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Shapeless Companion requires a caster level of 7 to be taken. It’s a stretch, but Eldritch Guardians count their class levels as Wizard levels. Does this mean they can qualify for the feat?

Have you considered the Puppetmaster Magus? They gain not only all of the bard’s spells (including several illusion and enchantment spells), but also have the ability to maintain even more illusions at once, especially if you pick a School Familiar with the Illusion school.

You’d also have access to the Spell Trickery arcana. This allows you to get your spells out faster if you succeed at a dirty trick maneuver, which with True Strike, the Dirty Trickster gnome racial feature, and the Prankster trait, should be easy to do.

Going Illusion Wizard/Puppetmaster of Matahallah would let you set up and control a huge amount of illusions in no time.

... Well, that was a hell of a tomorrow. Anyways, I might as well get this breakdown posted.

The sahkils are a neutral evil race of outsiders native to the ethereal plane. Former psychopomps that decided to rebel against their purpose of shepherding souls along the afterlife, they are a scourge the planes through sowing fear in myriad forms. As traitors of the great beyond, they have consequently earned the enmity of not only the psychopomps and other common celestials, but also the manasaptras, a lawful good race of outsiders that are unfortunately immune to calling magic.

For a general breakdown of all sahkils:

• Tactically speaking, sahkils can be considered mezzers in ability thanks to their Spell Like Abilities (SLAs henceforth) focusing on mind-affecting effects.
  
• Each one has a unique gaze attack called the "Look of Fear" (LoH henceforth) that varies between each sahkil, ranging from pitiful to basolutely debilitating. Furthermore, their "Emotional Focus" ability adds to the DCs of all emotion and fear effects they cast, including their LoH.
  
• They all have Ethereal Jaunt and can activate it as a move action, which is a nice mobility boost.
  
• Offensive wise, they have free Ghost Touch on all of their attacks.
  
• Defensively speaking, they're similar to daemons (just replace acid immunity with immunity to fear effects), some spell resistance and resistance to cold, electricity, and sonic.
  
• ... and Telepathy is always nice.
  
• But the most important point of sahkils for this sheet? The reason I'm writing this up at all? Is THIS:

Sahkils count as having 4 fewer Hit Dice (minimum 2) for purposes of spells or effects that call outsiders, such as planar binding. However, they receive a racial bonus equal to 1/2 their Hit Dice on Charisma checks to break free of planar binding spells and similar effects, and their spell resistance counts as if it were 5 higher for the purpose of breaking free of planar binding spells and similar effects.

With this being built in mind directly for binders, it's surprising that there aren't as many discussions about this ability in binder builds. In return for making them able to call up sooner, it also makes calling Sahkils a risky maneuver. On one hand, you get more power earlier, but on the other hand, they can wreak havoc against you and your party, especially if they're more powerful than you. Soooooo let's discuss this!

NOTE: Stats listed in parenthesis are in regards to binding attempts due to Easy to Call. For example, an Nucol's regular CHA is 16 but it's Easy to Call adds 1/2 it's HD (5/2=2 rounded down), turning it's CHA into 18 in regards to binder.

It's a short list for the sahkils, but thanks to Book of the Damned, they also have their own demigods, the Sahkil Tormentors. These tormentors are strong enough sahkils that they even offer boons via the Fiendish Obedience feat. I'll cover those tomorrow. And I DO mean tomorrow!

Following (by a long distance of time) in the veins of Douglas Muir 406's binding guide, I realized there were some outsiders that weren't covered. And oh baby, they're pretty damn good. They are also explicitly stuff that you can call via Greater Planar Binding. That, and potentially other stuff.

There was also something that caught my eye in regards to the Shaman class. Specifically, the Dark Tapestry hex, Alien Summons.

Whenever the shaman calls or summons one or more creatures, one creature of her choice arrives with the advanced creature simple template. The creature presents a distorted mockery of the usual creature summoned, its body deformed and alien in nature. This chosen creature’s anatomy is so confounding that it is immune to the additional damage from critical hits or precision damage (such as that granted by sneak attack).

Advanced creatures with immunity to crits? On everything I call and summon? WITH NO LIMIT WHATSOEVER?! HOLY HELL!

Oh, and for those wanting to help out with the binder but isn't actually a binder or for gestalt purposes, look up the Mockery performance from the Court Bard archetype. A scaling penalty to Charisma checks can be a big defense in this game.

