Probably b/c hum is essentially an "instrumental" skill, and therefore, the same checks go in as if you were, say, playing a one-handed percussion and a one-handed wind. No double playing for regular "play" which, though humming isn't play, it's doing the same thing - directly working an instrumental skill.

Enchantes have always allowed mundane play (and thus I'm not surprised to see hum also) at the same time.

Make sense, kinda?

(logically, I'd say you probably shouldn't be able to do any of it together, but as I said above, enchantes have always allowed that, from what I remember.)

-V.

"Reject me not, sweet sounds! oh, let me live,
Till doom espy my towers and scatter them.
A city spell-bound under the aging sun,
Music my rampart, and my only one."
-Edna St. Vincent-Millay

>I haven't played the piano in years but I used to hum or sing along with myself when I did. I don't think it's a stretch in the least to hum the same song that you're playing. A different song on the other hand would probably require a lot more concentration/discipline.

I think the original post was commenting on the idea that we can 'sing lilt', then proceed to 'hum wedding off' or something ostensibly completely irrelevent to the vocal enchante being performed.

I always assumed pretty much what Vael's answer was (mostly playability) even though it's rather odd when you look at it.

To put it in your piano example, it'd be like playing lilt and a wedding march at the same time.

>My response was for Vael's comment about logically not being able to do either. I was giving a reason as to why it would be logical to allow both.

Your piano example was piano and humming. Not dual vocals. I had hoped to be subtle enough in my first post to point this out, but there is a very obvious thing.

I think it's pretty silly that you can't hum and play an instrument. It was one of the first things I noticed when I rolled up my bard. However, you can hum, sing an enchante, and sing a regular song all at the same time.

Logic ftl.

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>Yes, I DO agree that you should be able to hum along with yourself, but it's assuming different songs, not humming along with whatever you're playing.

Conceptually, this would let bards play instruments and hum the enchante they're playing on the instrument at the same time?

Seems reasonable, and perhaps a bit more realistic than the current set up.

The gist of what's being said is this:

Mechanically what's going on makes sense and it's non trivial to fix. HUM is based on the PLAY mechanics and you can only PLAY one thing at a time.

Logic doesn't enter into that statement. Now - should it change? Quite possibly. Will it change any time soon? Unlikely.

-Raesh