Sheath Array skills and Swarm Strike

[CookieLord]

Can you swap out the skill bonuses you get from sheath array as a move action without ending swarm strike?
Or would you have to spend another nanite surge to reactivate swarm strike?

[Milo v3]

Nothing prevents you from forming the array into a new sheath array as far as I can see.

[CookieLord]

but would swarm strike end?

[Garretmander]

CookieLord wrote:

but would swarm strike end?

Since you are forming a different sheathe array, I would think you would have to spend the surge to gain swarm strike from the new array, yes.

[Darg727]

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The nanites maintain their array until you direct them into a different array, you fall unconscious, or you end your turn more than 10 feet from the array.

You aren't directing them into a different array, you didn't fall unconscious, or ended your turn a distance away. I would say the sheath array is still active even if you reform the array to benefit from different skill bonuses.

To answer your question, no.

Garretmander wrote:

Since you are forming a different sheathe array, I would think you would have to spend the surge to gain swarm strike from the new array, yes.

It's not a different array, but the same "sheath array" with different bonuses. Swarm Strike only requires that the sheath array is active, not a specific version of the sheath array.

[Wesrolter]

As a move action, you can direct your nanites to adopt an array. You can have only one array active at a time. Alternatively, you can use a nanite surge (above) to form or switch arrays as a swift action.

Well your either forming an array or switching it. Each would be a new version. If I had my laser rifle out and attached a scope to it, if I switch to my Plasma rifle, the scope isn't still attached. Despite it still being the the gear array, its a new form.

I would say the same with the sheath. In the sheath section, it doesn't mention the ability to move about the bonuses (I would be more interested in it then) so if you want to then you need to switch the array, which would be replacing it with a new version of it.

bonus to checks with two of the following skills: Acrobatics, Athletics, Sleight of Hand, or Stealth, selected when you form this array.

Since the bonus is chosen when you form the array, if you want to change them then you need to start a new array.

[Garretmander]

I agree with the above. You can't change the benefits of an array without forming a new array.

Changing from a speed suspension gear array to a plasma rifle gear array is changing arrays. Cloud array lets you change it's shape as part of the array, but if you wanted to change from a concealing cloud array to a non-concealing or vice versa you would be changing arrays. The same is true of sheathe array.

You are forming an array with +stealth and +sleight of hand. If you want to change to +acrobatics +athletics, you're going to need to reform the array (and spend a surge to get swarm strike if applicable).