| Charle |
https://aonprd.com/ArchetypeDisplay.aspx?FixedName=Ninja%20Gunpowder%20Bomb ardier
The Gunpowder Bombardier, a ninja archetype from Heroes From the Fringe, don't specifies the type of action required to use Gunpowder Bomb. Is it a swift action, a standard action, or an attack that can be done anytime a ranged attack is possible (e.g. full-attack action)?
The ninja basic ki uses are swift action (e.g. extra attack on a full-attack), which make the swift action answer plausible. However, the standard action and the third interpretation can also be defended. What do you think?
| RAWmonger |
This particular Extraordinary Ability is most definitely a Standard Action, unfortunately for your action economy. Per the Extraordinary Abilities entry in the Combat section of the rules:
"Using an extraordinary ability is usually not an action because most extraordinary abilities automatically happen in a reactive fashion. Those extraordinary abilities that are actions are usually standard actions that cannot be disrupted, do not require concentration, and do not provoke attacks of opportunity."
This is an Ex that falls into "Those extraordinary abilities that are actions are usually standard actions." If that text alone isn't enough, look at the other "bomb" abilities that a ninja can get as ninja tricks (and given that this ability replaces your level 2 ninja trick...); they're all based off of 'smoke bomb' which is an extraordinary ability, and "Using this ability is a standard action" (smoke bomb Ex entry).