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So I'm starting this hunter with bonded mind. Now PFS rules as per Achive of Nethys states:
"A PC cannot benefit from the Bonded Mind feat or any teamwork feats that use it as a prerequisite unless he permanently possesses the feat..."

**This brings us to my question: Is the animal companion considered a PC?

Yes: AC is a PC so Bonded Mind cannot be shared between a hunter and his AC.

No: AC is an NPC so Bonded Mind can be shared between a hunter and his AC.

I have a brawler who has Snake Style, Hamatula Strike & pre-reqs. Can he attack with his fists using Snake Style to do piercing damage and then get a free grapple check via Hamatula Strike?

I'm working on a half-elven Fighter. He's going to start with Ancestral Weapon Mastery to get a floating Weapon Focus. I've already cleared this somewhat wonky wording of Ancestral Weapon Mastery with the DM; I.E. I will get Weapon Focus. How does this feat interact with Martial Versatility?

If I have enough pre-reqs I can get weapon focus on an Elven weapon with Ancestral Weapon Mastery. Can I then use that as a pre-req for weapon focus? What happen when I choose a different Weapon Focus with AWM?

Feat text below:
Ancestral Weapon Mastery

Benefit(s): You’re proficient with all of your race’s racial weapons (the weapons mentioned in your race’s weapon familiarity racial trait). If you’re already proficient with any of those weapons, you instead gain Weapon Focus for one of those weapons as a bonus feat. Furthermore, if you gain Weapon Focus as a bonus feat with one of your racial weapons as a result of this feat, you can change which racial weapon your bonus Weapon Focus feat applies to by engaging in 10 minutes of practice with the new weapon.

The benefits of this bonus Weapon Focus feat last until you choose to practice and apply it to a different racial weapon.

Greater Weapon Focus:
Choose one type of weapon (including unarmed strike or grapple) for which you have already selected Weapon Focus. You are a master at your chosen weapon.

Prerequisites: Proficiency with selected weapon, Weapon Focus with selected weapon, base attack bonus +1, 8th-level fighter.

Benefit: You gain a +1 bonus on attack rolls you make using the selected weapon. This bonus stacks with other bonuses on attack rolls, including those from Weapon Focus.

Special: You can gain Greater Weapon Focus multiple times. Its effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new type of weapon.

Ok, so this is the situation a fighter with Greater Grapple and Hamatula Strike. He is adjacent to his foe, and spends a move action to grapple (see greater grapple). Next he decides to stab his foe with a dagger as a standard action (grapple check). Now here's where it gets weird:
Hamatula Strike says: Whenever you damage an opponent with a piercing weapon, you can immediately make a grapple check; success means the opponent is impaled on your weapon and you both gain the grappled condition. While the opponent is impaled, as an attack action you may make a grapple check on your turn at a -4 penalty to damage the opponent with your weapon, even if your weapon cannot normally be used in a grapple.

So the fighter makes the grapple check (2nd time this round) Is he limited to the Hamatula Strike description or can he continue with normal grapple rules; Can he do both?

#1 Is it an Orcish weapon?
#2 If not, why not? It is very Orcish and all Toothy Orcs are proficient.

I'm saying this because I want Ancestral Weapon Mastery to apply to the bite attack. Seems reasonable doesn't it?

Lets say I have an 8th level Warrior with the Rhino Charge feat. Can this warrior move into a good charging position and then ready a charge to be used "now" so, in effect, he does a zig-zag charge? If not, why not?

Rhino Charge
Benefit: You may ready a charge, though you may only move up to your speed on the charge.

Normal: Charging is a full-round action and allows you to move twice your speed.