whilst I'm relatively new to the whole alpha testing thing - something I've noticed that got a lot of positive response from our group when we played d20 Conan.
First of all Armour as a DR. Worked out swimmingly well and I think is something that should be taken into account for Pathfinder, maybe just looked over and see if it's a good fit?
I personally don't always like to think of a big bad fighter type wearing plate(or other type of heavy armour) all the time. I have visions of the big bad fighter type that OWNS a suit of heavy armour and wears it when absolutely needed; not all the time.
So whilst wearing armour has its definite benefits, isn't necessary for survival (helpful...definitely).
And on to combat maneuvers. Again in the d20 Conan there are a list of abilities in the combat section that you automatically recieve if you have all of the requirements (similar to the d20 Oriental Adventures Fighting Styles).
Trying to remember this off the top of my head I think there was something called, I don't remember what it's called but it allowed you to plunge your weapon into your enemy, leaving it in him and causeing effectively 1d4 bleeding damage every round until it was removed. Power attack and a BAB of +6 I believe were the requirements.
There were several maneuvers available as long as you have the requirements for them; as I believe I just mentioned and apologise for the rhetoric.
So, in conclusion my fellow gamers, I personally think that these would be welcome additions to the Pathfinder RPG and whilst still maintaining it's roots in DnD would definitely set it apart from it's parent game making it it's own game.
Then again; I'm probly the minority here and will just have to ad hoc the rules in myself. If that's the case, please disregard this entire post and I apologise for taking up your time.
AJ