Post:Humming is Not a Performance - 06/30/2011 - 20:53

Re: Humming is Not a Performance · on 06/30/2011 08:53 PM CDT	1294
Humming is incredibly separate from Bardic Lore (And my apologies if I've not given a good enough definition of the skill, the gooey lore wrapping around the mechanical need hadn't quite yelled yet when the skill list was announced. I'll make sure to get something clearer out before we start the transition). That said, you're right. There is a level of abstraction going on here -- and while I agree it's somewhat odd that humming is the most viable way to train vocals for most people as opposed to singing -- it is subjected to the same restrictions singing would be (And most instrument playing is, really, aside from tying your hands up) if that system was fleshed out in the same way. For now humming will train performance. I do, of course, reverse the right to modify that in the future and am not overly concerned with people training it who aren't actually invested in it between the expansion of lore skills and the TDP changes.
This message was originally posted in Abilities, Skills and Magic \ The Experience System, by DR-RAESH on the play.net forums.