The Busker archetype for Bard alters bardic performance and says “Buskers do not gain the bardic performance ability or any of its performance types.”
How, if at all does this interact with the Exemplar archetype for Brawler and it’s Inspiring Prowess ability which functions like bardic performance.
Does the Busker text negate the Exemplar’s ability? Is it safe because it’s not actually called bardic performance?
Best Answer
The archetype only negates the bardic performance a normal bard has. However, you still can't use both performances at the same time.
The important thing to note here is that the rulebooks aren't intended to be interpreted by a computer, but by humans.
As an Archetype of the Bard class, Busker changes around things from the Bard class. Exemplar is an archetype of the Brawler class that mixes in some bard abilities. In this case, it's pretty clear they're unrelated and therefore don't interact much. Read the rules on Archetypes to see this intent:
As per this, archetypes only edit the class they're an archetype of, and they don't need to specifically state they don't interfere with any possible archetypes from any other classes.
However, keep in mind that the Busker says:
So multiclassing between then to try and stack benefits won't work. As a GM I'd also be inclined to encourage a player to make different class choices just to keep down the amount of variables to check.