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Am i crazy or is there a massive catch 22 in the Merciful Healer Archetype?

Ultimate Combat PG. 41
Last line under: Merciful Healing (Su):
"Feats and Abilities that affect a Paladin's Mercy Also may affect this ability."

I assume they mean feats like
Extra Mercy
Greater Mercy
Ultimate Mercy

but how can a Merciful healer qualify to even take these feats without Lay on Hands?

So in order to take advantage of this part of the Archetype, you have to dip 2 levels of paladin?

Or was it just forgotten that Merciful healers get access to these feats? I have seen nothing in the FAQ...

Was this an oversight? Is it supposed to be a Paladin Archetype? Any insight would be great, because it appears to be very broken as written...

Am i crazy or is there a massive catch 22 in the Merciful Healer Archetype?

Ultimate Combat PG. 41
Last line under: Merciful Healing (Su):

"Feats and Abilities that affect a Paladin's Mercy Also may affect this ability."

I assume they mean feats like

Extra Mercy
Greater Mercy
Ultimate Mercy

But how can a Merciful healer qualify to even take these feats without Lay on Hands? So in order to take advantage of this part of the Archetype, you have to dip 2 levels of paladin?

Or was it just forgotten that Merciful healers get access to these feats? I have seen nothing in the FAQ...

So I am struggling with this. The very casting time of 1 round for channeled revival makes me think this feat is useless....

If you have to use breath of life on someone who went beyond their con in negative hp within 1 round. But the very casting time of a channeled revival is 1 round, you wouldnt be able to use it at all because by the time the channel went off it your companion would already be dead.

Case and Point:

Your Companions Init - he drops below his con in negative hp

Your Init - you begin casting a full round channeled revival within less than 30' (range of channeled revival)

Your Companions Init - No one got to him within 1 round of him going beyond his con, he dies beyond breath of life saving.

Your Init - Your channeled revival goes off, but its to late, because his full round is up.

Am i reading this wrong? It appears the only possible use of this feat would be to preemptively assume your companion is going to die on his next hit....

I need some thoughts as i dont see this in the FAQ and i was considering taking this feat next level.

I noticed in the Additional resources, one of the resources not listed for PFS is the Guide to Absalom... Can it be the very guide to the main city of the world is not legal for Society play?

I came upon this trying to find rules for access to the Wasp Honey that is produced only in the Pleasure Salon of Calistria in the city of Absalom.

This of course would be for my Calistrian Cleric.

Thank You for any advice regarding legality or Guide to Absalom or how I can gain access to Wasp Honey for role play purposes. Best to just buy a jar of honey and call it wasp honey? Or would i need official documentation for such an item.

I am getting back into pathfinder after being gone since season 1. I have a couple of characters that only played 1 or 2 adventures. I am mostly curious if there were any rebuild options so that i could get these characters updated to current PFS rules, The last PFS guide i had was like 2.0, i see now the most current is 7.0?

Mostly thinking about being able to change my characters IE a core book wizard or sorcerer, to a Archetype or something along those lines.

Thank you for any advice on where to start looking for this information.