So, I know this was brought up like, forever ago when the Pathfinder rules were still in the Beta playtest, but was there an "official" or at least suggested conversion ruling for feats that deal with bardic music "uses" and what that means as far as performance rounds are concerned? More simply put, any word from on high as to how many "bardic performance rounds" are equal a 3.5 "bardic music use"?
Thanks!
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That has come up before in other threads on Paizo forum. I believe the ratio is 2:1 (2 rounds/day Pathfinder = 1/use per day 3.5e)
To see this in action below is my conversion of a 3.5e feat that uses Bardic Performance.
Snowflake Wardance (General Feat)
Feat conversion notes: The following is a faithful conversion of Snowflake Wardance using Pathfinder rules. It rewards taking more ranks in Perform (Dance) skill and can be used in conjunction with Inspire Courage thus allowing the Bard to aid the party and boost himself in combat. The bard gains suitable value by taking the feat.
SNOWFLAKE WARDANCE
[GENERAL] 3.5e Frostburn pg50
You have mastered the snowflake wardance, a mystical style of fighting with slashing weapons that allows you to leap and almost seem to float haphazardly across the battlefield like a whirling, razor-edged snowflake.Prerequisite: Bardic performance ability, Perform (dance) 3 ranks.
Benefit: You expend two rounds of your bardic performance uses per day to perform a deadly style of combat known as the snowflake wardance. Activating a snowflake wardance is a free action, and once activated, you add your Charisma modifier (if any, to a maximum of your hit dice) to your attack rolls with any slashing double weapon, slashing light or slashing one-handed melee weapons you wield. This bonus to hit stacks with any bonuses you get from a high Strength score (or Dexterity score, if you are using Weapon Finesse). You cannot use this feat if you are carrying a shield, wearing medium or heavy armour, or carrying a medium or heavy load.
Snowflake wardance is an Extraordinary ability (Ex) that is not affected by blindness or silence. It expends bardic performance uses per day but is treated separately to the magical effects of bardic performance. A bard can perform Snowflake wardance in conjunction with a bardic performance ability such as Inspire Courage.
A snowflake wardance lasts for a number of rounds equal to your ranks in Perform (dance). A bard can end her snowflake wardance as a free action and is fatigued afterwards for a number of rounds equal to 2 times the number of rounds spent in the snowflake wardance. A bard cannot enter a new snowflake wardance while fatigued or exhausted but can otherwise enter snowflake wardance multiple times during a single encounter or combat.
So, I know this was brought up like, forever ago when the Pathfinder rules were still in the Beta playtest, but was there an "official" or at least suggested conversion ruling for feats that deal with bardic music "uses" and what that means as far as performance rounds are concerned? More simply put, any word from on high as to how many "bardic performance rounds" are equal a 3.5 "bardic music use"?
Thanks!
PS. Moderators, please feel free to move this thread if it's on the wrong board... :)
We decide on 2 rounds per use, but if yu have to expend more than one at once, e.g. for feats, it follows the progression 2,3,5,7... since you have to pay more for a battle than with the old mechanic.