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The irony of the book's title - My PFS Character

It was never something I intended to try, but if I ever do plan to give it a shot, I'll ask the GM first. I've been GMing myself for almost eight years, so I know what its like to have a player spring a questionable subject like that on me.

Thanks for the input, everyone.

Alright, in response, I appreciate the feedback so far.

@James - Appreciate the info, James. You are right that indeed that was the source of my confusion.

@Dragn - Thank you for the informative response as well. My apologies, however, that I posted the questions 'out of order'. Like I said, though, I didn't see the need to open up multiple threads just to have an extra question or two answered. I found it more productive and efficient to just post them all together.

@Paz - That's what I figured and I just wanted to say thanks for the answer.

@Starglim - Your answer for my Arcane Mark question is closest to what I was reading about, but I didn't understand it when I first read it. Is it because Arcane Mark is a touch spell and with touch spells you get the free melee attack?

So am I to understand that Arcane Mark is just used to get a free attack?

There are numerous questions I have in order to do two things:

1) Make sure my character is legal for PFS.
2) Make sure I am well-informed as to my options.

I suppose I should start with what my character is. You can find that out by simply looking under this alias (Xanatos Grey) here for a full description and layout of my PFS Magus. The questions I have are as follows:

1) After researching, I am led to believe that Arcane Strike and Arcane Pool do not stack even though both are considered untyped bonuses. What is the final verdict on this? If the Arcane Strike feat does not stack with the abilities of my Arcane Pool, am I able to change this aspect of my character to make him legal for play?

2) I am seeing numerous reports based off of Spell Combat + Spellstrike + Etcetera, etcetera. The main focus of this is the Arcane Mark + Spellstrike + Spell Combat. First, as this is my first time playing a magus, what is the deal with Arcane Mark that everyone is vying it as such a breakthrough spell for the Magus? I understand that it is a touch spell, but what am I going to do? Sign my initials like Zorro in glowing runes? May I please have some clarification on this?

3) This last question doesn't apply at all to the Magus, but there's no need for me to start an entirely different thread for a single question. If my character - I'll use this one for example - is already part of a faction, can he still be sent through First Steps?

4) Mentioning First Steps reminds me that I have a character that is currently running through a First Steps PBP. Given the nature of PBPs to 'die', could I take the character from the 'limbo' of the dead PBP and start running him through scenarios? How would that play out with anything gained during that part of the scenario (i.e. Gold earned, items found that would be on the Chronicle sheet, etc.)?

Those are ultimately the most important questions I had in regards to it all. Most of this is simply me seeking clarification on things I've read and/or heard via the forums and friends, but I'm looking to play more and more society as time goes on, so I'd like to expand my knowledge, so I don't end up 'cheating'.

In summation, thank you.