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For my next character, I plan on making a Bard, and I'd like him to have a troupe of back up singers. Is there a vanity that would best fit this concept? I suppose I could have them be a bunch of heralds, but am wondering if there is something more specific.
I also plan to have a signature song for each spell or ability that requires perform (sing), and have an audio clip on my phone that I can play when it is his turn to act. With the small number of spells known, I might need to cycle through a couple of song choices per spell or ability to keep this fresh with repeated use.
The initial focus for spells known will be enchantment/charm spells, and I already have a few clips teed up. I'm sure I'll get a few other spell/song suggestions in response to this post. If I use your idea, I'll try to give you credit in game.
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Try to recruit party members. They can make perform (sing) checks untrained. I have a friend who's bard is wildly popular. He has the flagbearer feat, and carries the flag of his band, and offers party members the opportunity to be roadies and what not and everyone seems to enjoy the chance to participate.
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There's an Ifrit band in our region called "Brass on Fire".
I think they're composed of a Sorcerer, a Bard, and a Swashbuckler.
And they have a Half-orc body guard.
They're all male, and want desperately to recruit my female Ifrit Swashbuckler as a backup dancer.
It's pretty awesome when we all sit down together.
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Try to recruit party members. They can make perform (sing) checks untrained. I have a friend who's bard is wildly popular. He has the flagbearer feat, and carries the flag of his band, and offers party members the opportunity to be roadies and what not and everyone seems to enjoy the chance to participate.
I like this from a role play aspect, but I don't think there's really a game mechanic for it. If the other PCs don't have a level in bard, they can't aid a bardic performance. But they could aid to a general perform (sing) check to get the crowd's attention. But in organized play I think the general performance can only be used once per session as a day job check, and you can't get help with those. Where is this flagbearer feat? Do you mean cavalier banner?
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Flagbearer is a feat from The Inner Sea World Guide.
Thanks. I just got that book last month. I guess I need to give it a thorough read.
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Ensemble might be interesting when he gets high enough level to take it. The downside on harmonizing armor sounds a bit scary.
What I'm really looking for is whether there are sources for vanities other than the Field Guide. The followers in the guide aren't exactly a match for what I'm envisioning, nor are the businesses. Theater and Concert Hall are close for the latter, but I'd rather have a business that's a roving band.
I could (for no mechanical game effect) have followers that are heralds, porters, seneschals, etc. and just say they can sing and play instruments I summon for them, but I'd rather check first to make sure there isn't a better fit in another resource.
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Three levels of Holy Tactician Paladin:
At 3rd level, a tactician can direct her allies in battle, granting each ally within 30 feet one teamwork feat she possesses as a bonus feat as a standard action. All allies must receive the same feat, but do not need to meet the prerequisites of this bonus feat. This ability does not function if the paladin is flat-footed or unconscious. Allies must be able to see and hear the holy tactician in order to gain this benefit. Changing the bonus feat granted is a swift action. This ability replaces aura of courage.
Then grab Ensemble.
Got a party of clerics? Make them a choir.
Got a group of arcane casters? Let them assist you in a violin quintet.
Raging barbarians? DEATH METAL MOSH PIT!
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Three levels of Holy Tactician Paladin:
At 3rd level, a tactician can direct her allies in battle, granting each ally within 30 feet one teamwork feat she possesses as a bonus feat as a standard action. All allies must receive the same feat, but do not need to meet the prerequisites of this bonus feat. This ability does not function if the paladin is flat-footed or unconscious. Allies must be able to see and hear the holy tactician in order to gain this benefit. Changing the bonus feat granted is a swift action. This ability replaces aura of courage.Then grab Ensemble.
Got a party of clerics? Make them a choir.
Got a group of arcane casters? Let them assist you in a violin quintet.
Raging barbarians? DEATH METAL MOSH PIT!
Three levels seems an excessive dip when you can take one level of Cavalier for the same effect.
Or better yet get a buddy who can make Roy Rogers (singing cavalier, maybe with the strategist archetype for 10 minute durations)
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The PC I'm considering actually already has a level of Cavalier, but it will take a while to get 5 ranks in perform (which are required for Ensemble).
The character also has some prestige, which I'm willing to spend on the vanities. I'm looking more for something I can do right now, versus waiting several levels to build a certain game mechanic. It isn't so much about having bonuses to bardic performance as it is having followers that are PFS legal and match the concept.
If there's something out there of this type that also grants a little bonus, then that would be, well, a bonus.