So, a helpful halfling gets to add +4 when aiding another With a rank of opportunist that increases to +5 aid another. So my question is, when i use
Exploitive Maneuver (Ex)
A halfling opportunist can use an enemy’s actions in combat for her own gain, as if the opponent were using aid another to assist the opportunist, giving her a bonus on her next skill check, attack roll, or to AC against the next attack. The enemy must be able to reach the opportunist, and the opportunist must activate this ability as an immediate action and succeed at a combat maneuver check against the enemy’s CMD; at the GM’s discretion, the opportunist can substitute another ability score modifier for her Strength modifier when making her combat maneuver check (such as using Dexterity for an agility-related action or Charisma for a social-related action). If the halfling succeeds at this combat maneuver check, she adds the aid another bonus to her action on her next turn and subtracts that bonus from the enemy’s roll for that action. Note that if the combat maneuver check is successful, the outcome of the enemy’s roll is irrelevant to this ability—a halfling opportunist can use a giant’s swinging club to jump farther whether the giant hits or misses with its attack roll.
The GM decides whether the enemy’s action can benefit the opportunist in the desired manner. Circumstances occurring between the enemy’s turn and the halfling’s turn may prevent her from following through with the desired action); if this occurs, she loses the bonus from aid another but can take her turn normally.
Am I only getting the normal +2/-2 or is it a +5/-5? I could see an arguement for both, one that the enemy is the one helping me, and two that i am helping myself with my maneuver.
as if the opponent were using aid another to assist the opportunist
That, I believe, is the part that matters. You are tricking your foe into helping you. Treat it as if the foe's using the aid action.
However, good news is : the Exceptional Aid ability does not increase the bonus you give others with Aid Another, it improves the bonus the Opportunist gets when other people help her - including enemies tricked with Exploitive Maneuver. This is not about being helpful, this is about being greedily ... Opportunistic, fittingly enough.Not quite as good, but still pretty nice.
In short : neither, you'd get a +3 (and -3 to the triggering action).
oh good point out! okay, so i only give a +4 to others, but i receive a +3 in return.