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Does the bonus to Disable Device granted by the Vest of Escape (pg 532 Core) stack with MW thieves' tools?
I understand that they provide a different bonus type (Vest provides a competence bonus, tools provide a circumstance bonus), so they should stack, but I just wanted to be sure.
Along the same line of inquiry:
Since my character doesn't really care about the bonus to Escape Artist, could he simply have the magical lockpicks from the vest fashioned to provide him with a +4 competence bonus to DD so that he didn't have to spend GP on something that he doesn't care about anyway?
If so, is that something that can be done for Pathfinder Society Organized Play? What would the cost be? I think it would cost 1600 GP.
Different bonus types = stacking bonuses, you're fine there. If you want a magical item that doesn't exist as written in any of the books, work it out with your GM. The bonus you're asking for would cost 1600 gp, by the rules (skill bonus squared (4*4) times 100 gp).
A Vest of Escape is a Vest of Escape, I don't think they allow much customization in PFS so you will get a Vest of Escape for 5200 gp with a +4 disable device and +6 escape artist.
In a home game you could obtain an item with a +4 comptence bonus to a skill for an amount of gold equal to bonus^2*100. In the case of such an item it would be priced at 1600 gp market value.
If so, is that something that can be done for Pathfinder Society Organized Play? What would the cost be? I think it would cost 1600 GP.
No. Society play does not allow custom magic items of any kind.
But as for cost in a home game, a skill bonus is priced at [bonus squared] x 100gp. So a +4 bonus would cost 4x4x100 = 1,600gp.