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Yes, another post on this topic. I searched for over half an hour and found a lot of personal opinions.
Is there a conclusive errata or FAQ that I have yet to find? The one FAQ I saw didn't cover this topic.
I -think- the general consensus is a trait bonus to Perform will carry over to the Versatile Performance. Is this the PFS standing?
Here is the main thing to think about:
Trait: Savant (Social)
Benefit: Choose a performance type. You gain a +2 trait bonus on all Perform checks made using that performance type. Perform is always a class skill for you.
Whispers "You're not really using the performance and yet the general consensus I saw was that trait bonus does apply".
Is there an Official PF Society standing on this?
It is really simple to get a Bard to level 2 (Play a Dungeon Crawl Lv 1 module, GM a couple Tier 1-2 scenarios and apply them), then poof you now have Bluff and Diplomacy for free without "Slumming it".
If it applies to all uses of the skill, it applies when you use that skill with versatile performance.
Performance type is keyboard/drums/comedy. Example, Savant only helps with comedy, and wont help with perform oratory. If you have versatile for both then your comedy has the +2 from the trait. Since you're making a perform comedy check for your skill. While if you make a perform oratory it isn't comedy so no bonus.
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If it applies to all uses of the skill, it applies when you use that skill with versatile performance.
Cool.
I'm really curious. I am not trying to be disrespectful and am merely asking a question.
I noticed you are listed as a Venture Agent so....
Is this a personal opinion or something that you firmly believe is PFS rule?
There is a $14 PDF that I currently do not own and a Bard that I want to play. It would really suck to buy it and find out that bonus is useless except for Dayjob checks (Perform:String can't be used for Distraction and I would not whip out a Lute in combat for Countersong, or likely at all, anyway). So, I hope you can see my point of view on wondering if I would walk into a game store or convention and possibly have someone slash my skill based upon a trait.
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Is there an Official PF Society standing on this?
The official stance is that the Savant Trait is not a legal character option.
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