Does (full) Orc Ferocity kick in with NON lethal damage, please no conjecture

[hopper_d]

fighting an orc he has 28 hp total
had a feather whip token hit him for 11 points of non lethal
he broke one grapple so this was over two seperate hits
after the first non lethal hit of 7 damage he was grappled and hit twice for 10 points of real damage (18/28 hp, 7 non lethal)

he then broke the grapple
then he was hit and grappled again for 4 points of non lethal damage
so (18/28 hp and 11 non lethal)
he was then stabbed for 8 more points of damage in one attack
10/28 with 11 non lethal
Does his ferocity kick in allowing him to then draw and drink a CMW potion, or is he flat out unconcious as it states in non lethal damage section of the Core Rulebook.






Please note, Orc Ferocity specifically states that it breaks the normal dying rules when someone is brought below 0 HP, he never was. What I'm looking for is official errata or clarifications. I am not interested in what you may or may not house rule. I'm not saying I don't care, but we need to find out the actual rule please. I've already asked this at Paizo.com but it hasn't been answered yet.

 

[jonesy]

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[hopper_d]

Thank you. That is still conjecture. I want official rulings please.

 

[Shisumo]

The issue was brought up during the beta, and Jason Buhlman said it was too much of a corner case to write into the rules; there is no official answer as a result.

RAW, the ability doesn't trigger on nonlethal damage. Whether that matters to you however I don't know.