Many abilities and spells are listed as being "language dependent" but this trait is defined nowhere in the book.
Does this work like it used to, where it means the caster has to have a common language with the target? If so, I am disturbed by this particular line in Bardic Performance: "If a bardic performance has audible components, the targets must be able to hear the bard for the performance to have any effect, and such performances are language dependent."
Does this mean that my fiddler Bard can only fascinate creatures who can understand Common (or whatever specific language) even if he is not speaking or singing a word?
What I really want is an official definition of "language dependent" which I am unable to find.
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The bard would have to have a common language with the target and that's all "language dependent" means. Thus, there really isn't an official definition or a need for one. The class assumes that lyrics are half of the bard's performance and that music alone (without lyrics) doesn't produce his power which seems to be the actual trouble you're having. You're perhaps wanting the fiddle to fascinate alone and it doesn't? Your GM could rule that lyrics don't have to be a component of your bard's music though, overriding the rules.
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What I really want is an official definition of "language dependent" which I am unable to find.
Core Rulebook, page 212:
A language-dependent spell uses intelligible language as a medium for communication. If the target cannot understand or cannot hear what the caster of a language-dependant spell says, the spell fails.