Rogue Advanced Talent Hunter's Surprise + Two Sneaky Weapons


Rules Questions


Ok, so I have been wondering for a while now, how exactly these are actually meant to interact...

Hunter's Surprise wrote:
Once per day, a rogue with this talent can designate a single enemy she is adjacent to as her prey. Until the end of her next turn, she can add her sneak attack damage to all attacks made against her prey, even if she is not flanking it or it is not flat-footed.
Sneaky wrote:
This special ability can be placed only on a melee weapon. Once per day as a free action, the wielder of a sneaky weapon can designate a single foe within his melee reach as his prey. If the wielder has the sneak attack class feature, he adds his sneak attack damage to the next attack he makes against his prey, even if the wielder is not flanking and the target is not denied its Dexterity bonus to AC, as long as that attack is made before the end of the wielder’s next turn. If the wielder is a rogue or slayer with the hunter’s surprise talent, he can use that talent one additional time per day.

From the way it reads it sounds as if by wielding a Sneaky weapon and having the Hunter's Surprise talent I'd get 2 uses of Hunter's Surprise AND 1 use of the Sneaky weapon ability. Is this correct? It doesn't say it replaces the initially effect, so I assume this is a correct interpretation... Additionally, if I were to wield 2 Sneaky weapons would they both increase my uses of Hunter's Surprise yielding 3 uses per day?

Liberty's Edge

While the text doesn't specify, I would expect the intent to be that you get one additional use of Hunter's Surprise per day INSTEAD of a single attack with the weapon gaining sneak attack damage. This is a big improvement... sneak attack damage on ALL attacks in a round rather than just one.

Yes, two Sneaky weapons would result in three uses of Hunter's Surprise... and you could even have half a dozen +1 Sneaky weapons that you switched out to get seven uses of Hunter's Surprise per day.

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