Most Pathfinders in the Pathfinder Society Organized Play program hold allegiances to factions in addition to their loyalty to the Pathfinder Society itself. These factions range from internal sects within the Pathfinder Society to religious organizations or political entities.
As a character's Fame increases, her faction rewards her excellent service with ever-increasing boons. In this chapter, you'll find a system of rules that describes the kinds of rewards and privileges a character can access as her Fame increases and how she can spend her Prestige Points on a variety of benefits that reflect her faction's willingness to assist her in times of need, including goods and services, titles, honors, privileges, and other benefits.
Many of the prestige awards and recognitions or resources that faction members purchase allow a character to become specialized in a skill.
When a PC becomes specialized in a skill, that skill immediately becomes a class skill for her.
If the PC gains that skill as a class skill from any other source (either before or after you purchase the prestige resource), she gains a +1 competence bonus on those skill checks.
Sczarni (The Exchange, retired)
Retired faction Prestige Awards are no longer legal for purchase.