Clerics and Divine Fighting Techniques

[Drake Brimstone]

The Weapon Master's Handbook details Divine Fighting Techniques and specifies

A cleric, inquisitor, or warpriest who worships a deity can always choose to give up either the first power of one of her domains or a minor blessing benefit to gain access to that god’s divine fighting technique without having to meet the Divine Fighting Techniques technique’s prerequisites (including the Divine Fighting Technique feat).

It then goes on to specify:

In addition, a warpriest can always give up a major blessing to gain the advanced benefit without meeting its prerequisite. In a few cases, other classes can gain the benefits by sacrificing class features, as noted in the appropriate divine fighting techniques.

So, the question is, if a Cleric opts to give up the first power of one of their domains for this, do they get the Advanced benefit if they meet the Advanced Prerequisites without taking the Divine Fighting Feat?

[Kalindlara]

I believe the answer is yes. They just can't skip the prerequisites the way a warpriest can.

[Drake Brimstone]

Looks like retraining is in order for my cleric of Calistria then. While I'll miss Bit of Luck, being able to poison my whip sounds like a lot of fun, especially being able to have 3 doses on it at a time. (I can't take the feat because my alignment is CG not CN)