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hello,
I have a sword saint samurai that is going to be level three soon.
I was curious with the weapon specialization skill, can he use the iajutsu strike and power attack at the same time?
Hey Draco, normally this sort of question would be best for the rules forum rather than the Pathfinder Society forum, but I can provide a quick answer based on my reading of the archetype. Yes, you can use that class ability and Power Attack simultaneously, and this does not rely on the weapon expertise samurai class ability.
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Then here's a nice follow up that is more relevant, since the "Ask the DM" solution doesn't work in PFS;
The Sword Saint 3rd level ability replaces Mounted Charge, which is a layover from Cavalier that the Samurai no longer gets. Does this mean it replaces Weapon Expertise (the only Cavalier 3rd-level ability) or nothing? A cursory glance could see another option that it was supposed to replace Mounted Archer (given the archetype's lack of a mount), but is then acquired a level early.
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Then here's a nice follow up that is more relevant, since the "Ask the DM" solution doesn't work in PFS;
The Sword Saint 3rd level ability replaces Mounted Charge, which is a layover from Cavalier that the Samurai no longer gets. Does this mean it replaces Weapon Expertise (the only Cavalier 3rd-level ability) or nothing? A cursory glance could see another option that it was supposed to replace Mounted Archer (given the archetype's lack of a mount), but is then acquired a level early.
Yes, I had that question too, so decided to avoid the archetype in PFS.
It would make sense that it replaces the level 4 ability Mounted Archer, as that is pretty useless to a Sword Saint. If it replaces Weapon Expertise, that would make a Sword Saint worse with their katana than a regular Samurai, which doesn't seem appropriate.
Maybe it should be gained at level 4, and replace Mounted Archer.