I'll make a write up on binding Sahkils, an oft-forgotten species of outsiders, tomorrow. Because surprisingly, they have some unique tricks towards people seeking to bind them.

I got my submission in at the 11th hour... And now this waiting game to find out has me on edge. :-/

Same; the wait's the worst part. Hopefully, the email will come in a few weeks.

Varisian culture. It’s basically a bunch of romani stereotypes; fortune telling, criminal activity (thanks Sczarni!), hell, even their aesthetic reeks of offensive imitation.

Since Golarion utilized the thassilion setting and it’s motif of sin runes, I figured I could create a core pantheon revolving around that. I also made a point to select gods that represent the virtues in opposition to the sins, as well as the minor sins, acedia and vainglory. However, since many of the virtues didn’t use the exact word in their area of concern, I head-canoned them “synonym” gods; their abilities would be weaker in comparison to the deities that had an exact virtue or sin.

LG
Apsu - God of Good Dragons, Leadership, and Peace. Starting off the list one of the setting’s Big Goods, Apsu. There were two other good deities in the running for peace, but they were a dwarven deity and an empyreal lord respectively, so I figured a draconic god would have it’s own niche. Unfortunately, he’a also a synonym god, which, while an ancient and mighty god, would dampen his powers a bit.
Lymnieris - Empyreal Lord of Prostitution, Rites of Passage, and Virginity. The first empyreal lord on the list, and a synonym god. He’d work with the archons and be a direct opponent to Verex. Since one of his areas of concern is so closely tied to the virtue of purity or chastity, I figured I could conflate that with Love.

NG
Dalendrya - Empyreal Lord of Battlefield Healing, Caregiving, and Sanctuaries. The second empyreal lord on the list was the closest god I could find that dealt explicitly with kindness, using a synonym - caring - for it to qualify. Since Dalendrya is an angel, she’s their representative. Possibly the weakest of the synonym gods due to her bottlenecked nature.
Khepri - Osiriani God of Freedom, The Rising Sun, and Work. The representative of diligence, Khepri is the god I chose to represent the agathions. Also, it’s not every day you see a good bug deity, even if he is a synonym god.
Kurgess - God of Bravery, Competition, and Sport. The representative of humility was a different decision because I decided to use the gloss definition for the virtue instead of a synonym. Regardless, I think it fits him because of how he encourages losing with grace. It was almost Trudd, but I decided to give the dwarven god role to Magrim. He’s also a synonym god.
Myr - Azlanti Goddess of Charity, Lineage, and Physical Perfection. One of the few deities that had an actual virtue in their area of concern, making her one of two good non-synonym gods. I think Myr would get along well with Kurgess due to his heritage by two core deities.

CG
Milani - God of Devotion, Hope, and Uprising. Not one of the core virtues, but I inducted her into my 20 because of her domain of hope. Since I also chose deities that utilized themes similar to the sin of acedia, I realized Milani would be a good counter. She’s the other of the two non-synonym gods.
Valani - Empyreal Lord of Change, Growth and Primal Forces. The last empyreal lord and representative pf the azatas, Valani was chosen as a representative of temperance as well as zeal (dude’s a volcano god, remember?). Considering the synonyms of change and growth, I would surmise that he would have a stronger ability to control his virtue than the other “synonym” gods, albeit marginally.

LN
Magrim - Dwarven god of Death, Fate, and the Underworld. The only god on this list that doesn’t have a vice/virtue motif, he was selected to give the dwarves someone to worship. He was also selected as a replacement death god for Pharasma, and as a mediator between the forces of good and evil. Originally, I was going to pick Mazludeh for that job, but then I’d have no LN deities! Due to his lack of virtues or sins, he’d be the weakest deity in the pantheon.

N
Naderi - Goddess of Drowning, Romantic Tragedy, and Suicide. The main representative of the sin of acedia. As the only true neutral deity on this list, she would also serve as a mediator, albeit one that could be easily swayed by all sides. Chamiaholom would seek to usurp her throne, along with possibly Sifkesh. Although a synonym god in her own right, her usefulness to everyone makes sure they keep her around.

CN
Tjasse - Giant God of Giant Birds, Mountain Peaks, and Pride. The last neutral deity is also the only non-evil god of a cardinal sin. This proud god would also serve as a representative of the giants, and would serve a a good overland foil against the short underworld dweller, Magrim.

