1001 ways to us Perform [Archive] - Wizards Community

1001 ways to us Perform [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
hollow_ghost
11-21-05, 07:18 PM The name states it. On what occasion do you use the multiple Perform skills. Please use numbers and state what kind of Perform is involved.

1. (dance) Victory dance after a fight. Hopefully you roll high or else... :D

2. (anything) Get some pocket change in a tavern/bar/inn.
Sybill
11-21-05, 07:29 PM 3. (juggle) bored during battle? toss up those war fans... hope you have a high modifier.
homey188
11-21-05, 08:24 PM 4: (comedy)start comedy central
Zemyla
11-21-05, 09:08 PM 5) (weapons drill) Increase it to +188 (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?p=5937442) and turn your enemies into your fanatical followers.
Balor von Balorvitch
11-22-05, 10:19 AM ok the best perform i every seen was

Perform (Haiku): It seemed like a pathetic skill but very entertaining especally for Counter song LOL

Wind, Flying, Blowing,
Water, Falling, Drawing, Flowing
Fire, Consume, Fading
* Gong *
DragonDeadite
11-22-05, 06:25 PM 7) (Dance) I know it's been said before, but you can combine it with a singing bard to put on a three hour show for zombies that are just planning on eating you and want you to sit down and sh*t *p so they can get started! Quite possibly one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

DM: Okay, roll a Perform...
Me: I rolled 19, so 28 total.
DM: They're exstatic.
Me: Really?
DM: No, not really, they want to eat you!
Me: But they're entertained right?
DM: .....yes... very... :rolleyes:
Kresalak
11-22-05, 07:50 PM 8. Perform (Stand up Comedy) Start a riot in any town!
homey188
11-22-05, 08:07 PM 8. Perform (Stand up Comedy) Start a riot in any town!
even worse in my town,better have some ranks in hide,jump,and the feats run and endurance.
Blaze_the_Dragon
11-22-05, 08:45 PM True story...

Was RPing with Girlfriend and Friends, Somehow (Not on purpose) Our charactors got tastfully involved...When ever "Romance" was involved..

9. "Make me a Perform Check"

I'm glad to say....I was a Bard.
epifreak
11-23-05, 03:27 AM My girlfriend was playing in a friend's campaign. elf social rogue. (lvl. 5-ish?) Anyway, she was acting as another character's "slave" for purposes of successfully infiltrating this kingdom to kill the king. She was in the marketplace, left alone, while her "owner" was off doing his usual important stuff. Being a rogue with obscene skills (as all rogues do), she maxed perform (exotic dance) just for the hell of it. She was bored in the market, so she climbed into the fountain, rolled a modified 32, and incited a riot in the town square.
shadowsofwhite
11-23-05, 04:12 AM Good thing she didn't have one of those 10ft poles with her to add to that Perform (exotic dance) check.

Behold :behold: the poledancer...
Lenarior
11-23-05, 08:07 AM I know a guy who played a monk once. We game to a portal who could only be opened if someone kissed in front of it, so he grabbed a girl we were there to rescue and used Perform (tantric sex) on her successfully opening the portal.
feartheinvinceblehamster
11-23-05, 04:53 PM 14.(oratory) use bardic music to recite the entire...krygstanian(don't know what it's actually called, the epic of something) epic, which takes something like 56 hours to tell....In one round.
Thanqol
11-24-05, 04:43 AM 15)Peform: Creepy DM Speach.
Esgay
11-24-05, 07:28 PM The cleric in our game decided he wanted to perform a victory dance so I had him do an untrained perform(dance) check, he rolled a 1. Oh what a fool he looked shuffling around embarrasingly.
Otto the Bugbear
11-24-05, 08:50 PM It's a simple recipe really.

Leadership feat.
200 followers with ranks in perform.
Give them all percussion instruments.
They assist other on my bard's perform check.

Cheers

Otto :)
hollow_ghost
08-02-06, 09:17 PM #17 (whistle) For those moments when you are naked and chained to Inspire Competence.

As in to get out of jail you twisted minds.
Ashok_Lal
08-02-06, 11:17 PM 10th level bard spy. Japan

18. pillow atack (good in bed)
19. tea ceremoney
20. the look (Zoolander)
AZNsupermarket
08-03-06, 01:38 AM 21. Perform (open heart surgery) - Haven't you ever thought to yourself: "Man, I wish I could perform open heart surgery right now." ;)
Fargon
08-03-06, 01:54 AM 22.Perform(Gator Wrestling) better get a high roll...
Kresalak
08-03-06, 02:13 AM 21. Perform (open heart surgery) - Haven't you ever thought to yourself: "Man, I wish I could perform open heart surgery right now." ;)
Yes.
Moon-Lancer
08-03-06, 03:11 AM ug so stuped my post is, but here it goes

preform (roleplaying)
tiercel
08-03-06, 03:24 AM 23) Perform (Oratory[Drill Sergeant]): Inspire Courage and Inspire Competence the old-fashioned way.

