It's amazing to me that you guys know so much about these technicalities! I luckily get to avoid them all by playing completely on the role playing basis of 'what would my character do?' That avoids APR, AC, HP, MR, Wisdom bonuses, all that good stuff. I don't always end up with the strongest parties, but I'm happy with who I take and that's good enough for me. Sure I complain about inconsistencies sometimes between rules, but that's just cause I'm a dork and like seeing my name pop up now and then
Oh, there I am again!