Pathfinder 1E Will Pathfinder be the fix?

[ashockney]

So, I'm wondering if I'm the only one with that itch?

1e, 2e, 3e, 4e...been there, done that.

Loved it, by the way. I've had a great time in every edition. I've also got some mad love for Hero Games (particularly Champs), Rolemaster, and my new love: Hackmaster.

So, we started up a campaign of Hack recently, which went parallel to our 4e campaign. It wasn't really close, Hack by a mile. Even though the combat was at times stifling, the party balance is completely out of whack, and my character's "combat effectiveness" is ridiculously bad (I'm a pirate)...we're having a blast.

So, why? I love 4e. Insanely easier to DM, prep, etc. But the characters in Hack are so much RICHER!

I listen to all the podcasts that talk about RP, character aspects, building CHARACTER into your stories, and handing over the reigns of narration. That's sweet. I bought Burning Empires, but....wow. Where would I start, exactly?

So, what exactly's going to scratch that itch? Is it Pathfinder? Is it Hack? Is it 4e? Is it some INDIE HIPPIE GOODNESS, as yet undiscovered?

Is anyone else...here? Has anyone been here, and found a road out of this dense forest?

So here's the rules:
1) No edition wars. Love them all. Don't go there. Tell me how YOU scratch your itch.
2) No rules-systems wars. Love aspects of them all. Let's not go there.
3) Keep it to YOUR experience. I'd like to hear about what you did that WORKED. If you'd like to comment on others experiences, feel free to start your own thread.

Fork off, as it were.

Think this will pass the mod test? Can't wait to find out....

 

[Dice4Hire]

This really looks like an edition war thread waiting to happen. Why not jsut discuss it in the path finder threads already up?

 

[JeffB]

For me personally-without getting in an EW- Pathfinder will never scratch the itch because I'm just not a fan of 3.x in the grand scheme of things (great intentions, poor execution- *for my tastes*). PF seems to cater even moreso to the 3.x style gamer- and thats great, good for them, glad they have a game to scratch the itch!

I've got 4E to scratch my new millenium D&D itch and I've got the LBBs, S&W, S&S, BFRPG, Moldvay/Cook/Marsh and 1E/2E when it itches in that "old school" spot

EDIT- I shouild point out that only the above mentione d D&D games "scratch my D&D itch". BUt I love all kinds of systems, and sometimes I need to scratch the CoC itch or the RQ2E itch or WEG StarWars itch or Herowars/Heroquest (Glorantha) itch.

No one game covers all itches.

 

[Silvercat Moonpaw]

Freeform. We're all GMs (mostly), we're all players. No mechanical rules. Concepts only limited by setting, and we break that fairly often. You can be as bada** or weird and powerful as you want so long as you're not a jerk and hogging everything. And in this version of freeform everyone can use everyone else's character within consideration of their creators so no wating in PbP.

 

[M.L. Martin]

Hmm...if richness and depth of character definition are what you're looking for, two systems come to mind. I haven't played either, but have heard many good things about the second, and have internalized a lot of the first over many years of reading.

The first, you already know, at least to some extent. HERO Games launches the sixth edition of the HERO System next month, and it looks like it's going to be a general reworking to get rid of some of the stranger bits and make character creation more modular and flexible. (Figured Characteristics aren't figured any more, COM is now a Talent, and it looks like many system elements are getting broken down and rebuilt as more streamlined, modular expressions of HERO's core principles, based on the advance news from Steve "Has Probably Written Another Supplement in the Time It's Taken Me to Write This Post" Long.)

A more 'indie' style that I've heard good things about is FATE, and you can check it out here for free and legally.

EDIT: Sorry, missed Rule 3. Still, this is more an information post than an advocacy post.

 

[Erik Mona]

I'm going to go play in James Jacobs's Pathfinder RPG campaign in about 11 minutes.

I expect the itch to be scratched more than sufficiently.

--Erik

 

[mr_outsidevoice]

System love varies for me. Certain GMs I have had work better with some systems over others.

Savage Worlds is nifty.

I am in a Hero Game.

One day I will find a 4th ed game with minimal haters.

Pathfinder, I don't know yet. Haven't read it yet, haven't played in it. If Paizo runs demos at their booth at Gen Con, I will give it a try.

 

[Erik Mona]

We will definitely have a delve/demo going on at the Paizo booth throughout the con, as well as a full slate of longer Pathfinder Society Organized Play events!

See you at the show!

--Erik

 

[DaveMage]

I'm going to go play in James Jacobs's Pathfinder RPG campaign in about 11 minutes.

I expect the itch to be scratched more than sufficiently.

--Erik

Suck you do. /Yoda

Must be nice...

 

[malraux]

SSo, what exactly's going to scratch that itch?

I got some cream to take care of that itch instead of rubbing it raw. Then I play 4e.