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I am soon to start a new game, and I am looking at a few character concepts, but the Hunter seems like a bit of fun. Intending to go full mounted archer if I choose to use it (and having it pre-built for another campaign would also be nice).

DM has more-or-less hinted that a large component will be 'doing dungeon stuff'. Likely, this means 5' corridors and low ceilings. I'm not normally in the market for flying mounts anyway, and in discussion with the DM I expressed an intent not to really go for a climb speed either, just to not trivialize enemies - the DM responded that climb is okay, but for the purpose of the exercise it's not a massive selling point.

I'd like the mount to at least be able it hold it's own if someone closes to melee, or if I can charge an fleeing enemy or a weaker outlier from time to time, and occasionally close to assist with flanking if the "flying kebob stick" isn't working for whatever reason - not a full-switch hitter, but a rough approximation that wouldn't just be a liability when those situations arise.

So, my riding bretheren - what mounts are any good? I'm not just looking for 'the most OP', but if there is a clear winner I'm obviously going to take it.
Specifically:
Are there any really decent mounts that start off medium but STAY medium?
Are there any that start Small (thus not a mount right away) but become just exceptionally good at 4/7 when they increase in size?
Or, is there a way to prevent a really good Medium sized mount from becoming Large at the requisite level??
Or am I really going to struggle to be a mounted halfling flinging toothpicks?

Thanks in advance for any and all advice. If it's too hard, I will park the concept and go with a Medium one in another campaign.

Evangelist Cleric archetype seems relatively interesting, and I've been messing around trying to get one that's going to work.

This is less of a 'question' (I know the answer in RAW), but I'd like to know if there is any obvious reason why Paizo have left it out in the cold with respect to the Performance related feats? RAW states Sermonic Performance "is similar to" Bardic Performance, but this does not imply "is to be treated as".

Specifically regarding:
Lingering Performance
Harmonic Spell
Discordant Voice
Spellsong
... and other feats related to bardic performance.

Is there a particular reason (assuming it was deliberately left out) that this wording renders these feats unavailable to a class that's given up an entire domain and a few other sundry items?
Otherwise, is it simply a matter of overlooking whether these should apply to this class archetype feature? (entirely possible).

a) I want to know if there exists some sort of wild combo or synergy that gives unfair advantages before my GM 'house rules' this to allow me to use it. Thoughts or observations?

b) I also hope that Paizo can at least give it a second look and say Yea or Nay as to whether they are intended to qualify for these feats.

Anyone here a brilliant excel wizard (or sorcerer)? Code genius will also be highly viewed upon.

I set about wanting to know under what circumstances Power Attack was better than Weapon Focus, and what difference Weapon Spec makes, and how improving critical ranges and multipliers changes damage output, and how base weapons change. On several web forums I have seen people turning out some pretty epic tables, but never tin the scope of what I was hoping for (they are always specific examples and much of it is outdated)... basically I started wanting a giant Excel spreadsheet (or some sort of program) that would take the raw data such as:

My class(es) levels
My weapon(s)
My feat(s) that I am using

.. and calculate out on an "average" foe for an equal CR, CR +1 and CR +2 what my average expected hits per round/full attack are, my critical chances, my average damage range and so on.

I even mused how it would be beneficial to know how many feats a character could spend at that level, etc.

I got partway through entering some of the data and was going to ask an excel guru buddy to help. Unfortunately, he is unable to give me any help on account of some personal stuff of his own taking a lot of precedence, so I was reaching out to anyone who might have a great deal of expertise and might like to help out (read: do all the hard work because I am dumb) with something like that.

Even better, if anyone is into App development, this could be a pretty radical little app for any tablet device.

Takers?