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You can likely bluff your way out of this one if you play your cards right. You are already the town cleric, and the undead don't contradict any lies.

"By Seranrae! Undead are pouring from the catacombs! Get back undead beasts! the power of the shiny bird deity compels you! By the holy power of Sarenrae, throw yourselves upon our enemies until you are no more!"

or something to that effect...

First and foremost, I would recommend doing something that captures your imagination. That being said, you are going to have a hard time playing at later levels if your build is not thoughtful.

your main body of reading should be here:
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m612?Guide-to-the-Class-Guides

Read the rogue guides they have sound advice. However, don't make the mistake of going solely by what they recommend. This is a game of imagination and if doing a dual wielding short sword build (among the more popular options) does't sound fun to you, take the majority of the advice given, but make sure to leave some feat and talent slots for stuff that just sounds fun.

At level two, you will receive evasion as a "free" feat. You will also get a rogue talent. Rogues get 8+INT mod skill points (9 in your case)Rogue being your favored class, (Right?) will grant you either an extra skill point, an extra hit point, or a race specific benefit. Most go for the extra HP.

JJ,

I was looking at the monster creation rules when I noticed how many Paizo monsters are way out of line with the "monster statistics by CR" chart in the bestiary.

The Nabasu demon for example has slightly lower than expected saves and one less HD. However, it still has better AC, HP, the "high" attack stat, "High" damage, Spell Resistance, Damage resistance, Energy resistance, sneak attack damage, flying, Mass hold person DC21 (High save for CR8 is marked as 18)along with other at will spell like abilities that take advantage of its darkvision.

Is there any kind of guideline for how special abilities and special defenses can affect CR? How do you fine folks at paizo work with monsters to ensure that the difficulty matches the CR?