YEW CALL THAT LOCKPICKING YEW LOUSY LITTLE MAGGOT YEW MAKE ME WANNA VOMIT MY OLD GRANDMOTHER COULD PICK LOCKS BETTER THAN THAT WITH HER GOOD EYE SHUT NOW LETS GO GO GO GO GO!!!!

24) Perform (Sing[80s Music]): If you have a very silly campaign and don't care about the anachronism (Dr. Evil: "I wrote this!")....e.g.

Corey Heart, "Never Surrender"
Billy Ocean, "When the Going Gets Tough"
John Parr, "St. Elmo's Fire"
Queen, "We Will Rock You" (as evidenced by the carefully researched historical docu-drama _A Knight's Tale_)
Bonnie Tyler, "Holding Out for a Hero" (whether or not you've seen _Shrek 2_)

25) Perform (Oratory[Sports Commentary]). See note for #24; also note that I am not liable for damage to your campaign or person if you actually try to implement this.

bard: "aaaand it's another whiff from the ogre, who just can't seem to make a serious impact through that dwarven-forged platemail!"

bard in color-commentator voice: "That's right, Bob, that steel was forged by the dwarves of Northridge and cooled in the mountain springs of Andurin, and enchanted with the tears of the nymph Vilia to deflect the blows of the wicked, bringing this ogre to oh-for-3 on the fight!"

bard: "And here comes the retort, it looks like a quick jab to the left - wait - no- it's a full two-handed swing, there's some meat behind this one and OH THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE A MARK!!!"

bard in color-commentator voice: "That's quite a gash across that ogre's midsection, it looks like having the ancestral sword of his great-grandfather re-enchanted has really helped out Sir Dorian, who's now 13-for-18 on the month and 6-for-8 against giantkin!"

ogre: "AAAAAAAAARGH!!!!"
metamind
08-03-06, 12:33 PM 26: Perform (dance) Moscau Dance! (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qJkt1vOIq8Y&search=Dschinghis)
Reversefigure4
08-03-06, 07:23 PM #27: I can't believe nobody's put Perform: Mime up yet. Just the thing for a suicidal character!
#28: Perform: Emo Poetry. Inspire Courage with "Life is a black pit of meaningless despair. All hope will fade, but have a bit of puny courage in this brief second of your utterly worthless existences."
Druidsrule
08-03-06, 09:17 PM 29) When you're crucified, it's great to have Perform (whistle).

MONTY PYTHON REFERENCE OMG!
AZNsupermarket
08-03-06, 11:46 PM this is so great, my dm house ruled that all half-elves get versatile performer fear (it gives you a whole bunch of different perform checks for the cost of one). I'm gonna hav a lot of fun with this.
capeMyrmidon
08-13-06, 09:10 PM preform (sepuku) roll so well you kill yourself twice, and since two wrongs make a right you are alive again. or mess up and sit there compaining about the sword in your chest.
stargate525
08-13-06, 09:58 PM 25) Perform (Oratory[Sports Commentary]).
I've done it, the players loved it. It was great.
hollow_ghost
08-13-06, 10:04 PM 31) Perform Leonid the Magnificent's dance
link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YT6W_h3JRZo
WARNING STRONG SOULS ONLY!!
Disclaimer: not responsible for WIS damage.
Nived
08-13-06, 10:38 PM 32) Perform (Broadway) break into coreographed song and dance to cover an escape or to steal a camel.
Angel Black
08-16-06, 06:12 PM Perform(Burping (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7495929118455425053))

:D
General_Krueger
08-16-06, 11:25 PM 34. Perform (Le Miserables/Phantom of the Opera/Other famous play) Thats right! Perform these world renowned plays as a one man/woman cast!
35. Perform (Sky Diving) Try this from the back of a dragon, its fun! But then again, there's the whole *splat* thing that really is a big downside...
35. Perform (Russian Roulette) Just load a broken crossbow or something and hold it to your head, if the trigger doesn't work, then pass it on and hope that it fires on someone else...
36. Perform (Celine Dion) Torture your enemies until they beg for mercy, all who hear this make a will save, even the singer.
GDarius
08-25-06, 04:12 PM 37. Perform (Groaners) "In Soviet Russia, Perform checks you!"
38. Perform (Hekling<sp?>), especially for Inspire Heroism. "You suck!" "Thanks to the power of your words, I have the strength to continue"
39. Perform (Breakdance), then play the opening theme to Samurai Champloo.
Solik
08-25-06, 04:51 PM Most of these "1001" threads for generally useless skills, spells, and items have a good number of actually good suggestions that inspire me to get more creative. This one is disturbingly devoid of anything but a couple loopholes and lots of humor. Can no one really come up with truly useful applications of the Perform skill outside of bardic music checks?
Drodain
08-25-06, 04:58 PM Most of these "1001" threads for generally useless skills, spells, and items have a good number of actually good suggestions that inspire me to get more creative. This one is disturbingly devoid of anything but a couple loopholes and lots of humor. Can no one really come up with truly useful applications of the Perform skill outside of bardic music checks?

