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I'm playing a Kitsune with a familiar with the Decoy Archetype, which has the ability

Master's Guise (Sp)

At 11th level, a decoy can transform into a perfect likeness of its master, as the alter self spell. It can hold this form for up to 1 minute per caster level; upon changing back, the decoy must remain in its natural form for an equal amount of time before transforming again.
This ability replaces spell resistance.

As a kitsune, I have my anthropomorphic fox form, my static appearance Human form, and I've taken Fox Shape for a static fox form and Realistic Likeness that allows me to 'steal' the face of any specific individual when I use my racial change shape ability.

How do these various forms apply to my familiar's Master's Guise ability?

Can I choose which of my forms it takes, or is it just whatever I look like at the time.
Or is it real-time synced to whatever my kitsune currently looks like, so fox when I go fox, etc.
What about someone I'm currently mimicking with Realistic Likeness?
Can it switch through my various forms at will, since they are all equally valid as 'perfect likeness of its master'?

And lastly, Alter Self doesn't say anything about creating clothes as part of the package. My familiar's not going to end up flashing everyone whenever she transforms, is she?

Can an Arcanist teach a spell she observes into a Ring of Spell Knowledge, then scribe the spell into her spellbook?

Since for an arcanist, effects that modify Spells Known instead affect Spells Prepared, so any spell in the Ring should be treated as one she has prepared.
Prepared spells can be scribed into a spellbook with the effect of wiping the spell from her mind as if she cast it, which means she just loses a spell slot.
So this should, work, right?

Can it then be used to effectively scribe spells from scrolls and still keep the scroll?

I'm currently playing a 1st level TN Dhampir Cleric (Luck and Souls Domains) in a TN party for Carrion Crown.

The party is currently made up of a Grave Warder Slayer, a Rogue, a Summoner, a Dhampir Blackblooded Oracle (Bones) and me, focusing on support.

Question 1: Should I skim Reach Cleric to keep enemies away from me without losing casting ability, or do we have enough melee characters to make it unnecessary?
Question 2: If I do veer towards Reach Cleric, I want to use either a glaive or a fauchard, mainly for RP purposes. (She's an ex-cleric of Shelyn) What would be the best way to get proficiency in a martial/exotic weapon, and if I need to multiclass to get it, when do I do it? (Keep in mind this is for Carrion Crown)

My current stats are
Str 10, Dex 14, Con 9, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 16
Traits: Dangerously Curious, Convincing Liar, Chance Savior

Feats:
1: Versatile Channeler
3: ((Selective Channeling))
5: ((Turn Undead))
7: ((Combat Reflexes))

Just skimming over the SRD, I feel that maybe Magus(Kensai?) or Ranger seems promising, but I've never played a multiclass character before so I'd like some help.