unchained barbarian and halfling FCB

[shroudb]

so haflling barbs get:

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Add a +1/2 bonus to trap sense or +1/3 to the bonus from the surprise accuracy rage power.

but unchained barbarian swapped surprise accuracy for accurate stance.

would the old FCB apply or be void?

unchained has this to say:

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Additionally, many rage powers now function whenever the barbarian is raging, as opposed to just once per rage. Finally, the overall utility of many of the rage powers has been adjusted to make them more useful and interesting.

so it seems like the intention is to be the same rage power, but continuous and more useful. The name change however makes the usage of the particular FCB questioning

[shroudb]

anyone? are there any other abilities/feats/equip that are hampered by the name changes in the unchained barbarian or is this the only one?

[Maezer]

If you are looking at a rules strict setting (ie PFS) the halfling favored class bonus would not apply. Its a different ability despite being vaguely similar.

These aren't just 'name changes.' If they were just name changes without mechanical changes then they probably would be 100% backwards compatible. But they deliberately changed the name to break the links with previously printed content because the mechanics changes and thus the previous content should be re-evaluated before being allowed. In a rules strict setting, as no one has done this re-evaluation expect nothing with a name change to be backward compatible.