Warpriest & Power Attack at 1st Level?

[Matt2VK]

Can a Warpriest (from ACG playtest document) take the Feat: Power Attack at 1st level?

This was brought up in another thread and between all the Yes & No it has left me confused on the official ruling on this.

What is known -
Warpriest is a 2/3 BAB class. Except with his Sacred/Favored Weapon, the Warpriest counts his Warpriest levels as the BAB (special rule).
Warpriests also get Feat: Weapon Focus in their Sacred Weapon at 1st level as a class perk.

Feat: Power Attack has requirements of a STR 13+ and a +1 BAB.

the arguments all seem to boil down to -
1) The Warpriest does not start at a +1 BAB at 1st level so can not take Power Attack.

2) The Warpriest does have a +1 BAB with their Sacred Weapon class ability so they can take Power Attack, for that weapon only, at 1st level.

I'm in the #2 camp but there's enough confusion I'd like a answer to this.

[hgsolo]

I'm in camp 1. When a monk uses flurry of blows, his BAB is equal to his monk level. When using power attack, he uses his modified FoB BAB for the effects, but he cannot qualify for the feat using this modified BAB. I would think the Warpriest works the same with their sacred weapon. That said, I'll FAQ it for full clarification.

[Jiggy]

You can't take Power Attack "for that weapon only", because you don't pick a weapon for Power Attack.

[Eoxyn]

You can't put ranks in Fly if you don't have natural flight, but you can if you've got another way of flying regularly.

Camp 2

[RJGrady]

If they can gain the feat as a bonus somehow, they could use it with their sacred weapon. However, to take the feat, you have to have the requirements, and there's no way to be permanently wielding your sacred weapon. So, Camp 1, approximately.

[Gwen Smith]

Unless there's specific wording under Warpriest saying otherwise, I'd follow the precedent of the monk's flurry of blows:

"For all other purposes, such as qualifying for a feat or a prestige class, the monk uses his normal base attack bonus."