Still sorting through Arcane Strike and how it interacts with different abilities.

First a quick question: Does an unarmed attack count as a one handed weapon for the purposes of this talent? Or would you have to have a gauntlet or cestus on to use arcane strike?

Okay. Now questions about empower shot. It reads:

"You learn the Arcane Strike† Martial Technique;
instead of applying it to melee attacks, you may
only apply it to shots made with your runed flintlock.

Second question: Altherian Triggermages can be of any flavor of Magic, Arcane or Divine. Does this mean that they can potentially use Arcane Strike with a flintlock even though a normal student of Arcimious Primus could not? Or is it a dead talent to them?

There isn't anything inherent in 'using' Arcane Strike that would preclude Divine. Since you get it from a Path that allows divine, I'd say you could use it.

John

It does not have the Arcane descriptor and is granted by a Path. Good to go.