Bonus gained from savage technologist with the amplified rage feat

[Baok]

My friends and I are discussing about how the feat works with the modified rage of the savage technologist, with an half-orc barbarian. Does the bonus from the amplified rage stacks with the modified rage? If it stacks, the barbarian gain a bonus to dexterity and strenght?

[MaxAstro]

Firstly, I'm pretty sure Savage Technologist has a really bad typo. The class says "When a barbarian ability would increase the savage technologist's Strength while raging, it increases her Dexterity instead."

I am 90% sure this is supposed to say "When a barbarian ability would increase the savage technologist's Constitution while raging, it increases her Dexterity instead." Emphasis mine.

However, even if you apply that fix, the modified rage says "when a barbarian ability" - a feat is not a barbarian ability.

So RAW, if your normal rage was +4 STR, +4 DEX, then Amplified Rage would end up giving you +8 STR, +4 CON, +4 DEX. However, house-ruling it to apply to Dex instead seems reasonable to me.

[Misroi]

Wow, yeah, Savage Technologist totally should be your reading, Max. Going a step further, I'd say Savage Technologist's language should contain verbiage on what happens when an outside source (a feat, a magic item, etc.) modifies a barbarian's rage, rather than an internal source (a barbarian ability). I'd probably rule the second option, given that the Savage Technologist is all about buffing his Dex rather than his Con.

Of course, this all assumes he has someone to rage with that also has the feat. Otherwise, this is a moot point.

[MaxAstro]

Yeah, I have a savage technologist in my Iron Gods campaign, and that typo was one of the first things I noticed about the class.

Still, being able to Dex-rage is awesome.