Vindictive Soliloquy rounds

[Ayanzo]

From UM,

It describes it as taking 5 rounds to perform.

My questions are:

1.) Are these full rounds? Or is it similar to a bardic performance I can maintain as a free action until I can gain the effect at the end of the 5th round.

2.) If not full rounds, can I spend a 'action' to keep it going as (1st standard, 7th move 13th swift) and do other things.

If either 2 or 1 apply, since it was determined that masterpieces are different from bardic performances (but draw from the same bardic performance/day pool), can I start a performance and a masterpiece (assuming 7th level).

There's always Singing or Orating this before combat as it lasts min/level. But I'm looking at the combat options here.

[Ayanzo]

Any bards knowledgable on this subject care to chime in?

[Tom Sampson]

The action required is five full rounds.

This makes the performance useless as combat should be finished by the time you start the effects of this performance, and if not, you could probably have spent those 5 rounds better.

[Rhatahema]

I think the writer meant for the action to be "5 rounds", which would mean you'd need to take a full-round action each round for 5 rounds to perform the masterpiece, and at the beginning of your turn in the 6th round, the action would be complete (that's at least how a spell would work).

It's an okay option if you've got half a minute to buff and the enemy can't hear your bizarre monologue from the other side of the door.