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I am playing a wizard in PFS who just hit second level.

Per the CRB, when a wizard levels up, he can add 2 spells to his spellbook. In normal games, I would come across other spellbooks, scrolls, NPC wizards, etc. that would allow me access to more spells. How does this work with PFS? Do I just get the two spells per level? Why not just be a sorcerer if I am going to be that limited?

No, this isn't about the Goblin babies. :)

I just started a RotRL campaign, we've been through 3 sessions and it seems that the party is coming together quite nicely. However, I had a moral "Paladin" question and wanted to turn to the braintrust on these boards for advice.

Small disclaimer here: I know that asking "Should a Paladin have done this?" is akin to dumping kerosene on a bonfire. I'm not asking whether or not the Paladin "should" have done this, but where I go forward from here.

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The party had returned from the upper level of the Glassworks, killing all the goblins with a stabilized Tsuto (at -2). They tossed him in the jail. Since Sheriff Hemlock had already left for Magnimar to get reinforcements, there was only one guard to watch him. They went back underneath the Glassworks to the Catacombs of Wrath and killed the Sinspawn, the Quasit, and deactivated the Runewell. Once they returned to heal and question Tsuto, it quickly became clear he was not going to cooperate. They soon came to the conclusion that he was too dangerous to leave alone in the jail with the 1st level Warrior while they went to Thistletop to confront Nualia. The paladin moved into the cell, and attacked Tsuto, reasoning that if they left him alone, he could escape and threaten the town.

Since Tsuto was at 5 hp, the "fight" didn't last long. Paladin won initiative, and 1 rd later Tsuto was dead. He took responsibility for it, making sure the body would be cremated and buried in the local cemetary, and the PCs have moved on Thistletop. They are currently in the nettles, as we had to close that session just after the fight with Gogmurt the druid.

I've been playing since 2nd edition, no question in my mind that Paladin acted inappropriately. My question, how do I deal with it in game? I don't want to make him "fall" over one incident, but I need to make it clear that this sort of behavior is unacceptable behavior.

Any suggestions?

Forgive me here. I'm not an old school Paizo freak, and I'm definitely not a despicable min-maxer, but I think I see the problem with the Magus class.

New things, especially in RPGs, have to be better to be considered good. The Magus isn't necessarily better than existing Figher-Wizard or Fighter-Sorcerer options, it just gives different options.

Try to look at it that way, and it's actually a pretty neat class.

I have a Bard/Barbarian who finally managed to get himself a Mithral Breastplate. Since it's still considered light armor, he can cast.

Is my speed now 30?

20 (Breastplate) + 10 (Barbarian)?

I have a player in my campaign playing a Bard/Barbarian, and we recently had a situation where he wanted to use the Arcane Strike feat while raging.

Arcane Strike (from the CRB):

As a swift action, you can imbue your weapons with a fraction of your power. For 1 round, your weapons deal +1 damage and are treated as magic for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. For every five caster levels you possess, this bonus increases by +1, to a maximum of +5 at 20th level.

Barbarian Rage (also from CRB):

(snip) While in rage, a barbarian cannot use any Charisma-, Dexterity-, or Intelligence-based skills (except Acrobatics, Fly, Intimidate, and Ride) or any ability that requires patience or concentration. (snip)

Question is, does the Arcane Strike require concentration? That would be the only thing I could think of that would prevent this from working.

I was thinking about this the other day. Most Paladins I've seen are humans or half-elves. Would it be viable to build a halfling paladin that specialized in mounted combat, on a riding dog?

The -2 to STR would hurt, but the +2 CHR, +1 to all saves, and the small size might actually all work together for a pretty awesome character.

Thoughts?