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OK. So I am looking into an Underground Chemist Sniper Rogue... because, hey, after looking into it: Why not?!
By 4th Level they get 2d6 Sneak attack, which they can add to splash weapons (yeh, UC grants this) and take 1/2 range penalties (Sniper). And you get +10 feet of Sneak Attack range, so you can throw 4 range increments with a -3 penalty, against touch AC for the 1d6 (usually) damage + 2d6 Sneak Attack damage. Plus your Int Bonus (if you have one).
All said, it looks like a pretty neat combination, and in this case I am combining it with a Ninja with Vanishing Trick and Blossoming Light Cleric - all eventually.
So what we're looking at at 10th level is a 5d6 SA rogue with Sap Adept, Sap Master who uses Vanishing Trick to go invisible and heal for up to 4 rounds and then come out swinging with SA, either lethal (5d6) or not (10d6+10). Or throw a splash weapon with SA for +5d6 SA on it.
The beautiful thing this does is allow a HOLY WATER to be thrown and do 2d4 + 5d6 versus undead and evil outsiders. Pitch that vial right down their throats, as it were, and watch their heads explode!
What I am wondering about is what kind of damage Splash Weapons which don't do damage do do. There are 20ish splash weapons:
Some do acid, cold, fire, random energy type, and holy damage. My question is: do the ones that force a save do the save + SA damage with this class? Or how exactly does this work. And if they do the save, and it isn't lethal (like sneezing) does the SA damage count as nonlethal? And if it does, does that allow Sap Adept and Sap Master to apply? The whole thing SEEMS SILLY, but it is PFS legal, as far as I can tell, which just adds to the humorousness of it all.
So please, if you can point out any FAQ for damage type from "non-damaging attacks" that would be great. Alternately, would you, as a GM consider a water balloon to be a nonlethal alternate to a normal splash weapon (improvised weapon, splash, nonlethal?). Is that reasonable? Because RAW improvised weapons can be "made" in game. I probably should check to see what KINDS can be made, but am posting this hear for the damage type question regarding non-damaging splash attacks more than for the nonlethal BOOM BAGS.
Thanks for your time and opinions/answers!