Performer
Feat
sourcePHB
New in SW5eNovel: A new SW5e trick around stage—gain +1 Charisma and Performance proficiency (or Expertise if you're already proficient); while you perform you can distract a humanoid you see with a Charisma check vs Insight, imposing disadvantage on Perception and Investigation.✨
Bump Charisma, gain Performance expertise, and distract a watching humanoid — giving them disadvantage on Perception and Investigation.
SocialSkillHalf-feat · +1 Charisma
●○○value · half-feat, narrow distraction
Best fora Charisma-based face or bard-equivalent who uses performance as a cover for the party's sneaky activities
Skip ifyour campaign has little social or infiltration play
!The distraction requires an active performance and a contested check — it won't fire reliably in combat.
faceskill-expert
social-faceskill-masterystealth
Pairs withinfiltration-focused parties · Charisma face builds · Deception or Stealth combos
You master performance so that you can command any stage. You gain the following benefits:
- Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
- You gain proficiency in the Performance skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
- While performing, you can try to distract one humanoid you can see who can see and hear you. Make a Charisma (Performance) check contested by the humanoid's Wisdom (Insight) check. If your check succeeds, you grab the humanoid's attention enough that it makes Wisdom (Perception) and Intelligence (Investigation) checks with disadvantage until you stop performing.