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56. My Legions of Terror will be trained in basic marksmanship. Any who cannot learn to hit a man-sized target at 10 meters will be used for target practice.
A man-sized target, within your first range increment, it's AC 3, and if you take a round to line up a shot against an inanimate object you get +5... I don't know if using them as target practice is useful, that probably depends on how secure you are in power, and maybe they have garbage Dex and aren't proficient with the weapon but have other skills to make up for it, but it definitely seems like a problem if your minions can't make that shot, it doesn't take a Menador archer.
Presumably the thing Peter actually cares about is whether his minions can hit a real human, though, which is AC 10 or higher. You can't fault people for missing that sometimes... I'm guessing that Peter has seen a lot of poorly trained soldiers, or soldiers who don't train with ranged weapons? Your soldiers should train with ranged weapons, even if that's not what they expect or hope to be doing most of the time. The Gray Maidens carry bows.
What's number fifty-seven?
57. Before employing any captured artifacts or machinery, I will carefully read the owner's manual.
An owner's manual being... a book that explains how to work the artifact or the machine?
I don't think Golarion really has those.
58. If it becomes necessary to escape, I will never stop to pose dramatically and toss off a one-liner.
Spoken like someone with zero ranks in Perform (oratory) and who can't maintain their Bardic Performance as a free action.
It's nice when there are rules which clearly don't apply to Ileosa on account of how she's more skilled than most Evil Overlords.
What's rule fifty-nine?
It's one that doesn't apply to you:
59. I will never build a sentient computer smarter than I am.
Number sixty:
60. My five-year-old child advisor will also be asked to decipher any code I am thinking of using. If he breaks the code in under 30 seconds, it will not be used. Note: this also applies to passwords.
61. If my advisors ask "Why are you risking everything on such a mad scheme?", I will not proceed until I have a response that satisfies them.
...Is not telling your advisors about schemes you suspect they'll frown on against the spirit of the rule?
...What if I think I'm smarter than anyone who I both have advising me and who I trust to have my best interests at heart, or even just in mind?
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