Vital Strike plus Arcanist Acid Jet (Su)

[Phasics]

I feel almost loathed to ask, but can someone put me out of my misery.

Acid Jet (Su) which is a supernatural ranged touch attack. can it be used with Vital Strike to double the dice.

[Bart Vervaet]

RAW I'm not entirely sure, but my gut feeling says NO.

Vital strike calls out an attack action, and using acid jet is not an attack action, but using a Su ability that requires a ranged touch.

Furthermore, an arcanist can only qualify for Vital Strike at lvl 12, so at that point the additional 1d6 gained would be pretty much pointless.

[HectorVivis]

^ He's right.

Acid jet is not the "attack action", which is a standard action called in the combat section of the CRB.

[Phasics]

Figured

So hard to find ways to improve damage on (Su) damage abilites