Hi everyone. As more as I play or DM a session of Pathfinder, all the guys ask if there exists conversions for some of the feats of the 3e or 3.5e . It is stated that Pathfinder is compatible with every other material released before.
But certain feats simply dont translate too well, particularly those concerning bullrush, trip, disarm and everything it has to do with CMB. Sometimes the bonuses granted are to high and this feats change significantly the numeric parameters making them cheap acquisitions to raise hit, CMB or saves. On top of that, add that now every character gains more feats.
My question is if there is somewhere a detailed, official list of revisited feats from 3e and 3.5 supplements?
By the moment my solution is to convert personally every feat a player asks, at times some feats got almost arbitrarily nerfed and others simply remain unchanged. For feats that provide bonus to manuevers such overrun, or grapple, I usually reduce the bonus gained from those feats according to a self made table:
Original Bonus New Bonus Example
+1 or +2 same Phalanx Fighting(cw)combat tactician (phbII)
+3,+4,+5 +2 Robilar's gambit, combat stability
+6,+7,+8 +4 Clever Wrestling situation
+9,+10... +6... Close-quarters Fighting situation
Ok, the later it is not written in stone but helps to disambiguate some bonuses, and make the players to avoid exploiting certain situatons.