[RPG] Does Improved Precise Shot negate the need for the the Sniper’s Eye rogue talent concerning sneak attack and concealment

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Since Improved Precise Shot allows your ranged attacks to ignore any concealment less than total concealment, does a creature with Sneak Attack and Improved Precise Shot have any need for the Sniper's Eye rogue talent in order to inflict Sneak Attack on an opponent with partial concealment? Is there any benefit to having both Sniper's Eye and Improved Precise Shot?


Improved Precise Shot

Your ranged attacks ignore anything but total concealment and cover.

Prerequisites: Dex 19, Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot, base attack bonus +11.

Benefit: Your ranged attacks ignore the AC bonus granted to targets by anything less than total cover, and the miss chance granted to targets by anything less than total concealment. Total cover and total concealment provide their normal benefits against your ranged attacks.

Normal: See the normal rules on the effects of cover and concealment in Combat.

Sniper’s Eye

Benefit: A rogue with this talent can apply her sneak attack damage on ranged attacks targeting foes within 30 feet that benefit from concealment. Foes with total concealment are still immune.

Sneak Attack

The rogue must be able to see the target well enough to pick out a vital spot and must be able to reach such a spot. A rogue cannot sneak attack while striking a creature with concealment.

Best Answer

Even if the rogue has the feat Improved Precise Shot, the rogue's foe can still have concealment. If the concealment's less than total, the rogue will ignore the miss chance, but the foe'll still have the concealment, so the rogue won't deal sneak attack damage. The feat Improved Precise Shot doesn't make the concealment dissipate; instead, the feat only mitigates its effects for the rogue.

Likewise, even if the rogue has the rogue talent sniper's eye, the rogue's foe can still have concealment, but the talent allows the rogue to deal sneak attack damage to the foe if that concealment's less than total. However, the rogue still suffers the miss chance from the foe's concealment.

Having both the feat and the talent means the rogue, when confronted with a foe with concealment less than total, ignores the miss chance from concealment and can deal the foe sneak attack damage.

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