Expeditious Performance
Focused repetitive practice makes a specific bardic performance type second nature and quicker to start.
Requirement: Bardic Performance, Cha 13, 1 Rank in Perform or any type.
Benefit: When you gain this feat choose a perform skill in which you have a rank in; once chosen it can not be changed. 1/day with an additional time per day you may expedite your performance. If you require a standard it takes a move action. If you require a move action it is a swift action. If you require a swift it takes a free or immediate action. If you require full round action due to some effect, your performance takes a standard with the use of feat.
If you posses 7 or more ranks in the chosen skill you gain an additional expedition per day. You gain an additional expedition at 14 ranks.
I think you should change the name to Nightcore Performance, and play a trance-o-matic gnome party star, who somehow manages to play techno songs on string instruments. The gnome would totally have the high pitched voice to do the nightcore vocals too. Never mind, this character idea is mine!
But in all seriousness I have minimal knowledge of bards, but I don't really see this feat to be too big of a game changer. You're presumably getting a few extra actions per encounter, and only a few times per day, which seems pretty fair.
I just had a quick look at the core rulebook, your feat would offer the bard something that they would regularly get at 7th level at 1st level, which I'm assuming is a little OP. Would this feat double the effectiveness of the the already reduced performance times at bard levels 7 and 13? Is the idea that this feat would eventually allow you to start the performance as a free action a few times per day?
With all that being said, wouldn't any item of haste have the same effect on your character as this feat? I know spells and items aren't the same as feats, so the feat would be nice. I think the idea is there, but enabling a bard character something like this at 1st level might be too much.
I'm sure some pro bard player is about to chime in.
I think you should change the name to Nightcore Performance, and play a trance-o-matic gnome party star, who somehow manages to play techno songs on string instruments. The gnome would totally have the high pitched voice to do the nightcore vocals too. Never mind, this character idea is mine!
But in all seriousness I have minimal knowledge of bards, but I don't really see this feat to be too big of a game changer. You're presumably getting a few extra actions per encounter, and only a few times per day, which seems pretty fair.
I just had a quick look at the core rulebook, your feat would offer the bard something that they would regularly get at 7th level at 1st level, which I'm assuming is a little OP. Would this feat double the effectiveness of the the already reduced performance times at bard levels 7 and 13? Is the idea that this feat would eventually allow you to start the performance as a free action a few times per day?
With all that being said, wouldn't any item of haste have the same effect on your character as this feat? I know spells and items aren't the same as feats, so the feat would be nice. I think the idea is there, but enabling a bard character something like this at 1st level might be too much.
I'm sure some pro bard player is about to chime in.
Thanks for the review. No haste only grants an extra attack action on a full round attack.
Yes you are getting a 7th level ability 1/day only though, at the cost of a feat. I can add some performance ranks requirements in to delay it to say 3rd level if that would be more balanced. But the entire deal is to have the performance activate faster to allow a bard to generally do more. I added progressively better actions and more uses to keep the feat useful, nothing like cleave is now. I can reduce it to 2/day at 10th or 11th level if that would be more balanced.
I'm surprised nobody has jumped on this one. In any case, I think it's a cool idea. If I was GMing, I wouldn't see an issue with the feat as is. I'm not sure why you chose ranks 7 and 14 for the extra expeditious performance/day, I would just make it 7 and 13 to put it in line with the regular bard bonuses. Best of luck proposing it to any groups. =)
7 and 13 is fine, will change that in final.
Expeditious Performance
Focused repetitive practice makes a specific bardic performance type second nature and quicker to start.
Requirement: Bardic Performance, Cha 13, 3 Rank in Perform skill of any type.
Benefit: When you gain this feat choose a perform skill in which you have a rank in; once chosen it can not be changed. 1/day with an additional time per day you may expedite your performance. If you require a standard it takes a move action. If you require a move action it is a swift action. If you require a swift it takes a free or immediate action. If you require full round action due to some effect, your performance takes a standard with the use of this feat.
If you posses 7 or more ranks in the chosen skill you gain an additional expedition per day. You gain an additional expedition at 13 ranks. This feat can not stack with itself.
sounds like a personal problem
? was that supposed to be a joke?
So the feat is balanced right? It is in question if the feat is worth taking or not. What do you think?
I think this feat could really help a battle oriented bard, as you want to get into combat/melee as soon as possible! Having to wait rounds to cast spells and start performances really hurts this. Plus as you get higher levels, you obviously want to get quicken rods ASAP! So your swift actions are taken up fast!