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    Pathfinder 2E I played my first PF2e game this week. Here's why I'm less inclined to play again.

    Incidentally, the "too many feats" thing may be part of why Paizo prefers to create new classes rather than branch existing ones.
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    Homebrew Do people in your game world put cheese on their apple pies??

    Orc and pie and cheese is the mid-tier sequel to orc and pie. The epic module of course is orc and pie and cheese and a wine pairing.
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    Pathfinder 2E I played my first PF2e game this week. Here's why I'm less inclined to play again.

    Pathfinder Society play has quite a bit centered on hero points, with various boon effects based on your faction. Pathfinder actually has a lot of systems that try to create narrative that's not possible using combat rules, with varying effectiveness of implementation.
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    Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer

    There's not really a "has to be" here. One might prefer something but ultimately this is about emotional attachment to fiction, just as the response to Gandalf with a disco outfit would be.
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    Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer

    That reminds me - one of the big reasons folks get attached to the lore is many don't get to actually play, but they can still read and imagine.
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    Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer

    The Drizz't novels alone brought a lot of people to D&D. Plenty of folks have shelves full of D&D novels and comics, and just like gestures at Dragonlance.
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    Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer

    While I would believe it about WotC products, and especially 5E, I don't think most RPGs are designed with the intent of the game world being incohesive and disposable. Dragonlance basically drags you through a novel series. Regardless of intent, people will feel the way they feel.
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    Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer

    Crisis in Infinite Sigils
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    Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer

    Varies, but some folks read RPG books as fiction in itself. Having a story you've been reading - possibly for decades - get retconned can be quite obnoxious as it breaks the flow of the story and worls you've spent a long time learning. Enough changes and a story you've been invested in is now...
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    Pathfinder 2E Do you think 1st or 2nd edition is more complicated?

    I played and ran 2E, 3.XE, and especially 4E, read but didn't play PF1, had a ~6 year long gap between playing RPGs, studied up on 5E24 during the playtests, and found PF2R effortless to pick up once the fiasco hit. It's a standard d20 system with balance so while it's more complex than 4E you...
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    Pathfinder Announces Two New Rulebooks

    Notably Pathfinder has a lot of narrative in their supplements (in contrast with Lost Omens, which are Lore). There is often a story being told through the chapters, and sometimes they even sneak in a mini adventure path.
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    Pathfinder Announces Two New Rulebooks

    They frequently have very small amounts of mechanics. The Tian Xia stuff even came in two books so they could cram all the player stuff in the second book and leave the main book pristine. Edit: You can actually check the Sources section of the Nethys wiki and see what mechanics show up in a...
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    Penguin Random House Announces New D&D Romantasy Book

    As has been stated several times, in this specific context cozy has nothing to do with a vibe and everything to do with how far it gets into sex scenes.
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    Pathfinder Announces Two New Rulebooks

    You have to add spells to achieve this. There is certainly a conversation to be had about ensuring spells are all roughly as attractive or at least as likely to be useful, but they're not going to just errata everything from scratch.
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    Penguin Random House Announces New D&D Romantasy Book

    The Cozy keyword in Romantasy 26E should not be confused with the Cozy energy type. While a Cozy Romance may use cozy energy its only mechanical implication is censorship resistance.
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