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Also, pretty much anyone with a Keen weapon, especially a Magus. I know, it's the obvious choice, why use an Earth Breaker when you can use a Falchion? I use a Falchion myself, so I'm part of the problem, but it just feels so goddamn cheap. A 15-20 crit range just isn't fair against most encounters. Our Magus dropped a legitimately scary monster in one round due to a lucky crit and dealt nearly 100 damage due to a Shocking Grasp.

Anyone with a high Bluff or Diplomacy skill. It just feels like a cop-out when with just a few words you can end entire encounters. A friend has a Gnome Wizard focused on illusion spells and has a Bluff that's through the roof. Yeah, technically enemies get a Will save to disbelieve, but against that Bluff, no they won't. I'm not saying it isn't effective, but it's maybe a bit too effective and a bit anticlimactic when one spell solves an entire combat.
Reach builds with high STR. Another friend has an Abyssal Bloodrager with the Rageshaper archetype. His claws pratically one-hit everything that threatens from him. Of course, he's specialised in reach, so at some point he had 20-foot reach. To be fair, his AC is terrible, but as said, most things are dead before they come within melee contact.
Another friend has a weird build where he transforms into an octopus with 8 attacks. I don't know the build exactly, but his damage output was amazing. The only downside is that they're all secondary attacks, but he still managed to mitigate most of that.

I like powerful builds, but some of these are really over the top and take the challenge out of the game. I make powerful characters as well, but I don't go out of my way to finish fights on my own. Most of the ones I listed here could take a scenario and solo them, given enough time to prepare.

Hi Carla! *Waves.*
I'd say, look at what our usual groups look like. I'm not entirely sure, but the way I read it, you can't cast spells when under the unfluence of Inspired Rage. Our playgroup is pretty caster-heavy (or at least, people capable of casting spells), so that'd be a problem. Then again, we have a lot of melee-people, so our main damage output will be through melee combat.
Mosty of our players are pretty optimised to work by themselves, we have relatively few support-only people. I think a Skald can be a fine frontliner with enough support abilities to benefit the group. A back-row character would work fine, but if you're afraid no one will benefit from it, at least you could use it yourself.

Also, random note: I've read somewhere that most animals are too dumb to appreciate music, so they don't get inspired by it. Maybe look into that. >_>

Ah thanks. I was using the search bar and this one came up first, but you're right.
And I already looked it up, Remove Disease is indeed level 5. Didn't know you could pay more for higher levels. Is there a chart for that somewhere?
EDIT: Nevermind, found it: Caster level × spell level × 10 gp

I'm going to run this adventure in a week, and I'm a relatively new GM, so I have some questions:
What do I do if someone contracts a disease? The dogs give rabies, and falling in the sea is also bad, so I'd like to be well-prepared about this. Since their onset is in at least 2 weeks for Harbor Gut and a day for rabies, it will probably kick in after the scenario has ended, but I'm sure you have to have your diseases cured before leaving the table, right? Can I let my players roll for their saves and say they're cured "in between" adventures, or do they have to have Remove Disease cast on them?
Also, would it even be feasible to obtain 2 Prestige nowadays? Maybe my players can come up with something, but if the boss coup de graces the NPC the players have to rescue on the first chance she gets (provided she can't pass, of course), the chances are horribly against my players. Okay, not every scenario is meant to offer full Prestige, but it still seems pretty harsh.