I believe from other threads, emulate weapon means, it is that weapon for intents and purposes. For good or bad.
1) Did a quick look on d20pfsrd, not that I could find. Which makes sense, as just about all ranged weapons require 2 hands to get the most out of. You need a hand to reload.
2) Focused Offense Blade skill won't work with crossbows, you don't add strength, so it doesn't get replaced. Other than that, the stat spread necessary and the requirement of using a std action makes it less than useful.
3) Nothing says they need to be at the same target. As a std action you can't combine it with a full attack action. It is either one or the other barring some special outside rules.
4) You choose to activate Psychic Strike when you hit, Psionic Shot is activated when you make the attack roll (expend your focus). You could use both on one attack, or use one or the other.
5) No, you decide to expend your focus when you make the first roll. Once that is resolved, you continue on to your second roll. Unless you have 2 focus, you wouldn't be able to expend it again.
Do you need to provide ammunition if you emulate a bow/crossbow?
It looks like. Emulate ranged weapon just provides the weapon.
The soulbolt can use feats such as Weapon Finesse that work on light weapons with her mind bolt, but such feats only work on mind bolts in a light weapon form, such as using the Mind Daggers blade skill.
You mean that? Seems pretty self explanatory, what is tripping you up?
As to it being a bummer, archery is considered a strong combat style and having a free bow/crossbow that scales up as you level is pretty nice. It allows you to buy utility ammo which stacks with the weapon bonuses and abilities.
Using emulate ranged weapon, your soulbolt is now a ranged weapon of a specific type.
There are two things that alter mundane ammunition on that page. There are magic enhancements that bestow their properties onto their ammunition. And Ammunition specific enhancements. Basic stuff.
But a BLADE SKILL is not either of these things. So again how is that relevant?
If we are talking about ammunition, we are working under the premise that the emulate ranged weapon blade skill is being used. If that is the case, your soulbolt is now a ranged weapon, not a soulbolt correct? If it is a ranged weapon for all intents and purposes (like the blade skill says it is if you read it), it now operates like a ranged weapon.
It is relevant due to the choices made and if you read the relevant material, you get an answer to your question.
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I read the material before I asked. And a few times after.
Since the blade skill, Freezing Bolt, and by extension Psychic Stike are NOT magic weapon special abilities that leaves us with...
The enhancement bonus from a ranged weapon does not stack with the enhancement bonus from ammunition. Only the higher of the two enhancement bonuses applies. Ammunition fired from a projectile weapon with an enhancement bonus of +1 or higher is treated as a magic weapon for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. Similarly, ammunition fired from a projectile weapon with an alignment gains the alignment of that projectile weapon.
Nothing about supernatural abilities here either. So the only logical answer is no it doesn't. Taking Emulate Ranged weapon requires you to produce your own ammunition, neuters your psychic strike and prevents you from overcoming damage reduction by dealing energy damage instead.
Now that strikes me as just a little odd, which is why I brought it up in the first place.
Well that would be why there are choices, so people can play the same class differently. Not all options will work with each other. If you are taking emulate ranged weapon you are doing it for a reason, and I would imagine you are covering your bases while doing so.
Thank you for giving me an example of an "energy blade skill" as I honestly had no clue what you were getting at with it.