Masterwork Cookware and Gnomish Oracles

[MetaphoricDragon]

This is 2 separate questions, I'm not trying to cook a gnome, I swear:

Preliminary: This will be a PFS Character and needs to be kept PFS legal

First, I'm creating a character that is going to have Profession (Baker) and I would like to get a set of Masterwork Tools for him. My best guess was to pay the price for Masterwork Tools (50 gp) and use the weight of the Cooking kit. Is this an acceptable option or is there something better?

Secondly, Gnome Favored class reads "Oracle Add +1/2 to the oracle's level for the purpose of determining the effects of the oracle's curse ability."

Do I interpret this right that if I take this twice, and my curse gives me access to certain spells at 5th level, I instead would get access to those spells at 4th level?

Thank you,

~Meta

[Skeeve Plowse]

On Masterwork Cooking Tools:

Well, this is a bit of an odd situation. By the strict rules, if you buy a masterwork tool, you have one tool that's enough for you to get a +2 to your baking checks, and if you want all the other stuff, you'll have to spring for a cooking kit separately.

Now, having said that, I can't think of any occasion where, by the rules, you'd need a cooking kit to make Profession (Baker) checks if you already have a masterwork tool, so you don't need to buy one at all unless you want extra stuff on you for RP purposes. Which you might, I don't know; I carry around stuff like a Shaving Kit for just that reason.

On A Gnome Oracle's Favored Class Bonus:

That's absolutely how it works, yes. You'll still need spell slots of the appropriate level to use said spells, but if you take that bonus twice, you'd get the spells in question added to your spells known list at 4th level.