I'm running a PF game for some family this Sunday, and I have already been hit with two curve balls, that I could use some help on.
First, my uncle may want to play a dragon. The party is starting at level 2, but it does look like a white or crystal dragon wyrmling might fit the power level, if not the party. (Both are CR 2, which fits the Monsters as PCs rule.) If I do decide to let him play such, and the game goes beyond one session, how do I level him up? He would gain racial hit dice as he ages, which might be an issue in a long running game, as well as class levels as he gains experience.
Second, and probably easier, my aunt has expressed a desire to play a bard, which is simple enough, but wants a lute that is secretly a crossbow. I don't think the rules cover such a thing, but I can see such an item being feasible. How much do you think it should cost? I am estimating about 100gp over the cost of a masterwork light crossbow. Too high? Too low?
That seems fair.
They should be a tengu, to be the rooster from disneys robinhood.
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As long as the campaign doesn't run over 5 years game time you don't have to worry about racial HD - just add levels normally as you go (starting your uncle as a normal wyrmling with no class levels).
So just make sure that your one-shot allows for a campaign on a relatively short time scale should it turn into an extended campaign. This shouldn't be too hard - I've never played in a campaign that took up more than 2 years game time.
If the age thing for a dragon is really a problem, just RP it as a 'stunted' dragon who can never grow bigger - he learns to get more powerful by other means (class levels).
As far as the crossbow thing, eh, it's fluff the price is up to you. I'd let her have the thing (secret special masterwork weapon) for the cost of a trait. You can let her explain how it works or you can come up with the details - 'There is an extra string that a lute normally wouldn't have, a special brace that looks like it's meant to go over the shoulder is really to support the trigger mechanism'. Crossbows are typically pretty terrible weapons anyway.