clarify: Quicker than the Eye

[sinmissing]

I want to make sure that I am coming to the right conclusion with this feat.

Each round, you can bluff vs. spot as a free action and sneak attack those that fail. Right?

The player, or left side, of my brain is drooling.
The dm, or right side, of my brain is grinning evilly.

 

[Victim]

Quicker than eye lets you spend a MEA, make an opposed bluff check versus their spot, and, if successful, perform an "invisible" action. One possible use would be to get one sneak attack against a foe that failed the check.

However, there are much cooler uses. Imagine a rogue with Use Magic Device, Bluff, Spellcraft and Quicker than eye. Quickdraw might be necessary too, but I can't remember if it's a prereq for Quicker than Eye. Fake casting a spell, probably opposed bluff vs spellcraft. Use quicker than Eye to pull out a wand and blast someone with it, than stick it back up your sleeve.
And that's just one trick.

 

[Azger]

I want to make sure that I am coming to the right conclusion with this feat.

Each round, you can bluff vs. spot as a free action and sneak attack those that fail. Right?

The player, or left side, of my brain is drooling.
The dm, or right side, of my brain is grinning evilly.

You spend a MEA to bluff, then you may choose to attack someone, but since you don't really know the result of his check (as the DM should keep it a secret) then you might get a sneak attack in or do something else that he doesn't notice. Remember that everyone that is looking at you gets a spot check to see what you are really doing. So be careful...

 

[Spatula]

As I recall, you can only use the feat once per combat/encounter. So it lets you (maybe) get in one sneak attack that you wouldn't otherwise get.

 

[shilsen]

As I recall, you can only use the feat once per combat/encounter. So it lets you (maybe) get in one sneak attack that you wouldn't otherwise get.

I don't have a copy of S&S here, so I can't be absolutely sure, but I believe that restriction applies to the Flick of the Wrist feat, not to Quicker than the Eye. The latter can be used as often as one wants.

 

[FANGO]

shilsen is correct. Flick of the Wrist=once per combat, Quicker than the Eye=whenever you want.

 

[Cake Mage]

which is why athat the feat is awesome for a halfing rogue. the hard part is getting that 19+ dex which is only possible with elves or halfings (standard races of course).

 

[sinmissing]

So if you can get hasted, you can bluff as your extra partial action and do a full attack against someone that is flat footed.

 

[Hypersmurf]

So if you can get hasted, you can bluff as your extra partial action and do a full attack against someone that is flat footed.

No.

QttE allows a partial action to be concealed, doesn't it? So you could MEA bluff, attack them while they're flatfooted, and then use your hasted action to make a normal attack against their Dex bonus etc.

-Hyp.

 

[Victim]

which is why athat the feat is awesome for a halfing rogue. the hard part is getting that 19+ dex which is only possible with elves or halfings (standard races of course).

Any one with a high starting dex and enough levels to gete attribute increases can take it.