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You are skilled in a type of artistic expression, which may encompass a variety of specific methods, and you know how to put on a show.
Each of the nine Sub skills of the Perform skill includes a variety of methods, instruments, or techniques, a small list of which is provided for each category below.
This includes comedy, drama, mime and similar.
This includes buffoonery, limericks, joke-telling and similar.
This includes ballet, waltz, jig and similar.
This includes Synthesizers and similar fully electric means of performing music.
This includes harpsichord, piano, pipe organ and similar.
This includes epic, ode, storytelling and similar.
This includes bells, chimes, drums, gong and similar.
This includes fiddle, harp, lute, mandolin and similar.
This includes flute, pan pipes, recorder, trumpet and similar.
This includes ballad, chant, melody and similar.
You can impress audiences with talent and skill.
This is handled as Diplomacy Change Attitude sub skill, but with longer times needed and different situational modifiers. It is only suitable if a performance is suitable for the situation.
by playing in public requires anywhere from an evening’s work to a full day’s performance, at the GM’s discretion. The table below provides some examples.
| DC | What | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Routine performance. | Trying to earn money by playing in public is essentially begging. You can earn 1d3 credits/day. |
| 15 | Enjoyable performance. | In a prosperous city, you can earn You can earn 1d6 credits/day |
| 20 | Great performance. | In a prosperous city, you can earn 3d6 credits/day. In time, you may be invited to join a professional troupe and may develop a regional reputation. |
| 25 | Memorable performance. | In a prosperous city, you can earn 5d6 credits/day. In time, you may come to the attention of noble patrons and develop a national reputation. |
| 30 | Extraordinary performance. | In a prosperous city, you can earn 7d6 credits/day. In time, you may draw attention from distant potential patrons |
Perform can be used as a Professional skill for performing skills.