|
Dirty Trick (Ex)
At 2nd level, anytime a bounty hunter is able to deal sneak attack damage to a studied target, he can instead attempt to hamper the target. The bounty hunter must declare that he's using this ability before the attack roll is made. If the attack hits, it deals damage normally, but instead of rolling sneak attack damage, the bounty hunter can attempt a dirty trick combat maneuver against the studied target as a free action, adding 1 to the combat maneuver check for each die of the bounty hunter's sneak attack damage. This combat maneuver does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
This ability replaces the slayer talent gained at 2nd level.
Assuming the character has only two levels, does this ability do anything since slayers don't get sneak attack until third level? Or does it work and the bonus is just 0 for not having any sneak attack dice yet?
Well...at 2nd level it will do nothing unless he has sneak attack from another source (which would require more than two levels) necause it says you must be able to deal sneak attack damage.
You can't deal sneak attack damage if you don't have the feature yet.