No.

Actually....no. It's for flavor, money, and for bardic music.
Whisper_Swiftblade
08-25-06, 05:27 PM 40) yodaling (sp?) to find people on mountians (very dwarfy)

41) interpritive danceing to express somthing important without making noise

42) moon walking.......ok I give there is no real use for this

43) improv comedy to increas moral

44) mime see 41

45) sword swallowing put on a hood and smuggle some weapons

46) fire eating/spiting dragons seem to like doing it

47) tricking (flips and such) it like most performances is disrtacting to watch

48) ventrilquism messing with foes

49) contorshin fitting into a small space (like a box) and being carried into a place

50) being a woman with a beard (not a dwarf), getting on a dwarfs good side
Whisper_Swiftblade
08-25-06, 05:29 PM Most of these "1001" threads for generally useless skills, spells, and items have a good number of actually good suggestions that inspire me to get more creative. This one is disturbingly devoid of anything but a couple loopholes and lots of humor. Can no one really come up with truly useful applications of the Perform skill outside of bardic music checks?

that's not fair, this thread has some useful stuff, and why did you not contribute something helpful
Solik
08-26-06, 02:15 PM that's not fair, this thread has some useful stuff, and why did you not contribute something helpful
I didn't contribute anything because I didn't have any ideas (hence my post), and this thread didn't have anything useful beyond some game-breaking tricks until your post above.
Reversefigure4
08-26-06, 08:20 PM 51: Dubious game-breaking abuse of the skill system, taking ranks in anything from Perform (Climb) to Perform (Use Magic Device), rather than the actual skills. Claim that you are so good at Climbing, Diplomacy, etc, that it counts as "art" rather than just a skill.

52: As above, but with magic instead of skills. Perform (Time Stop) or Perform (True Ressurection) might raise some eyebrows.
Fatalis_902
08-26-06, 08:20 PM 51. Just for the heck of it, and because someone would figure it out eventually... Perform (Wis). that's right, your eyes are not decieving you, I said Perform (WISDOM). My friend thought this might be fun. We haven't told him that the campaign has started yet.
Tolby
08-26-06, 08:49 PM my current character has perform (oratory) and tells epic tales of HIS bravery in combat....Of course he is a elven cleric/wozard who stays in the back alot. But according to him he has slayed huge numers of foes.
Seraphine_Harmonium
08-28-06, 05:52 PM 55. If under attack by intelligent enemies, perform (song) in their native togue could open the door to diplomacy.
56. Perform (sing horribly off-key) deal 1d6 sonic damage to all nearby.
57. Perform (mimicry) pretending to be the BBEG or other authority figure to get henchmen and underlings to do what you want.
58. Perform (taunting); make enemies so mad they can't shoot straight.
59. Perform (taunting); make ranger with Hamster and berserk mad enough to break out of jail.
60. Perform (harp); put Fluffy to sleep.
Master of the Daemon Tide
08-29-06, 08:53 PM Perform checks that are good for making money:
61. Perform (Sob Story) - My sister is extremely sick, practically one foot in the grave. I just need a few (million) gold to get the cure. Please, it's not too much to ask. I promise I won't spend it on the kickass uber-magical sword in the window.
62. Perform (Sexual Favours) - 500 gold for a successful check, but be careful, as natural 20s could cause some extra, unwanted heirs.

And one that won't get you much money:
63. Perform (Insult Comic) - Hey, jerkface! Your shirt looks like it was sewn by a blind ogre, and your breath smells like an incontinent orc's behind! Like the show? 500 gold.
Angel Black
08-29-06, 09:11 PM 64 - perform(air guitar (http://airguitar.tml.hut.fi/media.html))

65 - Perform ( Crazy Frog (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4210407.stm) )

67- Perform to distract people while the rogue is doing his business
68- Perform to get fans and money
69- Perform to seduce the ladies

70- Perform while doing anything (running, riding,etc) to put everybody on shame ("He is so great that he can sing while slashing ogres !!!!")
Dei
08-29-06, 09:37 PM 58. Perform (taunting); make enemies so mad they can't shoot straight.

