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Deception (Cha)

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Source Core Rulebook pg. 245 ^4.0
You can trick and mislead others using disguises, lies, and other forms of subterfuge.

Item Bonsues for Common items

Ability/Skill	Item	Bonus	Level	Category	Consumable?	Note
Deception	Harrow Mat	+1	0	Adventuring Gear	No	Deception to convince a creature that a harrow reading was accurate.
Deception	Glamorous Buckler	+1	2	Specific Shields	No	Deception checks to Feint
Deception	Disguise Kit (Elite)	+1	3	Adventuring Gear	No	Deception checks to Impersonate someone
Deception	Smoke Veil	+1	3	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Impersonate
Deception	Ventriloquist's Ring	+1	3	Other Worn Items	No	—
Deception	Trickster's Mandolin	+1	4	Coda	No	while playing the mandolin
Deception	Unmemorable Mantle	+1	7	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Impersonate an individual and to Lie while in character as that individual
Deception	Trickster's Mandolin (Greater)	+1	8	Coda	No	while playing the mandolin
Deception	Razmiri Wayfinder	+1	10	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Lie or Impersonate
Deception	Silvertongue Mutagen (Lesser)	+1	1	Alchemical Elixirs	Yes	—
Deception	Unmemorable Mantle (Greater)	+2	9	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Impersonate an individual and to Lie while in character as that individual
Deception	Taleteller's Ring	+2	9	Cursed Items	No	Deception checks to Lie and Deception DCs against Sense Motive
Deception	Ventriloquist's Ring (Greater)	+2	9	Other Worn Items	No	—
Deception	Tales in Timber	+2	10	Specific Magic Armor	No	Item activation, Deception checks and DCs to appear as an inanimate wooden statue
Deception	Trickster's Mandolin (Major)	+2	12	Coda	No	while playing the mandolin
Deception	Tales in Timber (Greater)	+2	13	Specific Magic Armor	No	Item activation, Deception checks and DCs to appear as an inanimate wooden statue
Deception	Rhyton of the Radiant Ifrit	+2	14	Held Items	No	Item activation, against a specific creature, lasts 1 hour
Deception	Necklace of Allure	+2	17	Other Worn Items	No	—
Deception	Mask of Allure	+2	18	Other Worn Items	No	—
Deception	Tales in Timber (Major)	+2	18	Specific Magic Armor	No	Item activation, Deception checks and DCs to appear as an inanimate wooden statue
Deception	Fake Blood Pack	+2	0	Adventuring Gear	Yes	When faking an injury, the blood pack grants a +2 item bonus to relevant Deception checks, such as to Lie about being injured
Deception	Silvertongue Mutagen (Moderate)	+2	3	Alchemical Elixirs	Yes	—
Deception	Unmemorable Mantle (Major)	+3	17	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Impersonate an individual and to Lie while in character as that individual
Deception	Silvertongue Mutagen (Greater)	+3	11	Alchemical Elixirs	Yes	—
Deception	Silvertongue Mutagen (Major)	+4	17	Alchemical Elixirs	Yes	—

Item Bonsues for Uncommon/Rare/Unique items

Ability/Skill	Item	Bonus	Level	Category	Consumable?	Note
Deception	Eyecatcher	+1	1	Adjustments	No	Deception checks to Feint while using a weapon with an eyecatcher attached
Deception	Quick Wig	+1	2	Other Worn Items	No	Deception check to Impersonate to go unrecognized by changing your hair
Deception	Secret-Keeper's Mask (Blackfingers)	+1	3	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Lie
Deception	Secret-Keeper's Mask (Reaper of Reputation)	+1	3	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Lie
Deception	Fortune's Favor	+1	3	Relic Seeds	No	Deception checks to Feint
Deception	Secret-Keeper's Mask (Gray Master)	+1	5	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Lie
Deception	Secret-Keeper's Mask (Father Skinsaw)	+1	6	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Lie
Deception	Clandestine Cloak	+1	6	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Impersonate a forgettable background character, such as a servant
Deception	Venomed Tongue	+1	7	Tattoos	No	—
Deception	Sinister Knight	+1	8	Armor Property Runes	No	—
Deception	Impossible Cake	+2	3	Alchemical Tools	No	Deception checks to Impersonate, as well as to Lie to convince others that you possess knowledge about the type of item that the cake resembles.
Deception	Merchant's Guile	+2	5	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks, but only if the associated checks involve haggling or bargaining over a purchase or trade
Deception	Mantle of the Tikbalang	+2	8	Other Worn Items	No	—
Deception	Charlatan's Cape	+2	10	Other Worn Items	No	—
Deception	Ring of Lies	+2	10	Other Worn Items	No	—
Deception	Clandestine Cloak (Greater)	+2	10	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Impersonate a forgettable background character, such as a servant
Deception	Splendid Floodlight	+2	12	Held Items	No	Charisma-based skill checks while within the red light
Deception	Aeon Stone (Amber Sphere)	+2	16	Other Worn Items	No	Deception checks to Impersonate yourself as a living creature (undead only)
Deception	The Liar	+2	20	The Deck of Destiny	No	Deception checks to Lie (+3 at 17th level)
Deception	The Snakebite	+2	20	The Deck of Destiny	No	Deception checks for initiative (+3 at 17th level)
Deception	The Betrayal	+2	20	The Deck of Destiny	No	Deception checks to Impersonate or Feint (+3 at 17th level).
Deception	Impossible Cake (Greater)	+3	9	Alchemical Tools	No	Deception checks to Impersonate, as well as to Lie to convince others that you possess knowledge about the type of item that the cake resembles.
Deception	Cape of the Open Sky	+3	18	Other Worn Items	No	Checks to Lie
Deception	Whisper of the First Lie	+3	20	Other Worn Items	No	—
Deception	Impossible Cake (Major)	+4	17	Alchemical Tools	No	Deception checks to Impersonate, as well as to Lie to convince others that you possess knowledge about the type of item that the cake resembles.

