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But they aren't mechanically identical. Student Survivalist is absolutely superior.

That's actually an error then, and one that probably should have been caught in the development of the Player's Guide. But it wasn't.

Try this revised version of Student Survivalist, then:

Student Survivalist: Although she is seen as something of a mystery to most of Sandpoint’s citizens, Shalelu has never really seemed all that mysterious to you. Of course, that’s probably because she helped raise you. You have never quite figured out why Shalelu decided to treat you
as a younger sibling, but you certainly appreciated it— and you eagerly absorbed all of the tricks that she showed you over the years on how to fight more effectively against one type of creature. Pick one creature type from the list of favored enemies available to rangers. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls against that creature type. In addition, you gain a +1 trait bonus on all attack rolls against foes that threaten your mentor. NPC Choices: Shalelu.

I'm just going to leave this here...

I'd rather that people who are into being jerks not have any place to post on paizo.com, actually.

Ross Byers wrote:

Belafon wrote:

Unfortunately the rules forum is also the place for "this ability sucks because of x" and "why would you want to do that? This completely different thing is so much better!"

These threads don't belong in the rules forum. Please flag them as "Thread is in wrong forum."

I think the problem in these cases is that a thread started with a valid rules question is being given a advice answer and things are rolling from there...

Then flag the off-topic posts, please.

Lobolusk wrote:

i am not goign to debate this it is like debating if explosions are rad or if jumping the grand canyon in a dirt bike is sweet, monks rock they allow you to play a class unlike another and you dont have to stop the game to look up spell damage range or another crap. you can just wear your bathrobe and swing your arms.

I am a wizard, and I can break your body with my MIND !

THIS, is rad and totally awesome. Also, barbarian + greataxe = 2 (1/2 monk).

EVIL, I SAY !

barbarians though are also pretty cool,but i have a father who does all that for me. you know gets angry hits stuff breaks stuff frothes at the mouth. and the only way i could sop him was to put on my "special" mask and bathrobe and tackle him before he could get the keys to the car. sometimes yes sometimes no but that bathrobe added extra padding., not my wisdom modifier though still working on that.

As the message board generally turns into a b!&$+ sessions, I want to do another thank you thread, but this time be more specific.

Thank you Ross and Liz for putting up with all of us and trying to keep the threads under control.

Thank you James Jacobs for being excited enough about the world you created to do basically a daily question and answer session on all the minutia we can throw at you about Golarion.

Thank you Sean, Jason, and Stephen for putting up with us in the play tests and answering all our rules minutia.

And thank you everyone else at Paizo for keeping 3.5 alive and vibrant.

We appreciate it, even if we are sometimes jackasses on here.