Pathfinder 1E [Pathfinder] Planning on switching to Pathfinder?

[humble minion]

I'll give it a 'maybe' at this point.

I want to have a damn good look at the final book AND at the Bestiary before committing. We're heading into the high levels in my STAP campaign at the moment, and if 3.5's high-level stuff breaks too badly then I'll probably look at switching (or house ruling) if I like PF's high-level fixes. And, of course, depending on what the group thinks and how much retooling we'd have to do of a fairly heavily PrC-ed, Spell Compendium-ed and generally tweaked set of PCs...

Though from what I hear, getting hold of the PF rulebook in Australia is going to be the next thing to impossible (fairly standard for Paizo books, sadly), so it'll be second printing at the earliest for us.

Next campaign is WHFRP, so while I'll buy PF, it'll probably be shelf fodder for a while...

 

[Primal]

It isn't like I have any sway over my local library's purchasing. A quick look online tells me that the local collection has no RPG books in it whatsoever. I expect there's a reason for that. And if there isn't, I still wouldn't pick Pathfinder as the start of their collection. At the moment, in terms of gaming bang for the buck for the library, 3.x is far better - used books are cheap.

And, as I just said, I haven't heard anything about Pathfinder that really gets my juices running.

As a patron, your opinion (usually) trumps that of a less-informed librarian; that's the current collection development philosophy in public libraries (assuming you are not proposing to purchase something that is against their collection development policy and that they have enough funds).

But, I agree with you, although I would probably start a new RPG collection with the 4E core books and Call of Cthulhu.

 

[Derulbaskul]

I will buy the PDFs but am unlikely to go back to 3.5E. I want to continue buying Paizo's adventures, adventure paths and other Golarion products so I want to have a passing understanding of the revised ruleset.

However, if I ever do go back to 3.5E I suspect that I will use Pathfinder (simply because any new players will be able to buy the books).

(snip) Though from what I hear, getting hold of the PF rulebook in Australia is going to be the next thing to impossible (fairly standard for Paizo books, sadly), so it'll be second printing at the earliest for us. (snip)

Ace Comics & Games in Brisbane is likely to have it and, indeed, has almost all of Paizo's products in stock. Fast Break Hobbies in Nundah similarly gets some Paizo stuff but nowhere near as much as Ace. Both have websites and will sell online if you're not in Brisbane.

 

[wedgeski]

I've had my time with the d20 rules. It was fun (mostly), but I've moved on, and 4E, to quote a previous poster, is pushing all the right buttons.

Pathfinder looks luxurious and a few years ago I might have bought it just for the hell of it, but those days are long gone. If I ain't gonna play it, it don't get bought.

 

[hazel monday]

We already switched from 3rd ed to Pathfinder months ago, with the Beta.

We'll be switching from the Beta to the final version of Pathfinder next campaign. The general feeling among my group is that Pathfinder is D&D. We never say we're playing Pathfinder, we still just say we're playing D&D.

 

[Herschel]

Nope, no plans on playing Pathfinder. I run games for two groups, and play in another, and every group is sticking with 4e, with no interest in Pathfinder. Honestly, its not different enough from 3e (which was every group's least preferred version of D&D) for us to give it a shot. Thats cool though, Pathfinder isn't aimed at people like me.

This.

 

[BryonD]

Pretty much switching to PF, with some 3X houserules. Probably not real far from the 3X folks using PF for house rules, just one step acroos the threshold.

To me it is not that the rules are an improvement. It is just that they are quality new spins on the ruleset that provides the game style I want.

 

[Umbran]

As a patron, your opinion (usually) trumps that of a less-informed librarian;

I was more thinking that my one voice would rather be trumped by the many other people who are also suggesting things for the library to buy. They aren't made of money, and must prioritize. They would, and probably should, purchase things that more people want.

But, I agree with you, although I would probably start a new RPG collection with the 4E core books and Call of Cthulhu.

4E would not be a bad choice either - expose new folks to the game for which they are most likely to be able to quickly and easily find the most other materials and players.

CoC... I'm not so sure there. Great game, but the Cthuloid Horror genre isn't widely recognized by people who aren't already exposed to gaming. I'd probably aim for a system that does genres that are currently pretty hot - I'd probably aim for a Supers game (Mutants and Masterminds, say). After that, something that does urban fantasy well.

 

[Askaval30]

Sticking with 4th ed, mainly because I've Dm'ed 3 and 3.5 for 6 years and I'm still burned out. Nothing I have seen of Pathfinder seems to promise relief from that kind of DM fatigue, though I'd still gladly play it if opportunity presented itself.

 

[ggroy]

Pathfinder does not look like something I'll be playing or DM'ing anytime soon. So far it doesn't have anything system-wise which looks attractive to me (other than the cool looking artwork).

But nevertheless, I am using the crunch-lite Pathfinder Golarion setting books for my 4E game. The way Golarion is so far, it makes a great setting for "sandbox" style campaigns.

Hopefully Paizo will continue producing Golarion splatbooks in a relatively crunch-lite manner, so that I can continue buying new ones for my 4E campaign. But if the Golarion setting splatbooks start becoming too "crunchy", I may stop buying them. These days, I have very little interest in crunch-heavy splatbooks using the 3.5E ruleset (and most derivatives of 3E/3.5E).

I'm probably in the minority here in supporting Paizo for Golarion, but not for the Pathfinder rpg. If for no other reason, hopefully the Pathfinder rpg does well for Paizo so that it will keep on producing new crunch-lite Golarion splatbooks.