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So what about the expanded arcana feat? Would I be able to take extra sorcerer spells if I previously had the eldritch heritage feat?

So it wouldn't even be allowed if my second favored class were sorcerer?

I have a Half Elf Oracle Arcane Lore Keeper that is taking Eldritch Heritage (arcane). Would I be able to take the extra spell known as a Favored Class Option (as a Human sorcerer) from either the oracle or the sorcerer/wizard spell list? Would it be one level lower than what I could cast from the arcane spell list?

So,what about a half-elf oracle ancient lorekeeper with a bonded companion through the nature mystery? I'll be picking up some interesting arcane spells through the lorekeeper. Would I be able to apply those spells to my companion (such as enlarge person or beast shape?)

Can you create a duplicate image of yourself using silent image, such as a distraction to appear as if you're splitting into two directions or enlarging yourself to a massive size?

WotC posted a "sneak" preview of the 4e rogue class in the Ampersand section titled Sneak Attack. I realize that judging the entire release on only a small slice of the new rules may be premature, but 4e appears to be a completely new game. In my opinion, if you want a completely new game to try out and play, go nuts. I am less enthused, however. The idea of Martial Power Sources, Healing Surges and Armor Training seem more linked to MMORG than is my preference. The core flavor is gone. However, my greatest dissapointment is that there will be fewer people playing 3e in the interim period while people are trying out 4e. While the game has been sundered and 3e has been left for dead on the battlefield, hopefully there will continue to be support for the 3e community from Paizo and others. I would be interested in hearing other people's take on the article and preview of the rules.

When Dragon and Dungeon stopped I strongly considered Paizo products to keep me happy. Then 4E was announced in August. At that point I was concerned that a subscription to Paizo would convert to 4E at some point in the future and I did not choose to subscribe. I can appreciate WotC's desire to breathe new life into a product nearing the end of its product life cycle with a core aging market base. Targeting a new, younger generation with a new product breathes new cash flow. They also want to capitalize on the "Dungeons and Dragons" brand loyalty. In my opinion they have seriously fractured the market by creating the 3.5E vs. 4E schism. Market fragmentation (by introducing so many different campaign settings) was one of the key reasons TSR went under (at least that's what was said at seminars when 3E was announced and that was the reason for the OGL because the support costs for each setting didn't justify sales). WotC should have announced an entirely new product without the D&D moniker. Even if people saw many similarities, it wouldn't have created such a resentment in the aging market base and would have encouraged them to try out the new product without the preconceived notion that all of the existing product and brand loyalty would be thrown out the window or end up on the shelves at Half-Price Books at a fraction of the cost. They wanted to have their pie and eat it too.

Paizo created a new setting which has some appeal to me if I can ensure that the adventures are generic enough that they can be modified for my own campaign and if I know there will not be a conversion to 3.75 or 4E. You have to stick to some rules or at least put the bandages for tough rules out there as a package so that they are easy for DMs to apply or not apply by their choice. I used to buy a lot of Dungeon Crawl books until the 4E announcement came out, so even though I am just one person, I am sure that there are probably others out there that feel similarly and a drop in sales probably was noted. I for one would be perfectly happy if Paizo stuck with 3.5, but the possibility of a future transition is what keeps me from actually moving forward. If I knew that 3.5 was going to be continued in Pathfinder, then I am on board and will dig out my credit card. As it stands now, I'll buy the last remaining 3.5 products out there and rely on those and my creativity assuming that I can find a group in the future that hasn't converted to 4E+.