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Scion of Humanity has the power of a feat.
The feat Pass for Human (APG) gives half-elves, half-orcs, and halflings (with the childlike feat) the following:

"You receive a +10 bonus on Disguise checks to disguise yourself as a human, and do not receive the penalty for disguising yourself as a member of another race when you do so. In areas largely populated or settled by humans, you can take 10 on your Disguise check, meaning most people tend to assume you are human unless given a reason to think otherwise."

Scion of Humanity allows Aasimar characters to Pass for Human without using the disguise skill. Scion of Humanity makes Aasimar half-humans that easily pass for human. The fact that they have darkvision and elemental resistance and Daylight and age differently means that they know they are different and if others know they are different might create prejudice. So, being able to pass as human is a pretty good deal for a "half-breed."

Cheers! :)

Sometimes, rules make me crazy. Discussion of rules make me feel like I'm part of a meeting about policy in a group of people from different areas.

The only way to accurately accept the wording of Fast Learner (a feat) is that you can take both 1hp AND 1sp OR alternate class reward. Since the favored class option is 1hp OR 1sp OR alternate class reward, the feat would make no sense whatsoever unless it means you can take 1hp or 1sp or alternate class reward normally and then take the feat and get to take 1hp and 1sp or 1hp and alternate class reward or 1sp and alternate class reward. Otherwise, the feat doesn't give you anything and is barely a half-feat (trait).

But, why not take an alternate class reward and with the feat another alternate class reward? Since the feat is written with the idea that there is either 1sp/1hp or alternate class reward (normally available as options), the interaction of this feat with other feats might not be foreseen. So, "breaking" the rules is a matter of GM approval, but the actual print would allow 1hp/1sp and the alternate class reward with feat, or 1hp+1sp with feat. If this is not the intention, then the wording is confusing and should be removed or changed. If the feat is supposed to ONLY allow 1hp+1sk as an option instead of 1hp/1sk, then it should read something like:

Fast Learner [human]
Benefit: When you gain a level in your favored class and choose either 1 hit point or 1 skill point, you receive both 1 hit point and 1 skill point instead.

The way it is worded now makes it a feat because you can take 1hp/1sk normally and alternate class reward with the feat.

That is the way I read it, so take it or leave it, but I hope the FAQ clarify it better. Cheers. :)

The thing that makes me laugh is that forcing a character to select a deity is to worship the created instead of the creator. So, my paladin is worshiping the only true deity of the Golarion setting Mona Bulmahn (though, my character does not know the name, because they have not appeared to him, but he knows that they exist as one). ;)