Three Reasons to Live - Skald

[Grandlounge]

Can a skald benefit from this item. It's on a chronicle and I'm hoping to use it.

"A raging song counts as the bard's bardic performance special ability for any effect that affects bardic performances. A skald may learn bard masterpieces."

I read this as counting as a bardic performance belonging to a bard, but it may be to literal a reading.

Thanks.

[Melkiador]

"If a bard uses the horn to start a bardic performance, all effects of that performance are calculated as if the bard were 6 levels higher. This doesn’t grant the bard access to new bardic performances; it only enhances those to which the bard already has access."

I wouldn't trust it to table variation. Now, if you always play at the same table, then just ask that DM. I would probably allow the overly legalistic interpretation in this case.

[Fourshadow]

Grandlounge wrote:

Can a skald benefit from this item. It's on a chronicle and I'm hoping to use it.

"A raging song counts as the bard's bardic performance special ability for any effect that affects bardic performances. A skald may learn bard masterpieces."

I read this as counting as a bardic performance belonging to a bard, but it may be to literal a reading.

Thanks.

As a bard fan, I take issue with the skald getting bard masterpieces, but the bard cannot get sagas. Not that any sagas thus far have been 'must have', but if it goes one way, it should go the other as well.

As Melkiador said, it depends on your GM.

[Malkin the Magician]

Fourshadow wrote:

Grandlounge wrote:

Can a skald benefit from this item. It's on a chronicle and I'm hoping to use it.

"A raging song counts as the bard's bardic performance special ability for any effect that affects bardic performances. A skald may learn bard masterpieces."

I read this as counting as a bardic performance belonging to a bard, but it may be to literal a reading.

Thanks.

As a bard fan, I take issue with the skald getting bard masterpieces, but the bard cannot get sagas. Not that any sagas thus far have been 'must have', but if it goes one way, it should go the other as well.

As Melkiador said, it depends on your GM.

I always thought they should limit them by the type of performances skalds use. Skald should get access bardic masterpieces that have oratory, wind, string, sing and percussion. That seems like both thematic and fair.