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I feel that the best solution here is to roll every creature's initiative, then delay all similar creatures To the lowest initiative. Doing so allows you to follow the rules and make the game go faster... Why is this even an argument?

I don't like seeing groups of monsters on the same initiative, and if a GM asks if I have a prefference, I will tell them so. I have seen situations where a GM rolls high initiative on a difficult encounter and PKs the table. Most often the GM will allow a redo in that situation which is fine and cordial, but I'd rather just follow the rules from the begining and not be in that situation in the first place.

Alignment in Golarion: a world where a supposedly lawful good gold dragon can run a centuries long eugenics program on his james-bond-villain-esque island in peace.

Pathfinders commit unlawful killings all the time. So do rebels, freedom fighters, insurrectionists, and half the country or Nirimathis

A group of rebels that kills all defeated opposition and never takes prisoners isn't likely to be good aligned, no matter who or what they oppose.

There is clearly more than one side to this story. No I wouldn't count the CDG as an evil act given the circumstances. It sounds like the OP is more upset that the GM 'took a side' on the party's decision. I don't know the gm's reasons so I would suggest simply having a conversation with each other to figure out why the decisions that were made.... were made.

Bard: 7
Ranger: 4

I only get to play at conventions, or if I'm lucky enough to find some event while out of town for work.

PFS doesn't wish to make robot checks more difficult - the designers did that when they made the rules.

Why can't non-druids learn Druidic? Because it's a secret. So is technology.

There is NO doubt as to the RAW, since it is in the technology guide and PRD.

I agree that RAW is crystal clear. The problem I have is that these rules are not part of the core assumption (like your Druidic example is). So you can't expect GMs to even know that these rules *exist*. This leads to wildly different table variations, which isn't good for anyone. You say it isn't broken so don't fix it, but I'm inclined to disagree.

I feel like the easiest solution to this would be to remove the Technologist feat from the additional resources document along with removing the rule stating you need said feat to make trained checks.

If PFS wishes to make 'robot checks' difficult, simply impose a -x penalty in the scenario writeups(this way the scenarios have the rules instead of requiring the DM to have the technology guide). As players explore technology laden areas, those chronicle sheets could have a boon that reduces that penalty.

To me, these suggestions seem thematic, have self contained rules, and they don't totally ruin a skill-monkey's day.