ModFinder VS TabletopTweaks-Core

If you don't want to have to deal with updating your mods manually, try ModFinder.

Are you using ModFinder? If not, try it out, it helps automate the process.

ModFinder - Use this for WOTR for all your major mods. Easier to keep track

If you don't know, you can find recent mod developments in #mod-updates on the Discord server. ModFinder indexes GitHub mods, except it only runs on Windows, but you can read through its manifest.

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Take this, you'll need it

First of all if you're playing on PC you can install Tabletop Tweaks suite (Core, Base and Mythic Rework) mods that allows you to always one hand weapons to keep off-hand free. Modfinder is probably the simplest way to do it.

Based on Pathfinder 1e, albeit with a lot of omissions and modifications. FYI there are mods to add features and bring it closer to PnP such as Tabletop Tweaks.

Tabletop Tweaks has four components: the main Core mod which acts as the foundation; then the subcomponents (Base, Reworks, Flanking) which are built on top of TTT Core. There's also third-party addons listed separately. Upside to this modularity is you only need to install the features you want; downside is each component has to be updated separately.

A Skald MC can take Azata path for Aivu; or Improved Mythic Trick (Lore Religion) for Animal domain. For a Skald mercenary or Companion, though, you're SOL unless you either use Toybox to enable Mythic Paths for other characters (which is buggy so YMMV whether it even works); or you install Tabletop Tweaks for Animal Ally feat. I used TTT to give Regill a mount that way.

I'm using Tabletop Tweaks to play a Crusader cleric of Erastil. With Deadeye's Blessing, I get WIS to hit with longbows without dipping Zen Archer so I don't delay my spells and benefit from spellbook merging. [Still need DEX for some ranged feats, though, so it's not a total dump stat.] Basically the idea is to focus on buff spells and ranged DPS for the first two Acts, then shift into a more caster-focused role later on with archery as a backup.

If you're using mods, Tabletop Tweaks adds the Animal Ally feat. Why settle for conventional pet classes when you can have, say, pure halfling Mutation Warrior on a leopard? Go crazy!