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PFS StandardStartling Appearance [one-action] Feat 6

Archetype Emotion Fear Mental Vigilante 
Source Player Core 2 pg. 219
Archetype Vigilante
Prerequisites Vigilante Dedication
Requirements 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 Appearance

Traits

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.