Related Feats

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Deception Untrained Actions

Create a Diversion [one-action]

Mental
Source Core Rulebook pg. 245 ^4.0

With a gesture, a trick, or some distracting words, you can create a diversion that draws creatures' attention elsewhere. If you use a gesture or trick, this action gains the manipulate trait. If you use distracting words, it gains the auditory and linguistic traits.

Attempt a single Deception check and compare it to the Perception DCs of the creatures whose attention you're trying to divert. Whether or not you succeed, creatures you attempt to divert gain a +4 circumstance bonus to their Perception DCs against your attempts to Create a Diversion for 1 minute.

Success You become hidden to each creature whose Perception DC is less than or equal to your result. (The hidden condition allows you to Sneak away.) This lasts until the end of your turn or until you do anything except Step or use the Hide or the Sneak action of the Stealth skill. If you Strike a creature, the creature remains flat-footed against that attack, and you then become observed. If you do anything else, you become observed just before you act unless the GM determines otherwise.
Failure You don’t divert the attention of any creatures whose Perception DC exceeds your result, and those creatures are aware you were trying to trick them.

Impersonate

Concentrate Exploration Manipulate Secret
Source Core Rulebook pg. 245 ^4.0

You create a disguise to pass yourself off as someone or something you are not. Assembling a convincing disguise takes 10 minutes and requires a disguise kit, but a simpler, quicker disguise might do the job if you’re not trying to imitate a specific individual, at the GM’s discretion.

In most cases, creatures have a chance to detect your deception only if they use the Seek action to attempt Perception checks against your Deception DC. If you attempt to directly interact with someone while disguised, the GM rolls a secret Deception check for you against that creature’s Perception DC instead. If you’re disguised as a specific individual, the GM might give creatures you interact with a circumstance bonus based on how well they know the person you’re imitating, or the GM might roll a secret Deception check even if you aren’t directly interacting with others.

Success You trick the creature into thinking you’re the person you’re disguised as. You might have to attempt a new check if your behavior changes.
Failure The creature can tell you’re not who you claim to be.
Critical Failure The creature can tell you’re not who you claim to be, and it recognizes you if it would know you without a disguise.

Lie

Auditory Concentrate Linguistic Mental Secret
Source Core Rulebook pg. 246 ^4.0

You try to fool someone with an untruth. Doing so takes at least 1 round, or longer if the lie is elaborate. You roll a single Deception check and compare it against the Perception DC of every creature you are trying to fool. The GM might give them a circumstance bonus based on the situation and the nature of the lie you are trying to tell. Elaborate or highly unbelievable lies are much harder to get a creature to believe than simpler and more believable lies, and some lies are so big that it’s impossible to get anyone to believe them.

At the GM’s discretion, if a creature initially believes your lie, it might attempt a Perception check later to Sense Motive against your Deception DC to realize it’s a lie. This usually happens if the creature discovers enough evidence to counter your statements.

Success The target believes your lie.
Failure The target doesn’t believe your lie and gains a +4 circumstance bonus against your attempts to Lie for the duration of your conversation. The target is also more likely to be suspicious of you in the future.

Deception Trained Actions

Feint [one-action]

Mental
Source Core Rulebook pg. 246 ^4.0
Requirements You are within melee reach of the opponent you attempt to Feint.

With a misleading flourish, you leave an opponent unprepared for your real attack. Attempt a Deception check against that opponent’s Perception DC.

Critical Success You throw your enemy’s defenses against you entirely off. The target is flat-footed against melee attacks that you attempt against it until the end of your next turn.
Success Your foe is fooled, but only momentarily. The target is flat-footed against the next melee attack that you attempt against it before the end of your current turn.
Critical Failure Your feint backfires. You are flat-footed against melee attacks the target attempts against you until the end of your next turn.

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Deception (Cha)

Legacy Content

Related Feats

Deception Untrained Actions

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