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I haven't, what is Zyphus?
The GM has done PvP like this before with us but usually the player is actively killing someone rather than making accidents or putting the group in dangerous situations. That being said I don't think the GM would have a problem but I dont know if i want to have PvP be like a motivator. It was the first thing that came to mind that seamed like there was some actual motivation behind so I thought I would mention it but if there are better ideas I would much rather do those than try and do PvP with my party.

Im trying to find a good motivation for my character, I need something that I can have him work towards so when we go to a town I know what I want him to be looking for or doing. As it currently stands I have no idea what I want to do and just follow other player and our party (all being relatively new and with similar struggles) heavily leans towards going into one fight after the other but we are trying to work on doing more role play.

So my old character died and now I'm playing as a level 8 true neutral Druid who hates being in his human form. He uses his Wild Shape ability to always be in a Earth or Air Elemental form. When this character was introduced, the party found him in a different plane, brainwashed into doing chores for the past 5 years.
One idea I had was since the party saw him in his most weakest and most vulnerable state, he felt so deeply shamed that he cant move on knowing they have seen this side of him. He doesn't want to straight out kill them but rather he wants to create a series of "accidents" that lead to their deaths. Although I'm not completely sure howIi could create these "accidents" so I would need ideas if thats the motivation he had.

So if I understand right, I can use the Whirlwind ability as many times as I want but I can only stay in that form for 1/2 my HD rounds at a time?
I remember reading the part about "The DC for any of these abilities equals your DC for the polymorph spell used to change you into that form" a while ago but I didn't quite understand so I ignored it.

If I am a Druid and I become an Air Elemental, how often can I transform myself into a Whirlwind? I would appreciate a link to show my GM as well.
Also I read someone say that a druid Wild Shapeing as an Air Elemental in Whirlwind form had a DC (for the Whirlwind) based off of their WIS. I know the standard Whirlwind skill said the DC is 10+HD+STR mod, but it also referred to it as "the monster's" so I'm hoping maybe there is a better DC for druids who are Wild Shaping (one perhaps based of WIS).

So this is my and my friends first time playing pathfinder (minus the GM). Im a level 9 druid who for the most part flies in the sky as a bird casting spells with the use of the Natural Spell feat while my animal companion kills dudes bellow. I have been wondering what is so good about turning into Elementals? Ive read a few things about people talking about turning into Air elementals but I cant see the appeal in that over a diminutive bird. What am I missing?
Also as a caster druid, is this the way i should be engaging in combat? Or is there some better way that keeps me more safe while still being able to cast spells? Most of the creatures in the game target spell casters first so I feel like I'm always nearly dying each fight.

It's also fairly pricey at 2,000 gp.

fins to feet is pegged as a "merfolk" spell, fyi. :)

Feeding them is going to be a bit of a trick too. I recommend preparing accordingly lest the bleeding out group members become snacks. ;)

Our GM is putting us though a "Baby's First Pathfinder" game since no one but him has any experience, so this gives us a chance to get a hang of things and learn the core components to the game while not moving too slowly. So he doesnt have us worry too much about the little things like keeping food on hand (unless we are in like a tundra), or the components for casting spells (unless we need to hire someone to cast the spell). But I like the idea of trying to play at a more advanced level when i can so Im looking into ways to keep him fed and such.

Get a bunch of similarly transformed sharks, and start a Street Sharks tribute group.

They're jawsome.

I thought about awakening more animals but i feel like it would be too much to manage. That and if i did it and then just left these animals alone, then some how my GM would turn their new intelligence against out party by getting them recruited for the bad guys or something along those lines.

Claim he's your long lost brother and bring him around golarion like the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy :)

Try not to get him involved in any combat(be super protective of him), GM is giving you a freebie, don't abuse it.

That said, I wonder what happens when you give an orca chocolate?

I really like that idea, for some reason thinking up a backstory didnt even occur to me. I was originally thinking of just showing up with him and telling the party, "so this is a thing now" but the lost brother sound like a really fun way to play it.

So having just hit level 9 Druid, my plan is it sneak away from my party and go to the ocean to find a Killer Whale to use the spell Awaken on it. From there I plan to use the spells Fins to Feet / Anthropomorphic Animal (+Metamagic Rod, Extend) to keep it in a land based form and then introduce the Orca to the party. (DM said I didnt need the Leadership feat to recruit them)

So at this point I'm thinking of fun things I can do with my new orca friend. I heard the story of Sir Bearington, the bear character with amazing disguise and I thought maybe something like that could be fun but I don't want to completely copy something so iconic.
I am aware the DM takes control of the awakened creature but I figured maybe I could buy it some interesting gear or make some hilarious plan with the orca and surprise the rest of the group.

Im pretty new to the game, this being my first time playing Pathfinder actually and my second time playing a table top game, so I'm not sure what crazy things are possible but I would love to know what kind of ideas might pop into your minds with an intelligent humanoid orca.