Startling Appearance [one-action] Feat 6Archetype Emotion Fear Mental Vigilante Source Player Core 2 pg. 219Archetype VigilantePrerequisites Vigilante DedicationRequirements You are
unnoticed by the target creature.
You can startle foes who are unaware of your presence. Make a
Strike against your target. That creature is
off-guard against this Strike, as normal. If your Strike hits, the target remains off.guard for the rest of your turn and is
frightened 1 (frightened 2 on a critical hit).
Startling Appearance Leads To...
Frightening Appearance,
Stunning AppearanceTraits
Archetype: This feat belongs to an archetype.
Emotion: This effect alters a creature’s emotions. Effects with this trait always have the mental trait as well. Creatures with special training or that have mechanical or artificial intelligence are immune to emotion effects.
Fear: Fear effects evoke the emotion of fear. Effects with this trait always have the mental and emotion traits as well.
Mental: A mental effect can alter the target’s mind. It has no effect on an object or a mindless creature.
Vigilante: Your class feats and vigilante feats are associated with your vigilante identity, and using them while in your social identity may risk exposing you as a vigilante. If your identity is exposed to the public, you lose the benefits of Vigilante Dedication to disguising yourself, but you can spend 1 week of downtime to create a new social identity.