Bard song

[mjones3]

I plan on making a Bard as my next char but before I do I have a few questions about some bard mechanics.

1. Does the feat Lingering Song effect songbook songs?

2. Are there songbook songs for Curse Song?

3. Do bards have to be performers or could I make more of a traveling story teller/lore keeper? I've imagined more of a wandering witness, who spreads news, witnesses marriges/births/ect. The entertianment, poems and musical magic would be more of an insentive to make people allow for lodging, food, or other aid.

[Keeper of the White Wyrm]

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

[Aye Lad]

Can you only have one custom song at a time (i.e. a bard song OR curse song, but not both)?

[Relinquish]

Your songbook can stores every unique song you get, and you activate them through a chat command or activating the book.

[Keeper of the White Wyrm]

Using the curse song feat enables default curse song, but having the feat allows you to use certain songs that grant negative effects.

[Drakill Tannan]

1. Does the feat Lingering Song effect songbook songs?/quote]

Yus, also, for each 3 ranks in perform, you get +1 round duration to your bardsong.

2. Are there songbook songs for Curse Song?/quote]

Yes, they are labeled as "curse" and can be obtained like normal bardsongs

3. Do bards have to be performers or could I make more of a traveling story teller/lore keeper? I've imagined more of a wandering witness, who spreads news, witnesses marriges/births/ect. The entertianment, poems and musical magic would be more of an insentive to make people allow for lodging, food, or other aid.

Bards can be lots of things. From singers, actors, but also advenutrers with a love for poetry, warriors who write epic acounts of their battles, or just a wandering man making stories about stuff.

[mjones3]

Yus, also, for each 3 ranks in perform, you get +1 round duration to your bardsong.

Wow, never found that on the website thanks for that bit of insight. Also is that for each hard bonus, or do soft bonuses from items count towards it?

[Drakill Tannan]

Yes

[mjones3]

Yes that its only for the Hard bonus or yes do soft bonuses count?

[Keeper of the White Wyrm]

Both count. 30 perform = 10 rounds of bard song +lingering song = 15 rounds