Doppelganger's Mimic and Guild Pathfinder's Hunting Musket

[Kalkris]

Hey all,

An interesting conundrum reared its head tonight. Can the Doppelganger Mimic the Guild Pathfinder's Hunting Musket attack action? I read the cards and Hunting Musket references Clockwork Traps by name, thus referencing a model by name. My opponent posited that in the spirit of intent, Mimic should still be able to work on the Musket because it doesn't reference the model which owns that action natively, but refers to the Traps passively.

Thank you for any and all help here. This got us a bit heated and while I'm okay with whichever outcome, we played it with the ruling that the Doppelganger could not copy Hunting Musket. That said, this is purely curiosity.

~Lil Kalki

[Woo]

My understanding is that she is not able to copy that action. The referenced action lists a model by name. As to intent, that's always a hard one, but the following FAQ question seems to indicate that Mimic could not copy it. It doesn't seem to matter where or how a model is listed, just that a model is listed.

18) Q: If a model has an Action or Ability which can copy an Action on another model but has a stipulation
that the copied Action may not list any models by name (such as Just Like You! on the Malifaux Child), does
that include Conditions contained within the copied Action which list a model by name (such as Protection
of Metal on the Metal Gamin)? Also, can Actions be copied which force the player to name a specific model
but do not list one? (For example, Nicodem’s Re-animator Action says to “name a Resurrectionist Minion
Undead model,” but does not actually list one by name.)
A: Actions such as Just Like You! which copy other Actions which do not list a model by name may not take either sort of
Action. Conditions which are part of an Action’s text are considered to be a part of the Action for this purpose, so it does
not matter where the model is listed by name. In the case of Actions such as Re-animator, naming a model is a part of the
Action, so it again breaks the “may not list a model by name” restriction.

Cheers,

Woo.

[Kadeton]

This one is entirely cut-and-dried: a name's a name. The context of how the name is listed doesn't alter the fact that it is listed, and that (unfortunately for the sake of "realism" or "intent") is all that's required to prevent the action from being copied.

[Kalkris]

Thank you both kindly. This is as I had thought.

~Lil Kalki