re-theme them to fit your concept.

[Samothdm]

Thanks, you two. Both of those suggestions helped a lot. I'll definitely be pulling some ideas from your "Dorkistan" site (great name!), Tom.