Im with AMFV mainly because my RP buddies are pretty mechanical about RP these days. When they DM they have said NO to a backstory for being too fanciful. Such as inventing a monastery for a monk paladin! Sorry but PF doesnt have any specific monasteries of Iomedae in Avistan! what did he do train by mail? NO he is just a monk paladin focus on your stats and feat paths. It is sad.