How does it work? - Intimidating Performance

[Blue_Sky]

Source: Advanced Class Guide pg. 151 wrote:

Intimidating Performance

Your performance strikes fear in the hearts of foes.

Prerequisites: Ability to start a performance (or raging song) as a move action, bardic performance or raging song† class feature.

Benefit: When you start a performance (or a raging song) as a move or swift action, you can use a standard action to demoralize a foe (Core Rulebook 99), attempting a Perform check appropriate to your performance in place of the Intimidate check. Your performance must be one with an audible component.

If you can start a performance as a swift action and you have the Dazzling Display feat, you can gain the benefit of Dazzling Display by succeeding at a Perform check in place of an Intimidate check.

I'm trying to wrap my mind around this one, and didn't want to necro a thread.

[avr]

Basically if you start a performance and have an appropriate action remaining in the same round, you can try to demoralize or use dazzling display with your perform skill rather than your intimidate skill.

[blahpers]

Very well, thank you.

/they just keep coming

[Azothath]

as it says, when you start a Performance(class feature)(each round, using required action) as a standard action you can say you are doing an Intimidating Performance on a (targeted) foe, then roll a d20 and add your particular Performance skill bonus to it.
Refer to the Intimidate skill for mechanics, DCs, and results.

the 'in game' mechanics of how it works isn't explained and is left to your active imagination.