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I know that the Second Edition of Pathfinders is coming out fairly soon, and I was wondering if anyone had any clue when the first edition might be phased out in favor of the second edition in Pathfinder Society. When I play Pathfinder, I play in Society, and if there is an ETA, I want to be getting ready. I've tried looking for information on this, and I can't find anything so far.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows if there is a plan to update the information in the Pathfinder Society Field Guide? Specifically, the Prestige Awards awards that one can get for belonging for a faction. For example, I know that while people who are in the Dark Archives faction can get the Prestige Awards from the Cheliax faction, some of of these seem thematically . . . problematic given that the Dark Archives aren't exactly connected to Cheliax.

Armiger (Fame 20, 2 PP) Though still a loyal Pathfinder, your service to Cheliax grants you admission into a Hellknight order of your choice with the rank of armiger. You gain a +3 bonus on Diplomacy checks made against Hellknights of any order or rank.

Hellknight (Fame 40, 2 PP, Armiger) Your continued loyalty to Cheliax and your Hellknight order earn you the honorary rank of Hellknight (or signifer if you are a spellcaster), granting you a +3 bonus on Intimidate checks when wearing heavy armor. This rank is granted independently of levels in the Hellknight prestige class.

So, I have desperately wanted to play a class built around the kitsune "Realistic Likeness" feat (the one that allows you to Alter Self into a specific person) for some time, but I can't figure out what class to put her in.

I have this whole character concept built where she's addicted to her alter self ability and she doesn't really have a concept of her actual self; she gets lost in the personas she takes over and she became an adventurer to get her fix.

The absolutely most glorious class that I can find that would fit this backstory so far would be the Mesmerist class with the Thought Eater archetype, but I'm not sure how to make either Mesmerists or Thought Eaters effective in battle, and because this would be for PFS, my character would need to be effective in battle. I've played around a little bit with the occult classes, and I have had problems with them because of things being immune to mind effects (although I see mesmerists can eventually get around that somewhat with Psychic Inception), but the limited number of spells today and the fact that the spells only go up to level 6th mean this clearly isn't meant to be a full spellcaster, and I'm uncertain as to how to build one.

Another option would be to go with a bard. I'm not sure what, if any, archetype I should take if I went bard. Nothing about bardic music in general seems particularly great or terrible in favor (flavor wise) for my character, although the spell list of bards is good (Vocal Alteration, Gallant Inspiration) and bardic music could be good in combat (the -2 str for kitsune means that being martial for my character would be harder).

Then, of course, there is Some Other Option I Haven't Thought Of. Maybe a rogue of some type? I don't know.

Finally, with Blood of the Beasts being out but not ruled as being legal or illegal yet, Keen Kitsune means that the +2 int and +2 dex kitsune might be ruled legal for PFS and put some more options on the table that aren't out there yet.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I really want to play this character, but I'm feeling very lost.

So, I'm a big fan of the witch class. The first time I made a witch I went with human, but I've been thinking about rolling up a second, non-human witch; I've seen lots of recommendations that elves are a good race to play because of their alternate racial ability Dreamspeaker which may add to the DC of the slumber hex . . .

. . . the problem is that it also may NOT add to the DC of the slumber hex; there seems to be some debate, and a lot of advice to "check with your DM first," which obviously isn't possible in society play.

So, what is the general consensus on this? Is going with an elven Dreamspeaker likely to cause problems in society play, or will I likely be good to go? I don't want to cause problems, which is the reason I made my first witch human, but I really would like to play a non-human character.

If a Dreamspeaker witch is likely to cause problems, I'll probably just sit on my wild urges for a non-human witch and hope that "Keen Kitsune" is ruled as legal for PFS.