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"Conan. Tell them what is best in life."

Crush your enemies

Crom!

I personaly would recommend these three choices as a player
1}PHB 2
2}Spell compendium
3)Complete warrior

As a DM I would recommend
1}Monster Manual 3
2}Fiend Folio
3}DMG 2

These are the books I find to be the most useful in our ongoing campaigns.

Our AoW campaign has been going on for sometime now
and its time I paid tribute to those that have fallen.

-Gallen Shadowwraith-male Human Hexblade
Stabbed to death by a doppelganger in a bar brawl.

-Gorrun Holderale-male Dwarven Barbarian
Bit to death by black dragon{Ilthane},raised,dissolved by elder
black pudding,not raised.

-Atom Outlander-male Stonechild Fighter
Crushed to death by a ogre barbarians big club.{wandering monster}

The Brotherhood of Mytheria

-Quarian "Quan" Nailo- male High Elf Cleric {Wee Jas} 17th
Original member,groups leader.

-Maloth Aspenguard- male High Elf Ranger 16th
Original member,master of the bow.

-Hurly Von Hellgrind- male Half Ogre Fighter 16th
Rescued from Vecna cult,died once {Ilthane}, raised,melee machine.

-Collin Moneymaker- male Human Rogue 16th
Joined up during the HoHR,trap finder and gold collector.

-Dankeel Olkneel- male Human Druid 16th
Original member,leader of the Bronzewood Lodge.

-Nightbreeze- male High Elf Wizard 16th
Joined up sometime before SoLS,master of ?.

The pcs are just now in the battle at the end of the Tilagos Island adventure.

The Iron Wave Adventuring group has had a fair amount of success
so far,moments of glory have been had by most of the pcs.

-Korg the Half Orc Barbarian put a quick end to the raggadossa lurking onboard the Blue Nixie winning the fight for us.{critical+greataxe=dead bug}

-Relvin Eriskan{sorry,spelled pcs name wrong on another thread}
the Aasimar{amphib}Cleric was most useful under Parrot Island
with his turn undead and swimming abilities.{swears he destroyed a undead priest singlehandedly,none of the other pcs were in sight}

-Martin Cortez Rook the Human Fighter left a trail of death
below the taxidermists shop.Lotus dragons,pet lizards,crocs,and
a very mean wolf, none were safe.{combat reflexes+guisarme=lotus
bane}

-Zane Lou Chi the Elf Monk hasnt had his moment of glory yet.But
he has left a trail of broken jaws/skulls/pincers along his path to tattooed enlightenment.{critical arrow+deflect arrow=
smiling monk}

-Lucien the Gray Elf Wizard saved our hides when we had to beach
our damaged boat on the way to Krakens Cove.A pair of raptors
ambushed as we camped.{scorching ray+enfeeblement ray=dino steaks}

-Victor Gosalar the Human Cleric has recently joined and has not had a chance to shine yet.

Martin Cortez Rook-male Human Fighter N 3rd
Lucien The Malevolent-male Gray Elf Wizard N 3rd
-Loctavious-bloodhawk familiar
Zane Lou Chi-male High Elf Monk LN 3rd
Relwyn Daskeral-male Aasimar{amphibious} Cleric NG 2nd
Korg-male Half Orc Barbarian CN 3rd
Victor Gosalar-male Human Cleric NG 1st
So far no character deaths.The wizard and monk went to negatives
a couple of times but were saved.
We are now in a leaky boat rowing to someplace called Krakens Cove.
Great AP!{Aaaarr!!}

I'm building a Rage Prophet based on Uncivilized tactics with a friend and we stumbled upon this issue.

Benefit: As a standard action, you can attempt a combat maneuver check against a creature no more than one size category larger than yourself. This provokes an attack of opportunity from the target of the maneuver. If the check is successful, you can prevent the target from using one arm (or similar limb) or one natural attack of your choice for 1 round. For every 5 by which your check result exceeds the target’s CMD, the affected arm or natural attack is unusable for 1 additional round. The target can regain the use of its disabled limb or natural attack by taking a standard action to do so.

But for the Rage Prophet you need Oracle levels, then this happened:

Battle Mystery

Select one type of combat maneuver. When performing the selected maneuver, you treat your oracle level as your base attack bonus when determining your CMB. At 7th level, you gain the Improved feat (such as Improved Trip) that grants you a bonus when performing that maneuver. At 11th level, you gain the Greater feat (such as Greater Trip) that grants you a bonus when performing that maneuver. You do not need to meet the prerequisites to receive these feats.

Does Uncivilized Tactics count as a Combat Maneuver?

I'm trying to build a Wizard 5/Noble Scion 10/Wizard 5 and i don't know what caster level i'm supposed to have.

At the 5th level of the PrC you choose one of your Dilettante Studies and the one related to spellcasting is unclear because:

Dilettante Scholar (Su): A noble scion gains new spells per day as if he had also gained a level in a spellcasting class he belonged to before he added the prestige class.

doesn't actually say where i have to begin when counting my caster levels.

Is it supposed to start at level 5? Or is retroactive and i take a full CL?

Looking online i've found this general rule for PrCs

Spells per Day

Many prestige classes grant characters additional spells per
day, depending on their level in that prestige class. This
is noted in a separate column in the prestige class’s table,
under “Spells per Day.” Unless noted otherwise in the class
features section of the prestige class, the spells granted by
these prestige classes adhere to the following rules.
At the indicated levels, a member of this prestige class
gains new spells per day as if he had also gained a level
in a spellcasting class he belonged to before adding the
prestige class. (Unless noted otherwise in the prestige
class’s table, this spellcasting class can be either arcane
or divine.) He does not, however, gain other benefits of
that class other than spells per day, spells known (if he is
a spontaneous caster), and an increased effective level of
spellcasting. If he had more than one spellcasting class
before becoming a member of this prestige class, he must
decide to which class he adds the new level for the purpose
of determining spells per day.

But again this class lacks a table for spells.

Then again, my CL at level 20 is 15 or 20?

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/cavalier#TOC-Banner-Ex-.

"As long as the cavalier’s banner is clearly visible, all allies within 60 feet receive... / The banner must be at least Small or larger and must be carried or displayed by the cavalier or his mount to function."

I assume that in case of a concealed cavalier the banner doesn't work, am i right?

And looking for Greater Banner

"In addition, while his banner is displayed, the cavalier can spend a standard action to wave the banner through the air"

To wave the banner implies that the banner must be something i'm holding or i have to hold the banner only for the purpose this ability?

I'm discussing about the class with some friends and we don't know what we are supposed to think because there isn't a clear definition of "banner"

Quoting the bestiary

"Each round of immersion in running water inflicts damage on a vampire equal to one-third of its maximum hit points—a vampire reduced to 0 hit points in this manner is destroyed."

what if i use the hydraulic torrent spell against a vampire? Is it considerated "running water"?