Startling Appearance (Vigilante)
Prerequisites Vigilante Dedication
Requirements You are completely unnoticed by the target creature.
Requirements You are completely 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).
Traits
This feat belongs to an archetype.
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 effects evoke the emotion of fear. Effects with this trait always have the mental and emotion traits as well.
A mental effect can alter the target's mind. It has no effect on an object or a mindless creature.
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.