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So my item didn't make the Top 32. Not a huge surprise given the number of submissions and the quality of the items that made the cut.

As I have read through the items and the judges comments I was struck by how often they commented on how well the item tied into the Golarian campaign setting. While my group has adopted the Pathfinder rules we are still playing in the 3.5 Forgotten Realms setting/time period and my knowledge of Golarian is still pretty superficial. In an effort looking towards improving in next year's competition I wonder how important you think connecting your item to the Pathfinder campaign setting is?

Important? Not important? A nice edge for items that might have other deficiencies?

A druid player in my campaign has a question regarding animal companions and their possible use of magical items.

I know companions can use armor (and presumably magical armor as well) with the appropriate feat. I suppose it could make sense to allow items which give a passive stat or skill bonus but can an animal companion use a device that requires activation? I presume not with and INT of 2 and no UMD skill.

I have looked through the rule book and find no mention of item slots for animals in either the Animal Companion or the Magical Items sections however I told her I would ask the experts here.

Thanks in advance for your help and I hope the answer isn't too obviously in the book.

First of all, thank you Paizo.

Our gaming group is having a blast with the new rules set and I am loving running a heavily modified Second Darkness campaign in the FR my group is familiar with. Since the wider campaign has some dangling plot hooks for various characters that focus on a local dispute between demons and devils I purchased the first Book of the Damned and once again love what I am seeing there for inspiration in our campaign.

My question is this. While I own the hardcover Bestiary I have not yet purchased the pdf of it or the Book of the Damned. As I was looking through both it occurred to me that there might be a way to insert the Book of the Damned monsters into the pdf version of the Bestiary so all my monsters would be in one place.

I know this can be done in pdfs I have created at work but I don't know if this is possible in the Paizo products. It probably has implications for internal links (assuming there are some in the Bestiary pdf) but if it worked it would really reduce the number of paper products I have to bring to the game each week. I could also see adding in the Bonus Bestiary monsters if possible as well.

Anyone know if this can be done?

Pierce