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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 7736476" data-attributes="member: 5142"><p>Stop being so overdramatic. They waited ten years on a slightly revised framework system meant to be backwards compatible 9-year-old system before pumping out a new edition. That is far from being a simple cash grab. </p><p></p><p>I saw the news last night (European perspective here), and I actually feel relieved by the news. Pathfinder needed an update. D&D 3.0 was my first roleplaying game, and I have played more Pathfinder than I have D&D 5E (so far), so I do have a soft spot for iterations of this game. A lot of the d20 3.X system, however, has been looking a bit haggard in the 18 years of games that have come out since 3.X. Paizo was forced deal with the promise of backwards compatibility with 3.X, which was both a boon and bane in its favor. </p><p></p><p>The announcement does suggest some 5E elements, but I also recall that many people had also called out how other games had race, background, and class before 5E. This is hardly solely 5E feature, and I don't think that 5E's use of backgrounds is particularly innovative. Also, perhaps because people have short-term memories, don't forget that when 5E was released, there were also many accusations and observations that 5E had "borrowed" design innovations from Pathfinder. </p><p></p><p>I'm not thrilled with the announcement of level 10 spells; I thought that Starfinder's level 6 spell max was a smart decision from the perspective of simplicity. But I suppose that the spell level is somewhat arbitrary depending on how one distributes the spells among the tiers. I'll wait and see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 7736476, member: 5142"] Stop being so overdramatic. They waited ten years on a slightly revised framework system meant to be backwards compatible 9-year-old system before pumping out a new edition. That is far from being a simple cash grab. I saw the news last night (European perspective here), and I actually feel relieved by the news. Pathfinder needed an update. D&D 3.0 was my first roleplaying game, and I have played more Pathfinder than I have D&D 5E (so far), so I do have a soft spot for iterations of this game. A lot of the d20 3.X system, however, has been looking a bit haggard in the 18 years of games that have come out since 3.X. Paizo was forced deal with the promise of backwards compatibility with 3.X, which was both a boon and bane in its favor. The announcement does suggest some 5E elements, but I also recall that many people had also called out how other games had race, background, and class before 5E. This is hardly solely 5E feature, and I don't think that 5E's use of backgrounds is particularly innovative. Also, perhaps because people have short-term memories, don't forget that when 5E was released, there were also many accusations and observations that 5E had "borrowed" design innovations from Pathfinder. I'm not thrilled with the announcement of level 10 spells; I thought that Starfinder's level 6 spell max was a smart decision from the perspective of simplicity. But I suppose that the spell level is somewhat arbitrary depending on how one distributes the spells among the tiers. I'll wait and see. [/QUOTE]
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