[PF1] Early Entry Shenanigans

[lord pringle]

While there are far fewer prestige classes worth while in Pathfinder, my brain is constantly looking for ways to use them. And so I was wondering what ways there are to early entry your way into things. I know about using Equipment Trick (Sunrod) or Heightened Spells with Wayang Spellhunter, but is there a way to count as having higher ranks than you can normally have? Higher BAB?

[Segev]

BAB and skill rank caps are things that have largely been kept solidly tied to HD in both 3.5 and PF.

That said, Inspire Competence does boost HD, which might enable purchase of higher-rank skills if you can somehow finagle that into place "while" leveling up.