Can an inquisitor with the Relic Hunter archetype take the Extra Focus Power and Extra Mental Focus feats?


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Can a Relic Hunter take Extra Focus Power ("Prerequisite: Focus power class feature") or Extra Mental Focus ("Prerequisite: Mental focus class feature")? The Relic Hunter's equivalent class feature is called Deific Focus rather than Mental Focus, but the feature "acts like the occultist's focus powers and mental focus class features."

For context, here is that feature:

Quote:

Deific Focus (Su): At 1st level, a relic hunter learns

to invest divine power into her chosen relics. This acts
like the occultist’s focus powers and mental focus class
features
(see pages 47 and 48, respectively), with the
following adjustments.
Each day, a relic hunter has a number of points of deific
focus equal to her inquisitor level + her Wisdom modifier,
and she must spend 1 hour in prayer with her relics to
invest them with divine power. These points refresh at
the start of each day.
At 1st level, the relic hunter learns the two base focus
powers from her chosen relic schools and can select one
more focus power from the list of those made available
by her chosen schools. Whenever she gains a new relic
school, she gains the base focus power of that school.
In addition, at 4th level and every 4 levels thereafter,
she learns a new focus power selected from all of the
powers granted by all of the relic schools she knows.
She can use these focus powers only by expending
points of deif ic focus. Unless otherwise noted, the DC
for any saving throws against a focus power is equal
to 10 + 1/2 the inquisitor’s class level + the inquisitor’s
Wisdom modif ier. She cannot select a focus power more
than once. She uses her inquisitor level in place of an
occultist level to qualify for focus powers.
This ability replaces domain, bane, greater bane,
second judgment, and third judgment.

Would I be correct in assuming the bolded text allows the class feature to count as the Mental Focus and Focus Power class features for the purpose of feat prerequisites?


I'm bumping this in the hope of getting an answer from someone more knowledgeable than I.

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If the ability is the same but named differently, should should be able to take the feats.

For example, the the Paladin version of "channel energy" is called "Channel positive energy" and the Oracle version is called "Channel" but they all can take feats that require "Channel energy class feature".

So unless there is a major difference I'm missing (very possible) you should be OK.

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