Channel energy and Trip CMB description oddities


Combat & Magic


While reading the Alpha 3 I noticed two oddities:

1.) The Channel Energy description mentioned that you can immobilize undead, but there is no further reference to that.

Pathfinder Alpha 3, p75 wrote:


Drawing upon the power of your deity, you can cause a wave of energy to emanate from you, dealing damage to undead creatures or causing them to become immobilized.

Since I'm playing an LN Cleric of Wee Jas I'd be more than happy to have an alternative to healing undead.

2.) The description of the Trip CMB seems a bit ambiguous and could be interpreted in such a way that you can make a normal attack _and_ try to trip someone.

Pathfinder Alpha 3, p77 wrote:


While most combat maneuvers can be performed as part of an attack action (in place of a melee attack), others require specific actions.

This would indicate that all you always loose your normal melee attack, but:

Pathfinder Alpha 3, p77-79 wrote:


Disarm
You can attempt to disarm your opponent as part of an attack action in place of a melee attack.
[...]
Sunder
You can attempt to sunder an item held or worn by your opponent as part of an attack action in place of a melee attack.
[...]
Trip
You can attempt to disarm your opponent as a melee attack.

To make it clear the "part of an attack action in place of" part should either be in all relevant CMB maneuver descriptions or in none of them.

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