Performance dance

[Shinoskay]

So, I am looking at using cloak fighting for some early hide in plain sight (instead of hellcat or the level 15 actual hide in plain sight options).

any better options for a discount hide in plain sight?

what are some easy and cheap ways to get a decent performance dance skill level?

my char is level 10. I have 12k to play with right now, wizard spells up to level 4 and druid spells up to level 3.

I have a familiar, improved familiar.

currently using dancer scarve (the one that gives a defense bonus) and armored kilt so I can't use any kind of kilts or scarves. I have light armor, a buckler, firearms (that black power firearms performance thing isn't worth the feat)

I have a level of monk (silver fist) and 9 levels of rogue (archetypes, of course).

looking at the eternal rose boots, but may not. I also want to use stabbing shot and hurricane punch for that amazing location and battle control.

(needless to say, I only have bab to 7 XD)

I plan to be a switch hitter.

[avr]

Wizard spells up to level 4 includes greater invisibility, which is a lot like hide in plain sight. But usually better. There's a 1st level druid spell, underbrush decoy, which lets you create a distraction to allow you to hide as a swift action. For an item-based solution a decoy ring is exactly 12K.

Cloak fighting is D&D 3.5 I think? It's been a while for me but I think there are other tricks for hide in plain sight there. And probably other items.

[Shinoskay]

pathfinder

[EldonGuyre]

I'm going to have Shadow Well at 11th through Improved Eldritch Heritage - it functions like Hide in Plain Sight as long as there are shadows nearby.

...by then, he'll have 11 ranks, Dex 16 (+3), trait (+1), class skill (+3), centipede familiar (+3), small size (+4), and skill focus (+6) for +31 Stealth, assuming no items.

[CBDunkerson]

Not sure what you are going for here. It sounds something like the 'Distracting Cloak' cloak trick, but that uses Bluff rather than Performance.

That said, the Diva Style feat allows you to use a Perform skill in place of Bluff to feint. For performance boosts you might want to look at Daring Dancers or Scarf of Glorious Histories.

[avr]

Yeah, varieties of invisibility should cover you until shadow well comes online. At really high levels a lot of things can see thru invisibility, but at level 10 you should be fine.

The only PF 'cloak fighting' I found was a 3rd party feat (Super Genius Games). Are you using a lot of 3rd party stuff or just that?

[Shinoskay]

I forgot cloak fighting was 3rd party, and quite honestly I hadnt asked my gm if it was ok yet.

gm is allowing 3rd party on case by case bases (naturally).

for the sake of simplicity though, perhaps this discussion should persist of none 3rd party material.

my bad.

Cloak trick seems useful but a standard action to stealth is not worth a feat and its bad action economy at high levels.

Shadow well seems good, I currently have abberent bloodline. Would my other bloodline impede getting shadow well?

[avr]

If you're getting both thru feats then yes those bloodlines do conflict. If one of them comes from a class or VMC then no, no conflict. It might cost an inconvenient number of feats though - skill focus, then eldritch heritage, then improved eldritch heritage.