Human taking Catfolk Exemplar: Enhanced Senses?

[Zelda Marie Lupescu]

Okay, so first taking Racial Heritage: Catfolk allows you to take Catfolk Exemplar. Sneaky way to get some of the catfolk racial abilities.

This works well for claws, cause it says you get claws.
Works for sprinter, cause it pretty much gives you sprinter.

The problem though is Enhanced Senses, as it says if you have low-light you get scent, if you have scent you get low-light... but as a human you have neither.

So, what does everyone think? Can you not take the Enhanced Senses variation of Catfolk Exemplar as a human? Do you get to pick which ability you want since you have neither to begin with?

[Kalindlara]

Can you link to the text, please? I'm inclined to say no, but I'd like to take a look first. :)

[Cap. Darling]

If you have one of the two things the text talk about you get the other if not, you just wasted a feat. The claws and the sprint dosent have that problem so take one of Those.

[Jeff Clem]

With Racial Heritage this feat doesn't give you to the physical catfolk racial traits like claws or low light vision. Racial Heritage allows you to take catfolk feats,classes. If a catfolk feat says as a prerequisite claws you can't tkae it because humans don't have claws. Now with the Racial Heritage you can take Catfolk Exemplar because the only prerequisite to this feat is being a cat folk.

If you take Catfolk Exemplar and then Aspect of the Beast each feat qualifies you each feats abilities. Each feat would have to be taken more than once. Now sinse you don't have the fast sprinter catfolk trait the Fast Sprinter ability from the catfolk exemplar would only give you 10ft increase. (Changed what I had post originally) Read it again no low light vision unless from another source.

Catfolk Exemplar (Catfolk)

Your feline traits are more defined and prominent than those of other members of your race.
Prerequisite: Catfolk.

Benefit: You can take the Aspect of the Beast feat even if you do not meet the normal prerequisites. Furthermore, your catlike nature manifests in one of the following ways. You choose the manifestation when you take this feat, and cannot change it later.

Enhanced Senses (Ex): If you have low-light vision, you gain the scent catfolk racial trait. If you have the scent racial trait, you gain low-light vision.

Fast Sprinter (Ex): You gain a 10-foot racial bonus to your speed when using the charge, run, or withdraw actions. If you have the sprinter racial trait, your racial bonus to speed when using the charge, run, or withdraw action increases to a 20-foot bonus.

Sharp Claws (Ex): If you do not have the cat's claws racial trait or the claws of the beast manifestation from the Aspect of the Beast feat, you gain the cat's claws racial trait. If you have either the cat's claws racial trait or the claws of the beast manifestation, your claw damage increases to 1d6.

Special: You can take this feat multiple times. Its effects do not stack. Each time you select it, you must choose a different manifestation.

[Protoman]

Could simply take aspect of the beast (night senses) or Bloodline Trait (Blood of Dragons) from Ultimate Campaign to solve the low-light vision issue.
Blood of Dragons: Long ago, your ancestors' blood mixed with that of dragons. Choose one of the following: gain a +1 trait bonus on Perception checks, gain low-light vision, or gain a +2 trait bonus on saving throws against effects that cause sleep or paralysis.

Without low-light vision though, you don't get scent. Or vice versa.

[Zelda Marie Lupescu]

Okay, so yeah I'd have to get one of the two somewhere else if I wanted to do it. I was mostly curious. I knew that the claw and sprinter thing you still got, but wasn't sure about the senses one.

And yes, you DO get claws if you take that version of the feat... even as a human with racial heritage.

Because it says "if you do not have the cat claws racial trait" which you don't... so you gain them.