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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9759858" data-attributes="member: 4348">It depends.  I've read some things online and I've missed a few items (including one character, I'm trying not to read ahead of what I've already played, so found out after I passed that point that I could no longer get a certain character, especially because I failed the rolls).  However, optimizing skills is pretty simple, just focus all your skill points on one skill each skill point to maximize their values, and spread it around the party to make sure your entire party has every skill at a maxed level.The bigger thing is to get familiar with buffs.  I buff before every battle now and prepping is a pretty big thing to make sure you can get through the battles.Luckily, because you start at a lower level, you can gradually get introduced to which buffs to use and which are important (right now Haste falls on the top of the List for me).  There was one encounter that was tough as all nails (won't spoil it in case you haven't gotten there, but it happens at Olegs and it's a one on one combat that is aggravating.  The character I had fight it had a 29 AC, so the fight went on a LONG time with a LOT of whiffs.  On my third try going in and trying to beat it I figured that I could buff things up and cast a bunch of spells before the combat began which made it so I narrowly eeeked out a win that third time...and a bunch of luck).Some of the same ideas which apply to 5e still apply to PF (3.5 revised), so you still have a little system knowledge that you can put into play if you want to.</blockquote>

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