Would this feat be balanced to convert to pathfinder? If so, how/if would it interact with the bards versatile performance ability? This feat comes from the complete adventurer page 112. Any thoughts?
What does it do?
VERSATILE PERFORMER
You are skilled at many kinds of performances.
Prerequisite: Perform (any) 5 ranks.
Benefit: Pick a number of Perform categories equal to
your Intelligence bonus (minimum 1). For the purpose
of making Perform checks, you are treated as having
a number of ranks in those skills equal to the highest
number of ranks you have in any Perform category. You
cannot change these categories once you have picked
them, but your score in them automatically increases
if you later add additional ranks in your highestranked
Perform category. You gain new categories of
your choice if your Intelligence bonus permanently
increases.
In addition, you gain a +2 bonus on a combined Perform
check when using two or more forms of performance at
the same time, such as a bard strumming a lyre while
singing. In such cases, add the bonus to the higher of
your two Perform skill modifiers.
Considering Bards usually don't have abnormally high Int, and that the Perform Skill is really unimportant for Bardic Performance now, I don't think it would be a huge deal.
The one thing it would affect is Versatile Performance, since it would allow you to key 2 or 3 perform skills to a signle one, and then use that one to replace 6 normal skills.
However, again, I don't think it's a huge deal, you just safe some skillpoints, and you need multiple instances of Versatile Performance in the first place
5 ranks pre-req would be 2 ranks in PF.
Edit: Another problem though might be that this can be used to get Skill Focus (primary perform) to apply to more than 1, and to get another kinds of bonus like the Geisha archetypes (1/2 level to a single perform skill) to apply to more than one.
While I personally would love that on my bard, it's something the DM should consider, especially in regard to versatile performance.