There is actually a prestige class that can do this called the divine prankster or something. It's a gnome class from Races of Stone.

71. Use Perform (Comedy) with such great success that any hidden watchers will get the giggles and thus reveal themselves. Before you say anything, this actually happened in a game of ours when the same gnome that gave me the knowledge mentioned above got a 40 something on his check.
hollow_ghost
01-12-07, 06:40 PM 72. Jigaaaliyipufffff, jigaliiiiyiiiipuff. *sound of a balloon inflating*.
Spellfire_junkie
01-12-07, 10:07 PM 73. I've been kicking the idea of a Dwarven Bard that has Perform (Percussion) to use the drums for signaling during combat. I figured that coupled with Knowledge (Warfare) attached, it would make for a very sound (no pun intended) character history-to-current profession bridge, by saying that he was initially a signal man for a dwarven military unit. Has endless coordination tactical usage.
Whisper_Swiftblade
01-13-07, 01:37 PM 51: Dubious game-breaking abuse of the skill system, taking ranks in anything from Perform (Climb) to Perform (Use Magic Device), rather than the actual skills. Claim that you are so good at Climbing, Diplomacy, etc, that it counts as "art" rather than just a skill.

52: As above, but with magic instead of skills. Perform (Time Stop) or Perform (True Ressurection) might raise some eyebrows.

the way I make perform work, is that if it is already an ability, or does not translate into perform well, takeing ranks in it only makes you look good doing it. So for example 20 ranks in perform tumble will make you look pretty good whiler tumbleing but NOT acctuly improve your ability to tumble.
Anaesthesia
01-13-07, 04:37 PM 74. Perform (sign language). I tried to get this for my bard because one of the NPCs put a silent spell(or something similar) on himself and therefore did charades to communicate to everyone else. Unfortunately, the NPC and I didn't speak drow (sign language is considered drow for some reason), so I couldn't get it.
Pajaul
01-16-07, 12:22 PM 75. Perform (Cooking) Like The French Chef. So much for trail rations!
"And now we place the chicken over the fire! doops!"

76. Perform (Acting) thousands of uses. Be a diplomat from another country. A sadistic interrogator. A special forces police man from other lands seeking a band of criminals (your party) and taking them into custody to take em back to you lands. Set yourself up as some infamous criminals to infiltrate a gang and learn information! Heck you could even be a lawyer for one of your team mates and perform so well they get away with anything! Even dieing is possible, just don't do so well you convince yourself!
"Everything’s... getting dark!! *cough cough* I've… I always loved you."

78. Perform (oratory) to stop a riot. "Friends, Country men... SHUUUSH!!"

79. Perform (anything) to get a lower price on an item by making the merchant laugh.
"How about 10g? No? *tap dance* how about now?"

80. Perform a weapons (Exhibition), scare your foes or impress your allies!
"Yes... But can you do this?!"

81. Perform (anything)to distract a monster in battle so your party can flank them.
"HEY LOOKIT ME LOOKIT ME!"
blooddemon
01-17-07, 07:58 PM 78. Perform (Oral) to stop a riot. "Friends, Country men... SHUUUSH!!"

[/I]"

You are thinking of oratory, not oral. Unless you want to stop a riot that way.
Pajaul
01-18-07, 12:20 PM Eh, off the top of my head, both mean 'use of the mouth'.

Though I don't think you could stop a riot by performing sed act. sure they'd stop to watch, but once it was 'over' they'd just cheer then return to rioting. Great distraction though. hmmm.

82. Perform (oral) for a stellar distraction, or to get on some lonely house-wife's (merchant-wife�s?) good side. "I cast Magic Mouth and have it sing Barry White."

83. Perform (Sing) Hit that high note and you can shatter glass! Or even crystal, just imagine you come across a monster with alchemist fire strapped to him in vials. Sure you could cast 'shatter' but if you were out of spells for the day, this could also work. heh heh.
"No Mr. BBEG, I expect you to DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

84. Perform (Sing) Wail in a realistic way to help disguise yourself as a banshee.
"I'm not an adventurer, I'm a banshee just like you, SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE??"

