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Play the Spider's Lyre
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Play the Spider's Lyre is a free action that allows the user to play the functionally equivalent song 'The Power' using their equipped Instrument.
UID
Spell flags
See also: Perform (disambiguation)
Description
Play a troubled bard's ballad to encourage and inspire those around you.Properties
- Details
Range: Self
Technical details
UIDShout_SCL_SpiderLyre_Perform
Spell flagsCondition: Performing 'The Power'
- Playing a tune. Perform the same song nearby to join in.
Condition: Poor Performance
- Maybe you'd better stop, before anyone starts throwing rocks.
How to learn
Notes
- If multiple characters use the Perform action, they sync up and play together. Also nearby bards, such as in the Circus of the Last Days, can join the performance.
- Nearby NPCs gather to hear the performance and focus their attention on the performer(s). This can create an opportunity for pickpocketing and thievery. Many patrolling NPCs cannot be distracted this way.
- If the performer has musical instrument proficiency, they make a
check. If successful, the gathered audience tips the performer with 
when the performance ends. However, a successful performance does not necessarily result in every attendee tipping the performer(s). - The Difficulty Class of the performance check scales with the size of the audience:
- 1 audience member: DC 10
- 2-3 audience members: DC 12
- 4-5 audience members: DC 15
- 6-7 audience members: DC 18
- 8+ audience members: DC 20
- Any character can use the Perform action with an instrument equipped. However, a character without instrument proficiency makes a
when doing so. This provokes annoyed reactions from the audience who will leave immediately. - Perform is a free action, and can be used during battle. The performance ends if the performing character is
.