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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7419179" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>As has been pointed out, Pathfinder is about to launch it's second edition in three-ish months. If you can wait until then, you can playtest the new game and give pretty valuable feedback on the system as a brand new Pathfinder player unfamiliar with the previous edition. </p><p></p><p>Alternatively, when the new edition launches, some game stores might be trying to unload old Pathfinder books, and you might be able to snag some with sale prices. </p><p></p><p>Regardless, both Pathfinder and 5th Edition are effectively free to test. </p><p>Pathfinder has the all its core books online: <a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/" target="_blank">http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/</a></p><p>D&D has it's Basic Rules as a free PDF: <a href="http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules" target="_blank">http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>5e does have some options. Each class has a subclass/ build chosen in the first three levels, and you have feats you can opt into every 4 levels. Plus choices of spells for half the classes. </p><p>But there's often fewer choices each level. Once you make the big subclass choice, you're often locked in from then on with fewer additional choices. You can still multiclass for additional options, and some classes have features with choices, but not always. </p><p>There's a <em>lot</em> fewer choices than Pathfinder where characters have feats every other level and most classes have options that they choose from every two or three levels.</p><p></p><p>This is a bit of a feature/bug for 5e. Players who like building characters for fun (sitting down and planning out their character for the next 5 to 10 levels) have less to do in 5e. But players who don't like having to spend 30 minutes levelling their character every other session will find 5e more fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7419179, member: 37579"] As has been pointed out, Pathfinder is about to launch it's second edition in three-ish months. If you can wait until then, you can playtest the new game and give pretty valuable feedback on the system as a brand new Pathfinder player unfamiliar with the previous edition. Alternatively, when the new edition launches, some game stores might be trying to unload old Pathfinder books, and you might be able to snag some with sale prices. Regardless, both Pathfinder and 5th Edition are effectively free to test. Pathfinder has the all its core books online: [url]http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/[/url] D&D has it's Basic Rules as a free PDF: [url]http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules[/url] 5e does have some options. Each class has a subclass/ build chosen in the first three levels, and you have feats you can opt into every 4 levels. Plus choices of spells for half the classes. But there's often fewer choices each level. Once you make the big subclass choice, you're often locked in from then on with fewer additional choices. You can still multiclass for additional options, and some classes have features with choices, but not always. There's a [I]lot[/I] fewer choices than Pathfinder where characters have feats every other level and most classes have options that they choose from every two or three levels. This is a bit of a feature/bug for 5e. Players who like building characters for fun (sitting down and planning out their character for the next 5 to 10 levels) have less to do in 5e. But players who don't like having to spend 30 minutes levelling their character every other session will find 5e more fun. [/QUOTE]
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