LE
Eiseth - Night Queen of Battle, Revenge, and Wrath. The representative of Wrath, she considers her position in the 20 a tactical advantage and a strong point of contention against the qlippoth hordes. So much, in fact, that Rovagug’s allies would band together against her specifically.
Rahu - Asura Rana of Eclipses, Executions, and Gluttony. Gluttony’s god and representative of the Asuras. His ascension would give him a lot of clout against the traitor asura, Geryon, and would provide the sun god Khepri a good rival.

NE
Chamiaholom - Sahkil Tormentor of Domination, Hopelessness, and Mortality. I always found the sahkils to be under-represented; they don’t even have a variant tiefling to call their own. So out of pity, I decided to give Chamiaholom a role as a usurper of the undead, replacing Urgathoa, and an upstart representative of the sin of acedia. It could have been Sifkesh, but demons already have a representative in Jubilex and to be honest, she kind of squicks me out. Ozranvial was also a close contender as the representative due to him having despair as an area of concern. Regardless of who I selected, I’m still not sure whether I should relegate them as a synonym god or not. Let’s honest, how often do you hear “acedia” in modern conversation.
Fumeiyoshi - Tian Xia God of Dishonor, Envy, Graves, and Undead. The god of envy almost pulled double duty as the god of the Onis and the undead. It wasn’t until I decided to add the sin of acedia and give it to Chamiaholom when that changed.
Zaigasnar - Daemonic Harbinger of Body Modification, Destructive Vanity, and Pins. As the representative of the sin of vainglory, I would consider Zaigasnar the most powerful of the “synonym” gods on terms of his relative vice. His rank as a harbinger would also acquaint him with Laivatiniel and Slandrais, both harbingers with an emphasis on perverting love, allowing him to set them up against Lymnieris without the empyreal lord’s knowledge.

CE
Chaugnar Faugn - Great Old One of Blood, Patience, and Old Hill Countries. An interesting choice, as he is the only evil deity with a virtue instead of a vice. As a great old one, he would also possess abilities that could rival Apsu in general power, and with his virtue being more in focus than the dragon god’s he just might be the most powerful deity in the 20x
Jubilex - Demon Lord of Ooze, Poison, and Sloth. The demon representative, and, strangely, the only god that explicitly deals with sloth. I figured there might’ve been more deities that dealt with this one, like with Shax also having envy and Orcus dealing with wrath, but apparently not!
Thamir Gixx - Halfling God of Greed, Opportunity, and Thievery. It’d be fitting for Gixx to be on this list since he not only deals with a cardinal sin, but also served under a core deity that explicitly dealt with the same sin! This could give Gixx a significant edge on his other opponents. Him representing halflings was also a bonus.
Verex - Orc God of Lust, Pillage, and Plunder. While it would have been easy to associate Verex with the phrase “rape, pillage, and burn”, I decided to include him with a different interpretation in mind: he and his followers lust for power and blood, utilizing a strong sense of tactical acumen and economic prowess that is well hidden under their identity as a warband. As such, they are the least predictable deity in my 20.

I found a whip build guide while I was looking around google and lo, there’s one on reddit. Where There’s A Whip, There’s A Way: Amanoo’s Pathfinder Guide to Whips. If anyone’s on reddit, they should prolly get permission first.

Isn’t there a demon lord detailed in the Book of the Damned whose purview is molesting children?

Pretty sure he’s the worst.

You mean Folca? He’s daemonic, but Paizo said they were going to retcon him out of existence in an errata. Good thing, too; there’s evil that can be entertaining and there’s the evil that’s just plain wrong.

Hanspur also has a CN thanadaemon as a planar ally, having convinced him to leave the horsemen.

Took me a while to compile and it's still not complete!

Apollyon - Dead Hand - Apex Parasite

Charon - Frozen Ocean - Unavailing Steps on Perpetual

Szuriel - Sunn O))) & Boris - Etna

Trelmarixian - Neurosis - Sterile Vision

The Four as a whole - Buried Inside - Time as Resistance

Urgathoa - Sunn O))) - Bathory Erzsebet

Zon-Kuthon - Hellraiser Soundtrack - Lament Configuration (the most obvious thing imaginable)

Rovagug - Gyossait Soundtrack - Core Prison

Count Ranalc - Silent Hill 2 Soundtrack - Betrayal

The Green Mother - The Decemberists - The Queen's Rebuke

Besmara - Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas - Wreck of the S.S. Needle

Erecura - Big|Brave - (Re)Collection

Naderi - Sunn O))) & Boris - The Sinking Belle

Geryon - Earth (Feat. Mark Lanegan) - There Is A Serpent Coming

I plan on adding more later.

