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I have a Scoundrel Rogue, and when choosing feats it seemed like Distracting Feint would be a great choice as it would help me keep the Feint debuff up after I landed it the first time. But then after reading the descriptions of the skill action and the feat more closely, it seems like it might not actually do anything here?

Feint says "Attempt a Deception check against that opponent’s Perception DC".

Distracting Feint says: "While a creature is flat-footed by your Feint, it also takes a –2 circumstance penalty to Perception checks and Reflex saves."

So, my understanding is that when using Feint I am the one making a check against the opponent's Perception DC, which would NOT have a -2 circumstance penalty (since it says the penalty applies to their Perception checks, not to their Perception score). Ergo, applying Distracting Feint to a creature does NOT make future attempts to Feint against them easier.

Just want to verify that my reading and understanding of the interaction here is correct.

If I'm playing an Animal Instinct Barbarian who has chosen Cat as my animal, I'm not sure what benefit this feat gives me. The wording is specifically:

"You transform into your animal. You gain the effects of the 3rd-level animal form spell except you use your own statistics, temporary Hit Points, and unarmed attacks instead of those granted by animal form."

So, if I use my own statistics, temp HP, and attacks, what do I get from the spell? As best I could tell, I may get:
- Low-light vision and Imprecise Scent 30ft (both of which I might already have from earlier Barbarian feats or Ancestry).
- I get to ignore my armor's speed penalty.

It seems like nothing else applies because of the feat tells me I use all my own values for everything else. Are there other mechanical advantages to this feat that I am missing? Perhaps this feat is really more for flavor/RP purposes?