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<blockquote data-quote="ahayford" data-source="post: 5649299" data-attributes="member: 6680745"><p>So, I'm one of those RPG guys who loves the idea of playing these games, but doesn't have a whole lot of time to play. I own a fairly large collection of books that I pick up here and there to keep up with the latest and greatest. Of course, when I heard about this big hubub between Pathfinder and 4e I decided I'd pickup both books and see what it was all about.</p><p></p><p>I found, predictably, that Pathfinder was very familiar 3.5+. They didn't really do anything particularly amazing to me. However, when I jumped to their webpage to check out what other books they had, I was blown away by the amount and quality (based on reviews and product descriptions) of their support content. The adventure path's alone make me want to get in and play in the world of Pathfinder. Awesome content.</p><p></p><p>Then I went through my 4e stuff. I love what they've done here from a game mechanics standpoint. I was never particularly married to how magic was done in DnD and really liked the change to powers with the frequency cooldowns. I like that all the classes have a wide variety of powers/abilities and that the really neet stuff isn't all limited to the arcane/divine classes. I think 4e's combat engineer is much easier for their designers to add to and balance. However, I'm not a huge fan of 4e's current line of adventures/fluff. A lot of it is kinda uninspiriing.</p><p></p><p>I know a lot of the arguements against 4e, I just personally am not bothered by a lot of it. A lot of it for me is just going to be if I find the time, what the people I want to play with want to play.</p><p></p><p>TLDR: 4E has a really cool game engine, Pathfinder has awesome content. Please don't flame me. But I encourage people to list what they like about both games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ahayford, post: 5649299, member: 6680745"] So, I'm one of those RPG guys who loves the idea of playing these games, but doesn't have a whole lot of time to play. I own a fairly large collection of books that I pick up here and there to keep up with the latest and greatest. Of course, when I heard about this big hubub between Pathfinder and 4e I decided I'd pickup both books and see what it was all about. I found, predictably, that Pathfinder was very familiar 3.5+. They didn't really do anything particularly amazing to me. However, when I jumped to their webpage to check out what other books they had, I was blown away by the amount and quality (based on reviews and product descriptions) of their support content. The adventure path's alone make me want to get in and play in the world of Pathfinder. Awesome content. Then I went through my 4e stuff. I love what they've done here from a game mechanics standpoint. I was never particularly married to how magic was done in DnD and really liked the change to powers with the frequency cooldowns. I like that all the classes have a wide variety of powers/abilities and that the really neet stuff isn't all limited to the arcane/divine classes. I think 4e's combat engineer is much easier for their designers to add to and balance. However, I'm not a huge fan of 4e's current line of adventures/fluff. A lot of it is kinda uninspiriing. I know a lot of the arguements against 4e, I just personally am not bothered by a lot of it. A lot of it for me is just going to be if I find the time, what the people I want to play with want to play. TLDR: 4E has a really cool game engine, Pathfinder has awesome content. Please don't flame me. But I encourage people to list what they like about both games. [/QUOTE]
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