After re-reading Book of the Damned, I realized that making daemons likely to sexually assault mortal summoners wasn’t just bad taste, it was bad writing. Daemons hate all mortal life, so why would they risk procreation and delay their own goals. At best, it’d be hypocrisy. At worst, it’d be blasphemy. So I’ve written an alternate truth that’s even worse than rape minus any rape! :D

I know that bards also have access to healing magic, but since they aren’t as specialized with it as classes like Cleric, I think heal could work wonders with this class. Specifically, the Solacer archetype allows you to take 20 without increasing the time taken a numver of times per day. It also helps deal with sanity damage, increasing the heal skill’s versatility. It also treats it as a class skill!

I went on a wikipedia walk one day and learned about the existence of a group of fallen angels known as The Watchers, specifically the angel known as Sariel. That angel has a lot of derivative names but the one named "Suriel" struck me. Is that how Szuriel got her name?

So if his biggest problem would be the worldwound north of him, would it be too far-fetched to think that Orcus, Kabriri, and any other undead-based nascent demon lord would be his most dangerous opposition?

To that end, maybe he would side with and of the infernal dukes that work with LE undead, since he’s close to Cheliax... and maybe likeminded kyton demagogues in Nidal. The horsemen would definitely be interested in him, since the whispering way wants to replace all life with undead creatures, right?

I just realized that the sins of envy and lust prohibit necromancy spells, and that gluttony specializes in that field of magic. So Calistria and Zon-Kuthon, having lust and envy as their respective fields of concern, could be Tarry’s biggest deific opposition. Makes sense, too, since Urgathoa deals with gluttony.

I know a bunch of orcs revere Rovagug, so the possibility of a qlippoth/orc hybrid is there. Man, that’d be terrifying as hell.

On a personal and business level, how do the four interact with urgathoa and zyphus?

I know the usual number of the horseman is four for war, death, pestilence and famine, but have you ever thought about making a fifth horseman based on conquest? How would you go about that?

Also, there’s the line from Rev 6:8: “And Hades followed behind/with him,” him being death. Could that line fit in the setting somehow?

Also-also, is there anything else from the boon of revelations that inspired daemonkind that we haven’t made note of yet?

The antipaladin’s fearmonger archetype is embarrassingly written. It’s supposed to give the antipaladin a unique cruelty whenever they use touch of corruption... but the previous ability, feed on fear, replace touch of corruption, preventing you from using cruelties in the first place. What makes it worse is that feed on fear would have had amazing synergy with the new cruelties had it actually worked!

40. From the oppsite side of a long table: “Hey, can you toss me that rule book?”

Has anyone suggested the Mari Lwyd yet? Because a giant ghostly horse head with ranks in perform (sing) and stealing all your food sounds hilarious.

I added Folca to Pathfinder’s YMMV page under “Base-Breaking Character” for many of the reasons stated in this thread. Considering what Folca represents, I don’t blame anyone for taking umbrage with this character.

Outside of “very carefully”, of course.

I’m not talking about planar binding, either; that’s the easy part. What I’m trying to do is make it stay put without killing anything. The binding spell is out of the question, due to qlippoths being immune to mind-affecting effects.

Do you have any advice for freelance writers, both for those trying to get started and experts in the field?

Ultimate Wilderness released the Exotic Heritage feat, which allows you to take the wildblooded versions of bloodlines through Eldritch Heritage. This means you can now take the sylvan version of the fey bloodline, which grants you an animal companion.

Now I have to wonder how many animal companions you can have on one character. Druids and rangers are obvious, but clerics can also get in on the action through domains such as animal and saurian.

Ultimate Wilderness just came out with a feat called Exotic Heritage; it not only works as a replacement for skill focus as a pre-req for eldritch heritage, but it allows the user to pick wildblooded bloodline abilities!

I typically update my Paladin Guide every year. I haven't updated my Inquisitor Guide with such regularity, but some of the older guides definitely could use some love and attention.

If some people wanted to update guides, I'd be happy to create PDF layouts. We'd just have to collaborate on images and layout styles.

Best wishes!

I was just thinking about the inquisitor guide. Specifically, the Living Grimoire archetype is fairly amazing for a virtuoso inquisitor since it allows you to change your main casting stat to intelligence. It could make you great with skills and spells, greatly expanding your versatility.

