Are you your own ally?

[Zwordsman]

Howdy. As the title says, I'm trying to figure out if you are your own ally. I haven't found a note on that in this version yet..

In P1 you were. so you could benefit from various feats of your own.

In P2 I am not sure.. but I assume you should be.. because there are various feats that really don't make sense if you are not.
Such as;
QUIET ALLIES FEAT 2
Prerequisites expert in Stealth
You’re skilled at helping your allies minimize the
noise and glare of their armor. While an ally is within 30 feet
of you, their check penalty to Stealth checks from armor is
reduced by 2. This doesn’t stack with benefits from another
character with Quiet Allies or any other ability that reduces
check penalties from armor.

IF you are not your own ally, then with this feat.. you make your friend's reduce ACP... but you yourself will still have ACP. as near as I can tell, having expert in stealth does not let you innately negate ACP.

so.. does anyone know if you count as your own ally in this version? If so, does it call it out anywhere like P1 did?

[Xenocrat]

I think you aren’t based on a few abilities I’ve seen.

[Fuzzy-Wuzzy]

The P1 answer is actually a bit more sophisticated than that; you count as your own ally unless otherwise stated or if doing so would make no sense or be impossible. That may still be the case AFAICT.

[Data Lore]

I was about to ask this same question. It would seem awfully strange if you could quiet down the dude in full plate but couldnt do anything about your own hide armor.

Has there been clarification on this?

[Zorae]

It would certainly make Paladins more fun if you were.

[Draco18s]

It gets weirder if two people have the feat: each one can shush the other (but can't shush themselves).