Is it my imagination, or is the Channeled Revival feat (almost) utterly useless?
Take the following scenario:
AM Barbarian is reduced to negative CON at initiative 10 in round 1, and is therefore dead. Seeing this, dutiful cleric starts channeled revival as a full-round action at initiative 11 in round 1. By the time initiative 11 in round 2 comes around, AM barbarian has been dead for more than 1 round and cannot be revived. Unless the cleric starts the channeled revival before the barbarian is killed (or maybe at the same initiative in the same round as the barbarian is killed), there is no way that channeled revival can work.
Page 92 Ultimate Combat:
Channeled Revival
As a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity, you can expend three uses of your channel energy class feature to restore a dead creature to life as if you had cast the breath of life spell (Core Rulebook 251).
Page 251 CRB
Breath of Life
If cast upon a creature that has died within 1 round, apply the healing from this spell to the creature.
