Do Cooperative Nature and Inspire Competence "stack"

[dpb123]

Hi all,

If I'm a bard that has both Cooperative Nature and Inspire Competence does that mean I get a +4 to my Performance check to Aid?

Also what, if any, interaction is their between Cooperative Soul and Inspire Courage? Let's say I'm not an expert in Athletics but am an expert in Performance. Can I apply Inspire Courage to use Performance in place of Athletics to Aid an ally in tripping?

Many thanks for your help

[shroudb]

Cooperative Nature does indeed help Inspire competence since the only thing it cares is you making an Aid check and not what ype of check that is.

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You gain a +4 circumstance bonus on checks to Aid.

Using you rPerformance IS a "check to Aid".

Cooperative soul though will not help Inspire courage unless you are Aiding on a Performance check since Cooperative soul cares about the skill you are Aiding and NOT the skill you are Aiding *with*.

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If you are at least an expert in the skill you are Aiding, you get a success on any outcome rolled to Aid other than a critical success.

That said, if you are an expert in Athletics, and use Performance to Aid an Athletics check, you'd still get the effects of "being an Expert in the skill you Aiding for" regardless that you didn't roll Athletics for it.

[dpb123]

Thanks for the detailed explanation shroudb. That really helps.

I went back and re-read Cooperative Soul and even if I could use it with Inspire Courage (for example with the scenario you describe above) it wouldn't get me anything extra since Inspire Competence already gets you an automatic success on the Aid check (except on critical fails that is, then Cooperative Soul would kick in)