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Power Attack: If I am using a two-handed weapon with one hand (such as a lance while mounted), do still I get the +50% damage for using a two-handed weapon?
Yes.

—Pathfinder Design Team, 05/24/13

Weapons, Two-Handed in One Hand: When a feat or other special ability says to treat a weapon that is normally wielded in two hands as a one handed weapon, does it get treated as one or two handed weapon for the purposes of how to apply the Strength modifier or the Power Attack feat?
If you're wielding it in one hand (even if it is normally a two-handed weapon), treat it as a one-handed weapon for the purpose of how much Strength to apply, the Power Attack damage bonus, and so on.

—Pathfinder Design Team, 07/19/13

So if I'm wielding a two handed weapon one handed, which of these do I follow?

If a monk takes a Tekko-Kagi (assuming it has EWP), and uses it as a buckler, do they use their monk armor, fast movement, and flurry of blows?

Relavent rules text:

"A tekko-kagi can be used as an offensive weapon, defensively like a buckler, or to disarm an opponent's weapon."

"When wearing armor, USING A SHIELD (emphasis mine), or carrying a medium or heavy load, a monk loses his AC bonus, as well as his fast movement and flurry of blows abilities."

Just a curiosity thing from surfing the forums:

Why is it that everyone on the forums loves making paladins fall for anything, but any GM that dares to target a wizard's spellbook is treated like a dirtbag? Looking at the CRB, the paladin's Code of Conduct and the wizard's Spellbook look quite similar - if you're gonna treat one as fluff, shouldn't they both be? And if it's a balance thing, aren't wizards one of the most powerful classes in the game?

Note that this isn't a complaint about either class, I don't really care which is more fun or more powerful, it's just a question about the mentality of forum posters.

Raging Drunk (Ex)

While raging, the drunken brute can drink a potion, or a tankard of ale or similar quantity of alcohol, as a move action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity. A potion has its normal effect, while an alcoholic drink allows the barbarian to maintain her rage that round without expending a round of rage for the day (instead of the alcohol’s normal effects). For each alcoholic drink consumed while raging, the barbarian is nauseated for 1 round when her rage expires, in addition the normal fatigue that follows a rage. Tireless rage does not negate this nauseated condition but the internal fortitude rage power does.

Ferocious Mount (Ex)

Benefit: While raging and mounted, the barbarian’s mount also gains the benefits of rage (including greater rage and mighty rage) as long as the barbarian is mounted or adjacent to it. While her mount is raging in this way, she must spend one additional round of rage per round. She can elect not to pay this cost, in which case her mount does not rage.

If a Drunken Brute barbarian drinks while raging along with his mount, does it cost rage? Does "maintain rage without spending a round of rage" count for all rage expenditures for the round, or does it reduce it by one? If the later, could the barbarian drink twice to lower it entirely?

I'm trying to make a false paladin character, built more around entertaining rollplaying than optimization. Ideally, all of my party members (and the players controlling them) would think I was a paladin, and most NPCs would assume I was a paladin just from site.

Was thinking of playing an Aasimar cavalier with the Celestial Servent feat and the Halo alternate racial trait. I figure a half angel with a halo in shiny armor riding around on an angel horse would probably cause a good first impression. Probably name him Benedictus Sanctus or something ridiculously over the top like that.

Does Smite Evil have any visual effects? If I just shouted "I smite you in the name of Iomadae" and then used my cavalier challenge on them, would the uninitiated be able to tell the difference? Similarly, if I waved my hands around and chanted gibberish, could I pretend to Detect Evil and just say whatever I wanted for the result, or is there some way people would "feel" that there was no actual magic?

For gear, do the gods get mad if you carry/pretend to use a holy symbol of a god you don't worship? And could I spend the 50 gold to make my armor count as a "Masterwork tool", preferably multiple times, to give me a +2 to Bluff and Disguise to pretend to be a paladin? Flavor wise, I was picturing getting really fancy, shiny armor, probably having some holy symbols carved into it or something.

Any other ideas for how to make people assume "oh, yeah, that's a paladin, i know how that works" without actually being Lawful, or Good, or a paladin at all?

p. 158 of CRB, if you miss with a touch spell, you can hold the charge.

Is the charge held in a specific body part (say your left hand), or throughout your entire body?

Could you try to discharge the spell through your hand, and then through a bite attack, and then through your other hand?

Can you discharge the spell if someone hits you with a natural attack?

If it is a helpful spell, like Cure Light Wounds, can you discharge it on yourself, and if so, what kind of action is it?

Note that I'm not trying to bend any rules with this, I just think it would be a funny idea, and am curious how it would work:

At third level, your familiar can deliver touch spells. If I cast a touch spell, designate my familiar as the toucher, and then throw it at whatever I want touched, does that count as a ranged touch attack? I don't think armor or shields would apply, since the familiar only has to touch them, it doesn't need to actually hurt them.

Yes, I realize this would most likely hurt my familiar, and could ultimately lead to an alignment shift.

On a similar note, if I cast a spell that allows multiple touches (such as Protection from Chaos, Communal), could I touch through my familiar, toss it to the person next in initiative, have my familiar touch them, then on their turn, they toss it to the next guy in line? If it works, what kind of action is it to catch something?

I would call it: Operation Squirrel Ball