I'm looking to make an Ifrit bard for a home game and specialize in Fascinating creatures:
The Hypnotic alternate racial trait give me +1 to the DC of my fascinate effects (i.e. the bardic performance, and if I cast it the spell Hypnotism)
also:
Ifrit bards favored class bonus: "Bard: Add +1/6 to the number of people the bard can affect with the fascinate bardic performance."
(I've looked around on the boards and as far as I can tell you fascinate 1 person at level 1, 2 at 4, 3 at 7 etc. without this bonus).
SO: Advice I'm seeking:
What else can I do to improve my fascinate (feats/traits/whatever)?
I'm considering the Demagogue or Celebrity archetypes, (demagogue seems to be able to control the entire crowd gathered using its Incite Violence ability); should I consider any other archetypes?
Any cool ideas about what I can DO with fascinate/fascinated creatures (aside from incite violence)? And what feats/whatever do I need in order to do that cool thing?
Any cool ideas about what I can DO with fascinate/fascinated creatures (aside from incite violence)? And what feats/whatever do I need in order to do that cool thing?
Pretty much nothing--not even incite violence. About the only things you can do with Fascinate are:
1) Temporarily stop violence (assuming you fascinate everyone involved)
2) Essentially give your allies +4 Stealth against the people you fascinate
3) Use Suggestion with a scaling DC.
It's probably one of the Bard's worst abilities, to be honest. But then, who knows--even bad abilities come up sometimes. I actually just came home from a game where my Bard saved the entire party with a Countersong--it's the very first time I've ever seen that performance used.