Inspire Courage / Lingering Performance question

[NielsenE]

When using lingering performance on a bardic composition to extend the duration, when does the buff snapshot onto the affected characters?

a) When the bard does their lingering performance each character in range receives the buff for the duration (ie someone outside of it on the turn it was cast, can never benefit from it, affected people can 'carry' the buff outside the range')

b) Each round as the duration ticks down, on the bards turn apply a 1 round buff to anyone in range (ie people can gain and lose it depending on their position relative to the bard, on the bards turn)

c) On each characters turn, during the duration of the buff, check if they are in range of the bard when they make a roll (ie, you can never carry the affect outside the area, and you don't have to have been in range when it was initially cast)

I think c) is the correct interpretation after a couple more rounds of reading.

[First World Bard]

NielsenE wrote:

When using lingering performance on a bardic composition to extend the duration, when does the buff snapshot onto the affected characters?

a) When the bard does their lingering performance each character in range receives the buff for the duration (ie someone outside of it on the turn it was cast, can never benefit from it, affected people can 'carry' the buff outside the range')

b) Each round as the duration ticks down, on the bards turn apply a 1 round buff to anyone in range (ie people can gain and lose it depending on their position relative to the bard, on the bards turn)

c) On each characters turn, during the duration of the buff, check if they are in range of the bard when they make a roll (ie, you can never carry the affect outside the area, and you don't have to have been in range when it was initially cast)

I think c) is the correct interpretation after a couple more rounds of reading.

I agree that it's c. I expect the lingering performance to be irrelevant/a red herring. Inspire Courage is an emanation, so as long as you are in the area, you get the bonus. If it were instead a burst, then I'd say it was a) or b), and which one it was would be an interesting question.

[tivadar27]

Agreed with FWB. The flavor text of Lingering Composition is poorly worded/misleading: It claims you extend the benefits. The results for the check are a bit clearer here though, stating that it increases the composition duration.