Here’s another one, although this theory is purposefully stupid as hell:

Szuriel likes to keep tabs on the far-flung planet of Terra. She claims to be watching it due to its rapidly developing collection of weapons, such as nuclear devices and machine guns. However, this doesn’t explain why she seems so focused on a corporation that doesn’t create weapons of war in any capacity. This company recently added a new CEO, one Susan ‘Susie’ Rael, and a new product. Known for its dark red coloring and sweet taste, the drink becomes a popular consumption across the continent. “Susie” names it after a military term to evoke a sense of power: “Code Red”.

The daemon harbingers have been noticing that whenever Szuriel returns from Terra, her characteristic tears of “blood” are absent from her face.

Crafting doesn't suddenly become significantly better (or worse) using the Bluff skill, but there's something perversely delightful about bluffing your way through making a Golem.

I just got the best mental exchange of this happening:

Using an arcanist or a sorcerer does bring up some interesting ideas.

That's a fair point, Reduxist. Do you have a link to this guide?

Sure, it’s right here. it covers a lot of other Prestige classes and the empyreal lords, but stargazer is fairly early in the guide.

Nyarlabrotep, God of The Thousand Forms, all of them swaggy AF.

Also, Broloras, one of the heads of the infernal sorority. Usually does the initiation rituals.

Also also, Swolezuriel, horseman of war and headmaster of Abaddon’s largest sorority. Usually works alongside Urgathota, who owns the largest undead sorority and fraternity branches on BROLARION.

So out of the blue at work today, I immediately think of Asmodeus, but someone starts saying “hey bro...”. Perfect timing happens and the “bro” replaces”-mo-“, resulting in the unholy abomination that is ASBRODEUS, CORE GOD OF FRATERNITIES.

But then I thought about it some more and figured, why stop there with just one bad pun? So I begin storming up more Frat Gods, such as BROSTCHTCHIE, Demon Lord of frosty ones, and TRELMAFLEXIAN, Horseman of “I got you, fam...”ine. There’s also BROVAGUG, who partied too hard for everyone’s own good and is locked in the frat world’s basement.

And that’s where I ran out of pun ideas. Basically you replace part of the god’s name with a fitting masculine pun and turn him into a stereotypical frat boy... but with divine powers. Anyone care to help me out with this awful idea?

How about this one?

Not every gillman was designed by an abolethic being. In truth, none of the gillmen’s current form were ever designed by an aboleth. These forms came before the advent of the aboleths and their coming to Golarion. When they reached the fabled civilization of Azlant, the aboleths were troubled to find that there were already shapeless eldritch beings slithering out of view as the azlantis stood in place. After considering their position and what they could take advantage of here, the aboleths weaved a story claiming that they were the creators of the azlanti people that helped them ascend from their current state. The azlanti people simply agreed to this “truth”.

But why? What kind of formless entities could have beaten the aboleths to the punch? Surrounded by the pressurizing depths where no normal life on Golarion could survive are areas unwelcoming even to the abolethi “masters” of old. Untouched by any mortal civilization before or since, these lurid locales and artifacts of a time long since expired sit waiting for their timeless masters to return and to lay claim to their “gillmen” spawn.

The runes they bear conflict, however- many of these decrepit obelisks sport maddeningly complex runes of an impossible language that spiral around a humanoid eye. Only the foolhardy and the mad would try to decipher these runes, but one word keeps repeating, as if it bears the key to its decryption: “R’lyeh”. But other artifacts still speak in ancient abyssal, with various runic symbols that bear no resemblance to the abyss’s current demonic inhabitants...

depends on what time the gate opens to, and what it lets through... if there are big bombers and atomic weapons going through, sure Golarion is toast, at least until some well place wishes reverse the tables...

But that result depends on where the gate opens in the first place. If it’s the worldwound, where demons come swarming out in droves, or Geb, where there are plenty of undead that can simply regenerate, a russian reversal could be very likely.

But now can you imagine the counter-invasion?

“Golarion? Baba Yaga?! Comrades, we must conquer this world for the Motherland!”

They get through the gate or whatever and...

“атака! атака! атака!!!”

*Fireballs out of nowhere.*

“отступление!!!”

Rinse and repeat for every other nation on earth.

