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Summary:
1.) Increase the activation time from 1 standard action to 1 minute.
2.) Add Bardic Knowledge as a prerequisite (previous characters can be grandfathered in).
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Another thread brought to light that many GM's have serious problems with Pageant of the Peacock. Yes, it is overpowered. Rather than debate whether or not it should be banned, let's fix it.
A lore oracle using Focused Trance can meditate for 1d6 rounds to gain a +20 circumstance bonus to any intelligence-based skill check. This can be used to auto-succeed at all beginning of scenario lore checks. It is not, however, useful in combat because of the required time to activate. It is also important to note that it does not allow untrained knowledge checks.
Fix #1 should therefore be to increase the time required to activate PotP. Increasing to 1 minute makes the ability useless in combat. It is still good thematically; compare the longer activation to using the disguise skill.
The next offense is allowing a bard to sacrifice Bardic Knowledge for an archetype then gain a superior version at a low cost.
Fix #2 should therefore be adding Bardic Knowledge as a prerequisite (allowing existing characters to be grandfathered in).
The next powerful aspect to PotP is the duration of 10 minutes per round of bardic performance. Changing this, however, would ruin the original intent of using it at a social gathering.
From a game design standpoint, please remember the importance of simplicity. There are probably better fixes, but adding too much complexity to the errata can create more problems than it solves. Applying these two fixes will still leave PotP superior to Focused Trance, but characters devoted to monster lore will no longer be overshadowed.
What are your thoughts?
How do we bring this to the attention of the powers that be?
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Pathfinder Society is not in the habit of rewriting things from published sources. In fact, unless it specifically needs to be changed because of organized play (i.e. Extra Bombs vs. Brew Potion or Spell Focus vs. Scribe Scroll), PFS doesn't change anything.
So the fix would have to come from the developer of the Dragonslayer's Handbook.
We know that it is very unlikely that a companion or campaign book will get any errata or even an FAQ entry. Paizo tends to only do either of those things for their Core line of books.
So for PFS, the two options really are, "deal with whatever interpretation your GM wants to use," or Ban it.