Heroes of the Theatre (Silent Muse - Oracle Curse)

[TheMonkeyFish]

So... this has been something that I've been wanting for quite a while now. Basically, this is from me wanting a Bardic Performance for the Oracle Class. While this is technically possible with Song-Bound curse with Ocean's Echo archetype, this is restricted only for Merfolk. I don't mind the race (And might use them in the future for fun), it doesn't fit into the idea of an Innocent life whose blessing has been withering their body away.

With that said... I was wondering what you guys might think of this random idea. Please keep in mind that this hadn't had too much thought put into this random idea thought, and it was through random ideas that occurred right before falling asleep.

Without further adieu, here is my first every homebrew for review:

Heroes of the Theatre
Silent Muse - Oracle's Curse

Spoiler:

Your voice has been rendered mute by the gods, or otherwise stolen by other supernatural events. While you still have the ability to use nonverbal languages to communicate, and you are still able to read and write normally, you cannot speak or use telepathy to communicate with others. You cannot use the Perform [Oratory] or Perform [Sing] skills, and you cannot use other skills which require normal communication. You can provide verbal and/or somatic components for spells that you cast by using any musical instrument in which you have ranks in the appropriate Perform skill.

At 5th level, you gain Bardic Performance, using your Curse level for the progression of this ability. You still cannot use Perform [Oratory] or Perform [Sing] for your Bardic Performances.

At 10th level, you receive a +2 competence bonus on all Perform skills, other than Perform [Sing] and Perform [Oratory]. Additionally, you receive a +2 bonus to all saving throws against sound and language dependent effects.

At 15th level, you regain the ability to communicate using telepathy, and can telepathically speak to creatures within 30 feat from you.

[TheMonkeyFish]

(To be perfectly honest: I just want this for the Voice for the Voiceless TV Trope using this and Spirit Guide with an Egotist Archetype familiar).

[VRMH]

You may have to specify which Bardic Performances this curse provides - not all classes get the same batch.

[TheMonkeyFish]

@VRMH - Haha, oopsie I never noticed that. Woops, I meant to put that it was Bardic Performance -4 Levels, that was my bad. How do I edit the original post to clean up this mess?

[Cavall]

So..like.. All the bardic performances a bard gets?

Countersong?

Inspire greatness?

Etc?

[TheMonkeyFish]

@Cavall - Actually, the original idea was that you could gain them at Curse level -4 (meaning that your 5th level curse counted as a level 1 bard for Bardic Performances). I was torn between Curse level -4 and 1/2 Curse Level, but forgot to put either of them down. But I'm not allowed to edit my first post.

Additionally, VRMH was kind enough to point out that there are no archetype or class options that allow Bardic Performance in its entirety on any one single feature. This means that it will need to be changed in order to fix this inconsistency. To be fair, they are completely mute.

Any advice would be welcome - doing this just because I'm bored and #foreveralone. I was hoping to start up some Heroes of the Theatre discussion on the homebrew for some fun archetypes and ideas.

I'll post again with the update once I've decided on the changes.