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Monk-Ki King: Quinngong Monk of the Four WInds.

Aspect of the Monkey.

Traits: Stealthy Escape (use Slight of Hand in place of

Strange thought: Lawful doesn't mean that you have to follow all laws. For instance, pirates were ordered to attack the ships of other countries at sea. A pirate can be lawful especially if in service of her majesty.
Just a thought.

Monkey King two:
Rakshasa sorcerer.

Admittedly, with both characters you don't get to be a monkey until 8th level... unless you wear a hat of disguise.

Lawful Evil Cleric of Sarenrae.
Sarenrae: "I believe that every creature can be redeemed, even you."
"You know... when I said I'd take powers from anyone under /almost/ any terms... I didn't mean..."
"The terms are simple, perform no evil acts from now on."
"I cannot... if it is necessary to kill someone to preserve my life, I will. However, I will agree to perform only Good acts, Non-evil acts, Necessary acts, and acts necessary for the greater good from now on."
"That's.... there will be some terms on the non-evil acts."
"Naturally..."
"And one more, you must agree to try to save those who have fallen to darkness like yourself if you can?"
"I agree, My word is my bond. Will you accept?"
"Gladly, by the way... aren't you one like yourself?"
"I... why you... are you secretly lawful?"
She smiles knowingly...
"Well, if you're going to be outsmarted... might as well be by a God. My word is my bond, I will save my own soul..." His head tilts slightly, "if I can."
Her smile becomes a radiant light and she vanishes.

"Aw c'mon... I requested 8 inflict spells today... SHE ONLY GAVE ME TWO!!!!""
Ftr: "What did she give you for the rest."
"TWO CURE LIGHTS, ONE SANCTUARY AND... HEAL!"

"And the inflict lights came with a label 'for emergency use only'."
Ftr: "HA HA HA HA HA, you're such a kidder."
"I'M NOT KIDDING." He produces a glowing piece of paper.
Ftr: "Oh..."
"I think I'm on probation or something."
Ftr: "So what now?"
"Well, meat shield, you go a whackin, and I make sure you don't die."
Ftr: "Sounds good to me."
"And we should probably try to not kill things... if we can."
Ftr: "And there goes the fun."

The dwarf glares across the table. "Life is short, and so's my temper. If ye say one more word, I shall prove both."
"Aren't you supposed to heal people."
"RAAA" the Dwarf roars, the tavern jumps and the pointy eared CENSORED.
"Do you know why I'm a healer, DO YA, BECAUSE WHEN I BEAT YA TO WITHIN AN INCH OF YER LIFE, I CAN HEAL YA UP AN' DO IT AGAIN!!!"

"I'll not be startin' nothin', but OOOOO will I be finishin' it."

The character is a dwarf, zionist (thinks dwarves are better than everyone else), gender biased (thinks his gender is better, but will back down on this one if challenged with authority or a contest of skill, of which he'll accept any challenge), and

There hasn't been much discussion about building an optimal cleric for pathfinder.

Second character idea: A wizard (either gnome, halfling, or elf), child of the streets (has slight of hand as an in-class skill) wizard with a propensity for pickpocketing.
And likely

***Rules question, I considered statting him out as a thief. I noticed in the Piazo PRD under 'Explosive Runes' it said that a rogue with trapfinding and only a rogue with trapfinding can find and disable explosive runes.
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/spells/explosiveRunes.html
So using my second trait to get 'disable device' and/or search would be rather useless.
That said, there is a discussion on another board about how trapfinding isn't necessary anymore.

Third Question: Does anyone play the (suboptimal?) rogue?

Third character idea. Either a sage sorcerer/Arcane Trickster or a Fey Wildblooded

I'm also looking to optimize by minimum number of books required as $$$ are short.

Ninja Doesn't optimize well, but I thought about taking the ninja trick that lets me get a rogue talent and taking 'Ki Pool' to boost my ki pool by my wis modifier. Then possibly taking Grit and 'No Name' to get +20 to one disguise check once a day. A cahracter concept I had where you're suddenly facing yourself... and the you in the mirror pulls out a gun and tries to shoot you.
Inspired by the song 'with a thousand lies and a big disguise, hit em right between the eyes.

Final Character thought: I like the tattooed familiar. Either a scroll wizard with Eldritch Heritage to get tattooed familiar, or... a sage wizard taking Eldritch Heritage to get Tattoo Familiar later, or... if both Archetypes can be mixed, a Tattooed Sage (one trait replaces arcane bond with a 1st level ability, then the tatooed replaces that first level ability with with Tattoo Familiar. It's not /technically/ the same ability that was replaced, but I'm rules lawyering. XD)

Sorry if this is a lot, I'm looking for opinions on the characters and how well they'll play, rules glitches/hangups, and any other problems these builds might encounter.