====== Perform (CHA) ======

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.

===== Common Uses =====

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)

==== Table: Example Perform DCs ====
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^ DC   ^ Performance Quality and Effects                                                                                                                                                         ^
| 10           | Routine performance. Trying to earn money by playing in public is akin to begging. You can earn 1d10 cp/day.                                                         |
| 15           | Enjoyable performance. In a prosperous city, you can earn 1d10 sp/day.                                                                                               |
| 20           | Great performance. In a prosperous city, you can earn 3d10 sp/day. In time, you may be invited to join a professional troupe and may develop a regional reputation.  |
| 30           | Memorable performance. In a prosperous city, you can earn 1d6 gp/day. In time, you may come to the attention of noble patrons and develop a national reputation.     |
| 40+          | Extraordinary performance. In a prosperous city, you can earn 3d6 gp/day. In time, you may draw attention from distant patrons, or even from extraplanar beings.     |