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You are, of course, correct guys and Joshua Frost called me on it back in the Paizo thread. ;) Sorry for the snafu!

I submitted this (now probably redundant) scoop about 40 minutes ago: Monte Cook, one of the creaters of the 3rd edition of Dugeons & Dragons, has joined the Paizo team working on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game as a Rules Consultant. Monte Cook stated: The thread containing the information...

I would not feel it to be unbalancing. In fact, I think it is a good idea. Separate spells is probably a better way to go, so that clerics can get it earlier than say wizards, but it would work either way.

I should also mention that when the party was dealing with non-undead opponents, I did not find the current form of Channel Energy to be too unbalancing. Also, I am aware that the party in my playtest was rather heavy on Channel Energy.

The interaction with (Un)Hallow would be the same as in the Alpha 2 rules. Unhallow would provide +4 bonus to the saving throw against positive energy and resistance 10 against positive energy, whereas Hallow would give a -4 penalty to the saving throw and reduce resistance by 10 points. For...

Perhaps the way to balance the Channel Energy ability would be to look at spells for inspiration. Suppose that instead of the current healing/damage mechanic, we would instead take cue from cure ... wounds and cause ... wounds spells, which after all, are supposed to rely on positive and...

I was one of those who really liked the change of Turning Undead rules into Channel (Positive/Negative) Energy in the Pathfinder RPG. Having used the rules in my game for a while now, I still prefer the new rules to the old rules, but I do have some new reservations - chiefly that the mechanic...

I use my own luck point system that takes ideas from other action point systems as well as incorporating some of my own additions. I suppose the term 'luck' can cause some confusion with the Complete Scoundrel system - I might have named it differently had Complete Scoundrel already been out at...

Your mechanic for making the disabled condition relevant is interesting. To go a bit off topic, I have allowed the use of luck points in the past (when I used the standard -10 dying rule) to avoid death, which required the expenditure of 4 luck points and gave the character a 'permanent'...

The one set of rules where I have always considered 3.5E D&D to be lacking are the mechanics for movement and particularly chases. In fact, there are no good rules for movement/running in a chase or a race, since the standard movement rules allow for no variability and thus almost all...

Yes, I can see how that would be a possibility. I mostly agree, they are underpowered and would likely only be taken for flavor reasons - that's why I am not vehemently protesting this. Yes, the character concept you describe does indeed sound fun. Don't get me wrong, I am not at all...

This is pretty interesting. It makes the negative hit point buffer more relevant at higher levels.

Good point, though it would take numerous class features to make up for loss of spellcasting and I am not sure that's a route they would like to take. Actually, this is true. I too have been impressed by how they listen to the community on a range of issues. I don't think it would resonate...

I do post on the Paizo forums, but I am not going to post the suggestion for the simple reason that it's chance of being taken up would approach zero (apart from other reasons, also due to backward-compatibility issues).

I agree. For those who want to enable non-spellcasting classes to tap into a bit of spellcasting, I would recommend the creation of an optional self-contained feat or 'magical talent' system enabling any character to do so, rather than just limiting it to rogues. Yet again - I agree.

Ok, I misinterpreted what you meant. I thought you are comparing the -(Con score) to -(10 + Con bonus) for the disabled-->unconscious/dying threshold. Yes, if this is what you were suggesting than it does work out the same way. Yes, disabled, unconscious and dying do form their own subsystem...

Yes, as I mentioned it does work out similarly (not exactly the same though, even overlooking rounding, for example 18 Con score would provide a buffer to -18hp under the -Con system, whereas 18 Con score would provide a buffer to -14hp under the -(10+Con bonus) system). Also, the usage of...

Arcana Evolved is a very good game. :) Yep, the principle of increasing the negative hit point buffer is the same. I prefered not to use the Constitution score, because essentially nothing in the rules uses scores any more - almost everything is bonus-based, so I felt that using the score...

I would recommend changing the rules for characters that are disabled, unconscious and dying. This is an area that is subject to frequent house rules and I would like to present my already playtested house rule for consideration: My aims for this rule were to: 1) Increase the disabled range...

I don't know about that, since I have never seen the products you speak of, but Epic Destinies (and Paragon Paths) do remind me of Dawnforge.