New player(s) with some questions

Another player found a set of 6 arrows that were approved for play for about $35. After trying them out, I found that they flew better than the $10-$13 ones anyway. Here is the link for them if you want to test them out:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BVT912Q/ref...o07_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

I would suggest not bringing real wood shafts though if you do try to make your own arrows, as they do get stepped on sometimes and wood shafts could snap very easily.

Bows are a little hard to find at a reasonable price. However, personally, a wrapped PVC bow with a proper bowstring would make me feel a lot better than the ones that I have seen looking this topic up. The hard part with proper bowstrings is they are usually made to the bow, not the other way around. I wish you luck on this endeavor however and look forward to what you bring!

Feel free to try to bring a PVC bow until you know you want to continue playing/doing archery at the game. I'll gladly take a look at it when you come to game!

That's not bad actually. I might buy a set to look at/backup.

Is the back plastic or rubber? If it's plastic on your arrows it's so much easier to make. If it's rubber or Eva foam it's just more layers.

Do you prefer fiberglass arrows? I thought they might be dangerous but I prefer them. I shot bows in school and in the scouts.

Can you recommend a bowstring brand? And any good reading you personally enjoy?

The back is a hard foam, and the shafts are carbon shafts which is actually what made me get them. I replaced the fletchings with different ones that I had myself.

As far as bowstring brands, I've gotten the ones that came with my bows, and then when I was working on an archery range, I just made replacements with the jigs that they had in my free time. So I've never had to purchase a new pre-made string. Wish I could be more help in that regard.

That's what I figured it was. I guess these engineering classes are coming in handy after all.

I'll look up a tutorial or 2 on bowstring then. Worse comes to worse, perhaps I'll buy or barter some from you or another kind denizen of the realm.

I think it's probably getting late for both of us. I'll poke back in here if I have anymore questions tomorrow. I still gotta work out my character. Thanks!

So my freind an I have been reading over the rulebook. I notice the summon ability. It's not really clear what you summon or who the NPC is? Is it a person? It seems worded as though she could bring a pet for some boost. She was thinking about bringing her parrot if that's the case, assuming it's safe (obviously not anywhere near combat, but it'd be awesome role-playing for her as a swashbuckler).

Also I'm a little confused how you actually make a charecter. Do you use that charecter builder only? How does one multiclass in that?

Lastly, I'm looking over the engineer class. Is that viable for a beginner?

The summon ability works by asking another player to NPC as your summoned creature. You both go to logistics and ask for a CR2 creature, appropriate to your class, i.e. Undead for a Hexer, Elemental for a Shaman, etc. Your volunteer will then put on appropriate garb/mask that is required for that creature until you dismiss them or they die and you choose not to re-summon them.
You also use the Summon ability to control/tame the appropriate creature.

Multiclassing currently requires a character to be level 5 which is not possible for a brand new character without extra build at creation.

I will let an engineer speak to your last question as I do not play one as either character and would prefer you get a first hand opinion.