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Pretty much ^^ I've been searching for good tactical gameplay systems, and that's hard to find. Much harder than old-school games or story-focused ones. The ones that I did find were either indie games (with little recognition and support after the core books), were well discontinued or simply...

Seriously? This is too hard to run and 3.X/Pathfinder is easy? Sorry, no. Monster work in 3.X/Pathfinder is a nightmare to deal with, and the number one reason why I left PF1. I just couldn't stand the difficulty of running, modifying and creating monsters. With this kind of layout, it's all...

So far so good. The ancestry thing, I thought about the same way as here; never thought it was about politics, but rather broadening the mechanics. So far, so good. The thing with Golarion-dusted... In the end, I just want to create my own setting and use it in my tables. PF2 doesn't need to be...

Some/many people are already saying that they're copying 5e. That's to reinforce the opposite. Quite frankly, they seem to be very different for me. Pathfinder 2e will also have the Vancian system ^^

It shouldn't, really. Unless they have better ways to avoid the problems it tries to solve. It also gives the GM more latitude in giving magic items. And it isn't hard to note down, either.

Buying/Crafting the cheapest wands around and using their 50 charges as often as we like. Especially Cure Light Wounds wands.

Honestly, even in old D&D books, the instances where Charisma really is used for physical beauty are pretty rare. Almost always, it's about force of personality and such.

That wrongly assumes the fantasy Earth is necessarily round. We all know planets in D&D can be any shape they want. Flat disks over a giant turtle? That's almost a common variety... Also, RPG players don't flip a coin: they roll a d2.

Well, it's a make-believe world. "Liberties" are pretty acceptable. And yes, it is pretty easy to make monotheistic religious systems; just like any kind of religious system, really. However, for some reason, no matter which religion you are part of, armor and maces are a mandatory part of the...

Pathfinder 2e being a tactical roleplaying game seems good to me. It's a style I love, although the other players around here, not so much. I may be able to convince them ^^

Thank you. Only if you master both Ki and Kenjutsu, my pupil.

Yeah, thing is: 1) Paladins were loosely based on the legends (myths) of the 12 Paladins of Charlemagne (a Christian emperor) and King Arthur and the Knights of the Round, also Christian legends. And why shall I not say, Catholic legends? It has been a time since I had an History class... 2)...

Thing is, we do that, all the time. With everyone. Most classes and monsters with names from real-world mythos and folklore are *heavily* changed and adapted. No one complains about how devils and demons (or titans, or fairies.. ) in a setting are different from their real-world roots, even if...

Respectful fashion? Sure, I get that. But that doesn't necessarily means "100% accurate" because limiting us to use only unaltered real-world myth is to... well... limiting. Honestly, I cannot see how a book like Oriental Adventures is disrespectful, especially when such kinds of works always...

Indeed. Actualy, a table-top RPG designer has so much things to think at the same time, without many PhD experts on the subject to help him/her, that keeping complete accuracy over every culture it portrays Is asking too much. At least for most designers.

I've seen so many japanese video-game companies doing "orientalism" against themselves... Mixing up cultures? We do that ALL THE TIME. European culture. Do you think it's just one big same thing? No. There are significant cultural differences between European ethnicities that lumping everything...

That just may not work with everyone, all the time. Plus, there are many different kinds of mechanics. Some of them get more love than others...

Well, just for the record: In the past years, I've revised my opinion on those "sacred cows". Thing is, many of them are Not sacred cows. What is a useless sacred cow to one is essential for another: may be the favorite "sacred cow", may be the reason s/he gets excited to create a character or...

Pretty happy with most of what I'm seeing here. Curious about *some* alignment restrictions going away. Which ones? There are 5 core classes with alignment restrictions. In my opinion, the most important in this case are the paladin, the druid and cleric, from most important to less important...

Seems good! I like Pathfinder from the time I read, but not enough to be my go-to system. Perhaps that will change. Although, I'll skip the playtest and wait for the full release. I do not have the stomach to playtest stuff (of a company) anymore...