In response too:

>9. Why not make a Perform Skill?
>
>This is the bard-only version of begging... if you perform well enough,

NPCs

>will give you money. I have had great success with roleplaying this for
>PCs, but it seems to me that a young bard should be able to sit on a street
>corner and make a few silvers by strumming his lute... level caps can keep
>this balanced, and perhaps this skill could work in conjunction with the
>Carillion? OK, this is just another random idea, not important to the
>class, but it sounds right now = )

This is the best Idea Ive heard in a while, I had this thought awhile back
but couldnt really think of how to implement it......

I Love it.

Jaezebel Moonsong
Innoruuk