I'm Hiding In Your Closet wrote:

Arutema wrote:

Coidzor wrote:

Yes, a demigod of pedophilic rapists with vans is certainly something from 6 years ago that was made as a joke(?) and then left alone with no further treatment or even much elaboration in the publication that introduced it.

He got a portrait and an obedience in Book of the Damned.

Are you talking about the "strangers with candy" daemon?

Folca, the Gaunt Stranger? Yes. Check pages 112 and 114.

That’s still not getting into his obedience ritual: stalk a kid, physically and/or mentally traumatize him, and tell him you’ll come back for him. That’s pretty damn dark if you ask me!

Nnnnnnnnightripper! Because a name that cool has to get respect from someone!

On a scarcely more serious note, Haagenti, Kabriri, Mazmezz, Shivaska, and Shax all offer some rather potent boons, on top of them having some interesting character traits for campaigns.

• Haagenti is a mad scientist’s god, granting them discoveries that either create horrific consequences for the inventor and their surroundings, or give powerful boons to horrible people. His boons range from giving you something akin to the philosopher’s stone once per day to becoming a shapechanger with immunity to precision damage.
  
• Kabriri, on top of being a patron of ghouls, is an intellectual god of secrets. He also has a rivalry with Nyarlahotep over the leng ghouls and has something resembling a soft spot over elves. His boons allow you to turn into a ghoul or utilize the powerful wish spell once per day.
  
• Mazmezz is a goddess of creepy-crawlies and a patron goddess of the drow and driders. Her boons reflect that by granting web abilities and the ability to turn into a big ol’ boog. Coincidentally, her fiendish obedience makes her one of the best gods in the game for grapplers.
  
• Shax is a god of blood and murder, and it shows; he’s fond of torture and tormenting anyone unlucky to find themselves in his dominion of Charnel House. His boons all revolve around his proficiency with knives or his mastery over blood; being able to turn bleed effects into healing and granting sneak attack damage.
  
• Finally, Shivaska bears a diverse portfolio of aberrations and prisons. She’s worshipped by many types of aberrant creatures, to the point that she is closely related to extinction events related to them. She is also connected to prisons of any kind, whether they be maximum security penitentiaries run by sadistic wardens or orphanages with domineering headmistresses. Her boons are just as versatile as they are powerful, running the gamut of turning your enemy into your personal clockwork slave to turning your arms into inescapable tentacles.
  

Oh, those crazy russians...

Ardad Lili, Charon, and Doloras looked unfinished to me as well. I wasn’t a fan of Orcus, either.

Also, Asmodeus’s and Dispater’s art were a little underwhelming. Like Dark Midian above me said, Asmo looked less like the undisputed ruler of hell and more like a late night comedy host lampooning him. Dispater, on the other hand, doesn’t look regal at all; his clothes are in tatters and his posture doesn’t give him any sort of elegance. I like how smug his face is, though.

Look into something called a Kikituk; three at will spells with one of them being quickened, and a bonus to ac and saving throws. Not bad for a 12th level caster spell.

What about a sentient rapier with swashbuckler levels? A sword wielding a sword would be a pretty funny mental image.

Universe Apocalypse Baby, you say...

That's awesome, Reduxist!

"Roll initiative."
"NOT AGAIN! HOW MANY LIFETIMES DO I GOTTA DO THIS?! HRRRGGGHHH!!!"

Yeah, I can see a ton of good roleplay opportunities with this character!

“Hey, killer! Remember me?” *THWACK* “NOT SO SQUISHY OF A WIZARD NOW, HUH?!”

But yeah, a samsaran barbarian could also benefit from shards of the past to get a few more class skills.

Solars have 22 HD, thus they cannot be controlled.

Can’t Augment Calling and the Caller’s Feather increase the HD limit of what you can call? Raising 18 to 22 doesn’t seem too hard of a task.

I’d say go for it; I know samsarans are unoptimized for this build, but a bonus to will saves and an extra skill pount doesn’t hurt. As for the backstory, you’d be mad, too, if you kept dying in various humiliating manners and remembered every single g-dd—n second of them. Wouldn’t you get angry?

FIFTY?! What, are the dukes and harbingers getting the obdeience treatment, too?!

Someone has definitely earned a bonus.

Speaking of un-updated guides, I'm beginning to write a fresh guide to the bloodrager. Are there any suggestions on what I should include in the guide?

To Asmodeus: some punk named Perturbator stole your holy symbol. Ever hear of this guy?