I was looking over the Court Poet Skald, and saw that it has the Insightful Contemplation (SU) ability which replaces inspired rage. I see the court poet still gets rage powers, but has no way to activate them, since they lose inspired rage.
I noticed the original spell warrior archetype didn't allow skalds to give out rage powers due to the same issue, but was later errate'd to work. Was it intended for this archetype to never be able to use rage powers, or was there an errata/FAQ I missed?
Man I asked this quite a while ago. I actually went and emailed some people who worked on the book and got my answer, but I appreciate it nonetheless.
For people interested - PFS errata has it to be
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Page 6 — A court poet gains the following ability:
"Practiced Orator (Su): At 3rd level, a court poet gains 3 more rounds of raging song per day. He gains 3 additional rounds of raging song at 6th level and every 3 levels thereafter. This ability replaces rage powers."
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Which probably leans into what was originally intended.
Man I asked this quite a while ago. I actually went and emailed some people who worked on the book and got my answer, but I appreciate it nonetheless.
If you don't mind me asking, what was your answer? Did it work like the above?
It was "Knowing the process, I'm certain it was not intended for them to be unable to use the rage powers class feature. I recommend treating insightful contemplation as inspired rage for this purpose in your games."
They admitted their answer doesn't carry the same authority as those from the design team, but it worked for me.