85. Perform (Sing) If out of spells and you still need to cast 'lullaby', just sing one instead. "Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep Mr. Guard, and I hope you never wake up! *coup de grace*"
AZNsupermarket
01-18-07, 08:59 PM 86. Perform (oral) - LOL!
mcnoo
01-18-07, 11:22 PM 87: I had a dashing, swashbuckling bard/duelist with perform (in bed)
I also took the feat endurance just for this very purpose.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
hollow_ghost 11-21-05, 07:18 PM	The name states it. On what occasion do you use the multiple Perform skills. Please use numbers and state what kind of Perform is involved. 1. (dance) Victory dance after a fight. Hopefully you roll high or else... :D 2. (anything) Get some pocket change in a tavern/bar/inn.
Sybill 11-21-05, 07:29 PM	3. (juggle) bored during battle? toss up those war fans... hope you have a high modifier.
homey188 11-21-05, 08:24 PM	4: (comedy)start comedy central
Zemyla 11-21-05, 09:08 PM	5) (weapons drill) Increase it to +188 (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?p=5937442) and turn your enemies into your fanatical followers.
Balor von Balorvitch 11-22-05, 10:19 AM	ok the best perform i every seen was Perform (Haiku): It seemed like a pathetic skill but very entertaining especally for Counter song LOL Wind, Flying, Blowing, Water, Falling, Drawing, Flowing Fire, Consume, Fading * Gong *
DragonDeadite 11-22-05, 06:25 PM	7) (Dance) I know it's been said before, but you can combine it with a singing bard to put on a three hour show for zombies that are just planning on eating you and want you to sit down and sht p so they can get started! Quite possibly one of the funniest things I've ever seen. DM: Okay, roll a Perform... Me: I rolled 19, so 28 total. DM: They're exstatic. Me: Really? DM: No, not really, they want to eat you! Me: But they're entertained right? DM: .....yes... very... :rolleyes:
Kresalak 11-22-05, 07:50 PM	8. Perform (Stand up Comedy) Start a riot in any town!
homey188 11-22-05, 08:07 PM	8. Perform (Stand up Comedy) Start a riot in any town! even worse in my town,better have some ranks in hide,jump,and the feats run and endurance.
Blaze_the_Dragon 11-22-05, 08:45 PM	True story... Was RPing with Girlfriend and Friends, Somehow (Not on purpose) Our charactors got tastfully involved...When ever "Romance" was involved.. 9. "Make me a Perform Check" I'm glad to say....I was a Bard.
epifreak 11-23-05, 03:27 AM	My girlfriend was playing in a friend's campaign. elf social rogue. (lvl. 5-ish?) Anyway, she was acting as another character's "slave" for purposes of successfully infiltrating this kingdom to kill the king. She was in the marketplace, left alone, while her "owner" was off doing his usual important stuff. Being a rogue with obscene skills (as all rogues do), she maxed perform (exotic dance) just for the hell of it. She was bored in the market, so she climbed into the fountain, rolled a modified 32, and incited a riot in the town square.
shadowsofwhite 11-23-05, 04:12 AM	Good thing she didn't have one of those 10ft poles with her to add to that Perform (exotic dance) check. Behold :behold: the poledancer...
Lenarior 11-23-05, 08:07 AM	I know a guy who played a monk once. We game to a portal who could only be opened if someone kissed in front of it, so he grabbed a girl we were there to rescue and used Perform (tantric sex) on her successfully opening the portal.
feartheinvinceblehamster 11-23-05, 04:53 PM	14.(oratory) use bardic music to recite the entire...krygstanian(don't know what it's actually called, the epic of something) epic, which takes something like 56 hours to tell....In one round.
Thanqol 11-24-05, 04:43 AM	15)Peform: Creepy DM Speach.
Esgay 11-24-05, 07:28 PM	The cleric in our game decided he wanted to perform a victory dance so I had him do an untrained perform(dance) check, he rolled a 1. Oh what a fool he looked shuffling around embarrasingly.
Otto the Bugbear 11-24-05, 08:50 PM	It's a simple recipe really. Leadership feat. 200 followers with ranks in perform. Give them all percussion instruments. They assist other on my bard's perform check. Cheers Otto :)
hollow_ghost 08-02-06, 09:17 PM	#17 (whistle) For those moments when you are naked and chained to Inspire Competence. As in to get out of jail you twisted minds.
Ashok_Lal 08-02-06, 11:17 PM	10th level bard spy. Japan 18. pillow atack (good in bed) 19. tea ceremoney 20. the look (Zoolander)
AZNsupermarket 08-03-06, 01:38 AM	21. Perform (open heart surgery) - Haven't you ever thought to yourself: "Man, I wish I could perform open heart surgery right now." ;)
Fargon 08-03-06, 01:54 AM	22.Perform(Gator Wrestling) better get a high roll...
Kresalak 08-03-06, 02:13 AM	21. Perform (open heart surgery) - Haven't you ever thought to yourself: "Man, I wish I could perform open heart surgery right now." ;) Yes.
