I'm about to play a Bard in a campaign, and have been reading through the abilities and had a question about the Fascinate ability. It says "At 1st level, a bard can use his performance to cause one or more creatures to become fascinated with him." Then later in that paragraph it states "For every three levels the bard has attained beyond 1st, he can target one additional creature with this ability." My question is this, how many creatures does it affect at level 1?
My gut reaction to reading the way it is printed says 1 creature affected, and then at 4th, 2 creatures. Which gives a maximum of 7 creatures at level 19 (if I added it up right :P). This seems a little low for a non-combat (and in my mind, mostly RP ability.. maybe I'm just not seeing something).
Any help?
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This is one that’s troubled me as well. In my campaigns I’ve always used the “The bard must also be able to see the creatures affected” as the key, so the bard is able to fascinate a crowd s/he is looking at plus however many based on level. So, however many are there, plus the guy in the alley who meet the other criteria (i.e., “within 90 feet, able to see and hear the bard, and capable of paying attention to him.”).
Not intuitive, and not RAW, but works for me. :D