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Hi, I have a question about the Gunslinger's Mysterious Stranger archetype. To start, I'm going to paste this archetype's Deeds section:
Deeds: A mysterious stranger swaps a pair of deeds for the following.
Focused Aim (Ex): At 1st level, as a swift action, the mysterious stranger can spend 1 grit point to gain a bonus on all firearm damage rolls equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 1) with all firearm attacks she makes until the end of her turn. At 7th level, when she uses the dead shot deed, she multiplies this bonus by the number of hits she made while rolling the Dead Shot attack. This deed replaces the quick clear deed.
Clipping Shot (Ex): At 11th level, when the mysterious stranger misses with a firearm attack, she can spend 1 grit point to deal half the damage that attack would have dealt if it were a hit (roll damage normally). She can decide to use this deed and spend the grit point after making the attack. This deed has no effect if the attack used the dead shot deed. The cost of using this deed cannot be reduced with the Signature Deed feat, the true grit class feature, or any similar effect.
Here's my question, what deed does the Clipping Shot replace?
The quote above clearly states that the Focused Aim deed replaces the base Gunslinger's Quick Clear deed, but there isn't a similar statement for Clipping Shot. There are three deeds made available to the base Gunslinger at 11th level--Bleeding Wound, Expert Loading, and Lightning Reload--so it stands to reason that it's one of those, but that's as far as I feel confident guessing at.
Is there an obvious answer that I'm missing?
It doesn't replace anything it is just an extra 11th level deed
It doesn't replace anything it is just an extra 11th level deed
Okay, trying to determine how you came to that conclusion...
Is there a precedent of other archetypes getting an ability without a direct swap-out? Also note that the very first sentence of what I quoted above mentions swapping out two deeds for the two new deeds, but only one of the base gunslinger's deeds is dropped.
It doesn't replace anything it is just an extra 11th level deed
That contradicts the very first line:
Deeds: A mysterious stranger swaps a pair of deeds for the following.
It is an errata, and has already been reported as such in the errata thread for the UC book.
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In the meantime, I would say you can pick which deed you want to replace from your first level deeds? You clearly need to swap two, and only one is specified.
Clipping Shot would replace an 11th-level deed. The Focused Shot deed at 1st level already specifies that it replaces Quick Clear.
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In the meantime, I would say you can pick which deed you want to replace from your first level deeds? You clearly need to swap two, and only one is specified.Clipping Shot would replace an 11th-level deed. The Focused Shot deed at 1st level already specifies that it replaces Quick Clear.
Whoops, quite right.