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The hand crossbow thread got me thinking.

Considering the huge overhaul poisons, combat, sight, etc. got with 3rd Ed.+ (including PF), wouldn't one of the most intelligent and diabolical races ever to blight a fantasy world say "Screw hand crossbows" and start using composite longbows from the back of their wall-walking lizard mounts?

Greetings all.
First, thank you for your time. Second, apologizes if this has already been discussed and I failed to find it.

I am an old rp'er, and have only recently starting playing pnp games. After a few months of trying out the different dnd versions out there, my group has decided on Pathfinder.

I am really interested in the Witch, and to a lesser extent the Magus classes. What I've decided is that if I could sweet talk the D.M. into letting me bring the Witch to a mid-BAB class so it could be more hands on, "I'm going to get you," would make the Witch perfect for what I want.

So, in order to do that, it looks like a fair trade would be (considering the other mid-BAB casters) is to take up the bard/magus/inquisitor/etc. spell progression (obviously removing 7th, 8th and 9th lvl spells) in order to get; d8 HD, mid-BAB, and the ability to wear light armor w/o spell failure. Is that a fair trade?

I'm thinking that leaving the other class abilities untouched is preferred, but I don't want to OP my character.

I appreciate any responses.

Cordially,
Belazoar