Moon-Lancer 08-03-06, 03:11 AM	ug so stuped my post is, but here it goes preform (roleplaying)
tiercel 08-03-06, 03:24 AM	23) Perform (Oratory[Drill Sergeant]): Inspire Courage and Inspire Competence the old-fashioned way. YEW CALL THAT LOCKPICKING YEW LOUSY LITTLE MAGGOT YEW MAKE ME WANNA VOMIT MY OLD GRANDMOTHER COULD PICK LOCKS BETTER THAN THAT WITH HER GOOD EYE SHUT NOW LETS GO GO GO GO GO!!!! 24) Perform (Sing[80s Music]): If you have a very silly campaign and don't care about the anachronism (Dr. Evil: "I wrote this!")....e.g. Corey Heart, "Never Surrender" Billy Ocean, "When the Going Gets Tough" John Parr, "St. Elmo's Fire" Queen, "We Will Rock You" (as evidenced by the carefully researched historical docu-drama _A Knight's Tale_) Bonnie Tyler, "Holding Out for a Hero" (whether or not you've seen _Shrek 2_) 25) Perform (Oratory[Sports Commentary]). See note for #24; also note that I am not liable for damage to your campaign or person if you actually try to implement this. bard: "aaaand it's another whiff from the ogre, who just can't seem to make a serious impact through that dwarven-forged platemail!" bard in color-commentator voice: "That's right, Bob, that steel was forged by the dwarves of Northridge and cooled in the mountain springs of Andurin, and enchanted with the tears of the nymph Vilia to deflect the blows of the wicked, bringing this ogre to oh-for-3 on the fight!" bard: "And here comes the retort, it looks like a quick jab to the left - wait - no- it's a full two-handed swing, there's some meat behind this one and OH THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE A MARK!!!" bard in color-commentator voice: "That's quite a gash across that ogre's midsection, it looks like having the ancestral sword of his great-grandfather re-enchanted has really helped out Sir Dorian, who's now 13-for-18 on the month and 6-for-8 against giantkin!" ogre: "AAAAAAAAARGH!!!!"
metamind 08-03-06, 12:33 PM	26: Perform (dance) Moscau Dance! (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qJkt1vOIq8Y&search=Dschinghis)
Reversefigure4 08-03-06, 07:23 PM	#27: I can't believe nobody's put Perform: Mime up yet. Just the thing for a suicidal character! #28: Perform: Emo Poetry. Inspire Courage with "Life is a black pit of meaningless despair. All hope will fade, but have a bit of puny courage in this brief second of your utterly worthless existences."
Druidsrule 08-03-06, 09:17 PM	29) When you're crucified, it's great to have Perform (whistle). MONTY PYTHON REFERENCE OMG!
AZNsupermarket 08-03-06, 11:46 PM	this is so great, my dm house ruled that all half-elves get versatile performer fear (it gives you a whole bunch of different perform checks for the cost of one). I'm gonna hav a lot of fun with this.
capeMyrmidon 08-13-06, 09:10 PM	preform (sepuku) roll so well you kill yourself twice, and since two wrongs make a right you are alive again. or mess up and sit there compaining about the sword in your chest.
stargate525 08-13-06, 09:58 PM	25) Perform (Oratory[Sports Commentary]). I've done it, the players loved it. It was great.
hollow_ghost 08-13-06, 10:04 PM	31) Perform Leonid the Magnificent's dance link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YT6W_h3JRZo WARNING STRONG SOULS ONLY!! Disclaimer: not responsible for WIS damage.
Nived 08-13-06, 10:38 PM	32) Perform (Broadway) break into coreographed song and dance to cover an escape or to steal a camel.
Angel Black 08-16-06, 06:12 PM	Perform(Burping (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7495929118455425053)) :D
General_Krueger 08-16-06, 11:25 PM	34. Perform (Le Miserables/Phantom of the Opera/Other famous play) Thats right! Perform these world renowned plays as a one man/woman cast! 35. Perform (Sky Diving) Try this from the back of a dragon, its fun! But then again, there's the whole splat thing that really is a big downside... 35. Perform (Russian Roulette) Just load a broken crossbow or something and hold it to your head, if the trigger doesn't work, then pass it on and hope that it fires on someone else... 36. Perform (Celine Dion) Torture your enemies until they beg for mercy, all who hear this make a will save, even the singer.
GDarius 08-25-06, 04:12 PM	37. Perform (Groaners) "In Soviet Russia, Perform checks you!" 38. Perform (Hekling<sp?>), especially for Inspire Heroism. "You suck!" "Thanks to the power of your words, I have the strength to continue" 39. Perform (Breakdance), then play the opening theme to Samurai Champloo.
Solik 08-25-06, 04:51 PM	Most of these "1001" threads for generally useless skills, spells, and items have a good number of actually good suggestions that inspire me to get more creative. This one is disturbingly devoid of anything but a couple loopholes and lots of humor. Can no one really come up with truly useful applications of the Perform skill outside of bardic music checks?
