Niche D20Associated Ability Modifier: Psyche
You are skilled at one form of entertainment, from singing to acting to playing an instrument. Like Craft, Knowledge, and Profession, Perform is actually a number of separate skills. You could have several Perform skills, each with its own ranks.
Each of the nine categories of the Perform skill includes a variety of methods, instruments, or techniques, a small sample of which is provided for each category below.
- Act (comedy, drama, pantomime)
- Comedy (buffoonery, limericks, joke-telling)
- Dance (ballet, waltz, jig)
- Keyboard instruments (harpsichord, piano, pipe organ)
- Oratory (epic, ode, storytelling)
- Percussion instruments (bells, chimes, drums, gong)
- String instruments (fiddle, harp, lute, mandolin)
- Wind instruments (flute, pan pipes, recorder, trumpet)
- Sing (ballad, chant, melody)
| Perform DC | Performance |
|---|---|
| 10 | Routine performance. Trying to earn money by playing in public is akin to begging. You can earn 1d10 gp/day. |
| 20 | Enjoyable performance. In a prosperous city, you can earn 2d6 gp/day. |
| 30 | Great performance. In a prosperous city, you can earn 3d10 gp/day. In time, you may be invited to join a professional troupe and may develop a regional reputation. |
| 40 | Memorable performance. In a prosperous city, you can earn 6d6 gp/day. In time, you may come to the attention of noble patrons and develop a national reputation. |
| 50 | Extraordinary performance. In a prosperous city, you can earn 10d10 gp/day. In time, you may draw attention from distant patrons, or even from extraplanar beings. |
Common Uses
You can impress audiences with your talent and skill in your chosen performance type.
Action/Retry
Trying to earn money by playing in public requires anywhere from an evening’s work to a full day’s performance.
You may retry a failed Perform check, but a new check does not negate previous failures, and an audience that has been unimpressed in the past is likely to be prejudiced against future performances, Increasing the DC by 2 for each previous failure.
Modifiers
Equipment A masterwork musical instrument gives you a +2 circumstance bonus on all Perform checks that involve its use.