bard song

[komo]

Manual says:
• Perform 25 and bard Level 16: +1 Will Saves, +4 temporary
Hit Points. +1 Dodge Armor Class.
• For each additional 5 Perform and 1 class level in bard an
additional +2 temporary Hit Points is granted.

Is this mean that a level 16 singing Bard with 50 points on Perform, is only as good as a level 16 singing Bard with 30 Perform points??

Thx

[Legolas]

Quite simply, yes.
However, you can only improve your perform skill by 1 point per level (except when you can take feats such as Artist, Skill Focus: Perform and Epic Skill Focus: Perform, or invest attribute points in charisma). That makes it very unlikely you will get those +5 skillpoints per level, and so a bard with 50 points of perform will end up with a better bard song than the bard starting out with 30, once a few more levels are gained. In other words, there's no advantage at level 16, but a level 21 bard with 35 skillpoints does have a worse bardsong than a level 21 bard with 55 skillpoints.
The difference is not that great though, at +8 temporary hitpoints per ally. It becomes more significant when using the Curse Song, where it lets you deal an additional 8 damage per song to all enemies in the area.

[komo]

since i'm now playing the official campaign with a multiclass bard */fighter 1/rogue 2, i guess it's best for me to invest skill points on Perform, only up to 30 points (including any modifiers).

am i right?? or is it better if i put some more points??

[Legolas]

That totally depends on what level bard you're planning to reach. If it's 16, perform 25 (including charisma modifiers and feat bonusses) is enough.

[T-D-C]

Originally posted by komo: since i'm now playing the official campaign with a multiclass bard */fighter 1/rogue 2, i guess it's best for me to invest skill points on Perform, only up to 30 points (including any modifiers). am i right?? or is it better if i put some more points??

You do realsie you are getting a 20% XP penalty with your character ?

[komo]

whoa.. all the replies on my "triplet multiclassing" topic on this forum told me that my Bard */Rogue 1/Fighter 2 character doesn't suffer from XP penalties, since i use a half-elf.

now it doesn't matter, though, for i have earn 190000+ exp. points, although my Bard still at her 5th level.

I stocked up the XP to save my skill points and in the end, use them as efficient as possible.

that's why i start this topic.

anyway, thanks a lot for the great info. i'm thinking to put my skill points on Perform only up to 30 (best for a lvl 17 Bard).
the rests will mainly go to concentration, discipline, persuade, & use magic device.
few will go to heal and lore.

i think it will be the best for me. any suggestions or critics??