Drodain 08-25-06, 04:58 PM	Most of these "1001" threads for generally useless skills, spells, and items have a good number of actually good suggestions that inspire me to get more creative. This one is disturbingly devoid of anything but a couple loopholes and lots of humor. Can no one really come up with truly useful applications of the Perform skill outside of bardic music checks? No. Actually....no. It's for flavor, money, and for bardic music.
Whisper_Swiftblade 08-25-06, 05:27 PM	40) yodaling (sp?) to find people on mountians (very dwarfy) 41) interpritive danceing to express somthing important without making noise 42) moon walking.......ok I give there is no real use for this 43) improv comedy to increas moral 44) mime see 41 45) sword swallowing put on a hood and smuggle some weapons 46) fire eating/spiting dragons seem to like doing it 47) tricking (flips and such) it like most performances is disrtacting to watch 48) ventrilquism messing with foes 49) contorshin fitting into a small space (like a box) and being carried into a place 50) being a woman with a beard (not a dwarf), getting on a dwarfs good side
Whisper_Swiftblade 08-25-06, 05:29 PM	Most of these "1001" threads for generally useless skills, spells, and items have a good number of actually good suggestions that inspire me to get more creative. This one is disturbingly devoid of anything but a couple loopholes and lots of humor. Can no one really come up with truly useful applications of the Perform skill outside of bardic music checks? that's not fair, this thread has some useful stuff, and why did you not contribute something helpful
Solik 08-26-06, 02:15 PM	that's not fair, this thread has some useful stuff, and why did you not contribute something helpful I didn't contribute anything because I didn't have any ideas (hence my post), and this thread didn't have anything useful beyond some game-breaking tricks until your post above.
Reversefigure4 08-26-06, 08:20 PM	51: Dubious game-breaking abuse of the skill system, taking ranks in anything from Perform (Climb) to Perform (Use Magic Device), rather than the actual skills. Claim that you are so good at Climbing, Diplomacy, etc, that it counts as "art" rather than just a skill. 52: As above, but with magic instead of skills. Perform (Time Stop) or Perform (True Ressurection) might raise some eyebrows.
Fatalis_902 08-26-06, 08:20 PM	51. Just for the heck of it, and because someone would figure it out eventually... Perform (Wis). that's right, your eyes are not decieving you, I said Perform (WISDOM). My friend thought this might be fun. We haven't told him that the campaign has started yet.
Tolby 08-26-06, 08:49 PM	my current character has perform (oratory) and tells epic tales of HIS bravery in combat....Of course he is a elven cleric/wozard who stays in the back alot. But according to him he has slayed huge numers of foes.
Seraphine_Harmonium 08-28-06, 05:52 PM	55. If under attack by intelligent enemies, perform (song) in their native togue could open the door to diplomacy. 56. Perform (sing horribly off-key) deal 1d6 sonic damage to all nearby. 57. Perform (mimicry) pretending to be the BBEG or other authority figure to get henchmen and underlings to do what you want. 58. Perform (taunting); make enemies so mad they can't shoot straight. 59. Perform (taunting); make ranger with Hamster and berserk mad enough to break out of jail. 60. Perform (harp); put Fluffy to sleep.
Master of the Daemon Tide 08-29-06, 08:53 PM	Perform checks that are good for making money: 61. Perform (Sob Story) - My sister is extremely sick, practically one foot in the grave. I just need a few (million) gold to get the cure. Please, it's not too much to ask. I promise I won't spend it on the kickass uber-magical sword in the window. 62. Perform (Sexual Favours) - 500 gold for a successful check, but be careful, as natural 20s could cause some extra, unwanted heirs. And one that won't get you much money: 63. Perform (Insult Comic) - Hey, jerkface! Your shirt looks like it was sewn by a blind ogre, and your breath smells like an incontinent orc's behind! Like the show? 500 gold.
Angel Black 08-29-06, 09:11 PM	64 - perform(air guitar (http://airguitar.tml.hut.fi/media.html)) 65 - Perform ( Crazy Frog (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4210407.stm) ) 67- Perform to distract people while the rogue is doing his business 68- Perform to get fans and money 69- Perform to seduce the ladies 70- Perform while doing anything (running, riding,etc) to put everybody on shame ("He is so great that he can sing while slashing ogres !!!!")
