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The text for Swaying word (8th level power of Conversion Inquisition) states:

Swaying Word (Sp): At 8th level, once per day you may speak a word of divinely inspired wisdom that causes a single creature to switch its alliance to you. The target must be within line of sight and able to hear you. If he fails his Will save, he is affected by dominate person, except the duration is only 1 minute.

So it can target any "single creature" but that target is affected by dominate person if it fails its save. Can you then really only target humanoids with the power or are other critters valid targets as well?

Our group had a little tussle last night about the rogue talent "Stand Up". You are allowed to stand up as a free action but still provoke AoO as normal. The question is, do you provoke as if you were still prone (taking a penalty to AC) or since you stood up as a free action, do you use your full AC?

So my druid is ecstatic that he was able to use his domain spell (Command Plants) to make a pet out of the moonflower on the first level of the tower in Hungry Storm. If he's creative in his approach, should I let him bring his new pet along with the caravan?

I have a player who wants to use the Explosive Missile discovery on his halfling warslinger. While the text of the discovery explicitly excludes slings and sling staffs (in fact, any thrown weapon), I fail to see a balance or mechanical issue with a house rule that allows the combination.

Does anyone out there know why this exclusion is in place? Is there some massive pitfall in my future that I'm not seeing?

I've done my best to search for an answer to this and apologize if it has already been covered somewhere. With that said, the feat Trick Riding only functions 'while wearing light or no armor'.

I'm wondering whether the fact that Cavaliers do not suffer from an armor check penalty while riding their mount permits them to benefit from this feat.

So the fluff text of Nature Warden says Druids often become Nature Wardens and sometimes Druid/Rangers do, yet one of the requirements is Favored Terrain.

Is there some super secret way a druid can obtain favored terrain without taking levels of Ranger or Horizon Walker or should I just quit paying so much attention to flavor text? It seems odd to me that there isn't a single prestige class in PF that is suited for a single class druid.