Question re: Freebooters and higher-level Ranger features

[StarSword]

I'm playing a Freebooter and I had a question about the Quarry, Improved Quarry, and capstone powers.

The archetype replaces the Favored Enemy feature with a different class feature, Freebooter's Bane.

Freebooter's Bane (Ex) wrote:

At 1st level, the freebooter can, as a move action, indicate an enemy in combat and rally her allies to focus on that target. The freebooter and her allies gain a +1 bonus on weapon attack and damage rolls against the target. This ability applies only to allies who can see or hear the freebooter and who are within 30 feet of the freebooter at the time she activates this ability. At 5th level and every 5 levels thereafter (10th, 15th, and 20th level), the bonus increases by 1. The freebooter’s bane lasts until the target dies or the freebooter selects a new target.

This ability replaces favored enemy.

My question: Should I just consider any mention of "favored enemy" in other class features to apply to the current target of Freebooter's Bane instead? The writers of Pirates of the Inner Sea neglected to clarify that.

[Sandslice]

There is a FAQ that covers that; fortunately, the answer to your question is YES.

Quote:

Pirates of the Inner Sea, Freebooter: A freebooter ranger has quarry but not favored enemy. How does a freebooter use quarry?

A freebooter’s quarry must be the target of the freebooter’s freebooter’s bane ability, rather than a favored enemy.

[StarSword]

Sandslice wrote:

There is a FAQ that covers that; fortunately, the answer to your question is YES.

Quote:

Pirates of the Inner Sea, Freebooter: A freebooter ranger has quarry but not favored enemy. How does a freebooter use quarry?

A freebooter’s quarry must be the target of the freebooter’s freebooter’s bane ability, rather than a favored enemy.

Cool, thanks for the quick reply.

[StarSword]

Sandslice wrote:

There is a FAQ that covers that; fortunately, the answer to your question is YES.

Quote:

Pirates of the Inner Sea, Freebooter: A freebooter ranger has quarry but not favored enemy. How does a freebooter use quarry?

A freebooter’s quarry must be the target of the freebooter’s freebooter’s bane ability, rather than a favored enemy.

Oh, one further question: can I apply the Favored Defense feat to the target of my Freebooter's Bane ability instead?

[Sandslice]

The first problem is, how are you taking the feat? If you don't actually have favored enemy, you don't qualify for the feat; the FAQ only covers situations where your class features would break due to... unanswered calls to the favored enemy bonus.

But assuming you somehow got the feat by bypassing the requisite, you'd want to ask your GM that question. I'd probably allow it, personally.

[StarSword]

Sandslice wrote:

The first problem is, how are you taking the feat? If you don't actually have favored enemy, you don't qualify for the feat; the FAQ only covers situations where your class features would break due to... unanswered calls to the favored enemy bonus.

But assuming you somehow got the feat by bypassing the requisite, you'd want to ask your GM that question. I'd probably allow it, personally.

Fair point: I guess if you've already homebrewed the prereq to apply to Freebooter's Bane instead, why would you not apply the effect to Freebooter's Bane.