Dei 08-29-06, 09:37 PM	58. Perform (taunting); make enemies so mad they can't shoot straight. There is actually a prestige class that can do this called the divine prankster or something. It's a gnome class from Races of Stone. 71. Use Perform (Comedy) with such great success that any hidden watchers will get the giggles and thus reveal themselves. Before you say anything, this actually happened in a game of ours when the same gnome that gave me the knowledge mentioned above got a 40 something on his check.
hollow_ghost 01-12-07, 06:40 PM	72. Jigaaaliyipufffff, jigaliiiiyiiiipuff. sound of a balloon inflating.
Spellfire_junkie 01-12-07, 10:07 PM	73. I've been kicking the idea of a Dwarven Bard that has Perform (Percussion) to use the drums for signaling during combat. I figured that coupled with Knowledge (Warfare) attached, it would make for a very sound (no pun intended) character history-to-current profession bridge, by saying that he was initially a signal man for a dwarven military unit. Has endless coordination tactical usage.
Whisper_Swiftblade 01-13-07, 01:37 PM	51: Dubious game-breaking abuse of the skill system, taking ranks in anything from Perform (Climb) to Perform (Use Magic Device), rather than the actual skills. Claim that you are so good at Climbing, Diplomacy, etc, that it counts as "art" rather than just a skill. 52: As above, but with magic instead of skills. Perform (Time Stop) or Perform (True Ressurection) might raise some eyebrows. the way I make perform work, is that if it is already an ability, or does not translate into perform well, takeing ranks in it only makes you look good doing it. So for example 20 ranks in perform tumble will make you look pretty good whiler tumbleing but NOT acctuly improve your ability to tumble.
Anaesthesia 01-13-07, 04:37 PM	74. Perform (sign language). I tried to get this for my bard because one of the NPCs put a silent spell(or something similar) on himself and therefore did charades to communicate to everyone else. Unfortunately, the NPC and I didn't speak drow (sign language is considered drow for some reason), so I couldn't get it.
Pajaul 01-16-07, 12:22 PM	75. Perform (Cooking) Like The French Chef. So much for trail rations! "And now we place the chicken over the fire! doops!" 76. Perform (Acting) thousands of uses. Be a diplomat from another country. A sadistic interrogator. A special forces police man from other lands seeking a band of criminals (your party) and taking them into custody to take em back to you lands. Set yourself up as some infamous criminals to infiltrate a gang and learn information! Heck you could even be a lawyer for one of your team mates and perform so well they get away with anything! Even dieing is possible, just don't do so well you convince yourself! "Everything’s... getting dark!! cough cough I've… I always loved you." 78. Perform (oratory) to stop a riot. "Friends, Country men... SHUUUSH!!" 79. Perform (anything) to get a lower price on an item by making the merchant laugh. "How about 10g? No? tap dance how about now?" 80. Perform a weapons (Exhibition), scare your foes or impress your allies! "Yes... But can you do this?!" 81. Perform (anything)to distract a monster in battle so your party can flank them. "HEY LOOKIT ME LOOKIT ME!"
blooddemon 01-17-07, 07:58 PM	78. Perform (Oral) to stop a riot. "Friends, Country men... SHUUUSH!!" [/I]" You are thinking of oratory, not oral. Unless you want to stop a riot that way.
Pajaul 01-18-07, 12:20 PM	Eh, off the top of my head, both mean 'use of the mouth'. Though I don't think you could stop a riot by performing sed act. sure they'd stop to watch, but once it was 'over' they'd just cheer then return to rioting. Great distraction though. hmmm. 82. Perform (oral) for a stellar distraction, or to get on some lonely house-wife's (merchant-wife�s?) good side. "I cast Magic Mouth and have it sing Barry White." 83. Perform (Sing) Hit that high note and you can shatter glass! Or even crystal, just imagine you come across a monster with alchemist fire strapped to him in vials. Sure you could cast 'shatter' but if you were out of spells for the day, this could also work. heh heh. "No Mr. BBEG, I expect you to DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" 84. Perform (Sing) Wail in a realistic way to help disguise yourself as a banshee. "I'm not an adventurer, I'm a banshee just like you, SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE??" 85. Perform (Sing) If out of spells and you still need to cast 'lullaby', just sing one instead. "Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep Mr. Guard, and I hope you never wake up! coup de grace"
AZNsupermarket 01-18-07, 08:59 PM	86. Perform (oral) - LOL!
mcnoo 01-18-07, 11:22 PM	87: I had a dashing, swashbuckling bard/duelist with perform (in bed) I also took the feat endurance just for this very purpose.